Transvision Vamp capture the true essence of the pop-rock music we associate with the era of their late ’80s debut … More
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Home Again – Teenage Fanclub’s “Do Not Dare to Dream”
Teenage Fanclub are among Scotland’s most consequential musical acts. Their latest outing recontextualises the band’s last two albums, and reflects … More
Tubular Bells Exorcised my Senses: An Album Review
Tubular bells is an incredibly remarkable album. A contemporary concept album by a 17-year-old Mike Oldfield released in 1973h, mixing … More
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, show me the most wicked X-Factor judge of them all…
For decades, the villainous crown of the X-Factor sat firmly on the jagged peak of Simon Cowell’s monstrous quiff. The … More
Cutting my (own) hair
I started cutting my own hair because I did not want to book appointments anymore. That is genuinely it. I … More
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Acton Caine, founding member of the Neighbourhood Watch, currently resides in a nuclear bunker of his own design just outside … More
Coming to terms with that fact that I am an old git and have outgrown Stranger Things
At exactly 3:15pm on Friday the 27th of October 2017, a school bell dutifully rang within central Edinburgh, and my … More
The Worse The Hobby, The Better The Joy
Recently, I’ve started painting, and I mean truly awful painting. Makeup as paints,overused toothbrushes as paintbrushes on a to-do list … More
STUDENT PROTEST ISN’T THE PROBLEM – HOW WE DEFINE SUCCESS IS.
Protest doesn’t fail because young people don’t care – it “fails” because we only celebrate visible change, not organisation, urgency … More
The Twisted and Tragic Meditations of a Middle-Aged Man
‘I’m the Gianni Agnelli of Glasgow’ claims the ghoulishly gaunt, and glaringly greyish, forty-six-year-old man sat perched like a gargoyle … More
