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The Party is Over
Image: VividLife The party is over; the fun’s all done! My hair has been truly let down and I have wound back down to zero. Three nights on the razz is more than enough for me anyway, but the end … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Writing
Tagged beer, Day Job, DIY, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, friends, GDR's, gigs, Glasgow, home improvement, Music, O2 Academy, party, pub crawl, reggae, Toots and the Maytals, Whighams, Writing
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A New Crime Novel
Image: PINewswire.net I’m writing like a crazy person just now; I think I am back on track with my writing after being so out of it after my wisdom tooth removal. It feels good, nae, it feels awesome to be … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Video, Writing
Tagged Adam And, Adam and the Ants, Books, chapbook, crime, crime fiction, crime novel, GDR's, gig reviews, gigs, Glasgow, Jim Gellatly, London, Music, NaNoWriMo, O2 Academy, poems, Poetry, re-write, revision, Roger Waters, Vic Galloway, wisdom teeth, Writing
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Adam Ant and the Scottish Gales
Image: MusicFeeds.com Short Story Success There was one awesome piece of news that came through last week while I was off recuperating from my wisdom teeth extraction: 11 months after it was first submitted, my short story, REGRETS, was picked … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Travel
Tagged Adam and the Ants, Adam Ant, buses, Dublin Quarterly, Edinburgh, gales, Glasgow, Ian Dury, literary magazine, O2 Academy, publication, rock, Scotrail, Scottish weather, short story, ska, The Blockheads, trains, Travel, windy
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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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A Day Of Absolute Madness
Image: Me! It was a weekend to remember; a weekend never to forget. From St. Mirren Park on Saturday (arguably forgettable) to Depeche Mode on Saturday night (definitely forgettable), and from the ska party in Glasgow on Sunday to the … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Photography, Sport
Tagged 1980s, bevy, booze, Clockwork Pub, Depeche Mode, friends, Glasgow, live gigs, Madness, Mount Florida, Music, O2 Academy, Paisley, Pivo Pivo, ska, skinheads, St Mirren
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Freedom from the Mundane 
No Commitments
Image: Life of Red I could make a promise that I intend to start blogging daily again, but that would be not so much a lie as rather a promise I would be unable to keep. Such are the way … Continue reading →