Nae Dinner For You!

If you haven’t booked!
Next weeks sportsman’s dinner at Dumbarton FC is sold out. Well done to the Sonstrust guys and gals for a magnificent effort.

Magners Comedy Festival

A great night last night in the intimate surroundings of the State Bar (downstairs).

Pat Rolink was funny as ever. He described how his grandfather, Anton Rolink who was Dutch, came to Airdrie as a young man and supported the local team until he died. Pat says they scattered his ashes on Broomfield’s playing surface, only [...]

The Blues Masters

I had a series running on my previous blog entitled The Blues Masters. Time to revive it with this extraordinary video featuring Hound Dog Taylor, His wife Koko Taylor, Little Walter and Hubert Sumlin. During the performance the camera pans out to reveal Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, presumably the next “act”.
Great sound quality and [...]

tALKING hEADS

I simply love this song. The intro is the ringtone on my mobile!

Is Europe the New USSR?

Some of the thrills of going “abroad” in Europe were the opportunity to sample different values, social attitutes, customs, culture, currency, architecture, shops, food etc. etc. As a youngster I visited the Austrian Tyrol where the differences in the locals way of life from mine were fascinating. The town where we stayed had its own [...]