try glasgow more

right, i now know who pandaloo is, which makes sense, and shows how time skews my memory something rotten. As you were.

grimly, yes, that's the very place. Neil remembers it when it used to be some country'n'western dive bar, and the decor remains as such even though it's all mexican food now. It's not very big, but there were a couple of large-ish parties in when we were there, so pre-booking would get us a place no bother, I would have thought, also v. near to town for going drinkying afterwards if required.

(I have no idea what Neil was doing hanging around c'n'w dive bars, btw, nor do i want to know)

Ailsa... i bought him the pint. you know me now? still here!
sorry didn't mean to be so cryptic...

Yes, I know who you are - last ran into you at malaga airport, yes? I am CRINGING at what a monumental arsehole patrick duff was.

When are you all thinking of? (Daft question)... Maybe I could join you.

Ailsa - yeah i'd forgotten that! the random factor!

so. when?

ach, you decide. any time is OK with me, probably.

i start the bidding with next friday, feb 1. and i think we should do food.

fine by me. people will have been paid = always a good start.

exactly.

*forlorn bump*

Me and Neil will eat food with you, even if no-one else will.

yay!

I am trying Glasgow more for Easter, arriving on Thursday the 20th of March and leaving again on the Monday. Who's around? I have plans for the Friday night, which involve going to a gig in the comedy festival.

I will be in Spain, which is basically good, but annoyingly badly timed, not least because i want to go to said comedy festival gig. and drink with monkey(s), obviously.

I will too... Just make sure you let me know the plan...

umm. fuck this for a lack of interest, then.

Hey, I'll come and drink with you! I said I would! (sorry that this isn't good enough) Is anyone else from Glasgow even on ILX any more?

Sorry. I am. What's the plan?

I'm in Glasgow, but social cripple status hampers my ability to go out and meet internet folks.

ha, i know, ailsa: sorry, that was meant to be more tongue-in-cheek than it perhaps looks.

also: i can't actually do friday any more anyway. sorry. verily, i am shit.

krakow: being social cripples hasn't stopped any of us so far!

I have been paid today so drinking and eating out are options once more.

Glasgow, you are fucking pathetic. no wonder the other regional threads laugh at us :-)

sorry glasgow, my computer was out of action for the last week or so, but at the moment i am superbroke so can't really afford to go out eating/drinking anyways (don't think I can afford Earth @ Stereo, either) :-(

still hoping to see an ILXOR or two at INSTAL in a couple of weeks, and there's some good shit on at the Glasgow Film Festival in Feb - I'm def. going to attend the all-day FRIGHTFEST event, it was terrif last year

http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2006/04/17/inside-duffy.jpg

Spending 24 hours in Glasgow this Saturday-Sunday. Never been before! What should I do?

organise a fap that no-one will go to!

That sounds a bit harsh, ailsa!

What kind of things do you like doing, G00blar?

Sorry, meant "try and fail to organise a FAP", it's what we do.

G00blar, a walk around the shops on and around King Street (off the Trongate) tends to be a pleasant way to pass time - don't miss going into Mono (pub in Kings Court) which has a fine little record shop inside.

Thanks, Ailsa.

I do have friends coming in from Edinburgh (they used to live in Glasgow) to hang out with me Sat evening, so coming up with a night's plan shouldn't be a problem. I guess I'm just *really* excited to finally get to Glasgow! My grandfather was born there, I've always wanted to go, but it's just never happened. It's only happening this weekend 'cause a free ticket has fallen into my lap.

Weather's meant to be a bit miserable on Saturday, but I like a good old walk round the necropolis (spooky but lovely graveyard).

http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Parks_Outdoors/HeritageTrails/GlasgowNecropolis/necropolisheritagetrail.htm

Yeah, I was going to say the Necropolis would be worth a visit, and you're not too far away if you're in the Mono area. You could combine it with a trip to the People's Palace on Glasgow Green, which is a slightly cheesy but fun local history museum. Perhaps there'll be a picture of your granddad.

the People's Palace on Glasgow Green, which is a slightly cheesy but fun local history museum and is right next to the West Brewing Company.

Autechre are playing glasgow march 1st, prob gonna go to that

I was at Earth last night. I have a feeling there might have been some other ILX people there too, but I didn't really hunt about to identify any.

