Saturday 30 December 2006
Sunday 3 December 2006
Damaged Bad At Best
"Crooked spin can't come to rest,
I'm damaged bad at best,
She'll decide what she wants,
I'll probably be the last to know,
No one says until it shows and you see how it is,
They want you or they don't,
Say yes"
Thursday 30 November 2006
Back To The Basics
Yes! Jars of curry sauce will once again be provided here for your visual delectation! Rejoice!
Madras... a dish best served... with pasta... obviously...
Tuesday 14 November 2006
Hypnotic...
OK, Italo fans... I know I haven't posted anything for a while, but hopefully this will make up for that sad fact...
Here for your delectation and amusement is one of my current favourite Italo tracks... it's kind of understated, but it combines the melancholy and frothy synth-pop that is critical in music of this kind. I love it!
...of course, the German introduction certainly adds a certain air to the proceedings...
Saturday 30 September 2006
Cassette Generator
Endless hours of fun at this site, especially, if like me, you are entranced by the idea of 'The Perfect Mix-Tape'...
Friday 29 September 2006
Monday 25 September 2006
My Way...
"No, no use in taking their time or in wasting two dimesOn a call to God knows who
When all you feel is the rain and it's hard to be vain
When no person looks at you
So just be gracious and wait in the queue
So when do I get to sing "My Way"?
When do I get to feel like Sinatra felt?
When do I get to sing "My Way"?
In heaven or hell...?"
Monday 18 September 2006
Tenants
"You are just a tenant here, you say
living in and out of this life
as cheaply as you can.
I sit here in the darkness
gently
Like an old woman
Thoughts knot and click like brittle bones
doing too much
Trying to question all of this
Trying so hard to fade out
in the blackness
all of the fear
all of the tears that bring us to this..."
Anne Clark, "The Sitting Room" (1982)
Wednesday 13 September 2006
Cook'd and Bomb'd - Chris Morris Archive
http://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/
Site offering news and rare downloads from the man who brought you Ted Maul and Jaaaaam... Unmissable.
Site offering news and rare downloads from the man who brought you Ted Maul and Jaaaaam... Unmissable.
Sunday 10 September 2006
62nd Tryout
A quick mention for the newly resurgent force-to-be-reckoned-with on the Perth ska-punk scene, 6nd Tryout (Is there a ska-punk 'scene' in Perth?!?)
Anyway, watch out for these guys pogoing in a sweaty club near you soon. You'll need to brush up on those bar-chords, Dave...
The Boyfriends
| Start: | Sep 10, '06 4:00p |
| Location: | Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh |
Tuesday 5 September 2006
Fireworks
Sunday night's Firework concert in Princes Street Gardens was a spectacular event for the thousands present watching... and the thousands of others who were startled/woken up/otherwise roused by the tremendous explosions from the sky!
The highlight was undoubtedly the incredible heart-shaped fireworks which you can see here:
http://flickr.com/photos/redlex/234774685/
There you can also listen to a bit of the concert (with all the bangs) which someone has sneakily recorded...
Saturday 2 September 2006
Useless
"Now he wants her to dress as if you couldnt guess,
He desires to impress his associates,
But he's part ugly beast and hellenic deceased,
So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny.
What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty?
All this useless beauty"
Monday 28 August 2006
Tuesday 22 August 2006
Troilus and Cressida
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Other |
Outstanding performances, especially, I thought, Ian Hughes as the parasitic Thersites, Paul Jesson as Pandarus and the ever-sonorous David Yelland as Ulysses.
At over three and a half hours, this could have been a real endurance test, but the excellent cast kept the action moving along swiftly throughout, and especially during the action-packed second half, never allowing the audience to become complacent.
Some utterly unnecessary nudity did detract slightly, as did the overly-camp portrayal of Achilles. I was especially impressed with the excellent scenery (there were no hitches this time) and the superb Julian Lewis Jones as Ajax who all-but stole the show.
