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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.
Green hills and rumour mills
Monday, June 09, 2008
There is a weird rumour flying around that Swimmer One have some involvement with a foul-mouthed happy hardcore band from Leith called Sparklegash. There is no truth in it at all…
‘White tipped with salty foam’
Friday, May 30, 2008
Last weekend we were the headline act at Neue Liebe, a cabaret night in Edinburgh. Little did we know that Neue Liebe’s co-host, Penny Pornstar, had penned a special tribute to us, in the form of an erotic short story that she read out on the night. For those who missed it, and for those who want a souvenir of the evening, here it is in all its glory, along with a written introduction from Penny…
‘A commanding dash in Debbie Harry monochrome stripes’
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
We got a live review in the Independent recently. It said that I looked like Bryan Ferry, Laura looked like Debbie Harry, and Hamish looked like Charlie Brown. After I read it I didn’t stop laughing for about an hour…
Why does Hamish never write blogs?
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Ah, people say to me, so you’re a typical flamboyant ponce/silent boffin electronic pop duo set-up, then? Well, sort of. But we are not complete stereotypes…
Get out of my Facebook
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
I love the idea of Islamic radicals posting bulletins on Facebook. ‘What are you doing now? I am planning a Jihadist terror campaign.’ ‘Hasib Hussain and Mohammad Sidique Khan are now friends.’ ‘You have been poked by Shehzad Tanweer.’ Etc.
In praise of bedroom eccentrics
Sunday, March 23, 2008
A few months ago I became MySpace friends with an electropop trio who make music with Hoovers…
Pop vs art (victor not yet decided)
Friday, February 15, 2008
The Pet Shop Boys once released a best-of compilation called PopArt. The songs were divided into two categories on two separate CDs, called Pop and Art. The division never made a lot of sense to me…
Long song titles, Daniel Day Lewis, the Scottish cringe
Sunday, January 13, 2008
If you like, you can pretend that the following are extracts of longer, individual blogs. Or blog demos, fragments of blogs that could have been smash hits if only they’d been completed and properly produced. Or trailers for imaginary blogs, the way David Holmes used to write soundtracks for imaginary films….
Our bid to conquer MTV
Friday, November 23, 2007
We have made a pop video. I am very excited about this…
‘You’ve got to get your hands dirty’
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
An unedited version of a recent online chat between Swimmer One and the Skinny, a Scottish music magazine…
