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Being contrary sorts, while everyone else is Twittering away 20 times a day we prefer to post occasional but quite long blogs. They’re usually written by Andrew, who, believe it or not, spends most of his days writing for money.
Seven YouTube clips not featuring Susan Boyle
Sunday, May 03, 2009
This week, some YouTube clips featuring Scottish people we know who are quietly getting on with doing really interesting creative things for a small but appreciative audience…
Twelve years of misery
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Sometimes I sort of wish Camera Obscura would cheer up. But would their songs be as good if they did?
Once and for all we’re gonna wait for Godot, on a quad bike
Sunday, April 19, 2009
A bunch of precocious teenagers staging a near riot. Two old tramps doing nothing, twice. Compare and contrast…
A good Eg
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Pop quiz time. What do Adele and Will Young have in common?
An alien made my new favourite album
Sunday, April 05, 2009
With her bone china skin and enormous yet oddly blank saucer eyes, St Vincent looks like an extra terrestrial hazarding a guess at how a human pop star might behave…
Blackface vs drag
Sunday, March 29, 2009
What exactly is the difference between blackface and drag? If you think blackface is offensive to black people, do you not also need to argue that drag is offensive to women?
Lots of fun Instal
Sunday, March 15, 2009
The Instal and Kill Your Timid Notion festivals are a national treasure, and aren’t shouted about often enough…
Little Boots, Ladyhawke, La Roux, la la la…
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Having grown up on the Pet Shop Boys, OMD, New Order, the Human League, Kraftwerk and Depeche Mode, I couldn’t be happier about the current ubiquity of electronic pop.
Ten essential Edinburgh bands (not including us)
Sunday, March 01, 2009
I’m struggling to keep track of the number of new Edinburgh bands starting up from week to week…
We’re all doomed, again
Sunday, February 22, 2009
The world is going to end just three years from now…
