-
Join 3,345 other subscribers
Recent Posts: Freedom from the Mundane
Colin on Facebook
Art
Literature
Sport
Writers
Categories
Colin on Twitter
- @FrankKhalidUK Cheerybye then ya wee brat. 1 month ago
- RT @GFFN: The Sun newspaper has bought a billboard in Paris to taunt France fans ahead of tomorrow’s game vs England. Classless as ever. ht… 1 month ago
- @saescentric Only the English ya fud. 1 month ago
- RT @Ryanair: They're coming home #NothingToDeclare https://t.co/aiFveqTnJP 1 month ago
- RT @StillGameReacts: “Football’s coming home” https://t.co/rBClP4NIUF 1 month ago
- @jilevin Ban money! 4 months ago
- Thanks to everyone who has donated so far! I was in the top 20% of fundraisers last month. See what I'm doing and w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 5 months ago
- RT @SideRetiredPod: @Mets @TimmyTrumpet @SugarDiaz39 @tai_walker Awesome night!! twitter.com/sideretiredpod… 5 months ago
- RT @Mets: .@TimmyTrumpet, Met for life! 🎺 https://t.co/paEuyCoc95 5 months ago
- RT @epilepsy_scot: If you live with epilepsy then you know there can be a lot of rainy days and dark nights. Just know that it will pass an… 5 months ago
Tag Archives: Arab Strap
Book Sales and Rising
Image: Blogspot Get Over It I felt absolutely downtrodden going to the day job yesterday and it was all down to the thought of missing that blasted Arab Strab gig. It got stupid when people were tweeting they had a … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Video, Writing
Tagged Arab Strap, Baccara Burning, crime, dining out, dinner, drinks, ebook, eBooks, Editing, Family, Fiction, Friday Vid, friends, gig, Glasgow, Leith, meal, Music, Nice n Sleazy, paranormal, Poetry, revising, royalties, sales, Shed Seven, The First Big Weekend, Twitter, Video, Writing
4 Comments
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
4 Comments
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
2 Comments
A Day With Moi
Image: Dennis Wong Yesterday was the kind of Saturday I’ve needed for quite some time. If I could have wished for a better feeling come the twilight of the afternoon, then I got what I desired. It was a nice … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Travel, Writing
Tagged alarms, Arab Strap, Boots, chapbook, Coffee, computers, DVD, Edinburgh, Editing, External Hard Drive, Freelance, iPod, Me Time, moleskin notepad, movie, PC World, pizza, poems, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Samuel L Jackson, Saturday, Scotland's Treasure, scrabble, security, Starbucks, Ten Years of Tears, Tesco, The Cleaner, writers, Writing
2 Comments
The Downside of Twitter
Image: Google I’ve talked at length about the benefits I’ve felt since taking up twittering: increased visibility, a widening of networking opportunities, marketability, etc., and I’ll continue to use the medium for all of those reasons, as well as the … Continue reading →