1. Points given for Eye-Spying people in and around Glasgow
2. No points for yourself
3. You don't get points for the same Spyee twice
4. Points are awarded at the first instance
5. Double points for sleeping with, having sex with, or assaulting the Spyee
6. Final score for any 24 hour period
All rules are debatable
Other rules
7. Extra half point if the Spyee is doing their shopping in a supermarket 8. Extra point if they're wearing a hipster stripey top 9. Minus points for considering talking to the Spyee, but not following through 10. Half points for bands at their own gig
(picture of animals is nothing to do with Glasgow Indie Eyespy, just a shameless eyecatching image to make people read on)
Premier League Bands Franz Ferdinand per member........................3 points full band bonus...................2 points
Belle and Sebastian per member........................3 points full band bonus...................3 points former members....................3 points Stuart David......................4 points people from cover art and videos..3 point
Mogwai per member........................3 points
Teenage Fanclub per current member................2 points former members....................1 point
Sons and Daughters per member........................2 points
The Pastels per member........................2 points in their own record shop..........0 points
Biffy Clyro Per member........................2 point
Primal Scream per member........................2 points
Camera Obscura per member........................2 point former members....................2 points
My Latest Novel per member........................1 point
BMX Bandits per current member................1 point former members....................1 point
El Presidente per member........................1 point
Aereogramme per member........................1 point
The Cinematics per member........................1 point
Looper per member........................1 point
Motormark per member........................1 point
Fuck Off Machete per member........................1 point
The Aphrodisiacs per member........................1 point
Trashcan Sinatras per member........................1 point
Formerly of this parish Delgados per member.................................2 points The Jesus and Mary Chain per member.................................2 points The Mull Historical Society per member.................................2 points The Reindeer Section per member...............................0.5 points full band bonus...........................10 points Bis per member.................................2 points Adventures in Stereo per member.................................2 points The Yummy Fur per member.................................2 points Urusei Yatsura per member.................................2 points AC Acoustics per member.................................2 points Orange Juice per member.................................2 points Arab Strap per member........................2 points Aiden Moffet following you around town bonus........................1 point Data Panik per member........................1 point
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First Division bands Cosmic Rough Riders per member..................3 points
Alasdair Roberts............3 points
Flying Matchstick Men per member..................3 points
Errors per member..................2 points
Sluts of Trust per member..................2 points
Cayto per member..................2 points
Lucky Luke per member..................2 points
Shitdisco per member..................2 points
Lapsus Linguae per member..................2 points
Terro Diablo per member..................2 points
The Fratellis per member..................2 points
Grim Northern Social per member..................1 point Odeon Beatclub per member..................1 point Ally Kerr...................1 point
Future Pilot AKA per member..................1 point
Eugenius per member..................1 point
The Tall Boy per member..................1 point
Mother and the Addicts per member..................1 point
Project A-Ko per member..................1 point
Union of Knives per member..................1 point
The Amphetameanies per member..................1 point International Airport per member..................1 point
formerly of this parish The Supernaturals per member...................................2 points Superstar per member...................................2 points Strawberry Switchblade per member...................................2 points V-Twin per member...................................2 points Josephine per member...................................1 point My Legendary Girlfriend per member...................................2 points McGazz.......................................4 points The James Orr Complex per member...................................5 points (lives in South America)
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Second Division bands Futuro per member..................3 points
The Electroluvs per member..................1 point
Bricolage per member..................1 point
We Rock Like Girls Don't per member..................1 point Formerly of this parish The Hector Collectors per member...................................2 points Eska per member...................................2 points Pro Forma per member...................................2 points Multiplies per member...................................2 points The Nova Express per member...................................2 points
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Third Division Bands Endor per member..................3 points
