Seven Interests Meme
Jun. 24th, 2008 10:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
f4f3...except Chickenfeet2003 has already asked me about all but four...
ashton lane
Is just off Byres Road in the West End of Glasgow. When I was at Uni I got off the Underground at Hillhead and walked along the lane on my way up to class. In those days there was the Ubiquitous Chip (then one of Glasgow's top three restaurants, along with Roganos and The Buttery, and now one of the top ten, not because it's got worse, but because others have come along. Then it was a restaurant with a bar on the floor above. Now it has two restaurants, three bars, and a rooftop terrace, all in the one old coach house), the Grosvenor Cinema, a car mechanic, and the Grosvenor Cafe.
Now there are 10 bars, seven restaurants and a cinema. You can't get your 2CV repaired there anymore, though.
townes van zandt
Probably the gran-daddy of the Texas singer-songwriter scene in Austin, and the father of Americana. Also probably one of the greatest songwriters in any genre. If you can, get hold of "Live in the Old Quarter", one of my favourite acoustic albums.
Here's a couple of his fans covering "If I Needed You" and "Pancho and Lefty".
ardrishaig
A little town, a village, really, which grew up along the eastern end of The Crinan Canal. Once upon a time it had a herring fleet, and puffers queued up to take everything from coal to pianos through the canal, passing the spot, just at Lock Number Four, where I have my cottage.
bird's opening
I used to play chess quite seriously. And sometimes I'd play it with a clown mask on for variety. I started playing again a few years ago on line, and I'm probably of "average club-player" strength. I was always too lazy to do the book work for popular openings like the Sicilian or Ruy Lopez, and liked to play something a bit novel, where I wouldn't be suckered by young turks who did their homework. White's first two moves are Pawn to King's Bishops Four, followed by Knight to King's Bishop three, P-KB4, N-KB3 in English notation, or in algebraic form f4, f3.
ashton lane
Is just off Byres Road in the West End of Glasgow. When I was at Uni I got off the Underground at Hillhead and walked along the lane on my way up to class. In those days there was the Ubiquitous Chip (then one of Glasgow's top three restaurants, along with Roganos and The Buttery, and now one of the top ten, not because it's got worse, but because others have come along. Then it was a restaurant with a bar on the floor above. Now it has two restaurants, three bars, and a rooftop terrace, all in the one old coach house), the Grosvenor Cinema, a car mechanic, and the Grosvenor Cafe.
Now there are 10 bars, seven restaurants and a cinema. You can't get your 2CV repaired there anymore, though.
townes van zandt
Probably the gran-daddy of the Texas singer-songwriter scene in Austin, and the father of Americana. Also probably one of the greatest songwriters in any genre. If you can, get hold of "Live in the Old Quarter", one of my favourite acoustic albums.
Here's a couple of his fans covering "If I Needed You" and "Pancho and Lefty".
ardrishaig
A little town, a village, really, which grew up along the eastern end of The Crinan Canal. Once upon a time it had a herring fleet, and puffers queued up to take everything from coal to pianos through the canal, passing the spot, just at Lock Number Four, where I have my cottage.
bird's opening
I used to play chess quite seriously. And sometimes I'd play it with a clown mask on for variety. I started playing again a few years ago on line, and I'm probably of "average club-player" strength. I was always too lazy to do the book work for popular openings like the Sicilian or Ruy Lopez, and liked to play something a bit novel, where I wouldn't be suckered by young turks who did their homework. White's first two moves are Pawn to King's Bishops Four, followed by Knight to King's Bishop three, P-KB4, N-KB3 in English notation, or in algebraic form f4, f3.
