I’ve a very good friend lives in Lousiana, went to his daughters wedding not so long ago. Wore the full regalia, couldn’t keep the old wives off me 🙂
I don’t discuss politics with my friend. I want him to remain my friend.
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
We won’t see much of this man on ‘British’ MSM as the U.S. election nears, or hear any of our ‘experts’ quoting him during the 24/7 coverage, but he’s important to a lot of American voters.
Louis Farrakhan, in a recent interview, talking about Trump:
Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but does anyone know what has happened to Derek Bateman’s site? The link from WoS takes me to a 403 Forbidden page.
Cactus
8 years ago
@Ian B ~ Hi, was a no go at the CP. so good timing and excellent choice of the WoC.. that can well hold the 50+, cheers to ye!
JLT
8 years ago
Hello folks!
Long time since I’ve been here (keep forgetting about the Off Topic Page). Started wondering what you guys have all been up to (apart from music choices).
I’m guessing you boys (and gals) are organising a wee soiree. You say the 25th / 26th …I’m assuming you are talking this month (as in March) and that it will be in Glasgow?
Paula Rose
8 years ago
Yes JLT honey – the 26th and we’re going to do serious stuff in the afternoon! then we’ll be our usual silly selves.
Macart
8 years ago
@Ian B.
Mrs M and I will do our best, but we may not get to venue before either late in the afternoon or early evening.
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Cactus –
Thanks for trying the place anyway mister, it was worth a shout.
I hope no-one’s pissed-off at me just going ahead with that booking – tbh, I was getting a bit freaked with the apparent dearth of suitable places and I jumped at the chance of getting in Waxy’s – astonished that they had any free room what with it being Easter weekend.
Let’s make this a good one – it won’t be as rushed as previous meetings, and means that some folk who can’t do the evening can get together in the afternoon, and vice-versa.
Right, now we’ve got a place – who’s organising the music?
😉
JLT
8 years ago
@Paula Rose
LOL …And just like that …Mr Brotherhood fires up the info on today’s main topic!
Timing as they say …is everything!
Paula Rose
8 years ago
It’s all planned you know cos we is cybernats.
JLT
8 years ago
Hi Ian (Brotherhood)
I should be there. I don’t believe I have anything else on.
(Jeez …those cheesy muffins that I ate not so long ago must have sparked up the ‘Force’ in me! Don’t know why I had the thought of ‘I wonder when the next Wings do is? …bizarre!)
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@JLT –
🙂
That’s your good self added – you bring the total to 30.
BTW, upper-limit won’t be a prob with this place, so the more the merrier…let’s get the word out. We can submit a wee notice to The National as well, they don’t charge.
Paula Rose
8 years ago
I’ve been on so many lists now – usually to starboard.
Thepnr
8 years ago
@Macart
Great that you and your wife will make it, I’m hoping my missus will too, right now 60/40 chance but I’ll keep working on her 🙂
I think as regards when people come along is unimportant, thought for a while it might just have been myself and Ian Brotherhood sitting a corner with a flat beer being filmed by Indy Live LOL.
All welcome at what ever time suits you best.
Lenny Hartley
8 years ago
Will try and get up for glasgow get togetherr
Macart
8 years ago
@Thepnr
I’m never allowed oot the hoose on me own. 😮
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Thepnr –
Yeah, a live broadcast of you and me sitting there. It’d be like an endless version of Derek & Clive, but with no jokes.
Thepnr
8 years ago
haha You were basically just asking me to play this eh.
Make sure you are wearing all your ‘Wings over…’ badges when you turn up at Waxy’s so peeps can see where you’ve been!
Thepnr
8 years ago
@Taranaich
Thanks, loved that wee tribute to your Ma, I met her and you briefly in the Yes bar, wish I had spoken to her by more than just hello.
She’s a Ma to be proud of right enough. You should try and get along on the 26th. Plenty of friends and should be good.
Cherry
8 years ago
Hi Ian,
I’m one of the five of team Inform-Scotland. Cadogan has emailed to keep us up to date. I’m unable to come as I have a problem with my balance (vertigo) which leaves me unable to move around in outside spaces or places where there are lots of people. It’s the biggest pain of my life as I can’t be part of the “crowd”. So can I ask would there be any way that a laptop link could be setup? I know it’s a huge ask but if you don’t ask you’ll never get anywhere lol!
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Cherry –
I can’t promise that the whole event will be Livestreamed, but I’m pretty sure that ‘Thistle’ (of this parish!) will be around – we’ll try to make sure that the Inform Scotland session is covered.
‘Thistle’ is a busy chap, but I’m sure he’ll let us know as and when he sees that we’ve confirmed a venue – provided he can get a decent signal from Waxy’s (which is, if you haven’t been in it, a bit of a labyrinth) then I hope we can make it happen.
If we do, you’ll be first to know if you keep watching this space!
Hoots tae you – please tell all your pals to attend if they can, if only for the workshop. Once they’ve met a few of the diehards I’m sure they’ll be tempted to linger awhile!
🙂 🙂 😉
Cherry
8 years ago
Thanks Ian and “hoots” right back at you 😉
Would love to go on a Wings extravaganza (piss up)
maybe I’ll get there one day!
Keep the fight in their faces!
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Cherry –
🙂
Please be assured – ‘Friends of Wings’ is just a name for the purposes of booking a room. That’s it.
The friendships and connections (some are very business-like BTW) established in the past two or three years, largely because of this site, will persist regardless of what happens, and continue for many years to come, even if the names change.
So, when your own tribulations have passed, (as they will!) you will surely have many opportunities to witness these gatherings first-hand – they are going to be happening on a regular basis ‘forever’.
🙂
Oneironaut
8 years ago
Keeping with a relatively chilled-out musical choice.
Lovely voice and the pictures were pretty. How come no words? 🙂
I listened to the next of their songs just to hear if she could sing and she can! Nice one O.
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Oneironaut –
Good stuff, but when we look upon the starry sky here in Stevenston, what do we see?
As usual, nowt!
I keep popping out to see if the Northern Lights are there…more in hope than expectation, has to be said.
I did see them once, about ten years ago, from the back garden…nothing like the pictures you see on telly, it was very faint, but definitely there, so we know it CAN happen. It’s just such a bummer to know that it does happen, but we’re all normally sound asleep at the time.
Yeah, I kind of stumbled across that one when looking over stuff by Origa.
She does sing in it, although she usually sings in Russian (since that’s where she’s from), so might not be easily understandable. She does have an amazing voice though.
Looking up Origa on Youtube will dig up plenty of her work. She was more well known in Japan where she sang on anime movie soundtracks.
She died in January of last year though. Sad 🙁
The video comes from a film that was shown at planetariums (hence the weird spherical projection) called “A Starry Tale”.
Inspiring in that it draws on the myths and stories that the ancients once assigned to meanings in constellations of stars, imagining them as the shapes of gods and goddesses watching over humanity and guiding them to seek truth, justice and a brighter future (supposedly, not that that worked out too well judging by today’s world!)
And it takes from those myths of the past how we can make our own connections to the stars to inspire us to build a brighter future (which given the state of things nowadays is something that needs to be done pretty damn sharpish!)
Flat screen version of the video is here if anyone is curious: link to youtube.com
As for me, I mostly think stars look nice when they’re actually visible here 🙂
Stoker
8 years ago
Waxy O’Connors? Although not quite ‘Central’ it’s a good choice.
Dow’s was another good suggestion. I didn’t mention them because i was specifically focused around Glasgow Central, as requested.
However, now that yous have settled on Waxy’s i’ve started promoting it so i hope this decision isn’t for changing. Here is a suggestion for yous to contemplate.
Given that there is supposed to be a big rally taking place in Glasgow on that same day, why don’t you get some flyers promoting the event at Waxy’s printed up and get a couple of volunteers to hand them out at the march/rally?
It shouldn’t cost that much to knock up a couple of hundred or so. Whatever yous decide i’m sure the day will be a big success. As i’ve said, it’s the people who make a party not the venue.
Just called WOCs to confirm, and that’s it definite, no need for me to traipse up to Glasgow to look at the space and abody seems happy enough.
They’ve sent me details of buffet packages etc which I’ll post links to later, but the lass said we can just order solo at the bar if need be. It’ll be a long day for some so grub is something we should have a think about.
Brian Doonthetoon
8 years ago
Hi Ian.
I’d suggest letting Wingers organise their own food. Keeps costs down…
(The chipper next door does a splendid steak pie supper!)
I hear ye brother, and concur, but it was just to let folk know that the options are there if they want them.
Why is it so quiet, both here and the main threads? Feels as if something’s happened…
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
Have an idea about what to do with the ‘open mike’ session at the Glasgow gig, and want to run it over ye’s all, but it’s important to know roughly when the maximum number of regular commenters are going to be around.
If we can pinpoint a ‘window’ when as many as possible will be present, but before it gets too noisy/musical/incoherent, we could do a session where WOS commenters go up in turn, introduce themselves by their WOS handle (if they have one), give their real names (if they want to) and explain why they contribute to the site, what brought them there, that type of thing.
We could plug this in advance as a ‘An Audience With The Vile Cybernats’ or something along those lines…
Any thoughts?
More importantly, who’s up for doing such a thing, bearing in mind that it may be Livestreamed?
Hiya Oneironaut, good to see you’re back and I hope you can make it into Glasgow on the 26th.
That video was quality – I love old footage repurposed like that, and who can argue with a bit of The Simpsons 😀
Ian Brotherhood – hi, was your thoughts on the open-mic thing to tie into Stokers comment about flyers? My first thoughts were that we wouldn’t want any ‘spanner in the works’ showing up but this may be an unnecessary consideration if it was only marchers being invited on the day.
If, on the other hand the idea was to promote, in advance, a kind of ‘evening with the cybernats’ we may encounter saboteurs 🙁
Anyway, the reason I was asking is not cos I want to do a turn or anything – I definitely don’t! – but because I can arrange printing at minimal cost, no hassle.
Stoker
8 years ago
@ Ruglonian
My fault, should have been clearer in my suggestion, hand them out to those participating in the march. Good printing offer, well done!
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I guess I’ll not be the only one hoping the Navajo Nation sue JK for her cultural appropriation in her latest pile of rubbish? Now she is really showing her ignorance. So, here’s some Navajo music,
and it rocks link to youtube.com
I have an LP by “Shakin’ Stevens and The Sunsets”.
Precedes his hit run by a few years.
Wee Jonny
8 years ago
Hi Wingers.
Does anybody ken the best place to buy the really wee Yes badges? Not the 3cm ones, the smaller lapel badges with blue background and white writing?
I bought a few 3cm Yes badges yesterday from Zazzle after giving all but one of my Yes badges away and the one I have left is lookin a wee bit tatty.
Any help would be ace ta.
Oneironaut
8 years ago
@Ruglonian
Thanks. I’m not really “back” as such. I just come on here to join the occasional music link posting.
Won’t be at the Glasgow event either. Haven’t really been in the party mood for some time.
Also can’t find the song I was going to post now and I have to leave in a hurry.
I’ll maybe post another one tonight.
The Wee Badgers in Glasgow do a nice line in badges of any design and many sizes. Online
Wee Jonny
8 years ago
Ta Dave.
CameronB Brodie
8 years ago
Re. GERS and it’s value as indication of Scotland’s economic position. Are Unionists really able to overlook the £bn fraud committed against Scotland, when the McCrone report was buried by Whitehall, for example? Now that’s cult devotion.
Bruce Crawford’s crowdfunding campaign ends this Sunday 13th March. Please donate what you can afford to make sure this parliamentary giant of the independence movement gets re-elected. All proceeds will go straight to his campaign fund. Please share!
The wife recently introduced me to sudoku a couple of weeks back. So have been trying the National’s on and off and this morning I was dead chuffed since the evil one only took 90mins. So far either I have not completed it or it has taken hours.
Q
Do these things eventually get down to an acceptable time usage i.e. 20mins or thereabouts?
@Chic iScot Magazine has their very own SODUKO and the name has absolutely nothing to do with SOD UK … You should give that yin a bash 5 minutes to 40 minutes seems to be the iScot will also be having a little stall at the Conference this weekend Stall no 24 – all welcome
Funny how somethings can lift your spirits yet make you want to weep. Now I need to be forgiven.
Brian Doonthetoon
8 years ago
Hi Kishorn Commando.
Gutted to read your post re Keith Emerson.
I saw The Nice at the Caird Hall in 1968 (69?), then the three ELP concerts at the same venue. At the first of them, he played the intro to “Pictures At An Exhibition” on the Caird Hall organ, which is world famous among organ aficionados.
I’m sure you’ll be forgiven. Good excuse to bring an extra treat when you come back.
I was feeling awful today and fell asleep after lunch only waking up half an hour an ago and so missed phoning my grandson on his fifth birthday! Which is probably a worse family crime.
Kishorn Commando
8 years ago
@BDTT
Thanks Enjoyed America, haven’t heard it for 40years. I always preferred the Nice to ELP, moved on to YES (Still there EH!
Here’s one of Mr Bogle’s best to lift the spirits from the yoonshite of the past few days. link to youtube.com
Macart
8 years ago
@John King
Don’t know if you’re reading this on hols John, but have a great time and a very happy birthday.
Awrabest. 🙂
Brian Doonthetoon
8 years ago
Hi Kishorn Commando.
I discovered “Yes” via ‘The Yes Album’, which a former school pal had purchased from a vinyl emporium. Saw them at the Caird hall an’ a’…
@bdtt
Small world, don’t do much facebook, still have some YES vinyls but have all their albums on cassette.
However I have saved my pristine King Crimson’s “Court” despite binning the turntable 20 years ago. We did keep a portable Dansette that scratches records like a tomcat for the kids.
Hoping to make it on 26th.
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Kishorn Commando –
Have added you to the list.
