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november 11? that's plenty of time to grow more.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 16:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Not excuses for not going, of course! I may come out and play that night. Mark me in for a might-do.

― scotstvo (scotstvo), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 16:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Woo, cheap(ish) tickets for Scotland game on sale next Friday. I therefore think we should move the meal back to the Saturday so I don't have to venture south of the river two days in a row.

(casually ignoring the fact that I live south of the river anyway)

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link

I think Saturday might be the Winchester Club.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Only joking about switching day. Anyway, I have now found out that the Scotland game is on the telly. So, hmmm, tough decision, hike over to the south side for the second time in two days and spend £12 on standing in the freezy cold watching Scotland get their arses kicked by teh 'merkins, or spend £12 on nice booze in a warm pub whilst watching Scotland getting their arses kicked by teh 'merkins. Oh, what shall I do?

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link

The former would be more character-building.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 18:09 (eighteen years ago) link

If by "character-building" you mean "shite", then yes, it would.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 18:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Seeing Sleater-Kinney have cancelled, I'm in!
Haven't been down Battefield way in a while. What's the best tube/low level station to get this Partick resident to the restaurant?

― Stew (stew s), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Train to Queen's Park. Perhaps a pre-meal city centre pint would be in order for people who don't know where they are going?

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link

i'll stand on top of the bandstand at queen's park and guide you in with those flag things.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 19:36 (eighteen years ago) link

We'll all go to the pub and laugh at you. Suit yourself.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link

watching Scotland getting their arses kicked by teh 'merkins. Oh, what shall I do?

Go out, get thrashed and do your duty to the Tartan Army. Easy! Easy!

― scotstvo (scotstvo), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 19:46 (eighteen years ago) link

City centre pint sounds like a good idea Ailsa.

The Belle & Seb TV recording was fun. Hopefully you'll be able to spot me in the crowd shots with my big stripy scarf on. Played 8 new songs which were pretty sweet, although I'm not sure I heard anything to match the best stuff from Dear Catastrophe Waitress (ie Stay Loose and Wrapped Up In Books). They've got a nice wistful ballad called Mornington Crescent and one that sounds like Jean Genie and has Stevie playing a ROCK geetar solo. Well, as ROCK as B&S can be... There's also a few swears in the new song. What is the world coming to?
Disappointingly the Beeb only gave us orange juice and water though. When I was in the audience for Trial By Night at Grampian studios a few years back we got wine and snacks!

― Stew (stew s), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 21:01 (eighteen years ago) link

That's because you would have to be pissed to be in any way involved in Trial By Night. God, that was horrendous television (of course, I watched it every week).

Were Belle and Sebastian all 70s-ed up as well? There are people complaining on s*n*st*r that Belle and Sebastian are wrong to start dictating what sort of style of clothes and hair their fans can and can't wear, as if they've gone down the route of creating some sort of Stepford Fan rather than, you know, asking extras in a TV show to dress appropriately for the TV show.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 21:08 (eighteen years ago) link

hopefully I will LIVE in glasgow by 11/11

this should make the south side venture much more viable

― c7n (Cozen), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 21:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Belle & Seb were dressed in their normal manner, so kinda 70s I suppose. Stuart had his stripey school blazer on, Mick had an excellent printed shirt, Stevie was in black as always ;) Richard was the only "modern" one, along with the sk8r boi sax player. Thing is most Belle & Seb fans look 70s anyway. It wasn't especially strict, they just wanted it to look a bit retro, hence using one of the older studios in Queen Margaret Drive. I defied the no trainers rule by wearing my converse - well, they're more authentically 70s than most shoes. The dressing up was fun anyway. Can't wait until Halloween Pop League.

― Stew (stew s), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link

I actually spoke on one episode of Trial By Night. Thankfully I've never actually seen it cos I forgot to set the video. Alan Taylor of the Sunday Herald was arguing that Princess Anne should be Queen Of Scots, to which my finger wagging 18 year old self replied "The monarchy is an undemocratic anachronism and should have no place in the devolved Scotland". Boo ya! I must have sounded awfully pompous, but it's fair enough. I suggested an Irish style presidency, to which AT said, "Many people consider Mary Robinson to be rather impotent", prompting much sniggering at the back.
When I was doing work experience at the Sunday Herald a few years later AT was doing the rounds, harumphing about "that bloody Rowling woman". I didn't bring up the Trial By Night thingy, maybe I should have...

― Stew (stew s), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link

yes, you should. although i can only assume that AT's stance on the original show was one of pure devil's advocacy.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 09:03 (eighteen years ago) link

can anyone tell me about the maps/diagrams in buchanan st bus station, they are large floor mounted ones with raised profiles, designed for visually impaired people. anyone know what i am talking about? they sound pretty cool, at any rate. i am trying to find out what people think about them

― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:58 (eighteen years ago) link

they do sound cool, but ... i've not been in the bus station for ages, and i certainly didn't notice them last time i was there. sorry.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 15:08 (eighteen years ago) link

See the bit under 'Accessibility' on this page:

http://www.spt.co.uk/buchananbusstation/passenger_help.html

― Mooro (Mooro), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 17:26 (eighteen years ago) link

i've noticed that map, ambrose. seemed like a good idea but the map seemed to be oriented on a different axis from the station itself which was confusing. also it wasnt that well made so bits were coming off of it.

