The Random Reading List – Tuesday 20th October 2009
Some links you may find interesting/useful/amusing from the last couple of weeks. From now on I’ll be posting a weekly reading list every Tuesday. You’ll be familiar with some of these if you follow my Twitter feed or Google Reader shared items as they’re taken from a combination of stuff I’ve posted on both ...
Oxjam Edinburgh – This Friday!
I’ve been going through an existential crisis as far as covering music is concerned due to the fact there’s so many other people doing such a good job I’m kind of wondering where I fit in to things – so a HUGE apology to anyone who’s been in touch recently and feels ignored, I ...
Sexy New Scottish Blogs
Below is a wee introduction to a few blogs I’m enjoying right now. They aren’t necessarily new, but are fairly new to me so I reckon it’s ok to call them new. Only approximately 50% of them directly concern shagging, but a couple of them are pretty forthright in that regard so don’t go looking ...
I Actually Don’t Mind Being Thirty-Two (feat. Leith Tape Club & Overtime)
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, because I’ve been really busy at work, and with getting other shit sorted, which is pretty annoying as I’ve got loads of things to post – so hopefully the frequency will increase a bit in the next wee while. I turned 32 on Thursday, not the ...
Why I’m a Paytard
Last week I wrote a guest blog for Just Another iPhone Blog about the new Spotify app. There were a couple of comments, one of which recommended jailbreaking which apparently allows the app to run in the background, the lack of which is one of its major failings (Apple’s not Spotify’s fault). He says ...
Spotify for iPhone is here – bring on the cheese!
I first sang the praises of Spotify back in January, and now at last, the eagerly awaited iPhone app has arrived. Okay so it doesn’t work in the background, you have to be signed up to the premier which costs £10 a month.. it doesn’t have half the music you want to listen to. This is no ...
GOOD NEWS – GOOD MUSIC!
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. Though I write/blog quite regularly about music I sometimes find it difficult to get excited about it these days, perhaps because the bands I like are getting so much positive coverage elsewhere in the blogosphere already (and on more prominent platforms than ...
Robot Love in Edinburgh – Cybraphon & ASIMO
After reading about Cybraphon everywhere, including wired.com, and seeing footage of him everywhere including US TV, I finally got to see “him” last week at the inspace gallery in Edinburgh, and was blown away. It reminded me of when ASIMO, Honda’s humanoid robot, visited the city back in April as part of the Science Festival. ...
Retreat!
Get there early for Wounded KneeThat is, traditionally, what Edinburgh natives want to do in August when faced with the influx of tourists. Nae offence like, it’s just there’s a lot of you, all at the same time, and everywhere we normally traverse with relative ease is now mobbed. Plus I don’t actually mind being ...
Festival MADNESS!
My t-shirt design (made from recycled materials(it gets recycled every year)) I’m currently on what is called ‘temp promotion’ for the month of August. What this consists of is a cleverly calculated, microscopic sum of money which, when tax is taken off, amounts to exactly dick-all – and a whole lot of headache inducing additional ...