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Tag Archives: Aidan Moffat
Arab Strap Wound Me Right Up
Image: Tourdates.co.uk Arab Strap Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat managed to get my hopes up yet again last night, when more tickets for the Arab Strap gig at Nice n Sleazy’s were made available to the next 30 on the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, eBooks, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Aidan Moffat, Arab Strap, Benidorm, Blasted Heath, cover art, Dreaming, dreams, Fiction, ghosts, gig, Glasgow, illustrations, JT Lindroos, Kids' Poems, Malcolm Middleton, Music, Nice n Sleazy, nightmare, novel, Poetry, scanning, short fiction, thriller
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The Power of Twitter and SEO
Image: Glasgow City Council Tweet Power The power of Twitter and SEO, if I ever needed to see it for myself, happened to this blog over the last couple of days. This my blog received three months worth of hits … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, I.T., Music, Writing
Tagged Aidan Moffat, Apple, Book Festival, Books, charity exhibition, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, eBooks, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Family, gig review, haiku, iMac, London riots, Man in the East, Manchester riots, money off, Music, Poetry, Rangers fans, Reading, rioting, riots, SEO, social media, special offer, Trees for Life, tweets, Twitter, UEFA Cup Final, UK riots
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London Burning
Image: Guardian London Burning So—I doubt we will be hearing the much voiced stereotypical line: “isn’t Scotland such a violent place” from any English people in the near future. I am this morning utterly enraged and saddened at the devastation … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Aidan Moffat, arson, Birmingham, Book Festival, Books, Bristol, Brixton, burning, Camden, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, Croydon, destruction, Ealing, EdBookFest, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, fires, gig, haiku, jail, Leeds, Liverpool, London, looting, Man in the East, Metropolitan Police, Nottingham, Poetry, prison, protesters, Reading, review, riots, shooting, Tottenham, Trees for Life, Trevor Jones, violence, youth
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Dark Tales and Experiences with Aidan Moffat
Reviewing a unique performance from Aidan Moffat at the Sierra Metro art gallery, and a very special birthday bash for someone in the family Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Music, Photography, Video
Tagged 70, Aidan Moffat, Arab Strap, art gallery, beer, birthday, Book Festival, Browns Restaurant, Carmen Sylva, dad, Day Job, Family, father, Glasgow, Leith Walk, Oceanlife, overtime, party, Peles Empire, Pub, Shawlands, Sierre Metro, The Auctioneers, Tropical Fish, Video, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Scotland: The Safest Place in Britain
Image: Glasgow City Council A short entry today as I have been caught between needing to do things and life things getting in the way. So now I must fly like the wind, people, fly like the wind. London How … Continue reading →