Glasgow

At the end of March I went to see Tortoise with Elizabeth and Fiona. At the end, we went to look at the merchandise and dribbled over all five exclusive tour releases and the lovely t-shirts. We only had about £15 between us so I bought a 7" and Elizabeth bought a CD. Next thing you know, Stuart and Dominic pop up. I wave at Stuart and he says 'hello' and gives me a big hug. Not a great experience since his duffel coat (a duffel coat! At a gig!) was soaking wet, hopefully from rain. He says, "I've got some news that'll make you happy. We're playing Aberdeen in August". Happy? That's an understatement if ever there was...

They tell me they've been in the studio all day recording the next single and then Stuart notices my home-made Mogwai Young Team t-shirt. "Where did you get that?", he interrogates me. "Did you make it?". I agree that I did and Stuart turns to Dominic and says, "it's nice, isn't it?". Dominic looks at it for an entire minute and then agrees - hurray. Anyway, that's about it for the conversation so Stuart turns to the merchandise stall and proceeds to buy everything we couldn't afford so we run away fast.

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