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Tag Archives: Madness
New Characters and Old Friends
Image: MensMeditation I cannot believe how long this week is turning out. I’m sleeping again—always good when that happens—but I nearly tripped over my eye lids on my way to the day job yesterday morning—not so good—hate it when that … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Writing
Tagged Advanced Dialogue Workshop, Book Festival, Coffee, Day Job, dialogue, DIY, Edinburgh, friends, Holiday, insomnia, Madness, paint stripping, rain, Savvy Authors, Seton Sands, ska, Sleep, Writing, writing course
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Publishing Success in the Dublin Quarterly
Image: Stock The Dublin Quarterly I’ve had the honour of being published in the new issue of the Dublin Quarterly. My short story, REGRETS, now appears in the summer issue alongside some other fantastic authors, as well as one of … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Ally McCoist, Audioweb, Baccara Burning, Catatonia, chapbook, Chris Evans, Danny Baker, Dublin Quarterly, Euro 96, Fiction, Finsbury Park, Flowered Up, Football, Hammersmith, Keith Floyd, Kula Shaker, London, Madness, Madstock, Manic Street Preachers, Music, North London, novella, paranormal, Paul Gascoigne, poems, Poetry, published, short fiction, short story, Space, TFI Friday, Writing
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Birthdays, Birthdays
Image: Blogmeister USA First today, let me wish a huge happy birthday to Mr. Graham McPherson, a.k.a., Suggs. Not only is today Suggs’s birthday, but he also turns the grand old age of 50. Yup, Suggs officially becomes an old … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Editorial Comment, Music, Writing
Tagged birth, birthday, caesarean section, cold, Day Job, Fiction, giving birth, Graham McPherson, happy birthday, Madness, man flu, Savvy Authors, sleepy, Suggs, unwell, workshop, Writing
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There’s a Black Guy at the Bar
Image: BBC I was saddened to see that former British boxing champion Gary Mason died in a cycling crash in south London on Thursday. He was hit off his bicycle in Wallington by a van – the driver of which was … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Editorial Comment, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged 30th birthday party, accident, boxing champion, Camden Town, Christmas, Christmas dinner, cycling, Dubiln Castle pub, Family, Gary Mason, Gullane, killed, Madness, Music, Savvy Authors, South London, workshop, Writing
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Sixteen Points Below
Image: deadlinenews.co.uk It was minus sixteen degrees Celsius over night. That’s -16C. A dozen marks and two pair below freezing point. Scotland is a really cold place just now, so much so that during the day it never made it … Continue reading
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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Catch Up Pt. 2 – The McMadmeet: Madness in Glasgow
Image: Prince Street: Me, Binny and Rob at O2 Academy, Glasgow Yesterday I covered Friday; today is all about the day that followed. Saturday was all about the band mega-band Madness, and the associated meet-up of all my nutty friends … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Scotland, Travel
Tagged Bread and Butter, Crystal Palace pub, GDR's, gigs, Glasgow, Glasgow Subway, live music, Ludovic's cafe, Madness, Music, O2 Academy, pop music, ska, Writing
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The Big Madness Weekender
Image: The Magnificent 7 Interesting day. The snow never came though most of the country did get it. We’ve been promised it today but as I write, still nothing. I’m glad, though, because today I am Glasgow bound. Today I … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Scotland, Travel
Tagged Alan Spence, Biffy Clyro, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, gigs, Glasgow, Glasgow Academy, haiku, live music, Madness, Poetry, Scotland, SECC, snow, tanka, The Specials, Twitter, Weather
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Time Out
Image: Unknown Possibly one of the most frustrating days I’ve had at the day job, not helped along in the slightest by the fact I was feeling like death warmed up, and had the patience of a bull dog that’s … Continue reading →