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link

i can only assume that AT's stance on the original show was one of pure devil's advocacy.

-- grimly fiendish

Yeah, I thought as much. I never had him down as a monarchist.

― Stew (stew s), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:26 (eighteen years ago) link

I'll try go up during the week and take some pics ambrose

― c7n (Cozen), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Can I just make it clear that I thought the guy on s*n*st*r accusing Belle and Sebastian of Stepfordising their fans was a bit out of order.

I don't look 70s at all. I wouldn't have got in.

I liked Alan Taylor's devil's advocate role on Trial By Night. I seemed to spend a lot of time shouting at the telly at the gross stupidity and annoyingness of that Charlene person who used to co-present, was she deliberately hired to make AT look better?

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 21:29 (eighteen years ago) link

That's cool Ailsa, I didn't think you were agreeing with the s*n*st*r bloke.

I think we're talking different Alan Taylors here. Was the presenter called AT as well? That guy disappeared off to Sky, haven't seen him for years. The guy arguing the devil's advocate Queen Anne of Scots thing was Alan Taylor, Sunday Herald diarist and JK Rowling dissenter.

Went to see Part Chimp at Stereo this evening. Was a bit of a mini TGM outing as I saw Ally and his lovely flatmates there. Ver Chimp rrrrrocked!

― Stew (stew s), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:02 (eighteen years ago) link

Only one flatmate, one part-time flatmate. Was pretty rockin', anyhow! I stayed at the back most of the time like a wuss.

I saw at the gig a girl who used to be in my little brother and sister's year at school (who I haven't seen for years), who will shortly be working for the paper I will be interviewed by next week, who was at the same party as me on Friday without me knowing and whose old next door neighbour was the guy who emailed D2D yesterday asking to be on the mailing list. This is why I love Glasgow.

― Ally C (Ally C), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:22 (eighteen years ago) link

What paper is your interview with? Good luck, I should add.

― Stew (stew s), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 23:33 (eighteen years ago) link

What I really hated about that s*n*s*e* post was the guy began "I am writing with reference to Lucy's post". Also, he was a twat. Like a good girl, I kept my response off list.

What paper?

Is anyone else coming out on the 11th? RJG? Alba? I have a possible 11, so will need to know if numbers are to increase further.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 27 October 2005 06:06 (eighteen years ago) link

A quick google shows that Alan Tyler was the presenter of Trial by Night, which is who I thought you were talking about.

As you were...

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 27 October 2005 06:35 (eighteen years ago) link

that's why you love glasgow?!

crosspost

― c7n (Cozen), Thursday, 27 October 2005 07:25 (eighteen years ago) link

heard about me

― c7n (Cozen), Thursday, 27 October 2005 07:36 (eighteen years ago) link

MMORPG property sells for $100,000

as previously discussed at cossachok

― c7n (Cozen), Thursday, 27 October 2005 09:31 (eighteen years ago) link

that Charlene person who used to co-present

aye, who's now news editor of the sunday herald.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 27 October 2005 10:06 (eighteen years ago) link

anyway, mädchen: how were the penises?

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 27 October 2005 10:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Purple, by the end.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 27 October 2005 10:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Also, they cured of my KFC addiction. Just like that.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 27 October 2005 10:28 (eighteen years ago) link

er... what?

charlene is news editor now?? insane...

― dahlin (dahlin), Thursday, 27 October 2005 10:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Was she just putting that stupidity act on for the telly then, or was she just not a live telly kind of person?

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 27 October 2005 16:04 (eighteen years ago) link

let's talk about that in koshkemeer.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 27 October 2005 16:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes, that would be an idea :)

I am looking forward to Koshkemeer. Eating out seems so much more civilised than mere fappage.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 27 October 2005 16:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, just that 'Skinny' thing.

― Ally C (Ally C), Thursday, 27 October 2005 23:26 (eighteen years ago) link

The Skinny are interviewing people? I thought it was unpaid?

― Stew (stew s), Friday, 28 October 2005 07:41 (eighteen years ago) link

i got an e-mail today from j45per at skinny, oddly enough.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 28 October 2005 08:59 (eighteen years ago) link

drinks after work?

I'm already drunk

― c7n (Cozen), Friday, 28 October 2005 12:04 (eighteen years ago) link

stet and i are going to the relaunch of the cathouse tonight. i hope mädchen is going to come too.

it will hopefully ROCK (\m/) and not SUCK (8==o)

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 28 October 2005 12:54 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm coming, grimly. I will try not to point and laugh.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 28 October 2005 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes, he was a dick. It was like the Golden Age of Sinister all over again.

Can I be on the D2D mailing list Ally? Otherwise I will be out of the loop.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 28 October 2005 14:52 (eighteen years ago) link

I'll come on the 11th if that's OK. I don't understand this Cathouse prank.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 15:29 (eighteen years ago) link

ps. who is a dick?
pps. Ally and I are going to Optimo next Sunday (6th Nov). Advance notice. I don't think the band playing looks very good, but you never know. They said that about Van Gogh.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 28 October 2005 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link

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