🙂
Can anyone else hereabouts help try and plug the 26th gig a wee bit?
I’m properly full-on with uni deadlines for the next week. Cadogan and his ‘Inform Scotland’ colleagues have been busy organising for the ‘afternoon’, but we’re still not getting as many names as we’d like for the evening.
I will be popping in here to keep a tally, and respond to any ‘new’ names, but otherwise I’m ‘oot-the-gemm’ for the next ten days or so.
So this is an appeal to all and sundry – even if you can’t make it on the day, please spread the word and encourage folk to come here, O/T, to say if they’re coming, daytime/evening, whatever.
Waxy O’Connor’s, Glasgow, Saturday March 26th, from 3.00-ish to closing time.
We really need to make it a busy one – after what happened in Dundee last night, it’s crucial that we send out a powerful message to all the Nawbags.
Hoots all! 🙂
Brian Doonthetoon
8 years ago
Hi Kishorn Commando.
The debut ‘King Crimson’ – definitely in my top 5 albums of all time, in the world, ever.
It’s taken a long time but Inform Scotland so far has a bank account and a PayPal account and the start of a website. We had quite a few members pay up for the first year. We now need to refine the processes for how we will translate the aims into action.
Inform Scotland is therefore putting on a workshop to move things forward and you are invited.
This will take place on 26th March 2016, at Waxy O’Connor’s Bar in Glasgow (right next to Queen Street rail station – map attached), starting at 3.30pm. and finishing around 5pm. The venue is McTurk’s, inside Waxys – follow the signs to Glasgow Friends of Wings Over Scotland or similar.
The workshop is part of a Wings Over Scotland social event, so it will be followed by an opportunity to socialise.
The agenda may evolve with further input from interested parties, but an outline of the event is below:
An introduction to Inform Scotland and broadly what it wants to achieve.
A briefing on initial suggestions for how the ‘business model’ might work and the democratic and transparent principles that underpin it.
Some discussion on any gaps and weaknesses in the model.
The “workshop” part of the session will consist of smaller groups working through a different aspect of the business process from finding good ideas for publication, to costing them, to filtering down to a short list of what should be crowd funded and deciding what sort of medium each of the ideas might be presented within. Also how to make sure we don’t publish anything silly that might backfire on us.
The rough framework is that any idea should pass though a series of gates so that administration is easy, governance is transparent and everyone feels happy with how we reach each short-list of ideas for funding two, three or four times a year depending on how well the model we agree works in reality.
The session will close with feed back from the tables and planning of next steps.
Please do come along and see if you can help with common-sense ideas and help us get this over the line.
Inform Scotland is also interested in hearing from people with relevant skills who might like to be involved in helping to manage this project.
*Apologies to people who may not be able to get to Glasgow for this event, but we have to start somewhere! There is a possibility that this event will broadcast live on the Independence Live website.
Regards
Team Inform-Scotland
Bevrijdingsdag
8 years ago
@Ian Brotherhood
@Thepnr
Me and the Missus are due a day out. Looking forward to meeting
people we feel we already know.
I light of the dearth of credible corporate media reports re. Syria, here’s an interesting article for all the Assad haters.
Most Syrians request that I tell exactly what I have seen and to transmit the message that it is for Syrians to decide their future, that they support their president and army and that the only way to stop the bloodshed is for Western and Gulf nations to stop sending terrorists to Syria, for Turkey to stop warring on Syria, for the West to stop their nonsense talk about “freedom” and “democracy” and leave Syrians to decide their own future.
Surely the corporate media and state propaganda peddlers, can’t be lying to us about the Syrian crisis? After all, they were spot-on re. Saddam and WMD.
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Bevrijdingsdag –
Cool. ‘Thomas and Mary’ duly added to list…now at 32.
How ’bout you Taranaich – any chance you’d make it?
Brian Doonthetoon
8 years ago
Hi Ian B.
Of that 32, only 13 have, so far, asked for a badge so I’ll repeat what I posted a week ago…
Pete the Camera and Brian Doonthetoon will be producing personalised souvenir badges for Wings over Glasgow on the 26th March.
If you are intending to be there on 26th March and want a personalised badge, please post a comment in “Quarantine”, with your username for the badge.
Like ‘Wings over Aberdeen’, the badges will be subtly different to those produced in the past.
The badge list will close on Wednesday evening, 23rd March, at 11.59pm.
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@BDTT –
Big hoots to you and PTC for doing all the badge stuff – must be a finicky and time-consuming business altogether and youse don’t get anywhere near enough recognition for doing it.
Please be assured that your efforts are appreciated, and the objects themselves are treasured more than any of the gongs ‘sold’ by ‘Erself in Buckie House.
Anyway, you like your obscure records, eh?
How ’bout this?
Try listening to it without looking at the title, see if you can pinpoint who and when…nae Buster Keaton!!!
Good one, have never seen that before. That’s the beauty of YT, eh?
The SM guys were just up the road from where I lived, went to the same school, maybe three, four years above us, and they were spoken-of as if minor Gods, even before the Johnny/Self Abusers name was ditched.
If memory serves, they used to play the Doune Castle in Shawlands, and you couldn’t get in for love nor money – a lot of gang-related trouble at that time too in and about Shawlands probably did no harm to their general profile in Glasgow, even if they had nothing to do with it all.
Brian Doonthetoon
8 years ago
Just to keep Wingers up to speed…
This is a post I’ve stuck on one or three Facebook pages tonight.
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On Thursday’s BBC ‘Question Time’, David Dimbledum changed his status from “chair” to “participant”, by jumping into the debate and stating a blatant lie, that is that when we voted in Indyref 1, we knew that there was going to be an in/out referendum on EU membership.
This was not corrected by any any of the other panelists on the show. History was also rewritten by yoon audience members and panelists by repeating the lie that a PROMISE was made by the YES side that indyref 1 was a “once in a lifetime” event.
No such promise was ever made. A personal opinion had been offered, not a promise.
Onnyhoo, here’s Ruthie Tank Commander, during the STV Referendum Debate on 2nd August, 2014, stating the lie that with a YES vote, Scotland would be out of the EU – only a NO vote would keep us in. No mention of a GUARANTEED in/out referendum down the line.
Remember, at this time, Labour were around 4% ahead in the polls for the UK general election; it looked like the tories weren’t going to win, as Ruthie TC admits in the video below. Apologies for the poor quality.
If that was Bernard Ponsonby chairing that exchange then he’d better join a long line of meeja-folk who will, sooner or later, be required to state their position on what ‘Sir David’ and his QT crew did in Dundee.
So far? Their silence has been deafening – let’s see what Stuart Cosgrove and Eamonn O’Neill have to say about it next Thursday. If they choose to ignore it then I, for one, will lend no support whatever to the championing of Cosgrove as an advocate of radical MSM change.
Brian Doonthetoon
8 years ago
Hi Ian B.
Re ‘trouble in Glasgow’.
In the early 70s, we were involved with organising fundraising dances for our BB. One of the bands we had seen at “The JM” was a band from Glasgow called “Downtown Flyers”. Their vocalist looked uncannily like Rod Stewart, at the time.
In blethers, he related a story to us. It was told that, one evening, he was wandering in a homeward direction, when he was accosted by some of Glasgow’s finest.
He told us that his philosophy was to suss out the ringleader and threaten him along the lines of, “Your mates may get me but, before they do, you’ll be dead.”
He then turned and walked away. He said that his mistake was to turn his back on the ringleader, resulting in a knife in the back.
His advice was, “Walk away backwards…”
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@BDTT –
You’ll remember that one of the Simple Minds albums was called ‘Streetfighting Years’.
The crack at the time, far as I recall, was that the ‘Minds’ hailed from a wee bit of Toryglen locally known as ‘The Circus’. I don’t know which members this referred to, but I presume it was Kerr & Burchill.
That ‘bit’ of Toryglen was, by all accounts, a bit wild, but if the gangs wanted a fight they’d use the local ‘rec’ – at that time it was a vast spread of ash football pitches. It now hosts a massive 24/7 Asda.
I crossed that ‘rec’, night and day, many dozens, possibly hundreds of times. Walked through the Gorbals after midnight load of times, after closing-time, skint (because we’d spent the bus-fare on pints)sometimes with mates, sometimes alone. Not once did we ever get any real hassle, perhaps because we had functioning ears and legs. The guys in Glasgow at that time who were involved in any gang-related stuff were there by choice, and, so far as I’m aware, they did their level best to have square-goes well away from anyone who might clipe to their maws.
By the 80’s I reckon a lot of the Southside guys were simply milking urban legends which largely arose in the East End. Big difference is that, in places like Dennistoun and Royston, the real stuff – properly nasty, bigoted sectarian stuff – was still happening. (Depending on who you believe, it still is.)
Dunno, maybe I was just lucky? 🙂
Brian Doonthetoon
8 years ago
Hi Ian B.
Seems like you did lead a charmed life – why else would Frankie Vaughan get involved?
8=)
Patrician
8 years ago
Someone pointed me to this tonight, hadn’t heard it in years. Not very sophisticated but still made me laugh. link to youtube.com
Bevrijdingsdag
8 years ago
@ Ian B
Thanks for putting us on the list.
T & M
ronnie anderson
8 years ago
@ Ian Brotherhood. Kevin Gibney wants to do a Livestream interview on the 26th with you & me lol (I dont do interviews), pick a partner Ian.
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Ronnie A –
Cool!
I understand you not doing interviews seeing as you’re such a shy and retiring sort…
😉
Any chance you could send me K’s e-mail? I don’t have a current one and I don’t ‘do’ Facebook.
Plans for the 26th in Glasgow are shaping up nicely…
Cadogan Enright and his ‘Inform Scotland’ colleagues have already claimed the afternoon shift, as detailed above. (12th March, 12.55 am)
We trust that Cactus, Jock Scot and sundry others will exercise their musical talents in the evening…
IndyLive will be there…
There will be a ‘window’, after the ‘Inform Scotland’ session, and before we all proceed to get blootered, where we could/should take the opportunity to get on-record why we support this site. It doesn’t matter how many people are watching it ‘live’ – the important thing to keep in mind is that the event will be recorded, so it’s there for good.
If you were put on the spot, what would you say about WOS and why you’re a contributor/lurker/financial supporter?
How would you present yourself to an audience which has a preconceived idea of you as a ‘Cybernat’?
If this was your one and only chance to leave some testimony about what’s happening in Scotland right now, what would you say?
Responses to these basic questions may take many forms, but one thing’s for sure – the time will flit away, so we have to try and make some effort to organise it.
Please have a think about it, and post your thoughts here.
Hoots all, as aye.
🙂
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Paula Rose (Wherever you are…) –
I know you’ll be very busy (whoops – almost wrote ‘busty’ there!) on the 26th, but you could always ask your charming Uncle Norbert to say a few words on your behalf?
Just a thought…
😉
Paula Rose
8 years ago
Hi Ian *waves from Venice * oh I don’t know perhaps I could do a little interview if everyone wants me to.
cearc
8 years ago
Uncle Norbert, eh? Well that would be erm, ‘interesting’!
Keep dangling your tootsies in the canals, sweetie. Ian wants this meet up to be a bit different.
Although, Uncle Norbert may be stretching the definition of a ‘bit’ different.
Betty Boop
8 years ago
Good to meet a fair number of Wingers at the weekend. Pleased to see you all again. You know who you are 🙂
Special thanks to Chipmonkey and QQ; pleasure as always.
Tinto Chiel
8 years ago
Rediscovered this recently and thought some of the discerning sophisticates here might enjoy it. Dig the saturated colour and meandering routine for the camera.
They were an ugly bunch and you wouldn’t want to jog their pint but Wee Pricey’s solo is still pretty good.
I’m looking for somene to let me crash on the couch or in the spare room Friday 25 and Sat 26th for social in Glasgow
Willing to buy dinner and drinks for a few pointers to a tour of Glasgow sat morning. Have canvassed long hours there in the past a few times but never ‘seen’ the place
Peace, Love and Neos (Can’t afford Oreos this week, so got the cheap Lidl version instead!)
Thistle
8 years ago
Hi folks
go an idea… Im thinking Indy Live does a livestream Blab with a couple of WoS members to discuss the WoS event on 26th. A Blab is similar to Skype but allows you to invite viewers onto panel. It’s a really cool way of getting people involved in the chat.
Also, I need to know more about what you are wanting to do on 26th. We are going to be livestreaming the march that day but maybe you want some livestreaming done after? Email me liveindependenceATgmail.com
Kevin
Jdman
8 years ago
Thanks for the birthday wishes Sam, A question, how many people knew the national flag of Tenerife was a saltire?
I didn’t, until I asked an official coming out of Oratavo town hall why they flew the saltire everywhere, only to discover it wasn’t because they loved Scotland but because is their flag too, well bugger me!
Jdman
8 years ago
Just about to set off on a trip up mount tiede it’s covered in snow so we’ll taking warm jackets, the hairpin bends and sheer drop cause much screaming, and that’s just me!
Lollysmum
8 years ago
@ Betty Boop
Good to see you too. I was with Morag for much of the time but didn’t recognise anyone else apart from Kendomacaroonbar.Mind you in a crowd of 3,000 people it is pretty difficult to identify individuals 🙂
@Jdman -happy birthday for when it happens
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
Long-time WOS reader Charles Anderson has just e-mailed me to say that he’ll be there on the 26th. He hasn’t commented before, so give him a wave!
🙂
CameronB Broddie
8 years ago
A perfect set-up for a cheesy segue to welcoming Charles but I’m getting a bit para that I may have insulted Jim Thomson with the track I dedicated to him a while back.
Hope you’re keeping well Jim an apologies, if necessary (large men wearing spndex can be intimidating to some). I was only kiddin’ about. 😉
Thistle
8 years ago
Just saw Cadogan Enright do a post above me. He is a really good guy so please help him out if you can.
