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Going to the Last Night From Glasgow showcase at the Oran Mor on Sunday. 10 bands for £9. Real value for money and a cracking line-up. Tickets still available if anyone fancies it.

How do you bet on the juniors with McBookie? Can't find the odds on their site. Cheers

1. Sister John - Sister John 2. Callum Easter - Here Or Nowhere 3. Kokoko! - Fongola 4. Billie Eilish - When we all Fall Asleep, Where Do we Go? 5. Amyl & The Sniffers - Amyl & The Sniffers 6. Sacred Paws - Run Around The Sun 7. Steve Mason - About The Light 8. Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel 9. W.H. Lung - Incidental

Aye, you're correct. Probably the reason I forgot to put it in my list earlier. Either that or I was listening on Spotify which was the Deluxe Version (2019)

Updated but still the same album at no.1 1. Sister John - Sister John 2. Callum Easter - Here Or Nowhere 3. Billie Eilish - When we all Fall Asleep, Where Do we Go? 4. Amyl & The Sniffers - Amyl & The Sniffers 5. Sacred Paws - Run Around The Sun 6. Steve Mason - About The Light Few more albums vying for position at the moment. Will update soon.

Been listening to the self titled 2nd album by Sister John constantly on Spotify while I wait for my physical vinyl copy to arrive. Very early contender for my 'album of the year'. 1. Sister John - Sister John 2. Steve Mason - About The Light

Been away for the best part of January so only now getting the chance to listen to new stuff. So far my list consists of only one album ... Steve Mason - About The Light Fantastic album and possibly his best music since his Beta Band days. Will give the Maggie Rogers album a listen on account of a few people mentioning her on this thread.

Just had a bottle of this. 6.6% abv juniper smoked ale. Very nice, fruity and piney.

Playlist ___ 01 [NME advert] 02 MONKS - CUCKOO 03 PINK MILITARY - DO ANIMALS BELIEVE IN GOD? 04 LEE SCRATCH PERRY - BABYLON THIEF DUB 05 THE LAST POETS - ON THE SUBWAY 06 SILICON TEENS - MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 07 WESLEY WILLIS - FEEL THE POWER OF ROCK n ROLL 08 [SERVICE INFORMATION MUSIC] 09 DON CHERRY - BROWN RICE 10 KIM FOWLEY - IS AMERICA DEAD? 11 JANE - IT'S A FINE DAY 12 THE SONICS - PSYCHO 13 [JOE 90 THEME} 14 FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND - SATORI 3 15 OS MUTANTES - A MINHA MENINA 16 [MR TICKLE] 17 CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND - ICE CREAM FOR CROW 18 SCARS - THE LADY IN THE CAR WITH THE GLASSES ON AND A GUN 19 THE NORMAL - TVOD 20 JOHN ZORN - TEQIAH ___

This mix on MixCloud. Bit of punk, post-punk, reggae, indie and world music. Like listening to a John Peel show in the 80's. Current track: Sonic Youth's cover of Superstar. Alternative Jukebox

Not had much time to read this last few days but finished 'The Rise and Fall Of The Miraculous Vespas' by David F. Ross this morning. Great stuff again. The Miraculous Vespas are a fictional band from Kilmarnock in the early 80s. Featuring various characters from 'The Last Days of Disco' and many others including Billy Sloan, The Mary Chain, Orange Juice and Boy George. Lots of laughs, Ayrshire gangsters, Glasgow music venues, drugs, alcohol and violence. Highly recommended.

Listening to an African music playlist at the moment. Mostly music from an old NME compilation cassette from back in the mid 80s. Current track is Mele by Somo Somo. Great stuff but the sunny vibe doesn't quite fit in with the weather outside

Finished 'This Is Memorial Device' by David Keenan. One of my favourite books in a long time. Memorial Device are a fictional post-punk band from Airdrie and this is their story told through a series of interviews with members of the band and various people from the scene. Sex, drugs, rock n roll and death. You end up wishing that they had been a real band. Also read 'Good Me, Bad Me' by Ali Land on my wife's recommendation. Told through the eyes of a teenage girl whose mother is a serial killer. Not a book that I would have picked myself but decent enough if mostly unbelievable. Read it in less than a day which probably says everything. Now reading 'The Rise Of The Miraculous Vespas' by David F. Ross, follow up of sorts to 'The Last Days of Disco' . Again set in Kilmarnock and featuring some characters from his previous novel. Not far enough in to tell the plot but going well so far.

Just read 'The Last Days Of Disco' by David F. Ross Two friends decide to try their hand at mobile DJing. pissing off the local gangster in the process. Set in early 80's Ayrshire, mainly Kilmarnock, Troon and surrounding areas. Few laugh out loud moments and more than a few moments I can relate to given my attempts at DJing in my younger days. Well worth a read. 8/10 Now onto 'This Is Memorial Device' by David Keenan. A story about Airdrie's finest, fictional, post-punk band.

Home Bargains in Irvine and Killie both sell alcohol. Bit hit and miss but you do sometimes get a cracking beer if your lucks in.

I've got Norwegian Wood in my to read again pile. Enjoyed it first time around, wonder if I'll be so impressed second time around! Got Dance, Dance, Dance at Christmas but haven't got round to reading it yet. Men Without Women sounds worth getting hold of

Haven't watched the film but my daughter told me the film was dreadful so will definitely be giving it a miss. Wouldn't recommend the book either tbh. I was probably being generous giving it 5/10

Read Telling Stories by Tim Burgess yesterday. One of the best music bios I've ever read. His musical influences pretty much mirror my own throughout the book but the drug and drink excesses thankfully don't 8/10 Before that I had an unexpected few days in hospital and asked my wife to bring me up a book or two. For some reason she bypassed the pile of unread books beside the bed and brought me two of the eldest daughter's books instead. So in Crosshouse Hospital just before Christmas I read ... The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey 5/10 The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley 6/10 Finally, spent New Year on Arran reading Kerby by Graeme Johnston. Subtitled 'Funny Tales From A 1990's Scottish Childhood', well I did laugh (final chapter) but until then it was pretty much struggling to justify the 49p I paid for it in the local charity shop. Sorry 2/10

Fine Young Cannibals - Blue

Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone

Cheers for that. The ones I saw were around £30. Didn't realise you could get them so much cheaper. I'll give that one a go, nothing to lose at that price

Not my choice of listening to be fair but heard the new song from Liam Payne on the radio at work and honestly ... wtf? It's almost as if he had been invited onto X Factor at the weekend and had 5 minutes to write and record something. Genuinely, I think this is probably the worst song I've ever heard. Also at work, Radio X gets played a fair bit. Liam Gallagher seems to be on constant rotation. Why? Every song they play sounds like the last one and the last one is invariably a pile of sh*t. And don't get me started on that Catfish mob. Sh*te name, sh*te band.

Any recommendations for a foam roller? Looked at them recently but thought they were a bit expensive at the time (pre hamstring pain).

Been feeling my left hamstring a bit recently so have cut back on the running. Been feeling better the last few days so planned a half marathon distance run for today. First time doing this distance and struggled a wee bit towards the end. Breathing was fine but left leg started to play up a bit again. Feeling very stiff now and a bit more realistic about my fitness and distance ability but happy to have managed it.