May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I can’t believe it’s the 10 anniversary of David Bowie’s passing tomorrow. I want to say that the decade since has been absolutely fucking crap, but it isn’t entirely true. Many good things, many wonderful things on a personal level have happened. More universally, within the world of politics especially – it has been ridiculous….
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YOUTUBE CHANNELS Last night as I was thinking about what I was going to say for this second part of my ‘Best of 2025’ I realised that although I don’t watch television and I have only seen ONE new release film in 2025, what I DO watch is YouTube content. It is one of my…
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CUTLER’S CULT On Saturday afternoon I went to Edinburgh, suffering the Fringe hoards to see a new kind of show being performed by Hamish Hawk. A true performance piece titled Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 0. I’m still struggling to pin down a succinct definition of what it was other than just the…
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It’s been nearly nine years since we lost you, but for today let’s rejoice that you were ever here, brightening up our world and making life in general a whole lot better. Happy Heavenly Birthday, David.
It was an Instagram story on Graeme Thomson’s account that first made me aware of the existence of Orwell. He had been sent a vinyl copy of Simple Minded, with its wonderfully stylised artwork – a subtle but very obvious homage to the Sons and Fascination album cover. I was impressed by its look and…
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I am being a lazy, drained procrastinator today and posting a vlog post. Of course, it has run over an hour (just a wee bit over) so…if you have a free 65 minutes, you can see what I’m waffling on about (mainly jury service, my reason for not writing the post instead of vlogging it…
I have to say that, after the disappointment that I expressed for the Oz show that I listened to on BBC Sounds from 10 Feb – Billy Sloan absolutely redeemed himself last night with one cracker of a show. Lots of great new music and a fantastic interview with Suzi Ronson. I’d highly recommend giving…
It is heavenly birthdays for both: One) for the man who probably was only ever overshadowed by some Glaswegian frontman or other for my musical affections (for many a year) – Mr David Robert Jones. He’d have been 77 today. Two) for Mr Elvis Aaron Presley who would have been turning 99 today had he…
Last Wednesday, our Minds fan and local radio legend, Ronnie McGhie, had non other than Billy Sloan on his show for Pulse 98.4. It was two hours of pure live music-loving blethering as only two chatty Glaswegian men could. I dare say both men are “professional gasbags”. Lol. What was so evident is how much…
Seeing as it’s summer solstice this week, it seemed obvious to have this week’s Minds Music Monday be the seeming fan standout track from Direction Of The Heart – Solstice Kiss. Perhaps you could enjoy listening to it while having taken out a re-mortgage on your property to afford a glass of Macallan Rare Oak…
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