I’m sure most of you know that the bloke pictured above is the late Andrew Weatherall, described in a rather understated way by wiki as an English musician, DJ, songwriter, producer and remixer. He was, as those who know and love his work will testify, much more than that.
Adam, over at Bagging Area, must be one of the world’s biggest experts on all things Weatherall. Let’s put it this way, if he went on the TV quiz show Mastermind, he’d more than likely achieve a perfect score with no passes.
Adam, thanks to the world of blogging, has become a very dear friend in recent years. We’ve met a few times in Manchester, and he was, of course, part of the never-to-be-forgotten Bloggers Weekend here in Glasgow back in May 2017 when a number of music fans from round these parts were joined by like-minded souls from America, Germany and England. And the reason I’m so really looking forward to the next few days is that Adam will once again be in Glasgow.
A return visit has been on the cards for quite some time, but the stars, until now, never quite managed to fully align. But he’s getting on a train this morning and all being well, he’ll be here early in the afternoon for what will be something of a whirlwind 48 hours.
The blank canvas for the visit had to be filled in a wee bit after the results of the World Cup games last weekend, as tonight will see England play Argentina for a place in the final and there’s no way Adam could miss watching that. It does mean that the gathering of a slightly bigger group, including what hopefully will be a couple of old friends who have been inactive on the blogging front for a while, along with someone who missed out in 2017 but is determined to be here this time, will be hooking up tomorrow night, and in a pub where Mr Weatherall’s portrait proudly hangs. What’s not to like?
mp3: My Bloody Valentine – Soon (The Andrew Weatherall remix)
mp3: James – Come Home (Weatherall Remix)
mp3: Tracey Thorn (feat. Corinne Bailey Ray) – Sister (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
mp3: Steve Mason – Boys Outside (Andrew Weatherall Dub 1)
mp3: EnglandNewOrder – World In Motion (No Alla Violenza Mix)
JC
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
Have fun. MBV ftw, btw.
I don’t usually watch others play sports, but yesterday I made an exception. A few thoughts on the game from a layperson’s perspective: In the second half, the German coach seemed to realize that an English team does not belong in a World Cup final (It would be a kind of paradox, wouldn’t it?). Still, playing in a 10-0-0 formation was a strange decision (Is that even allowed?). Besides, I am pretty sure that Tuchel made substitutions far more often than just the permitted five times. Even though England failed again, I still like it. For example, it was very good at colonizing in the past.
Cheer up!
Ha ha. Playing 10- 0- 0 for 20 minutes against the world champions- that was never going to end well. Luckily, I wasn’t the only Englishman in the pub but there were a lot of Argentines in Glasgow on Wednesday