A Plug

This is totally off theme but I'm not going to write about eyeshadow or pretty dresses today anyway, so I thought I would direct you instead to a free EP download by the inimitable DanDanDan.

The band are named for this clip in Alan Partridge, their music is eclectic to say the least, and the bass player is ttly dreamy. He can also eat an entire box of spring rolls without being sick, which is some kind of achievement as yet without category.

Click on the squiggly picture to go to their bandcamp and download 'Happy Happy Joy Joy' for free / a donation of your choosing.

30 Day Song Challenge - Day Twenty Five

A song that makes you laugh.

Carefree Youth, Whither Art Thou Gone? A classic from Captain Tact's band, DanDanDan. Who else would write such an insightful chorus? We all miss Rick Moranis...

My girlfriend won't let me get, the money together for a Hornby train set, and so it seems, she's crushed my dreams...

Multimeeja Mad Skillz

Nevermind snowpocalypse, here's a piece of multimedia journalism about NaNoWriMo which I did for The Edinburgh Reporter.

However, I must apologise profusely to one of the contributors because I originally credited her as Kath when her name is in fact Cathy! Very sorry for that journofail, which has now been rectified.



If you're interested, you can download the tracks featured in this video for free, here. I recommend getting Mid Life Crisis Man too.

Tonight

A Gig!

Featuring the return of these chaps. (The picture is the link.)

They haven't played live together for over a year, a sad state of affairs indeed. But tonight they rise like a phoenix from the ashes to conquer The Ark.

That's the Edinburgh venue, not the big wooden boat.

Other acts on the bill are Black Avenue (who are Scottish grungers, not to be confused with the Portuguese or Hip Hop bands of the same name), Simon Patchett (a chap from Inverness), Autonomous (who like brackets and come fae Kirkcaldy) and No Love Lost (again, a Scottish post punk act not the American hair rockers who were the initial google result). The £4 entry thusly averages out at 80p a band! BARGAIN.