Given the fiasco that had led to the cancelling of the previous night's performance during the interval, it was unsurprising that there was a palpable sigh of relief when the actors came out for the second half. I was very glad they did.
Saturday 12 August 2006
Stormy...
"I am just a dreamer,
but you are just a dream,
You could have been
anyone to me.
Before that moment
you touched my lips
That perfect feeling
when time just slips
Away between us
on our foggy trip.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away."
Friday 11 August 2006
Hot Chip
| Start: | Oct 16, '06 8:00p |
| End: | Oct 16, '06 11:00p |
| Location: | The Arches, Glasgow |
Wednesday 9 August 2006
Greedy
| Start: | Aug 13, '06 5:30p |
| End: | Aug 13, '06 6:30p |
| Location: | Smirnoff Underbelly, Cowgate, Edinburgh |
After causing quite a stir at the festival in 2005, selling out show after show, Greedy is returning to the fringe in 2006.
This left field, slick, sexy and innovative sketch show has been leaving audiences in stitches for over a year now and has attracted a lot of TV interest.
“I laughed so much, I forgot to kill myself” Si Spencer (BBC)
Wednesday 2 August 2006
Big In Japan
"I had no illusions
That I'd ever find a glimpse
Of summer's heatwaves in your eyes
You did what you did to me
Now it's history, I see
Here's my comeback on the road again"
[sigh]
It's easy when you're big in Japan...
That I'd ever find a glimpse
Of summer's heatwaves in your eyes
You did what you did to me
Now it's history, I see
Here's my comeback on the road again"
[sigh]
It's easy when you're big in Japan...
Saturday 29 July 2006
This Could Be Our Season
Today sees the start of another Scottish Football season. It has come round rather quick, hasn't it? Usually the start of the season means the impending onset of winter, but somehow that seems quite far off at the moment.
I've been a little morose recently, so maybe something will cheer me up?
Maybe this could be the year for The Terrors to rise from the ashes...?
Fingers crossed...
Thursday 27 July 2006
Lorelei
"I don’t know what it could mean,
that I’m so sad: I find,
A fairy-tale, from times unseen,
Won’t vanish from my mind.
The air is cool and it darkens,
And quiet flows the Rhine:
The tops of the mountains sparkle,
In evening’s after-shine.
The loveliest of maidens,
She’s wonderful, sits there,
Her golden jewels glisten,
She combs her golden hair.
She combs it with a comb of gold,
And sings a song as well:
Its strangeness too is old
And casts a powerful spell.
It grips the boatman in his boat
With a wild pang of woe:
He only looks up to the heights,
Can’t see the rocks below.
I believe the waves swallowed
The boat and its boatman,
That’s what, by her singing,
The Lorelei has done."
Heine
Link
Wednesday 26 July 2006
"I am joined with the landed classes"
"Always live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so" - Josh Billings
I've just bought a flat!
The last week has been something of a whirlwind, with frantic solicitor- and mortgage-related meetings and phone calls. I've hardly done any of the pile of work I have to do due to sheer excitement, but the worst is over now. I get my keys on the 29th of September. I'll be having a huuuuuuge party and you are all invited!
N
I've just bought a flat!
The last week has been something of a whirlwind, with frantic solicitor- and mortgage-related meetings and phone calls. I've hardly done any of the pile of work I have to do due to sheer excitement, but the worst is over now. I get my keys on the 29th of September. I'll be having a huuuuuuge party and you are all invited!
N
Friday 21 July 2006
Jamie's Runout Groove
http://jamiesrunoutgroove.blogspot.com/
Indie music blog - doesn't stray from the indie straight-and-narrow too often, but often comes up with the goods nevertheless.
Indie music blog - doesn't stray from the indie straight-and-narrow too often, but often comes up with the goods nevertheless.
Thursday 20 July 2006
Meadow Wood Cafe
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Restaurants |
| Cuisine: | Asian |
| Location: | Bread Street, Edinburgh |
Sunday 16 July 2006
Don't Cry Tonight...
