Blind Date

Where does one begin? By the way, well done Baldy.....a great idea for a thread The first Onliner I had the (mis)fortune;) to meet up with was Liv, she came all the way from Derby to pick me up for a weekend in London for my Birthday. Everyone on here knows how mad she was with her posts on here, so to say I was nervous was an understatement She got here with her pal Annie, and both of them were exactly as I expected.....Fucking LOUD, if you think Rocket's loud, you want to meet Liv! Brilliant craic we had driving down to London, I seem to recall that I drank several cans of Lager just to be as loud as them. This was for my 27th birthday and we also met up with Timbo down there, for some reason (mainly his funny posts) I thought Tim would be just as loud as us, but he was quite quiet, or you could say calmer than the rest of us, but once he had a beer or two and got to know us he came out of his shell a wee bit......mind you, the jessie still buggered off home early that night. Next up it was the night out in Manchester, where, I had the misfortune of meeting with several of the backbone of this forum. But, I was gonna meet my nemesis Marty Gray, you see at that point in time, the site was fuelled by absolute bollocks from Marty....with a wee bit of help from Moi, it's safe to say, that the forum has never been the same since.....SORRY I really don't know what I was expecting of him, but Liv told me he was an Asian Lad with Orange hair, I must say that it did shock me, I just pictured some Football hooligan Myself and Liv went out on the Friday, where we were to meet up with KezBah amd Muffy, Kezzie was a geordie lass, but we all knew that from her posts on the site, great sense of humour, but I think I was a bit too loud / drunk to speak to her that night. Muffster we all knew was famed for his womanising, and we knew he was tall, he's fuckin massive, about 6ft 5 I think, Muffster I expected to be quiet and composed, which is exactly what he was, but he too had a wicked sense of humour, which was to come to play in the Indian restaurant when the rest decided to wind me up and tell me I was ***lish, I was pissed as a fart and told them all to fuck off, that I was Scottish and proud Guess who got the piss ripped out of him the next day! This is when we met up with more of the locals.

In the next episode : Hank Wiseass, Marty Gray, Al Jarvis, Johnny Giles.

Don, not once did you mention getting 'jiggy' with any NOOL'ers! ;)

First met Steve Waller at a QPR-Luton game just over two years ago. Not a happy night for me, that one. Cos of the result, not cos of Steve. Had been in touch with Steve for a couple of years prior to that via Ceremony though.

Always seemed to keep missing Jonathan Scott. Knew he was gonna be with Stash & Co at Nynex, but didn't speak to them, then was with them at Ally Pally and Jonathan hadn't come down for that one. Another time I was in Glasgow one Sunday night and then he was in London another Friday, but both seemed to miss one another.

Met the legend Johnny G on the train up to Liverpool, after corresponding via this site, or WIM, not sure, cos he was going Stateside on his lonesome and a few of us were already going as well. Been all over the world with him since!

Then finally met Jonathan the same day in a boozer opposite the Olympia (TWELVE years after first reading an article of his in Paradise!!).

Heard Mr Hibell's LWTUA ringtone in a kebab house later that night, but chatted properly the next morning and kept in touch after he posted something to Ceremony the following day.

Met Brian Geaux Hagen in Seattle. Well, I say Seattle, it was actually 150 miles from there in a place called Gorge - but we'd flown over assuming it was just 'Seattle'. Little did we know.

Met Danny Weigorz (I've probably spelt that wrong) in Cologne, and would hook-up with him and Bernard again many times after.

Met Graham F via Jonathan in his infamous Pad bar prior to the 2nd Barras gig. The perfect host - plied us with plenty of shots. Much appreciated. And we all ended up in a club after the gig too.

Introduced to Liv via the Hibster at one of the Brixton gigs. Seb Briggs was there too, and Hooky Monster. And I'm sure there was someone else who occasionally posted - Vicious Streaker, or something?

Also first met Mickey Way at Brixton after I had a spare ticket for him. Had also failed to meet up properly when we were both in Glasgow. Made up for that with a fair few nights out since.

Briefly met another poster in Sweden on the way out of the Cirkus gig, can't remember the moniker.

First met Depthcharge at the Sydney BDO, I think, after failing to hook-up at the Hordern (bit of a cock-up with our expected tickets)

Met Mr & Mrs Candy at the Melbourne Metro.

Me and JG gate-crashed one of Timbo's 'hot-dates' (pre-Karen) at Wilson's book signing.

Big drinks in Mancland organised by Liv, meeting up with Cheeky Monkey, Major, Kezzie, Muffy, Hank, Shug and Marty.

Actually, no, had met Kezzie before that - in a bar near Fabric before New Order were 'supposed' to DJ there (Paula asked Barney about this when we did the Noo Yoik thing the other week and he apparently didn't even know he was supposed to be there that night!).

