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Tag Archives: live music
Making an Arse of It, Part 2
I’ve written before about how great the recently re-released debut album from Kid Canaveral Shouting at Wildlife is, and I’ve also mentioned how much I enjoy listening to singer/songwriter King Creosote. As luck would have it, both of them kicked … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Websites, Writing
Tagged Ali Wilson, arse, Bannerman's, beer, Blue Drill Hall, eBooks, Fiction, Finnegan's Wake, gig, Kid Canaveral, King Creosote, Leith, Liquid Room, live music, Music, Out of the Blue, Poetry, Rab Howat, review, The Dalry Lamas, The Rab Howat Band, Trees for Life, websites
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The Easter Bloat
Image: WebWiseforRadio.com I spent yesterday feeling bloated and stuffed. I think too much chocolate was consumed on Sunday, and the black pudding supper I had for my dinner definitely did NOT help matters. Greed, pure greed! PR My press release … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Freelance, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged and Bevvy, bloated, chocolate, day out, drink, Easter Eggs, eBooks, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, gig reviews, greed, Jamiroquai, Kid Canaveral, Kindle, live music, marketing, mother, newsletter, Pensioner, press releases, Rab Howat Band, Sneaky Pete's, Twitter
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From Glasgow to London
Image: TortureCare.org.uk Giggidy Did you like yesterday’s video? Hilarious wee cat, eh? I had a fun time at the Jamiroquai gig on Wednesday night with my sister—as is usually the case when we crack open a tinny and go to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Travel, Writing
Tagged chapbooks, Clapham Grand Theatre, crime fiction, doner kebab, eBooks, Glasgow, Greener is the Grass, Jamiroquai, Jay Kay, Kindle, live music, London, London International Ska Festival, manuscript, novella, Poetry, press releases, public transport, revisions, Scotrail, SECC, train, Twitter, Writing
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My Bucket List
Image: Don DeBold Wide Days Well, Wide Days didn’t quite happen for me last night, or at least the gigs didn’t anyway. It turns out there had been some form of massive cock up at their HQ with regards the evening … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Editorial Comment, Freelance, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Video, Writing
Tagged Adam Ant, Amazon, Books, Bucket List, competition, eBooks, Friday Vid, gigs, Kindle, live music, Poetry, Rachel Sermanni, Reading, The Good, the Mad and the Lovely Posse, Twitter, Video, Wide Days, Withered Hand, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
No God, Only a Writer
Image: The new Oxonian A Balance I wrote so late into Thursday night during my marathon launch into my new crime novel, that I didn’t think I would make it to the coffee shop yesterday morning to continue work on … Continue reading →