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There was a fantastic classical concert by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the City Halls last night. Despite missing the first piece we caught a brilliant delicate performance of Beethovens Violin Concerto in D by Canadian James Ehnes, followed by a more rousing Symphony No. 1 which was perhaps overly cinematic but whose minimal [...]

Apologies for the absence – was waiting for godot. Well perhaps not, but we did catch a performance of Beckett’s masterpiece at the citizen’s at the beginning fo the month. It was a solid simple production, and as the first time I had seen the play I found it quite entertaining. Left me feeling that [...]

a last minute decision saw us squeezed up the front of hipster’s paradise nice’n’sleazy’s for a midweek Casiotone for the Painfully Alone gig. Although he had a head cold the gig was more entertaining than when we caught him in Brooklyn late last year, great chat and occasional accompaniment livening things up.
Support was an Edinburgh [...]

Post have been a little thin on the ground of late as our move from the top floor in to the basement flat (a bit of a step down in view but it does have a garden), combining with tight deadline at work have seen me looking only barely half alive, it should all ease [...]

Last weekend we tasted quite a wide range of musical genres – after a quiet patch through jan & feb it was quite a bit to take in at once.

Starting on Friday night after suffereing horrendous disco battling my way to fourth place in my office bowling night, we crammed into the basement of [...]