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Tag Archives: album
Kix Takes A Stage Dive
Image: Neil Lupin/neillupin.com The snow relented for a second day yesterday – not that I wanted to go anywhere – but it encouraged hopes across the nation that within a couple of days, the frozen white blanket that has enshrouded … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Freelance, I.T., Music, Scotland, Writing
Tagged album, CGI scripts, CSS, design, Flash, Gail Galbraith Photography, HTML, ice, Internet, Lee ‘Kix’ Thompson, Madness, Magic Carpets, Nicky Woodgate, Photography, saxophonist, Scotland, small business, snow, stage dive, Steve Turner, Violin Monkeys, Weather, Website
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Back On A Creaky Wagon
Image: Byrion Smith I wrote some poetry last night, my first writing of any form for almost two weeks. It wasn’t great stuff but at least it was writing, as in, the pen transferring my thoughts onto the page. It … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Freelance, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Writing
Tagged album, Baccara Burning, CD, Freelance, gigs, Glasgow, Homecoming, laucnh party, Madness, Music, News of the World, plotting, Poetry, press release, Reviews, Scruffy Dog Review, ship launch, storyline, WIP, Writing
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Black Monday
Image: Katja Gorup The new Madness album arrived through my door yesterday. TOTAL MADNESS is a compilation of all Madness’ hits on CD and DVD, which for under a tenner is pretty good value. It comes in their 30th year … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, I.T., Music, Politics
Tagged 30th a, 30th anniversary, album, Black Monday, CD, compilation album, Day Job, DVD, GDR's, Madness, Music, office politics, pizza, Scruffy Dog Review, Tom & Jerry, Total Madness, web design, websites
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A Good Day’s Work
Image: foundphotoslj Check out my interview with Blazing Trailers, which was posted on their website yesterday. There were some good questions Also, if you missed it, check out my gig review in Sunday’s News of the World, this week Theoretical … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Fiction, Freelance, Interviews, Music, Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged album, Blazing Trailers, Blogging, CD, Day Job, DVD, e-commerce, Fiction, Freelance, gig reviews, Internet, Interview, Madness, Music, News of the World, photographer, PHP, Submissions, Total Madness, Website, Writing
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Bye Bye Ghoulnet
Image: Me Great news! GNHosting (aka Ghoulnet) has finally gone bust! In an email released yesterday morning the company said, “It is with deep sadness we have to inform you that for reasons beyond our control Ghoulnet Ltd has ceased … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Fiction, I.T., Poetry, Writing
Tagged album, bankrupt, bust, chapbooks, Dust Devil, e-books, Editing, Fiction, Ghoulnet, GNHosting, insolvency, Madness, out of business, Poetry, Poetry Super Highway, single, The Liberty of Norton Folgate, TweetDeck, Twitter, UK2 Net, Video, web hosting, Writing
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Khushis No More
Image: Mike Byrne (BBC News) I woke up to the terrible news that the best Indian restaurant in Edinburgh and the venue of my work’s Christmas lunch last week, Kushis, burnt down last night. The building it’s located in just … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Music, Photography, Scotland
Tagged album, carpets, Christmas, DIY, Edinburgh, fire, gigs, Grassmarket, Khushis, Madness, Photography, Shopping, The Liberty of Norton Folgate, Victoria Street
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November, and Why It Rocks
November I love November. I love the shift from the unsettled weather of October, which can often have Scotland shivering under a bitter sky one minute then basking in warm sunshine the next. Technically, it’s classed as autumn, but it’s … Continue reading →