try glasgow more

whoo!

the satisfaction of knowing that things you're parting with are going to someone who was actively looking for it is pretty heartwarming too

this is what Glasgow looked like from The Campsies yesterday:

People of Glasgow and its environs. Here’s what your city looks like from above the thick fog that is currently enveloping it. Go a few miles into the Campsie Fells and the sun is warm, with views to leave you agog. pic.twitter.com/0cpQRAox9m

— Iain Cameron (@theiaincameron) December 23, 2018

cor

That's pretty cool.

We saw something similar - though not quite as pretty - driving into town from Ayrshire. Also, the frost was so thick out in the countryside, it was like it had snowed. The trees were just beautiful.

When I was a wean my grandparents lived at the foot of the most westerly hill of the campsies, dumgoyne, and anecdotally it was generally more sunny compared to glasgow, "sunny dumgoyne" remains a family in-joke. So that video was gratifying to this emigrant

only just after reading that tom leonard passed away on the 21st of December

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-46649016

The Maryhill Olympics!

Just read that @AndersonRonnie passed away a couple of days ago. Such sad news, a wonderful photographer who gave us, amongst other incredible images, the Maryhill Olympics. #RIPRonnie 📷❤ pic.twitter.com/YW2Bqmig7H

— Vintage Wullie (@YoorWullie) January 10, 2019

the full set at a better resolution is here:

https://www.facebook.com/lostglasgowofficial/posts/1799136523531529

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2019/02/against-art-washing

"They (artists) were certainly blamed when Dennistoun, another working-class neighbourhood in Glasgow’s East End was gentrified and art-washed, with rents and house prices to match."

I must have missed when all this happened here.

yeah uh that does not ring true to me at all

the whole article is kinda cringey tbh

The opening of Glasgow's newest club Room 2 (formerly Chambre 69) was somewhat eventful last night. Had to wait half an hour to get in at about eleven o'clock which I think is the longest I've ever waited to get in a club, not sure if they're trying to make it into the Scottish Berghain or what. Later on the fire alarm went off and we all had to stand around on the street freezing our nuts off for a whole goddamn hour. Twitch played a belter of a set after though so wasn't a total disaster

sounds classic :)

a few of us went down about midnight but we hadn't bought tickets in advance and it was a total rammy, it was very much a 10pm "I'm in the mood to get drunk" impromptu decision to go out though so we should have known better

how was it inside? I remember going to see Shackleton and having to wash the inside of the tote bag I had been carrying cos the place was just so manky

It was fine inside except the bar staff insisted on pouring bottles and cans of beer into these plastic goblets that were an absolute liability on the dancefloor. Gotta say I don't remember Chambre 69 being that manky but that could have been booze related on my part :)

I made a New Year resolution to go out clubbing at least once a month but three out of my last four club nights out have been disappointing. The last Numbers thing at the Art School was a bit meh and went to see EZ at Subby and that was a let down too. Oh well, got to accept that you're going to get a dud every now and again I guess...

Anyway, we should definitely head out again sometime, I haven't got any nights out planned anytime soon but it'd be nice to catch up :)

Jim, Did you manage to get to see Nae Pasaran? If you haven't but still want to and you torrent then send me a webmail on here (with your email address)

Hey, jed,thanks for the offer. I just dodgy downloaded it recently and will be gieing it a watch this week

Nice one!

Ooh, thanks for reminding me, I recorded it when it was on the new BBC Scotland channel a couple of weeks ago and haven't got round to watching it yet.

what the fuck is going on at glasgow's radisson red

Honestly can't stop reading this mental job advert. It's an absolute dystopian masterpiece. pic.twitter.com/4Cyz4MUsiR

— Toby Millard (@tobymillard) June 4, 2019

Last time I was in the sky bar they had one member of staff serving and two taking part in a Instagram photo shoot and an enormous queue of unserved drinkers.

your ageless millennial mindset in action

My pal's dog is the mascot of the Radisson Red. He (the dog) is some kind of brand ambassador or something. It's mental.

mad to see Glasgow in something like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0msEbFufH8

That Radisson advert is fucking grim. I bet that the minimum wage staff get regular bollockings for not having enough fun like that bit in Office Space where the waitress gets in trouble for not having enough badges or something.

G-Force died a month ago? Have to say that after the imports and soundtracks were going down because internet, the shop was losing a lot of its appeal, but they stuck around a long time. Good spot in town obviously.

ma da has seen every fast and furious film so he'll be right intae that lol

that advert for the radisson job is awful right enough

RIP g-force
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvpq66YNAZw

surprised it lasted as long as it did - given the high street's difficulty. best glasgow games store still probably the one that was in de coursy's (also RIP)

CA Games

ma da has seen every fast and furious film so he'll be right intae that lol

Glasgow already played London in Furious 6 btw

might need to catch up with the series

two anecdotes:

The lads at my school used to wear Trespass jackets but they used to pronounce it like it was a French word even though they are made in Glasgow - Tray-Paaa.

The menu at The Grosvenor cafe sold many strange items - for example "Oxo Beef drink" (my dad used to drink this) and whatever you ordered was served on a red hot plate even if it was ice cream. The menu was very strangely worded too and we used to laugh at the descriptions like "half pizza pie portion" - you could also get "have pizza pie portion with fried egg" but one that remains seared on my brain was Calzino and, this is not a word of a lie, the description next to it said "An Italian bridie".

the first time i went to the grosvenor was 1994 and i was absolutely dumbfounded by the idea that i could get a 'burger' for less than a pound. i ordered it. and then i understood.

we made the nytimes homepage!

obviously not for a good reason

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/world/europe/scotland-heroin-deaths.html

*swells with national pride*

Crackin' photies, by the way.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-49476107

Those are super!

I'm in Glasgow for the first time 5th to the 9th September with me Dad. We like whisky, Ivor Cutler and Alasdair Gray. I think he's hoping to see a bit of heritage stuff as his family's originally from Glasgow and go way back.

DL, Hillhead Tube Station, in the West End of Glasgow, has a great mural-map of the area by Alasdair Gray, worth a look if you're passing by.

The Marzaroli photos always feel (to me) much older than they actually are - the sixties as the thirties.

The 70s in Glasgow looks older than the 70s too.

Those are lovely!

that St Enoch one hit me hard

I love the Raintown shot

Coincidentally, saw this shared on Facebook today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKTKgcEqB6k&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1Yqr88VHx1BI5heESE5j7YHEbWkmBgjRLLzNpZJYgFHfcmLWZA7DgDQ6U