Ives per member..................3 points
The Pendulums per member..................3 points
Commander Keen per member..................2 points
Engine per member..................2 points
Popup per member..................2 points Q Without U per member..................2 points
How to Swim per member..................2 points
Hollow Point per member..................2 points
The Hussys per member..................2 points
Serpico per member..................2 points
Hoboken per member..................1 point
Attic Lights per member..................1 point
G-Plan per member..................1 point Co-Exist per member..................1 point
The Low Miffs per member..................1 point The Red Bee Society per member..................1 point
Marcia Blaine School for Girls per member..................1 point
The Down and Outs per member..................1 point
Unkle Bob per member..................1 point Julia thirteen per member..................1 point
Formerly of this parish Raising Kain per member..........................2 points The Poppadoms per member..........................2 points The Boy Cartographer per member..........................2 points Sound Buggy per member..........................2 points<
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Fourth Division Bands We Are The Physics per member..................3 points
The Dykeenies per member..................3 points
Down the Tiny Steps per member..................3 points
Titus Gein per member..................2 point
The Martial Arts per member..................2 points
Blind Pew per member..................2 points
GRNR........................2 points
Cnut per member..................2 points
The Gems per member..................2 points
Quixote per member..................2 points
The 88s per member..................2 points
Mistake us for Friends per member..................1 point Myopia per member..................1 point
DresdeN per member..................1 point
The Boogaloo Investigators per member..................1 point
The Green Peppers per member..................1 point Yellow Bentines per member..................1 point *web**MySpace*
Music and Movement per member..................1 point
Figure 5 per member..................1 point Squander Pilots per member..................1 point
Colin MacIntyre per member..................1 point
The Towers per member..................1 point
Formerly of this parish Luv Cafe Book Group per member...................................2 points The Hate Brigade per member...................................2 points Akira per member...................................3 points Driverdown per member...................................1 point
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Sunday, June 04, 2006
The 13th Note Conference This Familiar Smile per member...................1 point
Dot to Dot per member...................1 point
Magdalena per member...................1 point
Masque per member...................1 point
The Fridays per member...................1 point
Coriolis per member...................1 point
The Fortunate Sons per member...................1 point
Spacejunk per member...................1 point
The Punchline is Murder per member...................1 point
The Hedrons per member...................1 point
Uter per member...................1 point
Findo Gask *myspace* per member...................1 point
Tibi Lubin per member...................1 point
Kessler per member...................1 point
Rutabaga per member...................1 point
NOM per member...................1 point
The Getset Go per member...................1 point
Technophobes per member...................1 point
The X1 per member...................1 point
The Hermit Crabs per member...................1 point
Bela per member...................1 point
Magna per member...................1 point
The Elegies per member...................1 point
Lummox per member...................1 point
The Last Project per member...................1 point
The Blimp*video* per member...................1 point
Cobra Grande per member...................1 point
Cold Night Song per member...................1 point
manc_ill_kid per member...................1 point
Foxface per member...................1 point
Freeview per member...................1 point
The Apsherons per member...................1 point
The Valor per member...................1 point
The February Solution per member...................1 point
Images of Mathematicians on Postage Stamps*mp3**MySpace* per member...................1 point
The Hotrod Cadets per member...................1 point
Stonesthrow per member...................1 point
Mummy Short Arms per member...................1 point
The Ocean Floor per member...................1 point
Yer Maw per member...................1 point
You Already Know per member...................1 point
Daedalian per member...................1 point
The Retrosexuals per member...................1 point
Atomgevitter per member...................1 point
Mungos Hi-Fi per member...................1 point
Injuns per member...................1 point Blitzhoney per member...................1 point
Empafy per member...................1 point
Colette McKendrick...........1 point
Merino per member...................1 point The Ads per member...................1 point
The Merchants per member...................1 point
Mangara per member...................1 point
Azzuri per member...................1 point
Laki-Mera per member...................1 point
The Janes per member...................1 point