Brian Doonthetoon
8 years ago
Nobody seems to have mentioned it…
Is there going to be an ‘official’ Wings presence on the ‘All Under One Banner’ march on the 26th? Like the banners and so on?
Jiss askin’…
X_Sticks
8 years ago
Very sad to see the Maryhill Foodbank has been forced to close.
Looks like they’ve been targeted but I have no idea why.
X_Sticks
8 years ago
Should also mention that Thistle and Independence Live are needing some exposure for their crowdfunder. They’re looking for 6.5k and are only at 5% with 15 days to go. They are also looking for any obsolete equipment that folk could donate:
Mountain climbing?
Who said anything about mountain climbing?
We took a hire car up to the base the a cable car to the summit,
Even so the altitude made for a little difficulty in breathing, so we didn’t spend too much time at the top,
Heres a little quiz for everyone,
What country has a saltire for a flag, and an independence movement?
Hands up who said Scotland?
Correct,
But if you had said Tenerife, you would also have been correct, look it up if you don’t beleive me,
Well who knew?
Jdman
8 years ago
Now youve left me with an image of me and Irene roped together using ice axes and crampons Sam!
X_Sticks
8 years ago
@jdman
“ice axes and crampons”
That’ll be your birthday pressie sorted then 😉
Have a good one John, we’ll miss you at Glasgow, but looks like Kev will be around to livestream some of it for you.
Betty Boop
8 years ago
@jdman
Hope you bought Irene a hot chocolate and rum at the café when you descended from the summit. That’s what I did 35 years ago and haven’t given up the habit even though I only attempt the ascent of the staircase now 🙂
Happy days, John.
Kennedy
8 years ago
Just chucked some cash into the war chest under my alias bdk71.
Please put it towards Robert Peffers Wings badge.
PS
i am way behind with articles but catching up. If Mr Peffers has already won a badge then put it towards the next deserving candidate please.
fionan
8 years ago
Hi folks, looking for IT advice again! I need to obtain some screenshots for legal matters, but the shift-ctrl-3 doesn’t work on my laptop.
it is a cheap Packard bell, running windows 8.1. Can anyone advise me if there is an alternative way to get screenshots please?
Many thanks as ever, you brilliant lot! Doubt if I will make it to the 26th Wings night but hopefully the next one after that.
Alt-PrintScreen will grab a screen, but it usually needs editing.
In Win 8.1 you also have the snipping tool which allows you to grab any bit displayed on you screen. You should find it here: C:\Windows\System32\SnippingTool.exe. It allows you to save the picture in various formats.
Stoker
8 years ago
For those of you looking for something to watch and if you have access to Netflix, i can thoroughly recommend these 2 documentaries, i gave both a 5-Star rating:
Bottled Life – Is all about the Swiss-based corporation Nestle and how they’ve made billions out of plundering the world’s water resources and selling it back to the consumer.
Hot Coffee – Is all about frivolous law suits and tort reform with the main story being about a woman who sued McDonald’s after spilling her coffee and burning herself. Other interesting cases are featured in this documentary but more importantly, watch and see how the corrupt media play their part, they’re not known as the corporate media for nothing you know.
Both documentaries make for very interesting viewing.
Tinto Chiel
8 years ago
John King: hope you’re wearing that W helmet you were wearing in Freedom Square last September when we met, ‘cos the OBR have just warned of volcanic activity in Mount Tiede area.
On reflection, your Panama hat should be ok. Have a great time.
Anyone feel like some unforgettable sax?
Yes, that’s what I said, particularly from about 2.50 in.
Tinto Chiel
8 years ago
Wow! Don’t know how the link went like that.
The Rev. will be getting the hammers out.
Two big boys did it and ran away, honest!
CameronB Brodie
8 years ago
I’d be concerned if you were harming yourself Macart, but I’d hope you would have the curtsy of abusing yourself in private. Get yourself a tent mate. 😉
Saint Andrew – This World is Phuhl o’ a Number o’ Things link to youtube.com
Tinto Chiel
8 years ago
Braw, CBB, but don’t know if it can compete with the perfection of:
Conon and Xsticks, many thanks for that. alt-printscreen doesn’t seem to work either so will check the painful-sounding snipping tool 🙂
CameronB Brodie
8 years ago
Tinto Chiel
I used to have twapehs as an e-mail but it lapsed. Pity ’cause my brother, who was ignorant of my address, was using Ananinginaneana. No shit. 🙂
Can I compete? Nuh. 😉
Still Positive.
8 years ago
I have just contributed £25 and took no perks so you can add my contribution to a badge for Robert Peffers.
Tinto Chiel
8 years ago
You’ve obviously been brought up right, CBB. Thank God for the Yes city of Dundee ?.
I’ll raise you this. To my shame, I can’t mind which Winger linked me this, but it’s a hoot too, and I’m fae Lanarkshire.
I’m going to be doing a lot of stuff with the site in the next few weeks, so watch this space!
CameronB Brodie
8 years ago
I’m sure Macart will lend you his tent once he is finished, Clootie. 🙂
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Taranaich –
Good luck with it mister.
Will you make it on the 26th? I keep pestering you, I know, but I’m getting a bitty anxious to get a handle on who’s likely to make it or not.
And also – this goes for everyone – I would be very very grateful if anyone could offer to help plug the next Glasgow night, especially over this week-end so that folk can take note and have time to make plans, get baby-sitters, pet-sitters, whatever.
Main thing is to get some FB and Twitter exposure – I don’t do Facebook at all, and my Twitter skills are zero. Right now we have 36-40 names confirmed, and we know from experience that many more will turn up on the evening. But this one’s different because of the daytime workshop with Cadogan and ‘Inform Scotland’, so it’s a much longer session than usual and we really need to make an effort to ‘fill’ the late afternoon/early evening with something instructive and/or entertaining before settling down to the normal quaffing.
Please, let’s get a buzz going about this. ‘Thistle’ (you all know who he is) will be around, and it would be good if he had something solid to broadcast, even if it’s nothing more than Wingers presenting themselves to do a reading/song/poem, whatever.
Bring the ideas here over the next few days – let’s make this one special. Nothing ventured, nothing gained an aw that jazz, eh?
🙂
CameronB Brodie
8 years ago
Ian Brotherhood
Has Cadogan’s crash been sorted?
I plan on getting through for the workshop, btw. That’s enough info to be giving out in public though, other than I’ll be wearing a brown Fedora. 😉
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@CamB –
🙂 !!!
You kept that one quiet!
So, can I add you to the list for the evening as well? Come on man, surely you’ll linger for a glass of Pimms and some strawberries, eh?
Been too long since I picked everyone’s brains (and trust me, BRAINS WILL BE PICKED). Amma comin’, & I suspect my Mammy will too once she catches wind of this!
CameronB Brodie
8 years ago
I’m a definite. Almost certain. I’ll probably show up. I’ll do my best to get there Ian. 🙂
I see you’re not one for telling as I telt you a while back that I’d bee coming. Checking your watch? 🙂
Ruglonian
8 years ago
Hi folks,
There’s a fair wee group interested in coming along to Waxys from Yes Rutherglen, and we were talking about the National Yes Registry at tonight’s meeting so I sent Jason (the kinda organiser) a message to tell him about the opportunity to speak to like minded folk on the 26th – hope that’s ok.
Yes Rutherglen has some merchandise and some contacts that we’re going to bring along – which reminds me, is there going to be a raffle that we can contribute to?
How do people feel about me making a wee promotional poster that we can share on social media, and I can get them printed (business card size?) to hand out to the marchers?
I was just thinking about something simple – blue background, Wings logo, ‘Friends of Wings get-together’ or similar and the address (see Ronnie Anderson and the Wings banner for my previous work!)
Last word for now, to all those lurkers out there – there’s a few Wings gems unable to attend on the 26th, so you’ll have to make up the numbers! We were all lurkers once so don’t be shy (plus there will be badges 😀 )
CameronB Brodie
8 years ago
Ruglonian
“Wings logo”. I’d ask the Rev. first. Best use the contact form.
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Camb, Ruglonian et al,
Ahm pished , but just last shout-out, hey, magic, its happening aye, more the merrier etc just need cactus and jockscot to confirm cause we mst not succumb to the piped music etc,
Who’s doing a turn!!!
Hoots etc, as ever
;_)
XXX
Dave McDave
8 years ago
Hi all. I should’ve posted this on the Eck Farewell thread but I wasn’t quick enough! I know fine well not all wingers are snp or Eck fans but for the many who are, here’s a wee pic I did last year. If anyone wants to print themselves a copy plz pm me and I’ll send a link to the hi-res scan file. link to on.fb.me
With regards next Saturday, I’m hoping to make it, but can’t commit for definite until I sort a baby-sitter. I need to make amends for missing the last do in Helensburgh as I could’ve walked home from that one!
Jason
8 years ago
Hi Everyone, Jason here of the National Yes Registry.
Ruglonian dropped me a line letting us know about your meeting at Waxy’s on the 26th (thanks Ruglonian 🙂 and I was wondering if it would be possible for me to attend on behalf of the NYR? It would be great to finally meet some of you ‘wingers’ in the flesh and get the opportunity to fill everyone in on what the NYR project is all about, what happened at our National Conference of the Local Groups (held in December), and more importantly, everything we are doing now (and planning to do) in order to get the Registry ready for its Launch.
It would be great to get face to face ‘winger’ feedback on it all, especially over a pint! My email address is nationalyesregistry@gmail.com
Look forward to talking,
braco
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Dave McDave –
I’ll put you on the list anyway, eh?
Good stuff.
🙂
cearc
8 years ago
Ian, or anybody who knows.
This downstairs room, is that down a lot of stairs? Does it have street access at that level?
Nothing on their website about access.
jimnarlene
8 years ago
Sorry, but I’ll not make it to the night out in Glasgow. Being (ahem) forced to go on holiday, to boarders, that weekend.
Hopefully I’ll make it next time, have a great time all.
valkyrie
8 years ago
I hope nobody minds me posting this here. Please support our Donna Heddle in her fight to oust the Lib Dems from Orkney. We have a real chance of winning this seat but need all the help we can get. Our crowdfunding link is:
Hiya, I’ve got a message from Jason Baird (copied and pasted from email, as he said he had a problem posting it himself).
Hi Everyone, Jason here of the National Yes Registry.
Ruglonian dropped me a line letting us know about your meeting at Waxy’s on the 26th (thanks Ruglonian 🙂 and I was wondering if it would be possible for me to attend on behalf of the NYR? It would be great to finally meet some of you ‘wingers’ in the flesh and get the opportunity to fill everyone in on what the NYR project is all about, what happened at our National Conference of the Local Groups (held in December), and more importantly, everything we are doing now (and planning to do) in order to get the Registry ready for its Launch.
It would be great to get face to face ‘winger’ feedback on it all, especially over a pint! My email address is nationalyesregistry@gmail.com
Look forward to talking,
braco
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@cearc –
Just called Waxy’s.
Yes, there are stairs, but there’s also a side entrance for wheelchair access if needed.
So, nae excuses!!
🙂
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@braco –
Soo-perb.
It’s an open invitation, so yes, of course, you’d be made very welcome, and you can address the throngs about what you’re up to. If you have any literature, promo stuff, please bring it, and as many friends as you can muster.
Please also note, as flagged-up by cearc earlier, the bar we’ve booked does have wheelchair access via a side-entrance if anyone needs it. It also has Wi-Fi.
Look forward to seeing you.
Hoots!
Macart
8 years ago
Bad news on my part guys. Work has jumped in with both boots and I’m not going to make next weekend.
Gutted. 🙁
CameronB Brodie
8 years ago
Sorry to hear folks aren’t able to attend the Glasgow rally. There will be more in the future. Bigger and better. Today, political geek-dome, tomorrow the world. One folk, one Fatherland, one ….erm.
Anyway, it struck me that I’ve not posted any Fall yet. So here’s one for the UKOK Establishment. Wouldn’t want them to feel socially excluded, would we?
The following is from an e-mail I just got from Thistle (Kevin) and I’ve just spoken to him – he’s encouraging us to have a look at this, not least because it involves new gadgetry which may prove very useful for all of us.
I’ll be watching the interview, and then trying a wee test to see if I can link-up, even briefly, and if so I’ll do a wee spiel about the next Glasgow Friends of WOS gig.
If anyone’s free, please join in, or at least have a butchers at the new stuff Kevin’s talking about – it’s called ‘Blab’.
Se ye’s later!
Kevin (Indylive) – “I’m livestreaming twice tonight. Starting at 8:30pm I will be talking to John McHarg who runs Yes 2 and later doing a Gaelic thing..
I’m going to be interviewing John on Blab which is really cool as it allows other people to join the chat – if you let them! You will find the Blab link via…”: link to livestream.com
Thistle
8 years ago
Hi folks
as Ian said above we are doing a Blab tonight and I want all of you to get your head around it as you may find it useful for some activist stuff you may do. Also I want to do a Blab with you lot to discuss the WoS event on 26th. I’ve told John who I will be interviewing tonight that we may see a couple of you on. In addition John is going to come along to the WoS event after the march and would be good for you to meet him and hear what he has to say.
The link that Ian posted above will take you to a page where we will be livestreaming the Blab. However I want you to click the link on that page beneath “Join the Blab!”. You can use Chrome or Firefox. To join Blab you need a twitter account.
See ya later and get promoting the link above to wingers!
Kevin
Brian Doonthetoon
8 years ago
OK, peeps.
RE: the get-together on the 26th… See the post at:-
“People say, people say
Have I got a right to live
People say, people say
Have I got a right to live
People say, people say
(What the people say)
(What the people)”
I’m not posting a link as I’m terrified of the hammers, and also cos I don’t particularly like the song (even less, the singer) but it did pop into my head when I heard the IDS news – Better the devil you know!
