"... Dot to Dot are pretty good, they've got early Orange Juice guitars, ..."
― Mooro (Mooro), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Sunday, 24 April 2005 08:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 24 April 2005 08:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Sunday, 24 April 2005 08:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― KeefW (kmw), Sunday, 24 April 2005 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Ronan, I am sorry I never got to meet you. I phoned Ally C for meeting-up-type things today, so you can blame him for lack of co-ordination of stuff.
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 24 April 2005 17:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 24 April 2005 20:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:07 (nineteen years ago) link
great to meet you, ronan!
I wish I could have made it out, on saturday/sunday.
it was nice to meet gerry and john, too.
: )
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:11 (nineteen years ago) link
The verdict = convicted of FUN.
It has only just struck me that RJG and Ronan had never met before. That seems strange.
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:43 (nineteen years ago) link
I am never going to make it to Optimo, am I?
― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:49 (nineteen years ago) link
You told me on Friday that there 'could never be a club like Optimo in Edinburgh'... Now, not withstanding the fact that Mr.Twitch ran a night for a DECADE here before Optimo and that Mr.Barnstorm now DJs with MY FRIENDS at Radio Babylon, you now say you haven't been to Optimo!!!
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:22 (nineteen years ago) link
I have just seen the Optimo CD in Fopptimo, but it looked like just one CD instead of two CDs. Was that a limited edition thing, or whattimo?
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 14:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 25 April 2005 14:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alix with an i? (alix), Monday, 25 April 2005 14:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 25 April 2005 15:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 25 April 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 25 April 2005 15:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alix with an i? (alix), Monday, 25 April 2005 15:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 25 April 2005 15:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 15:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 25 April 2005 16:03 (nineteen years ago) link
it was a bit more than that but i am astounded anyone recalls that night.
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Monday, 25 April 2005 16:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 16:34 (nineteen years ago) link
a crazy weekend, in every sense.
I must be getting old cos last night I went for a meal with Linds instead of going to Optimo, we could have gone after but I am pretty sure I actually said "let's go home and watch TV".
On the other hand Friday was a long night of exertion. Mayer was amazing, he really is an amazing DJ, I've never seen anyone mix tracks in and out at the right time, so many times, makes it clear why so many of those tunes don't work when I play them!
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 25 April 2005 19:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 25 April 2005 20:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 25 April 2005 20:26 (nineteen years ago) link
it was nice to meet you Lucy, and Richard too, for the first time, and Cathy aswell, and to see everyone I'd met already again. I wish I was still there, not back in Dublin to my bloody thesis!
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 25 April 2005 20:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Cathy (Cathy), Monday, 25 April 2005 20:41 (nineteen years ago) link
It's the first night of my holiday and I've spent the entire night watching Jimi Hendrix videos. Can any of your readers beat that?
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― dahlin (dahlin), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link
report from mayer upcoming, soon.
― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 06:24 (nineteen years ago) link
Another holiday already? You've only just finished you arse holiday.
Yes, it was more than Belgian Nu Beat. I think I remember Asbestos Lead Asbestos. Which Belgian Nu Beat group did 'White Rabbit'?
I can't remember the name of the palce, but it was upstairs from a club inhabited by Glaswegians of a certain age on the razzle. You'd go down for the fag nmachine and end up entranced by all the dodgy old geezers on the pull.
It was between the chip shop and Queen Street station. Which probably makes it Queen Street.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 09:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 09:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 10:30 (nineteen years ago) link
I am trying Arab Strap at the Tron, in Glasgow, on Sunday.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 10:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 11:17 (nineteen years ago) link
'white rabbit is becoming a habit...'
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 11:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― DV (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 16:13 (nineteen years ago) link
I think this is basically me now. Although I think I might think of myself as from Edinburgh now... Altogether classier.
Obviously the term 'Belgian nu beat' passed me by back then. I'm kind of glad it did in some sense. It was something to do with a guy swimming. On the chart show at least.
It doesn't sound like your sort of thing Peter...Did you go to this '1992'? Amongst others, I went to a semi-crusty club called 'Delerium' in 1992. They played Ozric Tentacles.
― KeefW (kmw), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 17:01 (nineteen years ago) link
Finnish bands were amazing. Wolf Eyes blew me away.
I randomly got spotted at Mayer thing by ILX dudes, who were all lovely people... it was great to meet some real ILXers.
I think my friend's friend Marceline actually lived in the flat ILX dudes went back to.
― Tannenbaum Schmidt (Nik), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 17:26 (nineteen years ago) link
i don't think i spotted any ilx or ilm'ers all weekend. perhaps name badges would be a help in future? i might have seen some at mayer but much had been drunk by that point in time.
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 17:29 (nineteen years ago) link
it was nice to meet you, too.
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― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 17:34 (nineteen years ago) link
Mr.Stringbender, I am intrigued by your Belgian Nu Beat past. Incidentally, my current plan is to come to London for a 'knees-up' around the old Joanna, maybe Sunday/Monday/Tuesday next week? How does that sound?
― KeefW (kmw), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 17:37 (nineteen years ago) link