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ACADEMY ANGST
Re: Rock and Rage (522)
I wholeheartedly agree With Mike Sutcliffe when he complains about the shortcomings of the Glasgow Carling Academy as a concert venue. Last night I had the dubious pleasure of attending a concert there for the first time. I was on the balcony and it was the worst concert I have ever been to. Regardless of how good the show was (and the music was actually good). the context of being confined to the main balcony — your seating ticket not even allowing you access to the non-seated pans of the balcony along the side. together wrth not being allowed to stand for any longer than a second (not even beside the door away from anybody's view). a constant flow of people walking past you. obstructing your view and not allowing you to get comfy in your chair — made it hard to actually be entertained. Notwithstanding. the balcony tickets cost the same as normal tickets.
All this leads me to believe that the proprietors of the Carling Academy don‘t actually care whether concert goers enjoy themselves at gigs or not. A money-making scam. that's what this is. No more. no less. The sooner bands are playing the Barrowland again, the better.
Carsten Mandt Glasgow
CHANGE THE RECORD
Re: DJ Dispatch (522) What's the pOint of giving a column to someone to use solely for plugging? DJ Dispatch by Mash gives us the lowdown on nothing but his own activities. Last issue was
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all ‘me me me' and this iSSLie it's the same.
“This is how I got my name. this is where I‘m DJing next. this is when my radio show is on, this is some info on my record label . . . ' Fair enough for his first column. perks of the new job and all that. but is it gonna be the same every iSSue?
Hiroshi Fujiwara By email
QUIZ AND MAKE UP Re: The Green Party (522)
I enjoyed yOur recycling quiz last issue (not that I scored too highly in it. mind you) but I've got to say I was a bit confused by the ‘How many items are there in your bathroom cabinet?‘ question. According to yOur answers. the wasteful brigade have enough to fill a branch of Boots while the average person has ‘enough to keep Christina Aguilera looking presentable. Have yOu seen her recently? If yOu really sguint yOu can see the skin behind the slap. the hair behind the spray and things that look like eyelids but could be bits broken off a blackboard. If l had that many beauty products I think my floor would cave in. Trying to be eco—friendly is confusmg enough Without adding mad pop stars into the mix!
Lucy Jones
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BOB’S GOB
Re: Make Povery History I hope the protests in Edinburgh are peaceful and get politicians' attention. But particularly considering that one of the aims of the C8 summit is to look at ways of tackling global warming. Bob Celdof's suggestion that a million people come to Edinburgh does seem
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spectacularly stupid. ll;;pcfii'ly a lot of them WIII take the train, but how many cars and coaches are going to be sat on the motorway on I- riday night and Saturday iiior'ning. filling the air with petrol fumes? If everyone foungl a local place to protest we might get an even bigger impact the whole of the l ll< showing their support for the campaign right across the country but we wouldn't get the envrronmental damage tI iit this sort of mass movement
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Jim Macklin
Edinburgh
Yes. global burning is one of the biggest issues facing us today, and ies, sometimes Ge/dof see/ifs capable of talking enough hot air to cause his own case of gli ibji’ manning. But serious/i; isn't a one Off bout of iii/Held use an
acceptabli‘) price to pm. for calling the (38 leaders to account for the 550.000 people who die every day as a result ofpoi‘ertv in Africa?
PAPER HATER
Re: How Green Are You? (522)
I'm suie {you‘re ha'l hundred;
of letters abi i it yoi ii' eco l‘;‘-,tl(:.
so {,ou can just add this one to the pile. Great idea in theory, but in practice? A shiny covered. full colour ero 'ssue printed on non recycled paper? Oh dear, The 1 /3l isn't quite practicing what it pieaches. is it? Not that I don't think yeti made a ‘.'EiIIZilII effort to bring people's attention to the pitiful state
of our planet. but a little consistency ‘.‘J()lII;I not
go amiss.
L Carr
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LETTER OF THE FORTNIGHT
Re: Cover (522)
included amongst them. Ian Mitchell Edinburgh
world is under thieat from aim: iiaiis. most of ‘.‘.’IIICII are inert. There may be litany tlzings your readers could (Lt;llI(;lllj;LtI(} saying the planet from, but I cannot see that their Zi'lili‘IHllS .‘EIIOIIItI sciioiittl, be
THE LETTER OF THE ISSUE WILL RECEIVE TWO BOTTLES OF BLANDY'S ALVADA
DON’T BLAME IT ON THE ARMCHAIRS
Yetir last edition had a headline on the front cover announcing: 'Ii-‘i ‘.'.'ays to save the pliiiet from your armchair". However laudable it is to be (i()ll( ei‘ned about the future of our planet, I think it is important to be clear about the reality of the threits facing II, many of whit Ii are exaggerated. To my knowledge. no serious Ihrcat to the ETlll‘.’l‘.'(iI of planet earth has ever boon posed by an aiiiiiliaii. My own armchair in particular. as probany most of those owned by your readers, is an almost completely harmless piece of furniture. Speaking more generally. in years of planetary threat monitoring I have never come across anyone warho has E§(:l'!f)tISBI\/ maintained that the
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Pretty hideous cautionary tale for teenage boys. othervvise just a bit juvenile. Personally, I've always been very iizindful of the conseguences of my actions.
Neil
Currant/on managm Unfortunately, I think I've been desensitised by the modern age and whiie 'Guts' is undoubtedly disgust-'ig I actually found it quite an amusing short story.
Gordon
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