Clyde Steamers

I sit about five minutes walk from Craigendoran Pier which was for 91 years the main terminus for the Clyde Steamers. From my family home window as a child I would watch the fleet of steamers come and go. I well remember the Waverley and Jeanie Deans being two of my favourites as they were paddle [...]

Floody Hell

 
Dumbarton Bridge at 2:15 this afternoon.

30 Years Ago

Unbelievable, certainly to me is the fact that it is thirty years ago this week that this song was released. From the wonderful City to City album, this is most probably the first record you think of when the name Gerry Rafferty is mentioned (although a close no. 2 would be Stealers Wheel Stuck in the [...]

Welcome to my New Blogworld

I started the Vox Blog in May 2007 and on the whole it has been a rewarding if time consuming pastime. Although the Vox software is very easy to use, there are several drawbacks. Searching on the blog for any previous posts is very difficult. Indeed one is quicker going to google to find old [...]

King Creosote

I tried to get tickets for King Creosote and James Yorkston on the recommendation of my friend Iain who now lives in Denmark but said he would “die” for the opportunity to see the gig at Glasgow ABC tonight. Unfortunately tickets were gone when I tried to get them. In the meantime here is/are King [...]

Three Little Pigs - Too Offensive

This is the kind of “political correctness gone mad” story loved by the Daily Mail and Daily Express. However I find myself getting in to full reactionary old fart mode when I read stuff like this. Political Correctness is hardly one of the mainstays of Islam but it seems we are expected to tiptoe round that religion’s [...]