Norman Blake and David Scott
Norman Blake and David Scott
The Vaselines
Dunfermline Carnegie Hall 16/05/2008
Last Friday saw a great gig at Dunfermline's Carnegie Hall as part of Tigerfest. Not only did we have Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake joining David Scott of the Pearlfishers we also had one of the first gigs by the reformed Vaselines.
The Vaselines are Scottish indie legends. A big part of that is their adoption by Kurt Cobain and Nirvana who covered three of their songs. Several years down the road and Eugene and Francis look like someone's Mum and Dad and are backed by four members of Belle and Sebastian. It's like a Scottish indie royal family. A great set though.
Norman and David have a string section which fits nicely with the comfortable seats and excellent acoustics of the Carnegie Hall. They play a mixture of TFC, Pearlfishers and cover songs with a few solo compositions. My personal favourite being Norman Blake's 'Baby Lee'.
Uh, I also saw a peacock window-shopping. Dunfermline, what a town.
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:: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 ::
Rachel Unthank and the Winterset
Rachel Unthank and the Winterset live at Edinburgh Voodoo Rooms 9th May 2008.
I was joking before this gig that we were in for an hour and a half of songs about domestic violence in the Nineteenth century. And the first two songs were...about domestic violence in the Nineteenth century. Or possibly the early Twentieth. But what songs. Judging by the small rooms they are still playing there are still plenty of people who have never heard of Rachel Unthank and the Winterset. If you are one of them then check them out immediately. Far from being bleak they are brilliant natural musicians who play with joy and vitality.
Check out their myspace for a flavour.
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:: Friday, May 09, 2008 ::
Lost Things I Would Like Back
Save Our Old Town are campaiging against the sell-off of chunks of the historic old-town to developers. The Canongate and the rest of the old town are not just shortbread tin tourist theme parks, they are reall communities where working class people have lived generation after generation for hundreds of years. These pictures show how residents view their own area as a place to grow up and to live and how it has changed.
More here
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:: Monday, May 05, 2008 ::
Saving Our Old Town on Mayday
Labels: SOOT
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Mayday 2008
Good weather and a decent turnout for Mayday this year with speeches including Seamus Milne, Colombian trades-unionists and others. Will try to post some video later. Meantime here is an anarcho pirate.
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:: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 ::
The Dragonslayer
Happy St. George's day. I see Billy Bragg is playing a gig tonight with Rachel Unthank for the occassion. Off to see her playing in a couple of weeks and it should be great.
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:: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 ::
Bloggers spreading tentacles
Couple of new blogs of note:
Socialist Cephalopod with all the key info on mammoths, food, squids, hip-hop and the left.
Radical Left with all of the above except the first four.Labels: blogs
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:: Monday, April 21, 2008 ::
Sick Of It All
Sick Of It All
Glasgow King Tuts 20th April 2008
What a refreshing gig. A band who wanted to entertain, who had real respect for their fans and a crowd who were a friendly, boisterous international community. Having seen Sick Of It All a few years ago with 7 Seconds and Slapshot I didn't hesitate to make the trip to Glasgow to catch them live again.
The bouncers were kept busy dealing with the mosh pit but did so with good humour. The moshers were physical but there were no casualties. Interesting that such a seemingly violent event should be so friendly and happy. Very happy with the way the clip came out, so watch it!
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