Remarkable

Last night I went to the 02 Academy in Glasgow to see a man who perhaps more than any other laid the foundations for the path of popular music in Britain in the 1960′s and where it would go thereafter. He has worked with, or more accurately employed, some of the best musicians in the [...]

Kabul Calling

I got an email from my cousin Mandy yesterday. She was telling me about landing her dream job. As jobs go, foreign correspondent for CBS is probably fairly sought after. However Mandy’s dream job happens to be CBS foreign correspondent for ………………Kabul. However this is right up Mandy’s street. She has reported from Afghanistan before [...]

Jackie Stewart

A bit of local stuff here. Whilst passing the Dumbarton Council Chambers the other day with banners, balloons (sic) and tartan much in evidence, I wondered what the occasion was. Had Poundland got Nescafe in again? Had a Labour councillor had a half decent idea? No, it turned out that former world champion motor racing [...]

Optical Illusions

First in a series. Thanks to the wonderful Village of Joy (See Blogroll) Does the girl move clockwise or anti clockwise? Have a look and then look away. When you look again does she still spin the same way? If so try looking away and back to the picture again. She IS always spinning the [...]

The Stones in the Park

I mentioned recently about the new book from Richard Havers.  Richard has been in touch with the following info. Glad to give him a free plug. 40th Anniversary Story of the thirty-three days in the summer of ‘69 during which The Rolling Stones changed forever. Book signing at Latimer Books in Kelso Saturday 4th July [...]

Take That to the Bank!

Clive told Derek (aka Dudley Moore and Peter Cook) that th worst job he’d ever had was “removing lobsters from Jayne Mansfield’s arse” What’s the worst job you’ve ever had? I have been, for better or worse, self employed since 1982. But in the six years previous to that I had an assortment of jobs, [...]

The Blue Nile – News

*Edit: After posting I realised that in fact the radio interview is almost a year old. This perhaps emphasises my first paragraph! It doesn’t come along very often and those who are devotees of the band have learned what is almost an eastern mystical mind discipline combining patience and scepticism. However on Thursday’s* Today programme [...]

Michael Jackson RIP

Troubled and tortured. But undeniably talented as this video proves.

Shepherd’s Delight

Emiliana Torrini

This comes courtesy of a recommendation by Gordon (One Man Blogs) who went to see the Icelandic singer at Oran Mor in Glasgow the other night. I’d never heard of her to be honest but when I checked her out I liked this song and video.