Stoker
8 years ago
BTW, meant to add to my previous post and cearc’ comment regarding IDS – I’m with the majority over on the main thread, as soon as i seen this news breaking i screamed out ((( KAREN DUNBAR ))) as i pointed frantically at the telly. The boss immediately instructs me to simmer doon and dismissively informs me “THAT’S NO KAREN DUNBAR YA TUBE!” “AH KEN!” was my reply “BUT AH SMELL SHITE!”
Goodnight, troops, have a great and safe weekend.
btw ((((( C’MOAN SCOTLAND, THREE IN A ROW HERE WE GO )))))
🙂
@cearc 9:18 Here is Willie Black predicting ian Duncan smith would go. and telling him to his face. I think Willie Black spoke for all Wingers that day. link to youtube.com
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
Thistle told me that a very well-kent face is interested in attending our Glasgow bash, but I can’t tell you who that is. (Clue: it’s not Gordon Brown)
What I can say, yet again, is that we need some brave souls to volunteer to get up on their trotters and give the rest of us something inspirational on the night before we settle into the usual debauchery.
With that in mind, I have opened a new page in my journal headed ‘Peepil who iz gonny dae stuff in the waxys’.
Who would like to be first on that list?
Please tell me what you intend to do (and how long it will take) in less than 500 words.
Ian Honey do you really think there is anyone more famous than the people who have attended Wings nights already? I mean really – after Wee Ginger Dug, Ronnie Anderson and Moi who else is there?
Quentin Quale
8 years ago
Ian Brotherhood, top work, sir. With so many turning up do you think we might need a password to get in? Can I suggest Swordfish link to youtube.com
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
Be warned – if we don’t get some real musicians coming to Waxy’s then Thepnr and yours truly will do this, and other stuff like it.
You don’t want that to happen. Believe me. You really don’t.
A wee birdie just told me that she may coming to the musical rescue.
Be that as it may, I’m going to make this ‘Roger Whittaker Night’ unless someone openly states willingness to dance/sing/make balloon animals or whatnot…
@Ian Brotherhood
It’s about himself really.
He had a really bad stutter and found that it actually worked well for that type of singing.
So yeah, bit of a theme of turning a flaw into an asset there 🙂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatman_John
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@BDTT –
Here’s who I’ve got:
Clutha
Bob Sinclair
carjamtic
Ronnie A
Fionan
Crazycat (+2?)
Thepnr
x-sticks
Paula Rose
Cearc
Quine frae Angus
Thistle
Michael McCabe / Lynn
Tam Jardine
Ruglonian
Quentin Quayle / Chipmonkey
JLT
Lenny Hartley
Bevrijdingsdag + 1
Chas Anderson
Dave McDave
What I don’t have is names or numbers for whoever’s attending the afternoon workshop with Cadogan, and how many will stay-on. I must’ve missed some because I haven’t been across all threads this past week/10 days and I very rarely venture into Quarantine…
As a rough guide, I went back to the list I had prior to the April 4th 2014 gig in the Counting House. I had 36 on that list the night before, but we had, I can’t remember, about 70-80 on the night? Something like that, although it fluctuated a lot, was probably busiest about 10-ish before buses had to take folk home to the further-flung places.
Really hard to tell what to expect, but I’m guessing it could be similar. The bar should be able to accommodate 75 comfortably, so space shouldn’t be an issue.
Curious to see how that list compares to yours…
Hoots. 🙂
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
P.S.
I have another dozen or so names in my heid – folk who’ve said they’ll be there but haven’t confirmed, but I’m confident they’ll turn up on the night, so my ‘list’ is 35-ish.
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Ruglonian –
If you see this, could you let us know how many of the R/Glen squad you’re bringing? I vaguely remember you mentioning there could be a few of you.
🙂
Brian Doonthetoon
8 years ago
Hi Ian B.
Last Saturday, you typed that you had 32 on your list. At that time, I had 13 on my list. As I typed, I now have 39 so it could be worthwhile checking out the names I’ve confirmed in ‘Quarantine’ since the 12th. They haven’t all posted in ‘off-topic’.
And here’s another obscure track for your enjoyment…
It features Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and involves heavy use of both the ‘F’ word and the ‘C’ word. Therefore, do not click on the link if you are likely to be offended by the language.
Right, I’ve got the finger out and checked via Quaarantine.
These are the names I ‘missed’:
Pete the Camera
Cactus
Kishorn Commando
Cherry
Taranaich
Hero of the Federation
Hevvabeccywoss
H
A-JC
Nik
Jim ST
James
Robert McNulty
The Nomad
Simone
Scary Cath
Craig the Pict
Mark
Mandy
Grant
Preston
So, my ‘new’ list is 47.
Does that tally?
Brian Doonthetoon
8 years ago
Hi Ian B.
I reckoned you’d be up to around 50 so you’re not far off.
I noted names on your list who haven’t requested badges yet!
We only do badges for peeps who actually go to ‘Quarantine’ and stick in a request.
We were caught out, early days, doing badges for peeps who never turned up so we stick in the effort of having to go to ‘Quarantine’, to corral the committed.
(Twirls pointed moustache and winks…)
Kishorn Commando
8 years ago
Ian B
Pressed the kilt, dubbined the boots, charged the walkman.
Porridge cooling for the pieces. Chanter lubricated.
Here’s one for the Rev with hammers etc.
hope the vimeo linky works
cearc
8 years ago
Michael McCabe,
Ah, the Willie Black definitely takes the prize!
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@BDTT –
The ‘missing’ dozen in my heid-list, over and above the 47, could well be nearer 20. I honestly didn’t realise we were that high, so, if past events are anything to go by, we could realistically be looking at 80+.
Brian Doonthetoon
8 years ago
Hi cearc.
You are one of the peeps who hasn’t asked for a badge for next week.
I could also mention others – you know “others”, who haven’t asked for a badge, like…
Clutha
Bob Sinclair
carjamtic
Fionan
Thistle
JLT
Lenny Hartley
Dave McDave
And, Ian B, if those peeps ask for a badge, we are at 47 all!
Did you ever have Betty Boop and Jim Thomson on your list? They seem to have been a bit quiet of late. No requests for badges or that…
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@BDTT –
Betty’s been posting here very recently, but haven’t heard from Jim for a good while. ??? 🙁
Bob Sinclair
8 years ago
Brian,
Would love a badge, thanks.
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
@Kishorn Commando –
Delighted to hear that you have polished your chanter.
I do hope you realise that Paula Rose will demand that you stand to attention before she carries out her usual inspection.
Good luck…
Thepnr
8 years ago
@Ian Brotherhood
I’m still here Ian, haven’t managed to drop in so often as out on my travels or should that be travails?
Anyways, I get home Monday late and will be at home the rest of that week so will catch up before the weekend.
@Michael McCabe
I got your email, will be in touch with you after I get home on Monday too.
Meantime, a bit of science Richard Feynman talks about magnets 🙂
Just checked this evening with one of my ?2+ and she’s a definite; the other would like to come but has a busy week ahead and won’t know till the last minute if he can manage.
We’re coming up for the march and to run a stall at the rally, so will check out the afternoon session and definitely be there for the evening.
See you then.
crazycat
8 years ago
@ BDTT
Putting this in a separate post so that it will be more noticeable – could you make a badge for Gwen, please?
See you Saturday.
Ian Brotherhood
8 years ago
This is quite something –
Almost 14 minutes long, and half of it is an ovation.
@Ian Brotherhood
Did you get the Joe Cullinane Labour propaganda through your door yet?
I got one a couple of days back. Posted through the letterbox quite late at night.
Almost as if the person posting them was ashamed to be seen in broad daylight with Labour literature, hmm?
Haven’t decided what to do with it yet, checking all the tables in the house to see if it can be used to prop up a short leg or something. Or I might make some small edits to it and send it back to him freepost. Not sure yet…
Anyways, music link of the day. Enjoy! (or don’t enjoy, it’s up to you!) 🙂
@Oneironaut –
Hoots mon.
Beautiful stuff.
Hope you’re well there.
🙂
Bonny tunes by Mr Mallan Ian. I think Thepnr’s words summed it up well.
from head to toe….
link to youtube.com
ride me to the junkyard in my cadillac..
link to youtube.com
I’ll put my order in now…
link to youtube.com
@Macart –
🙂
The glory days are yet to come brother!
@Croompenstein
You do the Rockabillies are voting for Trump LOL
I’ve a very good friend lives in Lousiana, went to his daughters wedding not so long ago. Wore the full regalia, couldn’t keep the old wives off me 🙂
I don’t discuss politics with my friend. I want him to remain my friend.
We won’t see much of this man on ‘British’ MSM as the U.S. election nears, or hear any of our ‘experts’ quoting him during the 24/7 coverage, but he’s important to a lot of American voters.
Louis Farrakhan, in a recent interview, talking about Trump:
link to youtube.com
Mellow and high as a kite
link to youtube.com
Just called Dows – they’ve already got a function booked for the 26th, but the room is free on the 25th.
Speaking of Trump, it seems that many Americans are already preparing to abandon ship…
zeitgeist-1984.deviantart.com/journal/How-Can-I-Move-to-Canada-594488775
Have booked Waxy O’Connors – it has one bar free on the 26th, so we’ve got our name on it. From 3-closing time.
Am going up tomorrow to check out the space etc.
It is done. The uncertainty was intolerable, so I hope youse don’t mind…
link to view.co.uk
@Ian Brotherhood
Well done you. Looks good to me, had a look at their website, I’m guessing that the room is McTurks Bar?
@Thepnr –
That’s the one.
Michael McCabe wrote “Number 1 in the Prisoners Charts.” link to youtube.com
OH, i don’t know about that, here’s a good contender:
Ain’t No Honky Tonks In Jail
link to youtube.com
LOL
🙂
Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but does anyone know what has happened to Derek Bateman’s site? The link from WoS takes me to a 403 Forbidden page.
@Ian B ~ Hi, was a no go at the CP. so good timing and excellent choice of the WoC.. that can well hold the 50+, cheers to ye!
Hello folks!
Long time since I’ve been here (keep forgetting about the Off Topic Page). Started wondering what you guys have all been up to (apart from music choices).
I’m guessing you boys (and gals) are organising a wee soiree. You say the 25th / 26th …I’m assuming you are talking this month (as in March) and that it will be in Glasgow?
Yes JLT honey – the 26th and we’re going to do serious stuff in the afternoon! then we’ll be our usual silly selves.
@Ian B.
Mrs M and I will do our best, but we may not get to venue before either late in the afternoon or early evening.
@Cactus –
Thanks for trying the place anyway mister, it was worth a shout.
I hope no-one’s pissed-off at me just going ahead with that booking – tbh, I was getting a bit freaked with the apparent dearth of suitable places and I jumped at the chance of getting in Waxy’s – astonished that they had any free room what with it being Easter weekend.
Let’s make this a good one – it won’t be as rushed as previous meetings, and means that some folk who can’t do the evening can get together in the afternoon, and vice-versa.
Right, now we’ve got a place – who’s organising the music?
😉
@Paula Rose
LOL …And just like that …Mr Brotherhood fires up the info on today’s main topic!
Timing as they say …is everything!
It’s all planned you know cos we is cybernats.
Hi Ian (Brotherhood)
I should be there. I don’t believe I have anything else on.
(Jeez …those cheesy muffins that I ate not so long ago must have sparked up the ‘Force’ in me! Don’t know why I had the thought of ‘I wonder when the next Wings do is? …bizarre!)
@JLT –
🙂
That’s your good self added – you bring the total to 30.
BTW, upper-limit won’t be a prob with this place, so the more the merrier…let’s get the word out. We can submit a wee notice to The National as well, they don’t charge.
I’ve been on so many lists now – usually to starboard.
@Macart
Great that you and your wife will make it, I’m hoping my missus will too, right now 60/40 chance but I’ll keep working on her 🙂
I think as regards when people come along is unimportant, thought for a while it might just have been myself and Ian Brotherhood sitting a corner with a flat beer being filmed by Indy Live LOL.
All welcome at what ever time suits you best.
Will try and get up for glasgow get togetherr
@Thepnr
I’m never allowed oot the hoose on me own. 😮
@Thepnr –
Yeah, a live broadcast of you and me sitting there. It’d be like an endless version of Derek & Clive, but with no jokes.
haha You were basically just asking me to play this eh.
link to youtube.com
Have we ever had a ukulele player covering a Hendrix classic?
link to youtube.com
Some playing!
@Quentin Quale
Right your booked!
Just bring your ukulele along to Waxy’s 🙂
I’m sorry I haven’t come by in ages, but I thought I’d share this post about the greatest influence on my political life:
link to wildernessofpeace.wordpress.com
@Taranaich –
What a brilliant Mothers Day present that is.
Soo-perb!
🙂
@Lenny Hartley –
🙂
Noted, with great pleasure.
Now that we have a venue…
Once again, Pete the Camera and Brian Doonthetoon will be producing personalised souvenir badges for Wings over Glasgow on the 26th March.
If you are intending to be there on 26th March and want a personalised badge, please post a comment in “Quarantine”, with your username for the badge.
Like ‘Wings over Aberdeen’, the badges will be subtly different to those produced in the past.
‘Quarantine’ can be found here:-
link to wingsoverscotland.com
Oh, and on the subject of badges…
Make sure you are wearing all your ‘Wings over…’ badges when you turn up at Waxy’s so peeps can see where you’ve been!
@Taranaich
Thanks, loved that wee tribute to your Ma, I met her and you briefly in the Yes bar, wish I had spoken to her by more than just hello.
She’s a Ma to be proud of right enough. You should try and get along on the 26th. Plenty of friends and should be good.