Met Jim Reilly for the first time in a boozer near Tim's work.

Met Pitch in Paris.

Lots of new faces before the Finsbree gig - Shug's Uncle John (just remembered - I actually met Sludden Senior in Dublin in 1993!), Mr & Little Miss Hacienda, Rockets Mick & Annie, IntaDonovan, Jeff White, Boston FL Girl, Dutch Jim Says No ... er, who else? My mind's a blank. Briefly shook Martin Fradley's hand as I remember. A big posse of Brazilians. Er, EVERYONE was there!

Met Budvar at Move. Actually, no, I'd briefly met Budvar before cos I remember he was talking to Stash and Mad Darren in Brixton and I had a picture of him and Darren somewhere. But I didn't know the Spanish lad I'd met before was actually 'Budvar'.

Met Ness for the first time at Return to New York.

Met Dave Molly the same week in a boozer in Soho. ONE MICKEY 'ARFORD! ;)

Er, I think that must've namechecked just about everyone! Surely I can't have forgotten anyone?!

Blimey, that was exhausting!

Jarvo & Johnny Boy Revel.

First met these two in Madchester, which has been mentioned above. Laurel & Hardy they are:D Great craic the pair of em, Jarvo was dead down to earf, and shared quite a few stories on the band and his travels, the both of em had not long been back from the Australia tour. Johnny boy (or should I say Mark, Johnny?;) ) laughs more than anyone I know, and we all talked about footy from what I remember. I also remember Celtic were playing live on Sky in the pub that afternoon, they beat Killie in the Scottish Cup if I remember correctly, and Man U got beat in the League, cos I remember 2 Man City fans dancing around Dry bar hugging and kissing Also met Hank Wiseass, but I can only remember saying a brief hello. I spent most of the day sat with Marty Gray (or the Martian to several of you) fuck, could he talk! Mad as a fuckin brush, and we talked a lot about this place, and how we have totally fucked the forum up for several people, mainly the people who came out with all the conspiracy theories about JD The place was far too serious when we started our mission Also met Cheekeh Monkeh Collette who got even drunker than the rest of us....what more can I say? A great day in Dry Bar, then it was into the Town Centre where we met up with Alex (ATR/Stash/The bastard who got his name on Retro) and all his crowd, I'm sure this was Jarvo's idea.......so fuck you Jarvis By the way Jarvo, Alex is not only on TFI while they do Regret, but I also seen his baldy heid taking a picture while the band were doin Temptation for The Commonwealth Games. He's everybloodywhere! Great night was spent in another couple of pubs / bars where Liv forced the DJ to play HERE TO STAY, a good 3 weeks before it came out (well done Muffmeister) and then we ended up in the Brickhouse where everyone boogied on down.

In the next enthralling episode.... Rocket Baldy, Donnie Brasco, Jeff The Chef, Boston Girl, Grahame Ferguson, Johan Scott, Luis & The Brasilian Posse, Mickey Way / Mr Disco, Martin Fradley, Dutch Jim and many many more!

How could I forget Majorboy?

The best thing is, that I'm actually in conversation with him on Messenger right now Sorry Stevie Boy I met Major before anyone in Manchester, I went up to Derby for the weekend in the care of Liv and Annie, how mad was I?.....Liv honey, I'm only kidding:D My mate Malky came with me, and Stevie brought his mate Paul. A mental craic was had, after the first weekend (me Tim and Liv) Major asked us to get 5 things that prooved we loved him and that we were drunk, which me and Timbo did, one of these days I'll get all the photies done and shoved on here. Anyway, me and major stuck beermats on our heads and returned the favour for Timbo, as he couldnae make it, childish, but extremely funny! I remember sitting in the hotel room with a beer, when Major phoned Liv to go pick him up from the station, I couldnae be bothered, so I stayed at the travel lodge......Steve and Paul got there about half an hour later, I received an "all right" in grumpy northern overtones from the lads, nae offence Major. I expected the wee one to be relatively quiet, dunno why! he's as loud as LIV when he gets goin, and fair play to him, he really is funny as fuck.....and I'm not just saying that Stevie lad. Had a great craic talkin football, and me saying they were unlucky as fuck cos they support Sheffield Wednesday Several beers later, we all ended up in some dark and smelly nightclub, it was very slow to start, but picked up later. I remember coming back from a pish in the bogs, to the sound of Blur's "End Of A Century" dived straight onto the dancefloor where Me, Stevie, Paul and Malky belted it out at the top of our voices, great craic! But the best was to be saved till the end, all the group were fookin steamin, and we had been harrassing the poor wee dj all night, us lot had taken over the corner in the club, when all of a sudden BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE starts (the 12" version an all!) we went "Fuckin Banana's" the people in the club did not know what to think, we were hugging and kissing each other and goin mental......great night! Hope that's okay Majorboy;)