Red Meat

Thanks to Stu Who? for directing me to the wonderful cartoons of Max Cannon at Red Meat
The usual warning about putting down any hot liquids and swallowing any biscuits/cakes before reading apply.

Christy Moore Ordinary Man

White Wolf played this number at the book launch the other night. Very powerful.

Ross County 2 Dumbarton 2

I didn’t make the long journey yesterday but Sons got a draw in the Scottish cup against a team two leagues above them and after being 2-0 down. I hear we were fortunate but it was a good result and I’ll bet the Dingwall side will not be relishing the replay.

Whisky In the Jar

Before this week I had never been to such a thing as a book launch. This week however thanks to friend and contributor to this blog, Sneddy I was invited to the launch of the book Whisky in the Jar at the headquarters of the Loch Lomond National Park Authority.
Sneddy (alias Allan Sneddon) already organises [...]

Scotland Goes Home

2009 is to be “The Year of Homecoming”. There is to be a marketing campaign to encourage the estimated 40 million people of Scots birth and descent scattered throughout the world to visit the land of their birth/origin during the year. 2009 is also the 250th anniversary of the birth of our national bard Rabbie [...]

From the Highland Police Drugs Manual

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Woolies – One Big Domino

I notice from The Times that Peter Mandelson has put pressure on Woolies’ bankers ( a subsiduary of Barclays) to be more patient about the situation. One can see the reasoning here. If Woolworths and its 30,000 jobs falls, then it will set a precedent and the domino effect will be given clearance for hundreds [...]

They Say What they Mean in Bavaria

Thanks to Smiler for tipping me off (fnar! fnar!) about this Bavarian village.

Variations on a Theme

I Am Kloot

Thanks to my good friend Stockport Steve for the heads up. Apparently this Manchester band have been around since 1999 but this is the first I’ve heard of them. This track from 2005 is the berries.
Hope you enjoy the gig tonight Steve.