Hi Ian,
I’m one of the five of team Inform-Scotland. Cadogan has emailed to keep us up to date. I’m unable to come as I have a problem with my balance (vertigo) which leaves me unable to move around in outside spaces or places where there are lots of people. It’s the biggest pain of my life as I can’t be part of the “crowd”. So can I ask would there be any way that a laptop link could be setup? I know it’s a huge ask but if you don’t ask you’ll never get anywhere lol!
@Cherry –
I can’t promise that the whole event will be Livestreamed, but I’m pretty sure that ‘Thistle’ (of this parish!) will be around – we’ll try to make sure that the Inform Scotland session is covered.
‘Thistle’ is a busy chap, but I’m sure he’ll let us know as and when he sees that we’ve confirmed a venue – provided he can get a decent signal from Waxy’s (which is, if you haven’t been in it, a bit of a labyrinth) then I hope we can make it happen.
If we do, you’ll be first to know if you keep watching this space!
Hoots tae you – please tell all your pals to attend if they can, if only for the workshop. Once they’ve met a few of the diehards I’m sure they’ll be tempted to linger awhile!
🙂 🙂 😉
Thanks Ian and “hoots” right back at you 😉
Would love to go on a Wings extravaganza (piss up)
maybe I’ll get there one day!
Keep the fight in their faces!
@Cherry –
🙂
Please be assured – ‘Friends of Wings’ is just a name for the purposes of booking a room. That’s it.
The friendships and connections (some are very business-like BTW) established in the past two or three years, largely because of this site, will persist regardless of what happens, and continue for many years to come, even if the names change.
So, when your own tribulations have passed, (as they will!) you will surely have many opportunities to witness these gatherings first-hand – they are going to be happening on a regular basis ‘forever’.
🙂
Keeping with a relatively chilled-out musical choice.
link to youtube.com
Here’s something you might not have seen in a while 🙂
Bay City Rollers – Money Honey
link to youtube.com
@Oneironaut
Lovely voice and the pictures were pretty. How come no words? 🙂
I listened to the next of their songs just to hear if she could sing and she can! Nice one O.
@Oneironaut –
Good stuff, but when we look upon the starry sky here in Stevenston, what do we see?
As usual, nowt!
I keep popping out to see if the Northern Lights are there…more in hope than expectation, has to be said.
I did see them once, about ten years ago, from the back garden…nothing like the pictures you see on telly, it was very faint, but definitely there, so we know it CAN happen. It’s just such a bummer to know that it does happen, but we’re all normally sound asleep at the time.
🙁
it is all about the Artist. link to youtube.com
@Thepnr
@Ian Brotherhood
Yeah, I kind of stumbled across that one when looking over stuff by Origa.
She does sing in it, although she usually sings in Russian (since that’s where she’s from), so might not be easily understandable. She does have an amazing voice though.
Looking up Origa on Youtube will dig up plenty of her work. She was more well known in Japan where she sang on anime movie soundtracks.
She died in January of last year though. Sad 🙁
The video comes from a film that was shown at planetariums (hence the weird spherical projection) called “A Starry Tale”.
Inspiring in that it draws on the myths and stories that the ancients once assigned to meanings in constellations of stars, imagining them as the shapes of gods and goddesses watching over humanity and guiding them to seek truth, justice and a brighter future (supposedly, not that that worked out too well judging by today’s world!)
And it takes from those myths of the past how we can make our own connections to the stars to inspire us to build a brighter future (which given the state of things nowadays is something that needs to be done pretty damn sharpish!)
Flat screen version of the video is here if anyone is curious:
link to youtube.com
As for me, I mostly think stars look nice when they’re actually visible here 🙂
Waxy O’Connors? Although not quite ‘Central’ it’s a good choice.
Dow’s was another good suggestion. I didn’t mention them because i was specifically focused around Glasgow Central, as requested.
However, now that yous have settled on Waxy’s i’ve started promoting it so i hope this decision isn’t for changing. Here is a suggestion for yous to contemplate.
Given that there is supposed to be a big rally taking place in Glasgow on that same day, why don’t you get some flyers promoting the event at Waxy’s printed up and get a couple of volunteers to hand them out at the march/rally?
It shouldn’t cost that much to knock up a couple of hundred or so. Whatever yous decide i’m sure the day will be a big success. As i’ve said, it’s the people who make a party not the venue.
Orrabest one and all!
Scooter – How Much Is The Fish?
link to youtube.com
@Stoker –
Just called WOCs to confirm, and that’s it definite, no need for me to traipse up to Glasgow to look at the space and abody seems happy enough.
They’ve sent me details of buffet packages etc which I’ll post links to later, but the lass said we can just order solo at the bar if need be. It’ll be a long day for some so grub is something we should have a think about.
Hi Ian.
I’d suggest letting Wingers organise their own food. Keeps costs down…
(The chipper next door does a splendid steak pie supper!)
Something from the Songwriters Circle. link to youtube.com
This Song is the Talk of the Town link to youtube.com
@BDTT –
I hear ye brother, and concur, but it was just to let folk know that the options are there if they want them.
Why is it so quiet, both here and the main threads? Feels as if something’s happened…
Have an idea about what to do with the ‘open mike’ session at the Glasgow gig, and want to run it over ye’s all, but it’s important to know roughly when the maximum number of regular commenters are going to be around.
If we can pinpoint a ‘window’ when as many as possible will be present, but before it gets too noisy/musical/incoherent, we could do a session where WOS commenters go up in turn, introduce themselves by their WOS handle (if they have one), give their real names (if they want to) and explain why they contribute to the site, what brought them there, that type of thing.
We could plug this in advance as a ‘An Audience With The Vile Cybernats’ or something along those lines…
Any thoughts?
More importantly, who’s up for doing such a thing, bearing in mind that it may be Livestreamed?
Come Pick me up. link to youtube.com
The Who, ‘Who Are You?’
link to youtube.com
The Who The Seeker link to youtube.com
@cearc,
How is the collection for RPs gold wings going?
Is it close?
As I may chuck in a few quid to get it over the line.
It’s early morning. It’s raining. And I have to go outside.
Need something amusing to cheer me up…
*bump-starts the jukebox Fonzie-style!*
link to youtube.com
Hiya Oneironaut, good to see you’re back and I hope you can make it into Glasgow on the 26th.
That video was quality – I love old footage repurposed like that, and who can argue with a bit of The Simpsons 😀
Ian Brotherhood – hi, was your thoughts on the open-mic thing to tie into Stokers comment about flyers? My first thoughts were that we wouldn’t want any ‘spanner in the works’ showing up but this may be an unnecessary consideration if it was only marchers being invited on the day.
If, on the other hand the idea was to promote, in advance, a kind of ‘evening with the cybernats’ we may encounter saboteurs 🙁
Anyway, the reason I was asking is not cos I want to do a turn or anything – I definitely don’t! – but because I can arrange printing at minimal cost, no hassle.
@ Ruglonian
My fault, should have been clearer in my suggestion, hand them out to those participating in the march. Good printing offer, well done!
__________
BBC Scotland Fails 21st Century Journalism Test
link to thoughtcontrolscotland.com
__________
Haddaway – What Is Love
link to youtube.com
@Ian Brotherhood aye Dear like shy me is really going to do that!
Hoss,
Well, actually, it is just a FEW quid off. Standing a £509 of £513!
I was waiting as a couple of people had pledged without saying how much but I haven’t heard from them again.
@cearc,
That is great – I will chuck in the difference – 4 quid.
A bargain!
More money for Rev Stu,
Gold wings medal for Mr Peffers,
And most likely will piss off Rock too.
An all around win!
Hi Hoss.
I like your style!
8=)
Peeps, remember,
Pete the Camera and Brian Doonthetoon will be producing personalised souvenir badges for Wings over Glasgow on the 26th March.
If you are intending to be there on 26th March and want a personalised badge, please post a comment in “Quarantine”, with your username for the badge.
Like ‘Wings over Aberdeen’, the badges will be subtly different to those produced in the past.
‘Quarantine’ can be found here:-
link to wingsoverscotland.com
I guess I’ll not be the only one hoping the Navajo Nation sue JK for her cultural appropriation in her latest pile of rubbish? Now she is really showing her ignorance. So, here’s some Navajo music,
and it rocks
link to youtube.com
A rock’n’roll classic recorded by the underrated Shakin Stevens. Who gave him the silly name
link to youtube.com
I have an LP by “Shakin’ Stevens and The Sunsets”.
Precedes his hit run by a few years.
Hi Wingers.
Does anybody ken the best place to buy the really wee Yes badges? Not the 3cm ones, the smaller lapel badges with blue background and white writing?
I bought a few 3cm Yes badges yesterday from Zazzle after giving all but one of my Yes badges away and the one I have left is lookin a wee bit tatty.
Any help would be ace ta.
@Ruglonian
Thanks. I’m not really “back” as such. I just come on here to join the occasional music link posting.
Won’t be at the Glasgow event either. Haven’t really been in the party mood for some time.
Also can’t find the song I was going to post now and I have to leave in a hurry.
I’ll maybe post another one tonight.
Peace, Love and Oreos!
Wee Jonny
The Wee Badgers in Glasgow do a nice line in badges of any design and many sizes. Online
Ta Dave.
Re. GERS and it’s value as indication of Scotland’s economic position. Are Unionists really able to overlook the £bn fraud committed against Scotland, when the McCrone report was buried by Whitehall, for example? Now that’s cult devotion.
Jack Jolly – Amnesia
link to youtube.com
Folks!!!
Bruce Crawford’s crowdfunding campaign ends this Sunday 13th March. Please donate what you can afford to make sure this parliamentary giant of the independence movement gets re-elected. All proceeds will go straight to his campaign fund. Please share!
link to crowdfunder.co.uk
Davie Mc
The wife recently introduced me to sudoku a couple of weeks back. So have been trying the National’s on and off and this morning I was dead chuffed since the evil one only took 90mins. So far either I have not completed it or it has taken hours.
Q
Do these things eventually get down to an acceptable time usage i.e. 20mins or thereabouts?
@Chic iScot Magazine has their very own SODUKO and the name has absolutely nothing to do with SOD UK … You should give that yin a bash 5 minutes to 40 minutes seems to be the iScot will also be having a little stall at the Conference this weekend Stall no 24 – all welcome
From the Rev’s twitter feed:
Why Do You Hate Us, Scotland?
link to archive.is
OH, how blissfully ignorant, but he gets it on the very last line.
Can i get your coats for yous? BYE BYE!
“..the neighbours who just want to get along..” says Adam Benjamin.
lol x 100 The demented ignorance of a UKOKer, eh!
Vengaboys – Shalala Lala
link to youtube.com
🙂
Right Ken, I’ll give that a go.
For those about to go to Tenerife we salute you,
no allowed to post while on holiday, Irene says,…….AYE RIGHT!
Read Dr.John Robertson’s coverage of the run-up to the Scottish Parliamentary Elections 2016 and of his complaint to the toothless croc (aka IPSO).
The IPSO response has been added to the comments thread.
link to newsnet.scot
jdman,
Hope you both have a great holiday and you enjoy your birthday.
@jdman
Hope you and Irene have a great holiday and happy birthday when it comes.
Here’s some popcorn R&B for all the Yoons out there, especially BBC Labour in Scotland and the QT team.
Z. Z. Hill – One Way Love Affair
link to youtube.com
((( BREAKING )))
Exposed – David Mundell And His Plush London Pad
link to archive.is
Sincerest apologies to rodents everywhere!
🙁
Dr.John Robertson’s continued analysis of the Scottish election campaign TV news coverage (No9).
link to newsnet.scot
RIP Keith Emerson
My first taste of prog link to youtube.com
For those of you who haven’t read it yet.
Wee Ginger Dug – The lost city of Yes Dundee
link to weegingerdug.wordpress.com
Oops, long way from home and my wife sent me this, I’d forgotten it was our aniversary.
Some of you will get it. My mistake was not reading it until now.
link to youtube.com
Funny how somethings can lift your spirits yet make you want to weep. Now I need to be forgiven.
Hi Kishorn Commando.
Gutted to read your post re Keith Emerson.
I saw The Nice at the Caird Hall in 1968 (69?), then the three ELP concerts at the same venue. At the first of them, he played the intro to “Pictures At An Exhibition” on the Caird Hall organ, which is world famous among organ aficionados.
link to leisureandculturedundee.com
Onnyhoo, although The Nice played “Rondo” as their encore at the Caird Hall, this is my all-time favourite “Nice” single.
link to youtube.com
Thepnr,
I’m sure you’ll be forgiven. Good excuse to bring an extra treat when you come back.
I was feeling awful today and fell asleep after lunch only waking up half an hour an ago and so missed phoning my grandson on his fifth birthday! Which is probably a worse family crime.
@BDTT
Thanks Enjoyed America, haven’t heard it for 40years. I always preferred the Nice to ELP, moved on to YES (Still there EH!
Here’s one of Mr Bogle’s best to lift the spirits from the yoonshite of the past few days.
link to youtube.com
@John King
Don’t know if you’re reading this on hols John, but have a great time and a very happy birthday.
Awrabest. 🙂
Hi Kishorn Commando.
I discovered “Yes” via ‘The Yes Album’, which a former school pal had purchased from a vinyl emporium. Saw them at the Caird hall an’ a’…
link to youtube.com
BTW: If you’re on Facebook, check out my Facebook page pic…
link to facebook.com
@bdtt
Small world, don’t do much facebook, still have some YES vinyls but have all their albums on cassette.
However I have saved my pristine King Crimson’s “Court” despite binning the turntable 20 years ago. We did keep a portable Dansette that scratches records like a tomcat for the kids.
Hoping to make it on 26th.
@Kishorn Commando –
Have added you to the list.
🙂
Can anyone else hereabouts help try and plug the 26th gig a wee bit?
