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- RT @The7Line: Our passports are ready, @MLB. Make it happen! @The7LineArmy with bells on. 1 week ago
- RT @LondonMarathon: #OTD in 2016, @EliudKipchoge won the #LondonMarathon in a time of 2:03:05, just eight seconds off the WR! Since then… 4 weeks ago
- RT @BallySportsCLE: Fans at Yankee Stadium throw things at Guardians players after the game ends. https://t.co/1LIv66LfBW 1 month ago
- RT @BallySportsCLE: Moments before the final scene in the outfield in the bottom of the ninth, Myles Straw went right back at fans at Yanke… 1 month ago
- RT @BallySportsCLE: "If I were to do it again I probably would've said the same thing." Myles Straw doesn't regret defending his teammates… 1 month ago
- At least it wasn't glass bottles like the old firm. Not surprised Myles Straw jumped in. Gonna be some Subway Serie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 month ago
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- RT @EdinburghCityFC: YAAAASSSSSSSSS!!! It’s a massive three points for the playoff-chasing Citizens tonight. Thank you to everyone who cam… 1 month ago
- RT @EdinburghCityFC: ⚫️⚪️ IT'S MATCHDAY ⚪️⚫️ Get yourself down to Ainslie Park and throw your support behind the team for this crucial gam… 1 month ago
Tag Archives: Jean Michel Jarre
Party Time
Image: John Haslam Woke up feeling pretty dire this morning, but within seconds of scanning my overnight email all that changed. There was one email in my inbox that contained the most brilliant news, my happiness dial went from zero … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Video, Writing
Tagged birthday party, computers, Day Job, Fiction, friends, geeks, happy, Jean Michel Jarre, Muse Online Conference, Music, news, tired and stressed, Windows 98, Writing, writing workshop
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Designing The Promo Material
Image: Eternal Press/Colin Galbraith Shattered. I was up late last night doing the promotional artwork for my impending Stella marketing campaign. I’ve ordered a whole bunch of juicy stuff that I will be using to promote the book from one … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Day Job, Fiction, Freelance, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged competition, cover art, Day Job, design, e-book, Editing, flash fiction, freelance writing, gig review, Jean Michel Jarre, literature, marketing, Mods, News of the World, prizes, promotional material, publishnig, Quadrophenia, Reading, Stella, The Who, Theatre, Writing
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Jean Michel Jarre Glasgow Gig Pictures
Image: Synthtopia.com Hope you all enjoyed my special interview yesterday with Jenny Storm. If you missed it you can still read it here. My email broke again yesterday morning. This time it was at my end and nothing to do … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Writing
Tagged Clyde Auditorium, Day Job, electronic music, Family, freelance writing, gig, gig review, Glasgow, Jean Michel Jarre, live music, News of the World
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The Electronic Wizard
Image: RampantScotland.com I was forced to log on to the day job network at half past eleven on Tuesday night (after I’d written up and scheduled yesterday’s blog post), because of the downright arrogance of one of my colleagues – … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Glasgow, I.T., Music, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged alcohol, Amber Regent, Armadillo, beer, Chinese meal, Clyde Auditorium, computing, concert, Day Job, Edinburgh, electronic music, Family, Freelance, gig review, Glasgow, guest list, I.T., Jean Michel Jarre, Music, News of the World, Press tickets, synthesisers, Travel, wine, Writing
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Good To Great
Image: Unknown Edinburgh is awash with blue skies as I sit down with my coffee to write this blog entry this morning. For a Monday, I’m feeling rather good about things and I think the weather looking outside my window … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Freelance, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged competition, e-book, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Fiction, Freelance, gig review, Glasgow, Jean Michel Jarre, literature, marketing, News of the World, newsletter, promotion, sequel, Twitter, Weather, Writing
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Zoolook
Nice and cold this morning – perfect for listening to my new CD, a re-order of an album I had on cassette tape many years ago, but have not heard since. Zoolook was always my favourite Jean Michel Jarre album … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Fiction, Freelance, Music, Reading, Writing
Tagged articles, CDs, creativity, Day Job, Devon Ellington, Fiction, Freelance, housework, ideas, Jean Michel Jarre, Muse Conference, Music, Scruffy Dog Review, Weather, workshops, Writing, Zoolook
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Better Than The Day Before
Image: coolfunnyshirts.com Another day and another brace of ballistic baw heids. Where oh where do they come from, and why oh why do they keep crossing my path? Is it a national thing or is it just Edinburgh? Is this … Continue reading →