try glasgow more

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it looks horrible though.

she said 'you don't have a glaswegian accent.' and I said 'yeah but I have a scottish accent.' and she said 'do you?!' now I'm saying 'what?!' she was very nice though, I think I was a little rude at one time but I didn't mean it. I normally feel uncomfortable on the phone.

I saw paul ross, outside lauder's, today.

what does 'try glasgow more' mean?

33! borderline autistic baby!

I may be going to Glasgow on Monday as it happens!

hi, anyone up for a drink or something in bonny wee glasgow this maybe friday night (5th mar)? woot i'll be there for the weekend (going up on thurs and then driving back down on saturday night for footie in london the next day!!)

going to see MJ Hibbet on saturday, too. at captain's rest. woohoo.

I am sure people will come out, on fri, yeah.

The Captain's Rest is a funny wee pub. I used to live across the road from it. I think I have been to some birthday parties there.

i think that's the captain's rest! i'm only getting this info from C*l*m* (as opposed to c*l*m!) feel free to nominate a decent boozer for friday night! as my knowledge of glaswegien pubs is low (actually i do know quite a few but no idea which ones are the bestcannot remember the good ones cos i got too drunk)

*cries*

and rjg :D

wow this rocks.

p.s. winchester club should totally go weekly.

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thanks all, it was expected tbh but no matter how many times I've gone thru it the finality hits like a truck - one day you're joking with them on the phone, the next they're just gone :_;

There’s also the option of changing at Carlisle and getting a cross-country train for anyone who would usually change at Glasgow for another destination. Works out way better than Motherwell if you’re going west.

Though they’re only every couple of hours so you have to time it right.

There is some weird shadiness about the ownership of the vape shop having changed hands two weeks ago, or possibly not: https://www.theferret.scot/revealed-company-behind-vape-shop-fire-had-not-paying-business-rates-or-registered-to-sell-vapes/ - a lot of "it looks dodgy but also everyone involved is skint, including the council"

Sorry for your loss, zappi - if you can get a train through Edinburgh that stops at Haymarket, it's a much more manageable station.

I imagine the vape shop model might be like that of the american candy stores in which a tax/rates bill is run up then the company folds only to be replaced by a "new" company with a different named director but essentially the same business ad nauseum

I couldn't think of an appropriate spot to post this, so I hope this is okay with everybody. I nearly posted in Keith's memorial thread, but thought it might be too much of a derail and disrespectful.

So, some of you may recall a poster on ILX/ILM quite a while ago called Alexander Blair, a lovely fellow, a resident of Glasgow (although hailing from Dundee), and a great fan and sharer of music.

I got to know Sandy by way of the NME forum in the late 90s, and we kept in touch on and off since then.

I'm sorry to have to report that Sandy passed away earlier this year, suddenly, while on a trip to London.

I know some folks on here also knew him and will be very sad to hear this, if they haven't already. Thinking of emily, PFunkBoy, and others, I'm sure.

Well, Sandy left behind a massive collection; his wife wasn't inclined to deal with the hassle of selling (I think a lot of it was in storage too), so I believe the bulk, if not all of it, has been donated to the Oxfam Music Shop in Byres Rd.

https://www.facebook.com/OxfamMusicGlasgow

Significant enough to warrant an Instagram shoutout.

I've never been to the store, but he had great taste and had been buying music since the late 70s, so if there's a noticeable uptick in the variety of the stock, that'll be Sandy.

PS. There didn't appear to be an obvious 'record shopping in Glasgow' thread (apologies if there is).

RIP Sandy

RIP to another fallen ilxor. I remember his name and his enthusiasm in particular for punk-and-after stuff. Thanks for letting us know, Maresn, and what a lovely generous gesture by his wife. I have big beefs w/ Oxfam pricing in general, but the main manager-guy-who-knows-his-shit at Byres Road is always helpful and good-humoured, and they will at least appreciate the collection and raise a lot of money, which is I'm sure something most collector types would approve of.

Funnily enough, the other day I saw on a Facebook industrial music group a post about some rare industrial albs (priced abt £100 iirc) on sale at Oxfam Music on Byres Road - so they're already getting it out there!

Yeah, his NME forum handle was Wiseblood, he definitely liked a bit of arsequake.

Yep, I remember the name well, sorry to hear this.