I’m properly full-on with uni deadlines for the next week. Cadogan and his ‘Inform Scotland’ colleagues have been busy organising for the ‘afternoon’, but we’re still not getting as many names as we’d like for the evening.
I will be popping in here to keep a tally, and respond to any ‘new’ names, but otherwise I’m ‘oot-the-gemm’ for the next ten days or so.
So this is an appeal to all and sundry – even if you can’t make it on the day, please spread the word and encourage folk to come here, O/T, to say if they’re coming, daytime/evening, whatever.
Waxy O’Connor’s, Glasgow, Saturday March 26th, from 3.00-ish to closing time.
We really need to make it a busy one – after what happened in Dundee last night, it’s crucial that we send out a powerful message to all the Nawbags.
Hoots all! 🙂
Hi Kishorn Commando.
The debut ‘King Crimson’ – definitely in my top 5 albums of all time, in the world, ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrsW–Sh7YE
Greg Lake and Karen Carpenter had the same quality of voice.
It was a big regret to me, when Karen Carpenter died, that we would never hear a Carpenter/Lake duet.
link to youtube.com
link to youtube.com
JUST ARRIVED IN MY IN BOX
Hi everyone,
It’s taken a long time but Inform Scotland so far has a bank account and a PayPal account and the start of a website. We had quite a few members pay up for the first year. We now need to refine the processes for how we will translate the aims into action.
Inform Scotland is therefore putting on a workshop to move things forward and you are invited.
This will take place on 26th March 2016, at Waxy O’Connor’s Bar in Glasgow (right next to Queen Street rail station – map attached), starting at 3.30pm. and finishing around 5pm. The venue is McTurk’s, inside Waxys – follow the signs to Glasgow Friends of Wings Over Scotland or similar.
The workshop is part of a Wings Over Scotland social event, so it will be followed by an opportunity to socialise.
The agenda may evolve with further input from interested parties, but an outline of the event is below:
An introduction to Inform Scotland and broadly what it wants to achieve.
A briefing on initial suggestions for how the ‘business model’ might work and the democratic and transparent principles that underpin it.
Some discussion on any gaps and weaknesses in the model.
The “workshop” part of the session will consist of smaller groups working through a different aspect of the business process from finding good ideas for publication, to costing them, to filtering down to a short list of what should be crowd funded and deciding what sort of medium each of the ideas might be presented within. Also how to make sure we don’t publish anything silly that might backfire on us.
The rough framework is that any idea should pass though a series of gates so that administration is easy, governance is transparent and everyone feels happy with how we reach each short-list of ideas for funding two, three or four times a year depending on how well the model we agree works in reality.
The session will close with feed back from the tables and planning of next steps.
Please do come along and see if you can help with common-sense ideas and help us get this over the line.
Inform Scotland is also interested in hearing from people with relevant skills who might like to be involved in helping to manage this project.
*Apologies to people who may not be able to get to Glasgow for this event, but we have to start somewhere! There is a possibility that this event will broadcast live on the Independence Live website.
Regards
Team Inform-Scotland
@Ian Brotherhood
@Thepnr
Me and the Missus are due a day out. Looking forward to meeting
people we feel we already know.
Thomas & Mary
I’m at conference, all: if you see a dark-bearded, ponytailed man in a leather jaikit & a man bag, say hello
Here’s one for the OBR and all the Yoons who place their faith in it’s credibility.
Aretha Franklin – It Ain’t Necessarily So
link to youtube.com
Scotland in the union.. tied down with battleship chains 50 foot long and a 2 ton anchor….
link to youtube.com
I light of the dearth of credible corporate media reports re. Syria, here’s an interesting article for all the Assad haters.
link to globalresearch.ca
Surely the corporate media and state propaganda peddlers, can’t be lying to us about the Syrian crisis? After all, they were spot-on re. Saddam and WMD.
@Bevrijdingsdag –
Cool. ‘Thomas and Mary’ duly added to list…now at 32.
How ’bout you Taranaich – any chance you’d make it?
Hi Ian B.
Of that 32, only 13 have, so far, asked for a badge so I’ll repeat what I posted a week ago…
Pete the Camera and Brian Doonthetoon will be producing personalised souvenir badges for Wings over Glasgow on the 26th March.
If you are intending to be there on 26th March and want a personalised badge, please post a comment in “Quarantine”, with your username for the badge.
Like ‘Wings over Aberdeen’, the badges will be subtly different to those produced in the past.
‘Quarantine’ can be found here:-
link to wingsoverscotland.com
The badge list will close on Wednesday evening, 23rd March, at 11.59pm.
@BDTT –
Big hoots to you and PTC for doing all the badge stuff – must be a finicky and time-consuming business altogether and youse don’t get anywhere near enough recognition for doing it.
Please be assured that your efforts are appreciated, and the objects themselves are treasured more than any of the gongs ‘sold’ by ‘Erself in Buckie House.
Anyway, you like your obscure records, eh?
How ’bout this?
Try listening to it without looking at the title, see if you can pinpoint who and when…nae Buster Keaton!!!
🙂
More power to ye, and regards to the bold Pete.
MYSTERY TRACK:
link to youtube.com
This would make a good finale for the SNP conference – they’re even wearing the appropriate colours.
Jermaine Stewart, ‘We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off’ –
link to youtube.com
Hi Ian b.
Re: mystery track. Sorry, the guff wiz gied awa’ as soon as the video started! I’d never have got it though.
This is, probably, my favourite SM track, from 1979.
link to youtube.com
link to youtube.com
@BDTT –
🙂
Good one, have never seen that before. That’s the beauty of YT, eh?
The SM guys were just up the road from where I lived, went to the same school, maybe three, four years above us, and they were spoken-of as if minor Gods, even before the Johnny/Self Abusers name was ditched.
If memory serves, they used to play the Doune Castle in Shawlands, and you couldn’t get in for love nor money – a lot of gang-related trouble at that time too in and about Shawlands probably did no harm to their general profile in Glasgow, even if they had nothing to do with it all.
Just to keep Wingers up to speed…
This is a post I’ve stuck on one or three Facebook pages tonight.
—————————————————
On Thursday’s BBC ‘Question Time’, David Dimbledum changed his status from “chair” to “participant”, by jumping into the debate and stating a blatant lie, that is that when we voted in Indyref 1, we knew that there was going to be an in/out referendum on EU membership.
This was not corrected by any any of the other panelists on the show. History was also rewritten by yoon audience members and panelists by repeating the lie that a PROMISE was made by the YES side that indyref 1 was a “once in a lifetime” event.
No such promise was ever made. A personal opinion had been offered, not a promise.
Onnyhoo, here’s Ruthie Tank Commander, during the STV Referendum Debate on 2nd August, 2014, stating the lie that with a YES vote, Scotland would be out of the EU – only a NO vote would keep us in. No mention of a GUARANTEED in/out referendum down the line.
Remember, at this time, Labour were around 4% ahead in the polls for the UK general election; it looked like the tories weren’t going to win, as Ruthie TC admits in the video below. Apologies for the poor quality.
link to youtube.com
2nd SEPTEMBER, not August. Sheet!
@BDTT –
If that was Bernard Ponsonby chairing that exchange then he’d better join a long line of meeja-folk who will, sooner or later, be required to state their position on what ‘Sir David’ and his QT crew did in Dundee.
So far? Their silence has been deafening – let’s see what Stuart Cosgrove and Eamonn O’Neill have to say about it next Thursday. If they choose to ignore it then I, for one, will lend no support whatever to the championing of Cosgrove as an advocate of radical MSM change.
Hi Ian B.
Re ‘trouble in Glasgow’.
In the early 70s, we were involved with organising fundraising dances for our BB. One of the bands we had seen at “The JM” was a band from Glasgow called “Downtown Flyers”. Their vocalist looked uncannily like Rod Stewart, at the time.
In blethers, he related a story to us. It was told that, one evening, he was wandering in a homeward direction, when he was accosted by some of Glasgow’s finest.
He told us that his philosophy was to suss out the ringleader and threaten him along the lines of, “Your mates may get me but, before they do, you’ll be dead.”
He then turned and walked away. He said that his mistake was to turn his back on the ringleader, resulting in a knife in the back.
His advice was, “Walk away backwards…”
@BDTT –
You’ll remember that one of the Simple Minds albums was called ‘Streetfighting Years’.
The crack at the time, far as I recall, was that the ‘Minds’ hailed from a wee bit of Toryglen locally known as ‘The Circus’. I don’t know which members this referred to, but I presume it was Kerr & Burchill.
That ‘bit’ of Toryglen was, by all accounts, a bit wild, but if the gangs wanted a fight they’d use the local ‘rec’ – at that time it was a vast spread of ash football pitches. It now hosts a massive 24/7 Asda.
I crossed that ‘rec’, night and day, many dozens, possibly hundreds of times. Walked through the Gorbals after midnight load of times, after closing-time, skint (because we’d spent the bus-fare on pints)sometimes with mates, sometimes alone. Not once did we ever get any real hassle, perhaps because we had functioning ears and legs. The guys in Glasgow at that time who were involved in any gang-related stuff were there by choice, and, so far as I’m aware, they did their level best to have square-goes well away from anyone who might clipe to their maws.
By the 80’s I reckon a lot of the Southside guys were simply milking urban legends which largely arose in the East End. Big difference is that, in places like Dennistoun and Royston, the real stuff – properly nasty, bigoted sectarian stuff – was still happening. (Depending on who you believe, it still is.)
Dunno, maybe I was just lucky? 🙂
Hi Ian B.
Seems like you did lead a charmed life – why else would Frankie Vaughan get involved?
8=)
Someone pointed me to this tonight, hadn’t heard it in years. Not very sophisticated but still made me laugh. link to youtube.com
@ Ian B
Thanks for putting us on the list.
T & M
@ Ian Brotherhood. Kevin Gibney wants to do a Livestream interview on the 26th with you & me lol (I dont do interviews), pick a partner Ian.
@Ronnie A –
Cool!
I understand you not doing interviews seeing as you’re such a shy and retiring sort…
😉
Any chance you could send me K’s e-mail? I don’t have a current one and I don’t ‘do’ Facebook.
Hope you’re well mister. Hoots the noo!
ianbhood@gmail.com
@BDTT –
Hoots for K’s address – have just dropped him a line.
Right then, that’s the business done, hoozfurra wee dance?
Blondie, ‘X Offender’ –
link to youtube.com
Typing about Blondie…
link to youtube.com
How’s this for a novel dining experience?
link to youtube.com
@BDTT –
🙂
Had no idea what to expect there.
Soo-perb.
Dear All,
Plans for the 26th in Glasgow are shaping up nicely…
Cadogan Enright and his ‘Inform Scotland’ colleagues have already claimed the afternoon shift, as detailed above. (12th March, 12.55 am)
We trust that Cactus, Jock Scot and sundry others will exercise their musical talents in the evening…
IndyLive will be there…
There will be a ‘window’, after the ‘Inform Scotland’ session, and before we all proceed to get blootered, where we could/should take the opportunity to get on-record why we support this site. It doesn’t matter how many people are watching it ‘live’ – the important thing to keep in mind is that the event will be recorded, so it’s there for good.
If you were put on the spot, what would you say about WOS and why you’re a contributor/lurker/financial supporter?
How would you present yourself to an audience which has a preconceived idea of you as a ‘Cybernat’?
If this was your one and only chance to leave some testimony about what’s happening in Scotland right now, what would you say?
Responses to these basic questions may take many forms, but one thing’s for sure – the time will flit away, so we have to try and make some effort to organise it.
Please have a think about it, and post your thoughts here.
Hoots all, as aye.
🙂
@Paula Rose (Wherever you are…) –
I know you’ll be very busy (whoops – almost wrote ‘busty’ there!) on the 26th, but you could always ask your charming Uncle Norbert to say a few words on your behalf?
Just a thought…
😉
Hi Ian *waves from Venice * oh I don’t know perhaps I could do a little interview if everyone wants me to.
Uncle Norbert, eh? Well that would be erm, ‘interesting’!
Keep dangling your tootsies in the canals, sweetie. Ian wants this meet up to be a bit different.
Although, Uncle Norbert may be stretching the definition of a ‘bit’ different.
Good to meet a fair number of Wingers at the weekend. Pleased to see you all again. You know who you are 🙂
Special thanks to Chipmonkey and QQ; pleasure as always.
Rediscovered this recently and thought some of the discerning sophisticates here might enjoy it. Dig the saturated colour and meandering routine for the camera.
They were an ugly bunch and you wouldn’t want to jog their pint but Wee Pricey’s solo is still pretty good.
Love Chas Chandler’s Honey Monster impersonation.
link to m.youtube.com
I’m looking for somene to let me crash on the couch or in the spare room Friday 25 and Sat 26th for social in Glasgow
Willing to buy dinner and drinks for a few pointers to a tour of Glasgow sat morning. Have canvassed long hours there in the past a few times but never ‘seen’ the place
Am quite sane and well behaved – as you can see from Facebook page link to business.facebook.com
Just thought I’d wander back in after experiencing a few days not really worth talking about and probably best forgotten.
For now I bring a gift of another music link.
Not sure how many people are familiar with the Gorillaz track “On Melancholy Hill”…
This is a cover version by a favourite singer of mine who does it quite well I think 🙂
(Sorry about the “Sun” logo on the video. Then again, like much in life, if the video was completely perfect, it would probably be boring!)
link to youtube.com
Peace, Love and Neos (Can’t afford Oreos this week, so got the cheap Lidl version instead!)
Hi folks
go an idea… Im thinking Indy Live does a livestream Blab with a couple of WoS members to discuss the WoS event on 26th. A Blab is similar to Skype but allows you to invite viewers onto panel. It’s a really cool way of getting people involved in the chat.
