Blow up your tv Throw away your papers Go to the country Build you a home Have a lot of children Eat a lot of peaches Try to find jesus On your own

Recent ‘literary’ reads I have enjoyed – Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell News Of The Dead- James Robertson Lessons – Ian McEwan Demon Copperfield- Barbara Kingsolver Prophet Song – Paul Lynch Our Fathers […]

I’ve had this conversation before. I think the duty on a bottle of whisky is 75%. Your bog standard bottle is about £15 meaning about £11 of this is tax. I know nothing of gin(other than that my partner d […]

Just keeping you up to speed with our favourite Dundonian KFD. My pre-order is in and hopefully it will arrive on the 27th.

He’s certainly lost his way band wise, since the death of Kelly Looney. They’d been together almost since the beginning. His last couple of cds have been tributes to Jerry Jeff Walker and his son Justin. He’s […]

Doug Johnstone. The Skelf family business is primarily undertaking. They have a sideline as Private Investigators too. Set in Edinburgh, there are 5 books in the series so far. I have read 4. Definitely in the […]

Every time I read or hear Melania (Mrs. Trump), it always makes me think of some horrible disease. I know she’s Slovenian or something, but some names just don’t translate very well in English.

I don’t think that I did complain. Anyway, I will complain if I want to. Who put you in charge?

Thanks! I just assumed it was the complete list rather than the top 100. New year resolution- pay more attention.

I don’t buy many new cds these days, mostly older stuff. For this reason, I don’t enter my list. I enjoy looking at the results as there’s always lots to investigate. I have 7 of these, and 2 in the top 10, […]

Edinburgh. 7 degrees. Heavy rain this morning. Dry now at 5pm, still 7 degrees. Driving gloves off and slippers on. Not venturing out for a couple of days, so who cares about the weather? Beer time now with […]

A Dark Matter – Doug Johnstone. Someone here put me on to these books. It’s a series of 5(so far) and I’ve read 4 of them. Set in Edinburgh, the characters are part of a family business of funeral directors, with […]

Try again North Edinburgh. Get it?? https://imgur.com/a/7lRgWN7

I was playing guitar in a pub in Falkirk. Nipped to the loo to see a man about a dog, when in comes this bloke. He was about 40, 20 stone, shaved head, muscles on his muscles and tattoos on his tattoos. He says to […]

I wonder if anyone outside the north of Edinburgh would get this?? North Edinburgh. Get it?? https://imgur.com/a/7lRgWN7

I’ve been here forever too, it seems. I probably spend half an hour, twice every day on here. Mostly I just lurk. I don’t really have the time to post, so, back to lurking.

Michael Marra again. ‘Chain Up The Swings’.

Michael Marra loves you!

His ‘Songbook’ albums are fabulous. 3 of them. Just him and his piano. Get in your comfy chair with a glass of whisky. Turn off the lights and close your eyes and it sounds like he’s in the living room playing just for you.

I saw him in Edinburgh in 2004(I think). Some people had been waiting for 30 years for him to come to Scotland. Queen’s Hall is and old church with about 900 capacity and it sold out within hours. Usher hall was […]