I'm also considering Autechre. How about Instal next weekend?

How were Earth? Did you see Rick Bishop too?

Have my Instal ticket and holiday time booked, getting excited now

Earth were absolutely tremendous. I wasn't expecting to like it that much, because I'm not wholly convinced on them via their albums, at least the recent ones, but they were just so tight and together and the sound was massive, yet somehow restrained/sparse (in a good way) at the same time that I was totally absorbed. Each slow thud of the bass hit you full on at their relentlessly mournful pace. It was great.

I made sure to get there in time for Sir Dickie B. since I'm a massive fan of him, and he was great, as expected. He played electric guitar, which although not quite as captivating as when he did acoustic in Mono a couple of years ago, was still pretty amazing. All kinds of Spanish and then later Indian influenced playing going on. He is a total demon on solo guitar.

Overall, much enjoyment was had. I'll try and get some photos done for later perhaps, if there's any worth posting.

I too have the weekend booked off for Instal and should be there in spades. The sad death of Yasuhi Ozawa doesn't bode well for the Sunday though.

for the first time since year 2 i'm not going to instal. the line up does nothing for me (as far as i could tell anyway, the site is near impossible to make hear or tail of) and, if last year was mostly awful, this year looks even less enticing.

OK. I'm definitely on board for the whole of Instal. I'll be there taking photos, so look out for the guy crawling around annoyingly with the camera at the front of the stage in a manky blue cycling jacket.

SEE YOU THERE:

SKULLFLOWER
FAMILY UNDERGROUND
MICHAEL FLOWER
NACKT INSECTEN

CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Saturday 8th march, 8pm, £5

Will there be pie?

Sick Skullflower Revive

Also: Jack Rose, The Admiral Bar in Waterloo St on Sunday at 8pm (as seen in today's Metro!) - four quid

THERE WILL BE PIE (maybe)

I'll be at both of these, pie or no pie.

I'm going to both of these concerts next week - tickets are FREE!

Ircam, the famous Paris-based research and performance centre for new music, collaborates with a British orchestra for the first time in this exciting week of concerts and workshops exploring the astounding sound worlds opened up when the latest technology meets acoustic instruments.

Each of our two big concerts is divided into several sections, with intervals between them, so you can choose to attend one or more parts as you wish.

Thursday 10th April 2008, 7.30pm
City Halls : Grand Hall
Candleriggs
Glasgow, G1 1NQ
0141 353 8000

French clarinettist Alain Billard kicks off this evening with a classic work by Ircam’s founder, Pierre Boulez. Then Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO play a piece for orchestra and electronics by a rising star of contemporary music, the Korean Unsuk Chin, and a recent work by Dutch-based English composer Richard Ayres.

Jonathan Harvey’s epic Fourth String Quartet - a major piece with live electronics - is played by the acclaimed young Diotima Quartet from Paris, and the evening ends with the first of our tributes to the late, great Karlheinz Stockhausen.

The concert will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Saturday 12th April 2008, 7.30pm
City Halls : Grand Hall
Candleriggs
Glasgow, G1 1NQ
0141 353 8000

After the incredibly evocative and moving Stockhausen tape masterpiece, Gesang der Jünglinge (Song of the Children), the Scottish Ensemble makes a guest appearance with two pieces by Xenakis, who could create a unique sound-world using only acoustic instruments.

Leading French trumpet virtuoso Laurent Bômont performs a piece with live electronics by Yan Maresz, and then one of the true originals of electro-acoustic music, Trevor Wishart, performs some of his extraordinary compositions.

The excerpts from Jonathan Harvey’s recent opera Wagner Dream make a powerfully dramatic end to an extraordinary week.

Presented by Roger Wright, Controller BBC Radio 3 and Director BBC Proms, together with Jonathan Harvey, the concert will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

we did a pretty decently sized feature on them the other week. sadly, i'm working till 9 every day.

thanks for the heads up WF! have you seen any performances in the city halls? the acoustics are INCREDIBLE (even for someone like me who doesn't usually notice such things).

How was the Xenakis? I wish I'd spotted it was on the City Halls are a brilliant space for sitting down and listening music.

try doomsday more

Look out for my flat.