Also, I need to know more about what you are wanting to do on 26th. We are going to be livestreaming the march that day but maybe you want some livestreaming done after? Email me liveindependenceATgmail.com
Kevin
Thanks for the birthday wishes Sam, A question, how many people knew the national flag of Tenerife was a saltire?
I didn’t, until I asked an official coming out of Oratavo town hall why they flew the saltire everywhere, only to discover it wasn’t because they loved Scotland but because is their flag too, well bugger me!
Just about to set off on a trip up mount tiede it’s covered in snow so we’ll taking warm jackets, the hairpin bends and sheer drop cause much screaming, and that’s just me!
@ Betty Boop
Good to see you too. I was with Morag for much of the time but didn’t recognise anyone else apart from Kendomacaroonbar.Mind you in a crowd of 3,000 people it is pretty difficult to identify individuals 🙂
@Jdman -happy birthday for when it happens
Long-time WOS reader Charles Anderson has just e-mailed me to say that he’ll be there on the 26th. He hasn’t commented before, so give him a wave!
🙂
A perfect set-up for a cheesy segue to welcoming Charles but I’m getting a bit para that I may have insulted Jim Thomson with the track I dedicated to him a while back.
Hope you’re keeping well Jim an apologies, if necessary (large men wearing spndex can be intimidating to some). I was only kiddin’ about. 😉
Just saw Cadogan Enright do a post above me. He is a really good guy so please help him out if you can.
Nobody seems to have mentioned it…
Is there going to be an ‘official’ Wings presence on the ‘All Under One Banner’ march on the 26th? Like the banners and so on?
Jiss askin’…
Very sad to see the Maryhill Foodbank has been forced to close.
link to twitter.com
Looks like they’ve been targeted but I have no idea why.
Should also mention that Thistle and Independence Live are needing some exposure for their crowdfunder. They’re looking for 6.5k and are only at 5% with 15 days to go. They are also looking for any obsolete equipment that folk could donate:
link to indiegogo.com
I’m sure they’d appreciate any help tweeting this and posting in other places to get the massage out there. Oh, and maybe a wee donation too 😀
“Massage out there” lol. Why did Paula suddenly come to mind there? 😉
EVERYBODY DOING A BLAB TEST WITH ROMMINE. PLEASE JOIN!
You need to use Firefox or Chrome.
link to blab.im
That should say Ronnie above 🙂
Never anybody about when you need them. OK will be on this test Blab for another wee while so please join…
link to blab.im
@John King
Mountain climbing is it? Mountain climbing?
Exercise! My arch Nemesis. 😉
Have a good one John.
I’ll just leave this here. Not my fault if it ends up on Yoon sites. 🙂
Here II Here – I Don’t Know Shit
link to youtube.com
Mountain climbing?
Who said anything about mountain climbing?
We took a hire car up to the base the a cable car to the summit,
Even so the altitude made for a little difficulty in breathing, so we didn’t spend too much time at the top,
Heres a little quiz for everyone,
What country has a saltire for a flag, and an independence movement?
Hands up who said Scotland?
Correct,
But if you had said Tenerife, you would also have been correct, look it up if you don’t beleive me,
Well who knew?
Now youve left me with an image of me and Irene roped together using ice axes and crampons Sam!
@jdman
“ice axes and crampons”
That’ll be your birthday pressie sorted then 😉
Have a good one John, we’ll miss you at Glasgow, but looks like Kev will be around to livestream some of it for you.
@jdman
Hope you bought Irene a hot chocolate and rum at the café when you descended from the summit. That’s what I did 35 years ago and haven’t given up the habit even though I only attempt the ascent of the staircase now 🙂
Happy days, John.
Just chucked some cash into the war chest under my alias bdk71.
Please put it towards Robert Peffers Wings badge.
PS
i am way behind with articles but catching up. If Mr Peffers has already won a badge then put it towards the next deserving candidate please.
Hi folks, looking for IT advice again! I need to obtain some screenshots for legal matters, but the shift-ctrl-3 doesn’t work on my laptop.
it is a cheap Packard bell, running windows 8.1. Can anyone advise me if there is an alternative way to get screenshots please?
Many thanks as ever, you brilliant lot! Doubt if I will make it to the 26th Wings night but hopefully the next one after that.
@ fionan
link to windows.microsoft.com
Hope that helps.
@fionan
Alt-PrintScreen will grab a screen, but it usually needs editing.
In Win 8.1 you also have the snipping tool which allows you to grab any bit displayed on you screen. You should find it here: C:\Windows\System32\SnippingTool.exe. It allows you to save the picture in various formats.
For those of you looking for something to watch and if you have access to Netflix, i can thoroughly recommend these 2 documentaries, i gave both a 5-Star rating:
Bottled Life – Is all about the Swiss-based corporation Nestle and how they’ve made billions out of plundering the world’s water resources and selling it back to the consumer.
Hot Coffee – Is all about frivolous law suits and tort reform with the main story being about a woman who sued McDonald’s after spilling her coffee and burning herself. Other interesting cases are featured in this documentary but more importantly, watch and see how the corrupt media play their part, they’re not known as the corporate media for nothing you know.
Both documentaries make for very interesting viewing.
John King: hope you’re wearing that W helmet you were wearing in Freedom Square last September when we met, ‘cos the OBR have just warned of volcanic activity in Mount Tiede area.
On reflection, your Panama hat should be ok. Have a great time.
Anyone feel like some unforgettable sax?
Yes, that’s what I said, particularly from about 2.50 in.
Wow! Don’t know how the link went like that.
The Rev. will be getting the hammers out.
Two big boys did it and ran away, honest!
I’d be concerned if you were harming yourself Macart, but I’d hope you would have the curtsy of abusing yourself in private. Get yourself a tent mate. 😉
Saint Andrew – This World is Phuhl o’ a Number o’ Things
link to youtube.com
Braw, CBB, but don’t know if it can compete with the perfection of:
link to m.youtube.com
And thanks to BDTT for linking this a while ago.
Conon and Xsticks, many thanks for that. alt-printscreen doesn’t seem to work either so will check the painful-sounding snipping tool 🙂
Tinto Chiel
I used to have twapehs as an e-mail but it lapsed. Pity ’cause my brother, who was ignorant of my address, was using Ananinginaneana. No shit. 🙂
Can I compete? Nuh. 😉
I have just contributed £25 and took no perks so you can add my contribution to a badge for Robert Peffers.
You’ve obviously been brought up right, CBB. Thank God for the Yes city of Dundee ?.
I’ll raise you this. To my shame, I can’t mind which Winger linked me this, but it’s a hoot too, and I’m fae Lanarkshire.
link to m.youtube.com
CBB:
? Should have been a Barcelona fist. Damn these emojis!
@fionan
If you use Google Chrome their is an easy to install extension called Full Page Screen Capture.
Very simple to use and captures the screen perfectly, no doubt this or similar will be available for other browsers. Hope this helps.
@fionan
Forgot to include the link for Chrome.
link to chrome.google.com
Ahoy all,
I’ve set up a wee Facebook page for A Wilderness of Peace for those who can’t get wordpress working, would appreciate & welcome likes/shares/etc:
link to facebook.com
I’m going to be doing a lot of stuff with the site in the next few weeks, so watch this space!
I’m sure Macart will lend you his tent once he is finished, Clootie. 🙂
@Taranaich –
Good luck with it mister.
Will you make it on the 26th? I keep pestering you, I know, but I’m getting a bitty anxious to get a handle on who’s likely to make it or not.
And also – this goes for everyone – I would be very very grateful if anyone could offer to help plug the next Glasgow night, especially over this week-end so that folk can take note and have time to make plans, get baby-sitters, pet-sitters, whatever.
Main thing is to get some FB and Twitter exposure – I don’t do Facebook at all, and my Twitter skills are zero. Right now we have 36-40 names confirmed, and we know from experience that many more will turn up on the evening. But this one’s different because of the daytime workshop with Cadogan and ‘Inform Scotland’, so it’s a much longer session than usual and we really need to make an effort to ‘fill’ the late afternoon/early evening with something instructive and/or entertaining before settling down to the normal quaffing.
Please, let’s get a buzz going about this. ‘Thistle’ (you all know who he is) will be around, and it would be good if he had something solid to broadcast, even if it’s nothing more than Wingers presenting themselves to do a reading/song/poem, whatever.
Bring the ideas here over the next few days – let’s make this one special. Nothing ventured, nothing gained an aw that jazz, eh?
🙂
Ian Brotherhood
Has Cadogan’s crash been sorted?
I plan on getting through for the workshop, btw. That’s enough info to be giving out in public though, other than I’ll be wearing a brown Fedora. 😉
@CamB –
🙂 !!!
You kept that one quiet!
So, can I add you to the list for the evening as well? Come on man, surely you’ll linger for a glass of Pimms and some strawberries, eh?
Been too long since I picked everyone’s brains (and trust me, BRAINS WILL BE PICKED). Amma comin’, & I suspect my Mammy will too once she catches wind of this!
I’m a definite. Almost certain. I’ll probably show up. I’ll do my best to get there Ian. 🙂
I see you’re not one for telling as I telt you a while back that I’d bee coming. Checking your watch? 🙂
Hi folks,
There’s a fair wee group interested in coming along to Waxys from Yes Rutherglen, and we were talking about the National Yes Registry at tonight’s meeting so I sent Jason (the kinda organiser) a message to tell him about the opportunity to speak to like minded folk on the 26th – hope that’s ok.
Yes Rutherglen has some merchandise and some contacts that we’re going to bring along – which reminds me, is there going to be a raffle that we can contribute to?
How do people feel about me making a wee promotional poster that we can share on social media, and I can get them printed (business card size?) to hand out to the marchers?
I was just thinking about something simple – blue background, Wings logo, ‘Friends of Wings get-together’ or similar and the address (see Ronnie Anderson and the Wings banner for my previous work!)
Last word for now, to all those lurkers out there – there’s a few Wings gems unable to attend on the 26th, so you’ll have to make up the numbers! We were all lurkers once so don’t be shy (plus there will be badges 😀 )
Ruglonian
“Wings logo”. I’d ask the Rev. first. Best use the contact form.
@Camb, Ruglonian et al,
Ahm pished , but just last shout-out, hey, magic, its happening aye, more the merrier etc just need cactus and jockscot to confirm cause we mst not succumb to the piped music etc,
Who’s doing a turn!!!
Hoots etc, as ever
;_)
XXX
Hi all. I should’ve posted this on the Eck Farewell thread but I wasn’t quick enough! I know fine well not all wingers are snp or Eck fans but for the many who are, here’s a wee pic I did last year. If anyone wants to print themselves a copy plz pm me and I’ll send a link to the hi-res scan file.
link to on.fb.me
With regards next Saturday, I’m hoping to make it, but can’t commit for definite until I sort a baby-sitter. I need to make amends for missing the last do in Helensburgh as I could’ve walked home from that one!
Hi Everyone, Jason here of the National Yes Registry.
Ruglonian dropped me a line letting us know about your meeting at Waxy’s on the 26th (thanks Ruglonian 🙂 and I was wondering if it would be possible for me to attend on behalf of the NYR? It would be great to finally meet some of you ‘wingers’ in the flesh and get the opportunity to fill everyone in on what the NYR project is all about, what happened at our National Conference of the Local Groups (held in December), and more importantly, everything we are doing now (and planning to do) in order to get the Registry ready for its Launch.
It would be great to get face to face ‘winger’ feedback on it all, especially over a pint! My email address is nationalyesregistry@gmail.com
Look forward to talking,
braco
@Dave McDave –
I’ll put you on the list anyway, eh?
Good stuff.
🙂
Ian, or anybody who knows.
This downstairs room, is that down a lot of stairs? Does it have street access at that level?
Nothing on their website about access.
Sorry, but I’ll not make it to the night out in Glasgow. Being (ahem) forced to go on holiday, to boarders, that weekend.
Hopefully I’ll make it next time, have a great time all.
I hope nobody minds me posting this here. Please support our Donna Heddle in her fight to oust the Lib Dems from Orkney. We have a real chance of winning this seat but need all the help we can get. Our crowdfunding link is:
link to crowdfunder.co.uk
Hiya, I’ve got a message from Jason Baird (copied and pasted from email, as he said he had a problem posting it himself).
Hi Everyone, Jason here of the National Yes Registry.
Ruglonian dropped me a line letting us know about your meeting at Waxy’s on the 26th (thanks Ruglonian 🙂 and I was wondering if it would be possible for me to attend on behalf of the NYR? It would be great to finally meet some of you ‘wingers’ in the flesh and get the opportunity to fill everyone in on what the NYR project is all about, what happened at our National Conference of the Local Groups (held in December), and more importantly, everything we are doing now (and planning to do) in order to get the Registry ready for its Launch.
It would be great to get face to face ‘winger’ feedback on it all, especially over a pint! My email address is nationalyesregistry@gmail.com
Look forward to talking,
braco
@cearc –
Just called Waxy’s.
Yes, there are stairs, but there’s also a side entrance for wheelchair access if needed.
So, nae excuses!!
🙂
@braco –
Soo-perb.
It’s an open invitation, so yes, of course, you’d be made very welcome, and you can address the throngs about what you’re up to. If you have any literature, promo stuff, please bring it, and as many friends as you can muster.
Please also note, as flagged-up by cearc earlier, the bar we’ve booked does have wheelchair access via a side-entrance if anyone needs it. It also has Wi-Fi.
Look forward to seeing you.
Hoots!
Bad news on my part guys. Work has jumped in with both boots and I’m not going to make next weekend.
Gutted. 🙁
Sorry to hear folks aren’t able to attend the Glasgow rally. There will be more in the future. Bigger and better. Today, political geek-dome, tomorrow the world. One folk, one Fatherland, one ….erm.
Anyway, it struck me that I’ve not posted any Fall yet. So here’s one for the UKOK Establishment. Wouldn’t want them to feel socially excluded, would we?
