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Tag Archives: The Specials
A ‘Special’ Day’s Work
Image: KGB Clothing A decent day’s work. My final two blog posts from the West Port Book Festival went live over at my (Unofficial) Edinburgh Book Festival Blog: Click here to read David Gaffney & Hannah McGill. Click here to … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Websites
Tagged bevy, Blogging, dancing, David Gaffney, Day Job, Fiction, gig, Glasgow, Hannah McGill, Music, party, Poetry, pseudonym, Rob Shearman, SECC, ska, skanking, STV Edinburgh, The Specials, web dev, website development, websites, West Port Book Festival, 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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Ten Questions
Image: Sam Churchill Did anyone notice the funny faux pas in yesterday’s post? “I’ve never actually been to Cornwall, Devon…” Gee, how I laughed when I noticed the English county confusion I caused. I thought for today’s post I would … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Interviews, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Blockheads, Daily Telegraph, Domino's pizza, DVD, Every Day Poets, Ian Dury, Interview, Madness, movie, Paul Auster, Poetry, publication, questions, Stephen Frears, The Pink Panther, The Specials
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Bloody Vista
Image: MS Vista Thanks for all your birthday wishes posted on the blog yesterday—I passed them all on. Perhaps the most scary comment left was: “A teenage female in the house, good luck mate.” Cheers Stevie—just when I needed a … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Music, Publishing and Marketing, Video
Tagged 30th Anniversary Tour, birthday, computers, Dominos, DVD, Edinburgh, I.T, Microsoft Vista, MS Windows, Music, Netbook, PC, pizza, public holiday, Ranfurly Review, ska, teenagers, The Specials
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A Fine Week
Image: Cessna 206 It’s been a fine week. I’ve managed some good writing, made lots of progress and had a few successes at the day job, my DVD box set of The West Wing and The Bourne Trilogy arrived, and … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, I.T., Music, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged 30th Anniversary Tour DVD, Bourne Trilogy, Day Job, DVDs. CDs, front cover, I.T. computing, John Steinbeck, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, seasons, The Specials, Weather, weekend, West Wing, Writing
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Reaching For The Stars
Star Wars Rather sadly (to some), I’ve now seen Star Wars: the Force Awakens a grand total of six (6) times. I suppose one might argue I’m a little bit obsessed, but actually that’s quite wide of the mark. It’s more … Continue reading →