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18-09-2013, 10:00 AM
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QMU-1875
18-09-2013, 11:06 AM
Cant wait for this! First time in hospitality and get to meet Irvine Welsh :thumbsup:

basehibby
18-09-2013, 02:19 PM
Was tempted but can't stretch to £60 for my pre-match dinner. Will have to settle for a pint, a bag of crisps and the philosophical reflections of Kano behind the bar in the Four in Hand :greengrin

Sergey
18-09-2013, 06:21 PM
From the official site...


Irvine will... deliver a short reading from his novel, Filth.

Most splendid, both racism and sectarianism (not to mention drugs, sex, and pornography) all before kick-off.

That's worth £60 of anyone's money.

hibbymick
21-09-2013, 10:09 PM
What was the comment he made at half time regarding the yams score ?

SRHibs
21-09-2013, 10:09 PM
"Dingwall 0 - 1 Dingles"

I cringed, not gonna lie.

hibbymick
21-09-2013, 10:22 PM
"Dingwall 0 - 1 Dingles"

I cringed, not gonna lie.

:aok:

hfc rd
21-09-2013, 11:26 PM
Wish he read out the full time result as well. :)

Brooster
22-09-2013, 06:31 AM
Made me laugh. Nice one Irvine.

soupy
22-09-2013, 06:44 AM
Sounded good to me :-)

Weststandwanab
22-09-2013, 06:54 AM
Made me laugh. Nice one Irvine.Me 2

jodjam
22-09-2013, 07:04 AM
it made me laugh. He will probably be sacked for it :wink:

Alex Trager
22-09-2013, 07:40 AM
Anyone read porno? He dedicates it Frank Sauzee and there is a bit in it where a ticket number is 0762. I smiled a lot when reading.

Shearer
22-09-2013, 02:01 PM
Anyone read porno? He dedicates it Frank Sauzee and there is a bit in it where a ticket number is 0762. I smiled a lot when reading.

Just finished reading it and yeah I seen the bit where he dedicated it to Sauzee.

Also thought Porno was better than Skagboys and Trainspotting

patch1875
22-09-2013, 02:08 PM
Only really rate trainspotting and skag boys his other books are average at best.

djs69
22-09-2013, 02:26 PM
Cracking day at the hospitality with him doing a reading , although there was a Q & A and quite embarrassing when a woman said " you can't be a true Hibs fan if you'll not invest some of your money in the club", nae need !

leither17
22-09-2013, 02:40 PM
Only really rate trainspotting and skag boys his other books are average at best.

Glue is surely the best of the lot?

hibsbollah
22-09-2013, 02:44 PM
He never did better than Maribou Stork Nightmares in my opinion. I stopped reading him a while back because he was getting repetitive so im not sure if his new ones represent a return to form.

It was nice to see a man of the match award that bore at least a passing resemblance to accuracy as well. Irvine knows his football.

MotherSuperior
22-09-2013, 03:21 PM
Only really rate trainspotting and skag boys his other books are average at best.

have you actually read All his books?? Did U not think glue, filth and porno were pretty decent? And if not why?

marinello59
22-09-2013, 03:29 PM
have you actually read All his books?? Did U not think glue, filth and porno were pretty decent? And if not why?

Maybe we should have a hibs.net reading group.

Hibrandenburg
22-09-2013, 03:30 PM
I really had to fight my way through skag boys. Don't think it's Irvine's story telling ability that was at fault but rather my taste has changed. It was never the stories that I enjoyed in his books, more the dialogue and that was probably only due to my expat situation.

Pretty Boy
22-09-2013, 03:35 PM
He never did better than Maribou Stork Nightmares in my opinion. I stopped reading him a while back because he was getting repetitive so im not sure if his new ones represent a return to form.

It was nice to see a man of the match award that bore at least a passing resemblance to accuracy as well. Irvine knows his football.

Marabou Stork Nightmares is a fantastic book. Really dark but with some great comedy as well.

Always thought it would make an outstanding film if it had the right budget and was done properly.

Only Welsh books i really didn't enjoy are Porno (more a sequel to the film than the book imo) and Bedroom Secrets of the Masterchefs (ok but not great).

patch1875
22-09-2013, 03:40 PM
have you actually read All his books?? Did U not think glue, filth and porno were pretty decent? And if not why?

Is that you Irvine?


Hard to explain my opinion. Not saying they are bad books difficult to follow trainspotting it's a classic skag boys comes close others are just not up to there standard.