The Fall – Life Just Bounces
link to youtube.com
The following is from an e-mail I just got from Thistle (Kevin) and I’ve just spoken to him – he’s encouraging us to have a look at this, not least because it involves new gadgetry which may prove very useful for all of us.
I’ll be watching the interview, and then trying a wee test to see if I can link-up, even briefly, and if so I’ll do a wee spiel about the next Glasgow Friends of WOS gig.
If anyone’s free, please join in, or at least have a butchers at the new stuff Kevin’s talking about – it’s called ‘Blab’.
Se ye’s later!
Kevin (Indylive) – “I’m livestreaming twice tonight. Starting at 8:30pm I will be talking to John McHarg who runs Yes 2 and later doing a Gaelic thing..
I’m going to be interviewing John on Blab which is really cool as it allows other people to join the chat – if you let them! You will find the Blab link via…”: link to livestream.com
Hi folks
as Ian said above we are doing a Blab tonight and I want all of you to get your head around it as you may find it useful for some activist stuff you may do. Also I want to do a Blab with you lot to discuss the WoS event on 26th. I’ve told John who I will be interviewing tonight that we may see a couple of you on. In addition John is going to come along to the WoS event after the march and would be good for you to meet him and hear what he has to say.
The link that Ian posted above will take you to a page where we will be livestreaming the Blab. However I want you to click the link on that page beneath “Join the Blab!”. You can use Chrome or Firefox. To join Blab you need a twitter account.
See ya later and get promoting the link above to wingers!
Kevin
OK, peeps.
RE: the get-together on the 26th… See the post at:-
link to wingsoverscotland.com
You know what gets my goat – and I’m watching numerous examples on Channel 5’s “That’s So… 1984” at the moment?
People who upload 4:3 aspect ratio videos to YouTube and publish them at 16:9 and professional broadcasters who commit the same sin.
I want to see people with the faces and bodies the right shape; I don’t want to see them converted into wee wide faced, wide-bodied diddypeeps.
Rant over.
Righty ho, shoes off and leap aroond the lobby cos it’s Friday Night
link to youtube.com
C’mon folks, who’s going to find the most appropriate tune to celebrate the departure of IDS?
link to youtube.com
“People say, people say
Have I got a right to live
People say, people say
Have I got a right to live
People say, people say
(What the people say)
(What the people)”
The Meters – People Say
link to youtube.com
Jist a wee keek tae see whits gonoan afore hittin the sack!
cearc wrote:
“C’mon folks, who’s going to find the most appropriate tune to celebrate the departure of IDS?”
C’mon you lot, git yer boogy boots oan, not everyones cup of tea but one of my all-time faves:
The Prodigy – Firestarter (Official Video)
link to youtube.com
🙂
I’m not posting a link as I’m terrified of the hammers, and also cos I don’t particularly like the song (even less, the singer) but it did pop into my head when I heard the IDS news – Better the devil you know!
BTW, meant to add to my previous post and cearc’ comment regarding IDS – I’m with the majority over on the main thread, as soon as i seen this news breaking i screamed out ((( KAREN DUNBAR ))) as i pointed frantically at the telly. The boss immediately instructs me to simmer doon and dismissively informs me “THAT’S NO KAREN DUNBAR YA TUBE!” “AH KEN!” was my reply “BUT AH SMELL SHITE!”
Goodnight, troops, have a great and safe weekend.
btw ((((( C’MOAN SCOTLAND, THREE IN A ROW HERE WE GO )))))
🙂
You can all finish off the evening with a beautiful Scottish medley performed by well known gentleman who usually appeared in a bright tartan jacket
link to youtube.com
link to wingsoverscotland.com
@cearc 9:18 Here is Willie Black predicting ian Duncan smith would go. and telling him to his face. I think Willie Black spoke for all Wingers that day. link to youtube.com
Thistle told me that a very well-kent face is interested in attending our Glasgow bash, but I can’t tell you who that is. (Clue: it’s not Gordon Brown)
What I can say, yet again, is that we need some brave souls to volunteer to get up on their trotters and give the rest of us something inspirational on the night before we settle into the usual debauchery.
With that in mind, I have opened a new page in my journal headed ‘Peepil who iz gonny dae stuff in the waxys’.
Who would like to be first on that list?
Please tell me what you intend to do (and how long it will take) in less than 500 words.
Just…because…
link to youtube.com
@K1 –
Totally soo-perb.
Could we do that as the finale in Glasgow?
If we have musicians there, and agree on what version we’re using to make sure we all know the timing and lyrics so we’re not mumbly-bumbly over it?
It would be a complete stoater of a finish.
To repeat…
link to wingsoverscotland.com
Ian Honey do you really think there is anyone more famous than the people who have attended Wings nights already? I mean really – after Wee Ginger Dug, Ronnie Anderson and Moi who else is there?
Ian Brotherhood, top work, sir. With so many turning up do you think we might need a password to get in? Can I suggest Swordfish
link to youtube.com
Be warned – if we don’t get some real musicians coming to Waxy’s then Thepnr and yours truly will do this, and other stuff like it.
You don’t want that to happen. Believe me. You really don’t.
Chas & Dave, ‘The Sideboard Song’ –
link to youtube.com
And we’ll do this too, once we’ve sorted out who’s sitting on whose lap…
(Astonishing to see John Peel introducing this.)
Keith Harris & Orville, ‘Orville’s Song’ –
link to youtube.com
And we’ll do this…
Roger Whittaker, ‘I Don’t Believe In If Any More’ –
link to youtube.com
Think I’m joking? If Cactus and/or Jock Scot or someone else doesn’t confirm that they’re doing something? We’ll do all this, and more…
As song for IDS…
link to m.youtube.com
A wee birdie just told me that she may coming to the musical rescue.
Be that as it may, I’m going to make this ‘Roger Whittaker Night’ unless someone openly states willingness to dance/sing/make balloon animals or whatnot…
Roger Whittaker, ‘The Last Farewell’ –
link to youtube.com
@Ian Brotherhood
See if you can sing this:
link to youtube.com
Bonus points if you manage to do it after a few drinks 😉 hehe.
Hi Ian B.
You must have peeps on your list, who, so far, haven’t asked for a badge in ‘Quarantine’. I have 39 names so far.
Also, I suspect you may not have some of the names who have appeared in ‘Quarantine’. Could be worth checking.
Onnyhoo, here’s my obscure track for tonight. This was released on John Peel’s “Dandelion” label in 1971.
link to youtube.com
@Oneironaut –
🙂
I remember that tune from many moons ago, and wondering what the hell it was all about.
Good stuff, though I’m not sure I’ll be able to learn all of the words in time.
So looking forward to Ian Brotherhood and Thepnr warbling.
I’m going to do this with Paula Rose.
Shania Twain & Willie Nelson, ‘Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain’ –
link to youtube.com
@Ian Brotherhood
It’s about himself really.
He had a really bad stutter and found that it actually worked well for that type of singing.
So yeah, bit of a theme of turning a flaw into an asset there 🙂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatman_John
@BDTT –
Here’s who I’ve got:
Clutha
Bob Sinclair
carjamtic
Ronnie A
Fionan
Crazycat (+2?)
Thepnr
x-sticks
Paula Rose
Cearc
Quine frae Angus
Thistle
Michael McCabe / Lynn
Tam Jardine
Ruglonian
Quentin Quayle / Chipmonkey
JLT
Lenny Hartley
Bevrijdingsdag + 1
Chas Anderson
Dave McDave
What I don’t have is names or numbers for whoever’s attending the afternoon workshop with Cadogan, and how many will stay-on. I must’ve missed some because I haven’t been across all threads this past week/10 days and I very rarely venture into Quarantine…
As a rough guide, I went back to the list I had prior to the April 4th 2014 gig in the Counting House. I had 36 on that list the night before, but we had, I can’t remember, about 70-80 on the night? Something like that, although it fluctuated a lot, was probably busiest about 10-ish before buses had to take folk home to the further-flung places.
Really hard to tell what to expect, but I’m guessing it could be similar. The bar should be able to accommodate 75 comfortably, so space shouldn’t be an issue.
Curious to see how that list compares to yours…
Hoots. 🙂
P.S.
I have another dozen or so names in my heid – folk who’ve said they’ll be there but haven’t confirmed, but I’m confident they’ll turn up on the night, so my ‘list’ is 35-ish.
@Ruglonian –
If you see this, could you let us know how many of the R/Glen squad you’re bringing? I vaguely remember you mentioning there could be a few of you.
🙂
Hi Ian B.
Last Saturday, you typed that you had 32 on your list. At that time, I had 13 on my list. As I typed, I now have 39 so it could be worthwhile checking out the names I’ve confirmed in ‘Quarantine’ since the 12th. They haven’t all posted in ‘off-topic’.
And here’s another obscure track for your enjoyment…
It features Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and involves heavy use of both the ‘F’ word and the ‘C’ word. Therefore, do not click on the link if you are likely to be offended by the language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UT02–Ijdc
Hi Ian B.
Ruglonian has listed her squad in ‘Quarantine’ for badges.
Where the hell is Thepnr? We need to start rehearsals asap, and I’m fed-up using my Labrador as a partner to practise the wee dancy bits…
This might tempt him back…
NB. Not many people know that this was shot in Saltcoats. There was a bit of jiggery-pokery though, and the bits with palms trees were shot in Largs.
Billy Ocean, ‘Caribbean Queen’ –
link to youtube.com
@BDTT –
Sorry man, it’s just been too mental here…
Right, I’ve got the finger out and checked via Quaarantine.
These are the names I ‘missed’:
Pete the Camera
Cactus
Kishorn Commando
Cherry
Taranaich
Hero of the Federation
Hevvabeccywoss
H
A-JC
Nik
Jim ST
James
Robert McNulty
The Nomad
Simone
Scary Cath
Craig the Pict
Mark
Mandy
Grant
Preston
So, my ‘new’ list is 47.
Does that tally?
Hi Ian B.
I reckoned you’d be up to around 50 so you’re not far off.
I noted names on your list who haven’t requested badges yet!
We only do badges for peeps who actually go to ‘Quarantine’ and stick in a request.
We were caught out, early days, doing badges for peeps who never turned up so we stick in the effort of having to go to ‘Quarantine’, to corral the committed.
(Twirls pointed moustache and winks…)
Ian B
Pressed the kilt, dubbined the boots, charged the walkman.
Porridge cooling for the pieces. Chanter lubricated.
Here’s one for the Rev with hammers etc.
hope the vimeo linky works
Michael McCabe,
Ah, the Willie Black definitely takes the prize!
@BDTT –
The ‘missing’ dozen in my heid-list, over and above the 47, could well be nearer 20. I honestly didn’t realise we were that high, so, if past events are anything to go by, we could realistically be looking at 80+.
Hi cearc.
You are one of the peeps who hasn’t asked for a badge for next week.
I could also mention others – you know “others”, who haven’t asked for a badge, like…
Clutha
Bob Sinclair
carjamtic
Fionan
Thistle
JLT
Lenny Hartley
Dave McDave
And, Ian B, if those peeps ask for a badge, we are at 47 all!
Did you ever have Betty Boop and Jim Thomson on your list? They seem to have been a bit quiet of late. No requests for badges or that…
@BDTT –
Betty’s been posting here very recently, but haven’t heard from Jim for a good while. ??? 🙁
Brian,
Would love a badge, thanks.
@Kishorn Commando –
Delighted to hear that you have polished your chanter.
I do hope you realise that Paula Rose will demand that you stand to attention before she carries out her usual inspection.
Good luck…
@Ian Brotherhood
I’m still here Ian, haven’t managed to drop in so often as out on my travels or should that be travails?
Anyways, I get home Monday late and will be at home the rest of that week so will catch up before the weekend.
@Michael McCabe
I got your email, will be in touch with you after I get home on Monday too.
Meantime, a bit of science Richard Feynman talks about magnets 🙂
link to youtube.com
For anyone who hasn’t experienced a WOS night, here’s a wee taster of what the general vibe is like:
link to youtube.com
@ Ian B
Just checked this evening with one of my ?2+ and she’s a definite; the other would like to come but has a busy week ahead and won’t know till the last minute if he can manage.
We’re coming up for the march and to run a stall at the rally, so will check out the afternoon session and definitely be there for the evening.
See you then.
@ BDTT
Putting this in a separate post so that it will be more noticeable – could you make a badge for Gwen, please?
See you Saturday.
This is quite something –
Almost 14 minutes long, and half of it is an ovation.
Chic, ‘Good Times’, Glastonbury, 2013 –
link to youtube.com
@crazycat –
Cool. See ye there.
🙂
Hi Ian B.
You typed,
For anyone who hasn’t experienced a WOS night, here’s a wee taster of what the general vibe is like:
That may be what the vibe is LIKE but here’s the real thing, from a year ago.
link to youtube.com
Bob and crazycat for Gwen – noted, even although you didn’t post in ‘Quarantine’!
8=)
@Thepnr –
Dust aff yer moothie mister, we’re daein this yin an’ aw…
Crash Test Dummies, ‘Afternoons And Coffeespoons’ –
link to youtube.com
@Ian Brotherhood
Did you get the Joe Cullinane Labour propaganda through your door yet?
I got one a couple of days back. Posted through the letterbox quite late at night.
Almost as if the person posting them was ashamed to be seen in broad daylight with Labour literature, hmm?
Haven’t decided what to do with it yet, checking all the tables in the house to see if it can be used to prop up a short leg or something. Or I might make some small edits to it and send it back to him freepost. Not sure yet…
Anyways, music link of the day. Enjoy! (or don’t enjoy, it’s up to you!) 🙂
link to youtube.com
@Oneironaut –
I haven’t had any campaign literature – you’re the only person I know who’s mentioned receiving any.
Not that I’m complaining… 🙂