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My Blog: May 2015
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Stuff I like an' that. Friday, 29 May 2015. On Tuesday TFC drove down to beautiful Hebden Bridge. Last Of The Summer Wine country. The Trades Club. Is a characterful venue looked after by people that like their job. We coudn't get into the dressing room downstairs until the local Tai Chi class had finished. After soundcheck I had half a pint of Pennines Gold (recommended) and some nice grub prepared by the venue's Tibetan chef. I walked up a steep cobbled road to Heptonstall. After the gig we were invite...
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Long Hot Summer | Pretty Ugly
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On July 13, 2015 · Leave a Comment. To Cotton Eye Joe. 8211; she played them all) but how I managed to forget to play Shampoo. I’ll never know. I promise to rectify this error next month. The 90’s outfits were on point. As it was the night after the TFI Friday. Comeback, we rediscovered our Shine CD collection – Mansun, Rialto, Belly, McAlmont and Butler, St Etienne, Lit, Sleater-Kinney, Le Tigre – which all went rather well with my Courtney Love. Knots and Khaki’s to Kenickie. Gigs a go go. Turns out ne...
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A guided tour of jazzy Glasgow | Music Research Glasgow
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News and views from Scotland’s most intensive centre of musical research. A guided tour of jazzy Glasgow. June 1, 2016. Alison Eales is currently completing a PhD about the Glasgow Jazz Festival. The Music subject area has research strengths both in jazz most notably through Dr Björn Heile. And music-making in Glasgow, with Kenny Forbes recently completing a PhD on the history of the Apollo Theatre. I’m now in the final stages of my PhD, which is a critical history of Glasgow Jazz Festival. City of Music...
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My Blog: June 2015
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Stuff I like an' that. Friday, 26 June 2015. I've been busy working on music for Stephen Bennett's powerful, sensitive documentrary "One Morning In March". More about this in time. I have also been working on my first feature-length soundtrack. More about this soon too. I saw The Vaselines open for Mogwai at The Barrowlands - which was nice. I attended a director-composer Speed Dating session at Edinburgh International Film Festival. Which good in an odd way, or odd in a good way. Links to this post.
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Things to do after you have been on the Eat walk Glasgow walking tour.
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Things to do in Glasgow. Our walking tour is unique to Glasgow it takes in up to five locations tasting signature dishes of the bars and restaurants visited, as well as beer and whisky tastings plus one or two other surprises along the way. We would also like to suggest other things to do in Glasgow during your stay that we think complement our tour and help you build up a feel for what Glasgow is about. Click on the photos or headings for further information. Glasgow Music City Tours. A little bit out o...
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