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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.
A naked man on a swing, and other stories
Sunday, February 15, 2009
I’ve just spent four days at the National Review of Live Art, which involved a lot of standing in dark rooms watching naked people doing not that much, extremely slowly…
A fucking blog about fucking swearing
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Lily Allen’s new album comes out on Monday. It includes, to nobody’s great surprise, lots of swearing…
Thoughts on Homecoming
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Hamish and I have always made a point of saying that we are not a Scottish band but a band who happen to be based in Scotland…
A sort of review of the year
Monday, December 29, 2008
The problem with The Dark Knight is that, in trying and failing to do something genuinely thoughtful, radical and political even, with a populist art form, it exposes how ill-equipped that art form is to do anything other than distract us…
Flaming Lips VS Glasvegas
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
You’d be tempted to think of Glasvegas as being more down-to-Earth than Flaming Lips, but they get much more misty-eyed over Christmas than Wayne Coyne and co. What is it about tough nut working class men and excessive sentimentality?
Today is No Music Day
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Giving up music for a day is harder than you might think if you’re going to take it at all seriously…
Bicycles, charcoal, art installations…
Sunday, November 09, 2008
I read about a musician once who didn’t release anything he’d made, instead leaving CDs around the countryside for people to find. Whether anyone actually did or not I don’t know, but it was a beautiful idea…
How to sabotage your own band
Sunday, September 14, 2008
I have decided, as of today, to stop describing Swimmer One’s music to people as ‘pop’, despite having made a big point of doing this for years…
Another rant about the Mercury Prize
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The Mercury is fond of claiming that it is above commerce, that it is an eclectic prize which judges on musical merit alone. The dishonesty of this is breathtaking…
We’re all doomed (part 7)
Friday, July 18, 2008
Went to see WALL-E on Monday night. Everyone else is writing about it so why can’t I? Here’s my angle. The whole film is a classic example of climate change denial. If you haven’t heard that angle before, read on. If you have, that’s fine, away you go…
