#102

unfortunately i was shitting myself a bit (first interview, general hatred of the phone) so i wasn’t able to be as chatty as i would have liked to be!

#103

Patrick Stickles is a good lad.
Lots of time for people even though the show was sparsely populated.

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#104

Laura Veirs seems like a good egg

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#105

Conor O’Brien (Villagers) is a good fella.

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#106

never met Malcolm but i bought a £5 CD off his bandcamp recently and he sent me a £10 CD for free along with it. that was nice.

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#107

Had a nice, brief conversation with Bradford Cox once upon a time.

#108

Wow that’s great.
It was when he played Voodoo.
He was very self deprecating onstage and friendly offstage with a kind of sad sack humour.
Sometimes it’s the silly things that stick in your mind: in the space of a few months Aidan, Malcolm and Kathryn Joseph had all enlightened me about the best technique to open a new LP. No one before or after has ever told me this technique.
Must be a Scottish indie thing :grinning:

#109

yeah the Voodoo show was great, didn’t go to the merch stand after though as he mentioned he’d left most of the merch in his hotel. what are the techniques?

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#110

Haha yes he elaborated on that “I brought loads of the rare vinyl but left the box in the hotel and it was pissing rain so…” :smile:
It was basically sawing the LP back and forth across your jeans with the ‘opening’ of the sleeve rubbing your leg (oo-er). Just found it really funny that these are the only 3 people to have ever mentioned it.
I let them all know my technique in return - using a plectrum or Stanley knife to pierce the shrink-wrap at the opening.
Aidans totally deadpan response followed by a hearty laugh “aye there’s enough fucking knives in Glasgow as it is mate” *:joy:

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#111

i normally just use the knife technique tbf. i’d never thought of a plectrum though, sounds safer for next time

#112

Aye works better, safer and no chance of accidentally wrecking the LP :grinning:

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#113

He was a twat when I met him :frowning:

#114

I thought this was Black Box as in the Ride on Time act and wondered why people were off to that

#115

did not know that’s what they were called tbh

#116

Sorry for that.
Guess you didn’t catch him at the Ride On Time,
Rriiiidddeeee ooonnnnn ttiiiiiiimmmeeee

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#117

Shaun Ryder & Bez

#118

Julian Koster

#120

Nah, Voodoo In Belfast.

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#122

Ah no NI lad here. Just into a lot of Scottish bands n that :grin:

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#124

I’m not into pop but I’ve become a bit obsessed with Sophie Ellis-Bextor lately. She comes across as a very cool lady, certainly a good mom (and also a machine, 5 kids as a pop star).

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