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“if somebody could prove to you the existence of god, would it change you?”;

On something of a little change of pace for this blog, earlier this week I attended one of St Aloysius’ College’s Lenten Gonzaga Lectures series. The second of four lectures given for 2011 featured...

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“i’m writing a book about birds and flowers!”;

Here’s a bit of middle-class angst for you: during the interval of Mark Thomas’ new show Extreme Rambling: Walking the Wall at the Citz last night, I got a bit worried that he was about to get...

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i’m a festival, i’m a parade;

Bibi’s Cupcakes on Hanover Street gets in the festival spirit August tends to be a bit of a strange one for us Glagow-based musicky-culturally-writerly types. Obviously there’s this big ol’ explosion...

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lana del rey is a feminist issue. possibly;

As if The Internet was some sprawling Sunday spilling supplements over the bed, then depending on what sections you normally read you may have been aware that writer and pop culture critic Chuck “Have...

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“the law of unintended consequences”: scotland’s new public entertainment...

Back when I first decided I wanted to put on a gig, I started telling people I was going to organise it on a boat. Once I’d convinced myself that I was finally going to do this, I felt as if I had to...

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last year’s girl at the festivals: lashings of ginger beer time;

In the kitchen of a traditional-style flat in the east end of Edinburgh, one of the ones that looks just like where your friends stayed when you were at university, things are pretty busy. People pass...

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last year’s girl at the festivals: words per minute;

When Words Per Minute, the monthly spoken word and performance event that ran in various Glasgow venues between 2010 and earlier this year, called time on the regular events a couple of months ago I...

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last year’s girl at the festivals: the blueswater’s “blues”;

I met Felipe Schrieberg, frontman for 11-piece Edinburgh blues collective The Blueswater, at a panel I spoke at on making it in the music industry as part of the Fringe. It was one of those...

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out and about: ladyfest glasgow;

Nicola Meighan didn’t quite put it like this in her recent feature for The Herald, but now is probably the best time since I’ve been a part of it to be a woman in Glasgow’s indie music scene. I really...

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listen to the radio;

You can now listen again to my TYCI radio debut, which is streaming on the SubCity website. Warning: I sound rather like I don’t really know what I’m doing, at least at the start, but the music is...

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last year’s girl at the festivals: alan bissett’s “ban this filth”;

If the past week or so has proven anything, it’s that feminism in 2013 has lost none of its power to inspire, anger and enthrall. Given the nature of the abuse meted out to those who raise their voices...

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sponsored post: queen of the night;

This will – quite rightly – earn me a fair bit of mockery, but at the back of my head I kind of thought that The Bodyguard already was a musical. Hear me out: I was the sort of kid who’d rather create...

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this place we call home: the monthly pop!south column;

It’s the Pop!South gang again. Hopefully we’ve tempted you to our corner of the city for a show or two over these past eight weeks. We’re taking September off to catch our breath. We’re really excited...

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how to talk to russian oligarchs at weddings: the pop!south column;

Hello fine friends! It’s Pop!South’s bi-monthly column of musical funtimes. Oh how I wish I was more on top of things and able to chat with you each month, but real life has an inconsiderate way of...

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upcoming: art screen;

Perhaps I’m showing my age here, but when I got an email asking me if I could post the news that Jarvis Cocker would be taking part in a Q&A in Glasgow on Friday night I wondered what the point...

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last year’s jams: forget about it;

Never one to rest on her laurels, since we last caught up with art-pop impresario Louise Quinn she has successfully devised, crowdfunded and staged a multimedia show. Biding Time (remix) was first...

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#team14: a festival for the rest of us;

The more observant among you – or, at least, those of you who still visit the homepages of your favourite blogs – may have noticed a new button appear on the right-hand side of this blog in the past...

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out and about: tea green events’ first contemporary craft market;

Got any plans this weekend? No? Jealous, bro. Not least because, if you’re going to be in Glasgow for something that isn’t the Rugby Sevens (for which I am surprisingly excited, despite the fact I’m...

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#team14: the last big weekend;

OK, that’s a bit of a cheeky title since Culture 2014 musical ambassadors The East End Social have already set the end of August aside for that one: but the Arab Strap reference is a nod to the fact...

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out and about: scottish mental health arts and film festival;

This time tomorrow, the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival (SMHAFF – no, it’s not the catchiest of acronyms) will be getting underway with an ambitious multi-arts event in Glasgow’s...

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