This is an Italian restaurant not much more than a 10 minute walk from the station. It has 2 entrances, both on different streets. The main entrance is a traditional Italian, whilst the other is a likeness of the […]

I was just about to mention Warren Zevon’s effort as it is my favourite live album, and away down here, and it hadn’t been mentioned yet. I just got my 150 or so LPs back from my brother(who’s had then for over […]

I didn’t want to put a negative vibe on this wonderful thread, but I have to say I agree on a couple of your points. I love Jason Isbell, but I can’t stand this cd. IMHO, weak songs, and they don’t come across […]

I asked for, and received, as a Christmas gift, the Warren Zevon double LP. I’m a big fan, and looked forward to hearing his last concert. I’m a bit disappointed. I love it because it is what it is, but the […]

Mother Glasgow is on Bitter Suite. Lovely Michael Marra cover!

Big fan here….right from songs from the daily planet. Sad, sad news.

I enjoyed it very much. The most ‘difficult’ part for me, was, as noted above, the lack of punctuation, paragraphs and chapters. Often I had to re-read sentences to understand them. Exciting and scary is how I […]

Surely there would have to be one by Stuart MacBride. I must have read nearly 10 of these Logan MacRae books over the years. I’ve read most of Rankine and Brookmyre too. Peter James is another, though not […]

It’s a great read if you’re a fan. Last year a box set became available. Full of everything about Marra. The title is in English obviously, but doesn’t really make any sense. If spoken in a Dundee accent, it […]

There’s an Italian restaurant on South Bridge in Edinburgh called Ciao Roma. Round the corner is a bar/restaurant called The Hispaniola. Years ago, the Italian restaurant owner bought the bar, knocked the wall […]

James Robertson is one of the most common names in Scotland. I have read his News Of The Dead, but more importantly, he wrote the biography of one of my favourites, Michael Marra.

Dunno, but if you’re talking about more popular music, there’s Big Country, The Skids and The Proclaimers.

Squeaky Clean is an easy read. The comings and goings of a car wash basically. Some west of Scotland parlance. Doug Johnstone is easily read too. Set in Edinburgh, though sometimes moving across the bridge to […]

Strange what they decide to release. The 3 Warren Zevon records were made with Giant, and none charted, so maybe they got permission cheap. I love Mr Bad Example. It didn’t chart, so Giant totally slashed Zevon’s […]

Scottish authors I have enjoyed recently – Douglas Stuart – Shuggie Bain Calum McSorely – Squeaky Clean(debut novel) Andrew o Hagan – Our Fathers Doug Johnstone – There’s a series of 6(I think)books set in […]

I renewed both my Samsung phone and tablet this year because certain apps wouldn’t work or update. The final straw came when I had to renew my driving license. To do this online, both phone and tablet needed to be […]

Excellent. Thanks, Sal.

I’ve been pulling my hair out trying to decide which Jackson Browne LP to add to my new LP collection (see below), and I decided on his first. Great stuff! I am having a similar problem with Dylan, Springsteen, […]

Thanks Steve! I have almost all of these on cd. Not Kate and Anna though. Much as I love ‘different’ voices, I can’t get Kate’s.

Transatlantic Sessions(the very first one I think).