[Big J]

Nice one, I've bought quite a few pairs from there online, but since the exchange rates all went tits up there isn't the bargains there used to be by the time you factor in postage etc. Plus the risks of customs fees, which luckily I've only been hit for once. £40 mind, robbing fuckers.

[jonesy77]

aye you are right before the exchange went mental i used to get a few more bargains. It is hard to cram a few pairs into my suitcase when im coming back. The dollar is now 1.58 to the pound still shite but best its been for a while.

i know tollcross well, went to Gillespies High School.

what tune you into? you like hip hop and stuff? where you go drinking/clubbing?

[Big J]

I'm from the Borders originally, came up for Uni and never left! Even harder to get Superstars down there!

Like a bit of hip hop (Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples etc) and also into a bit of rock/dance/metal/indie. Can't be arsed with clubbing at all really, prefer a decent pub. Having said that I don't mind Medina. Usually stick to a few locals round me but if I do head into town it's usually up around the Old Town (apart from the Grassmarket and it's constant hen/stag partys). Also go down the Shore a bit too, some cracking pubs and grub down there.

Where you head yourself?

[jonesy77]

Im only 10 mins down Ferry Road to the shore so normally go to Cameo etc.. down there. Yeah the shore has some nice places to eat/drink

Dont get out much having two kids but i like the Village on George 4th Bridge. Good tunes

Im into all sorts hip hop etc.. but mainly indie eg Modest Mouse, Crystal Castles, TV on the Radio, The View etc.. a wide variety

[Big J]

Yeah Villager is cool, you get a cracking pint of Erdinger in there too. Love Carriers Quarters just off the Shore, and Kings Wark is pretty good as well.

Saw The View at the Liquid Rooms, cracking set, Kyle was rat arsed though, kept asking for his Mum then fell asleep behind the drums.

What you do for work?

[jonesy77]

Im a civil servant mate. It pays the bills

Check this out some guy on facebook was at the View gig and Kyle ended up back in his livingroom

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo...1200538362

Pretty funny

What do you do for work?

[Big J]

Christ thats quite random, pretty cool though.

I'm an Artworker (work for a design company, the designers create something then I apply it to various jobs). It's actually what I studied for at Uni, a lot of folk on my course now work for banks and stuff. The money's decent and it's only a 20 min walk from my flat.

Think I'll go for a lunchtime pint, since it's such a nice day and all.

[jonesy77]

Is that Bobby Gillespie on your avatar? The guy is a legend. Screamadelica is one of my favourite albums ever!

Seen them a few time live, brilliant band. The new stuff is not as good as the older stuff but they are still a great band!

[Big J]

Aye was from T in the Park a few years ago. Wasn't me who took the photo like! Saw them again in the King Tuts tent, where the gig was stopped cos someone climbed the poles that held up the tent.

Turns out one of them was Kyle from the View.