Marabou is good on places found porno didn't really click with me.

hibsbollah
22-09-2013, 05:21 PM
Marabou Stork Nightmares is a fantastic book. Really dark but with some great comedy as well.

Always thought it would make an outstanding film if it had the right budget and was done properly.

Only Welsh books i really didn't enjoy are Porno (more a sequel to the film than the book imo) and Bedroom Secrets of the Masterchefs (ok but not great).

:agree: twould be a great film. I dunno how you'd cast the protagonist though...youd need an uglier, more jugeared version of Ewen Bremner?

leither17
22-09-2013, 05:32 PM
:agree: twould be a great film. I dunno how you'd cast the protagonist though...youd need an uglier, more jugeared version of Ewen Bremner?

Whats Steve Fulton up to these days?

truehibernian
22-09-2013, 05:34 PM
:agree: twould be a great film. I dunno how you'd cast the protagonist though...youd need an uglier, more jugeared version of Ewen Bremner?

Ooooh bollah, I'll need to point this out to EB when I see him next....funny enough I couldn't go to the game yesterday and met him with his ex missus at a local event. I think it's panavision cameras that make his lugs look like Billy Dodds' :greengrin

hibsbollah
22-09-2013, 06:12 PM
Ooooh bollah, I'll need to point this out to EB when I see him next....funny enough I couldn't go to the game yesterday and met him with his ex missus at a local event. I think it's panavision cameras that make his lugs look like Billy Dodds' :greengrin

:greengrin

Im sure EB is a modern day Cary Grant in 2013...I just cant see past him as Spud though. Stevie Fulton would be a great shout to play Roy Strang in Maribou The Movie though...

truehibernian
22-09-2013, 06:13 PM
:greengrin

Im sure EB is a modern day Cary Grant in 2013...I just cant see past him as Spud though. Stevie Fulton would be a great shout to play Roy Strang in Maribou The Movie though...

Next time I see his ex Marcia I will be sure to ask if his lugs ever got in the way :greengrin:aok:

Bristolhibby
22-09-2013, 07:37 PM
Glue is surely the best of the lot?

Was going to say Glue.

The good books IMO are:-

Trainspotting
Porno
Skag Boys
Filth
Maribu Stork Nightmares

southsider
23-09-2013, 11:46 AM
Irvine Welsh at half time....Dingwall 0 Dingalls 1. Good stuff and in his new film anti-herc cop ia a masonic loving, racist jambo. Art immediating life me thinks !

DaveSo
23-09-2013, 12:35 PM
What was the winning ticket number from Saturday's HT draw for tickets to the Filth premiere ?

Phil D. Rolls
23-09-2013, 02:16 PM
Just finished reading it and yeah I seen the bit where he dedicated it to Sauzee.

Also thought Porno was better than Skagboys and Trainspotting

Better than Trainspotting? Are you on drugs? Porno is a lazily written outline pitched at film producers. A prefictable and boring plot, cartoonish characterisation. I didnt like it.

Shearer
23-09-2013, 02:50 PM
Better than Trainspotting? Are you on drugs? Porno is a lazily written outline pitched at film producers. A prefictable and boring plot, cartoonish characterisation. I didnt like it.

No not on drugs thanks for asking though.

Just enjoyed it more and found the storyline more gripping. I liked trainspotting and skagboys too just found Porno more entertaining

Phil D. Rolls
24-09-2013, 06:26 AM
No not on drugs thanks for asking though.

Just enjoyed it more and found the storyline more gripping. I liked trainspotting and skagboys too just found Porno more entertaining

Fair enough, i thought he was too keen to get a story to make into a film. A lot of the insight and hunanity was missing.

In fact, i thought there was a slightly mocking tone to it.

I suppose it depends on what you are looking for in a read.

Barman Stanton
24-09-2013, 06:50 AM
I think Glue is his best book by quite a distance. Would be perfect to adapt into a 4 part series like JoJo.

Wembley67
24-09-2013, 07:08 AM
I think Glue is his best book by quite a distance. Would be perfect to adapt into a 4 part series like JoJo.

jojo? As in, looking for?

hibby rae
24-09-2013, 08:00 AM
He was in the Diggers last night with James McAvoy ( bit nippy as I live just around the corner). Anyway, he had his photo taken, inevitably they start the 1-5 signs. It was handy they did it in that order as oor Irvine's making a minus sign unbeknown to them it would appear!