May 30th, 2007
We signed up for a dose of crazy math rock last Wednesday as Battles came to town. Their live set was as good as their latest album, an intense mix of noise, beats and squeaks in a packed intimate arena, even though we couldn’t see their crazy drummer work his magic. Seeing the complexity of [...]
May 27th, 2007
We spent last weekend relocating ourselves to a new part of the West End – allowing Claire her own room at last and access to Glasgow’s highest concentration of cafe’s and smelly cheese shops. As a bonus we picked up panoramic views of Glasgow (above) to impress guests and make us late for work as [...]
May 23rd, 2007
Having tasted the purity of Scandinavia we then ventured back to the somewhat more rough & tumble Berlin. With more rain, graffiti and abandoned buildings it was a different but no less interesting cityscape that awaited us.
We spent a couple of days in the South West of the city including a day trip to Potsdam [...]
May 16th, 2007
Located ourselves on the outer edge of Europe for a few days last weekend – a week too early for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest we learnt to our dismay.
The city itself was fantastic – absolutely spotlessly clean with wide streets and crisp building lines giving a sharp edge to every perspective. Surrounded by water [...]
May 4th, 2007
Aberdeen was lovely for a day. The gig on Friday night was an interesting mix of classical piano & guitar with some old school synth action. We then caught up with Claire’s friend and chatted away until about two in the morning. This was fine apart from the 7 am start that she had the [...]