Stars Kill per member...................1 point
Red Snowman per member...................1 point
Conscious Pilot per member...................1 point *Video*
Eight Page Pullout per member...................1 point
Wall Street Ammunition Hero per member...................1 point
The Tracks per member...................1 point
Stabiliser per member...................1 point
Chris Leonard per member...................1 point
Miss The Occupier per member...................1 point
Glasvegas per member...................1 point
His Girl Friday per member...................1 point
The People's Alibi per member...................1 point
The Glasgow Glam Bangers per member...................1 point
St. Deluxe per member...................1 point
Dananananaykroyd per member...................1 point
Redsun per member...................1 point
Cycle of Zen per member...................1 point
Eric and the Bunny Boilers per member...................1 point
Babygod per member...................1 point
The Twisted Melons per member...................1 point
Scunner per member...................1 point
Cerebral Bore per member...................1 point
Bwana Devil per member...................1 point
The Stop Starts per member...................1 point
The Mitford Girls per member...................1 point
Room 1 per member...................1 point
The Skinflints per member...................1 point
Billy Bates per member...................1 point
The Starlets per member...................1 point
Transaudio per member...................1 point
Think:Fire per member...................1 point
Crapdragon per member...................1 point
Crash My Model Car per member...................1 point
Bob Cuba per member...................1 point
Wake the President per member...................1 point
The Stinky Munchkins per member...................1 point
Dioysus per member...................1 point
Taunt per member...................1 point The Nintendos per member...................1 point
We Hung Your Leader per member...................1 point
The Arguments per member...................1 point
Ursula Minor per member...................1 point
Wakeover per member...................1 point Lovepump*mp3**MySpace* per member...................1 point
The Retrofrets per member...................1 point
Cartelle per member...................1 point
The Hugh Reed Explosion per member...................1 point
The Grease Monkeys per member...................1 point
The Deep Fried Wolfknuckles per member...................1 point *video*
Three Days Born per member...................1 point
Way of the Exploding Fist per member...................1 point Rotchie per member...................1 point The Flysticks per member...................1 point My Next Girlfriend per member...................1 point
In Ernest*MySpace* per member...................1 point Echograph per member...................1 point
Ben Arkle per member...................1 point
Take Your Worm for a Walk Week per member...................1 point Basement Cinematic per member...................1 point
Modo per member...................1 point Red Strike per member...................1 point
Fade per member...................1 point
Astronauts Fail per member...................1 point Der Bonner per member...................1 point Amok per member...................1 point The Commercials per member...................1 point
Tiny Little Hearts per member...................1 point
Mellitia per member...................1 point Lizzies Arcade per member...................1 point
Friday Night Motel per member...................1 point
Go Down Fighting*website* per member...................1 point
Beth Fouracre per member...................1 point
Some Young Pedro per member...................1 point
Daisy Park per member...................1 point
Temple Lock per member...................1 point
Jesus Elephant God per member...................1 point
The Amazing Magpie per member...................1 point
My Turps Hell per member...................1 point
Molly's Seafoods per member...................1 point
Miccus Deathkill per member...................1 point
Apologies to these bands, but well... here's how to cheat, or how to get ahead in Glasgow Indie Eyespy. Lets remind ourselves of how we calculate the rank of the bands...
Last.fm listener numbers google matches google jockrock matches
So if your band is doing crap, what you need to do is...
First record some songs as MP3 files and get them up on the internet, I recommend MySpace.com and musicbuilder.net or your own website, somewhere where anyone can download the songs for free and listen to them whenever they like. Only mainstream pop farts charge for doanloading MP3s, you can do that when you're in the Premier League.
Second, sign up to last.fm, and get all your mates to sign up to last.fm too, and then make them listen to your songs.
Thirdly, spam every internet messageboard you can get into, proclaiming how great your band is and how to listen to the songs, I'd like to recommend Bowlie, Jockrock, drowned in sound, alternative nation, teenage fanclub messageboard, camera obscura messageboard, and I love Everything. Try to make sure they are messageboards with lots of people on them, there are too many ghosts out there. Fourthly, arrange some gigs, invite music journos, local media stars and anyone you know who writes a blog.
Finally, befriend the chap who runs jockrock. I'm sure he's a nice guy.
It was by using the first three points here that The Plimptons became the 2nd Division rock gods that they are.