Don't you just love YouTube?
Quite possibly the best example of teary-eyed Italo Disco, and definitely the closing track to the best party..... ever!
Quite a strange video, too. I suppose every early 80s dance music video had to contain a 'futuristic' computer scenario of some sort. And lots of paranoia. Which is good.
Tuesday 11 July 2006
What is this site all about?
This site has been around for a while but hasn't really developed it's own personality yet. Actually, perhaps it's supposed to reflect my personality, in which case you'll all have well and truly seen through me already....
Anyway.
At moment there's a little bit of music, some ranting about curry and some provocative quotes. I think it's a good mix. So that's how I'd like it to continue, although a bit more often, I hope.
I'm hoping to post more regularly on what I'm listening to, so that you can see just what an arbiter of taste I am, as well as posting regular pictures of jars of curry sauce, just to keep the lads interested. Mmmmmmm.....
When I can fight my way to my decks I'll also be posting my latest mix (usually the Italo disco sounds that are rocking my world) in the music section. Don't hold your breath on that one though....
Stay tuned....
Anyway.
At moment there's a little bit of music, some ranting about curry and some provocative quotes. I think it's a good mix. So that's how I'd like it to continue, although a bit more often, I hope.
I'm hoping to post more regularly on what I'm listening to, so that you can see just what an arbiter of taste I am, as well as posting regular pictures of jars of curry sauce, just to keep the lads interested. Mmmmmmm.....
When I can fight my way to my decks I'll also be posting my latest mix (usually the Italo disco sounds that are rocking my world) in the music section. Don't hold your breath on that one though....
Stay tuned....
Sunday 9 July 2006
Teannaich Ceilidh
| Start: | Jul 28, '06 8:00p |
| End: | Jul 28, '06 11:45p |
| Location: | Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh |
Vikram Chandra
| Start: | Aug 27, '06 3:30p |
| End: | Aug 27, '06 5:00p |
| Location: | Charlotte Square, Edinburgh |
Saturday 1 July 2006
...And We Are The Dreamers Of The Dreams
"Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake
in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are
dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it
possible."
T.E. Lawrence
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/T._E._Lawrence
Monday 26 June 2006
Finding New Music
Keeping tabs on various 'MP3 Blogs' has become my main source of new music since the sad decline of the NME and my continuing indifference to 90% of music radio. The concept is simple - out there, there are other people who have gone to the trouble of finding out where the good music is at, so I don't have to.
It's always good to find out about new artists and new records to buy, but it's also reassuring to find that, sometimes, other people are liking the same weird/bizarre/unfashionable/silly stuff that you are!
Mark Urban
| Start: | Aug 27, '06 7:00p |
| End: | Aug 27, '06 8:30p |
| Location: | Book Festival, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh |
The Island Tapes
| Start: | Aug 18, '06 7:00p |
| End: | Aug 18, '06 9:00p |
| Location: | Acoustic Music Centre, St. Bride's Centre, Edinburgh |
Katie Kitamura and Christopher Ross
| Start: | Aug 15, '06 8:30p |
| End: | Aug 15, '06 10:00p |
| Location: | Book Festival, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh |
Simon Amstell
| Start: | Aug 3, '06 10:45p |
| End: | Aug 3, '06 11:30p |
| Location: | Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh |
Access: The Hacker
| Start: | Jul 7, '06 11:00p |
| End: | Jul 8, '06 3:00a |
| Location: | Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh |
Saturday 17 June 2006
Tony Robinson's Cunning Night Out
| Start: | Aug 21, '06 8:00p |
| End: | Aug 21, '06 9:00p |
| Location: | Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh |
Spies In The Wires
| Start: | Jul 13, '06 11:00p |
| Location: | Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh |
All Tomorrow's Parties Nightmare Before Christmas
| Start: | Dec 8, '06 |
| End: | Dec 10, '06 |
| Location: | Minehead, Somerset |
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