Hey,
Everybody wanted to have fun is invited for the biggest Scottish Students Pub Crawl in GLASGOW!!! It's quite simple. You have to but a Tshirt on which are printed names of selected pub and tasks to do. All finish with HUGE AFTERPARTY held in one of the cities top nightclubs. 

Want to meet new people? Try something new? Enjoy the night out with friends in other way than normally? Here you go! For more info or tickets contact Susana: z.zurawska@gmail.com

Cheers, and see you there!!

I first saw these young guys on TV at T in the Park when they did a few songs in the studio.

Wasn't so sure about the main man's reflective vocals but something about the way it all gelled together dragged me back to check the album Flaws out, so glad i did, for a start, its a vast departure from their debut, thank god and its abit magical, pleasantly haunting, melodic, bittersweet, odd and it has to be said slightly original. Their particular brand of folk pop really hits the spot. For instance check the first song,  Rinse me Down. Hooky verses break into catchy choruses with sweet acoustic guitars & harmonies and this prevails throughout the 11 solid hits of mature and considered lyrics.

Apparently recorded mostly in one of the band member's bedroom, the production here is excellent with a real warm sound.

With an album still to come from the great Belle & Sebastian in October, i doubt this will be album of the year but certainly a nominee for the Mercury Prize wouldn't surprise me.

CCA is continuing its quest to make Glasgow the best UK city for independent cinema. This month we are showing classic British films Distant Voices, Still Lives and Winstanely as well as a powerful offering from artist Deimantas Narkevičius, The Dud Effect.

We are celebrating the success of our film programme by offering a special deal on film tickets, details of which can be found by visiting our website http://cca-glasgow.com/, dropping into our beautiful building on Sauchiehall Street, or giving us a ring on 0141 352 4900.

We would love to see you all there!!

I was surprised to see The Dead Weather were back again with their 2nd album, Sea of Cowards after such a lukewarm response to the 1st, Horehound. 

So here we are some 9 mths later with the so called difficult 2nd album. Well i'm glad to say its abit of a 5K Klassic. Mosshart & White's particular brand of bluesy garage sassy rock is 35 minutes of just the right amount of soul, attitude & venom that typifies all good rock n roll. The problem with Horehound, was with the exception of a few tracks, good songs were difficult to find. No such problem with the 2nd, the band obviously gelling nicely. The stronger tracks seem to be when Mosshart & White trade vocals which puts abit of sex into the mix.The 1st track, Blue Blood Blues is the perfect example.

With Jack's main band The White Stripes & Alison's The Kills on indefinate hiatus, this is the perfect outlet for both of the them, although i would like to see White vacate the drum stool & move up front alongside the dangerously sexy Alison Mosshart, & watch the sparks fly.

God Help the Girl. My new favourite album.

A stunning album written by Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian and with 3 female vocalists providing the soaring melodies and harmonies that make this a standout. THe vocals in Come Monday Night by Catherine Ireton are irresistable and the tune is soooooo catchy. The tunes are great and the lyical story that emerges is fantastic, with shades of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood.

Ive been a fan of Belle and Sebastian for a number of years and what I originally loved about them, the way it all sounded like it was about to fall apart at any moment, is missing from their later LPs.  But its back in God Save the Girl,. Its an accomplished piece of work and the joy, pain, misery and confusion in getting together with a loved one that stands out in the lyrics is Stuart at his best and the delivery via the gorgeous vocals and the perfect backing from Belle and Sebastian is a joy to behold.... again and again and again...

I was horrified to read about the cigarette in the McDonalds Happy Meal as printed in the Metro newspaper on 26/04/2010.... Terrible story.....

But not because there was a cigarette in the box, as this was obviously a mistake on the part of the person serving the customer, and its a poor show that the Mother is going to sue.. typical money-grabber..

No, it was the fact that this 'Mother' was buying a Happy Meal for a baby in the first place !!!

It didnt give the age of the child, but going by the photo in the MEtro, the child is far too young to be fed burger and chips... Whats wrong with the kid's Mother? Stupid, careless, doesnt give a toss..... Probably all of the above... Looked like a ned on the take.. Maybe it was her own cigarette, or one the kid had dropped from behind his ear after the Mother gave the fag for consumption later. This is going to be one more fat kid with poor diet, no teeth and a drain on the NHS...

Mum has refused a replacement meal and vouchers, an investigation by Trading Standards and wants more done.. Obviously not enough payment offered. Dont give this money-grabber a penny. She sees this as a means to an end and using the kid is awful.

Thanks Mum... Can I have a coke with that.. In fact, make it a diet coke...

The baby can be seen here:

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/823254-mcdonalds-happy-meal-came-with-cigarette

Zhyrlings?

A powerful instrumental band starting where Mogwai left off. Give the band a listen and hear for yourself.

Soundscapes that free the imagination.

A band that are under the radar...one of a few that use the power of emotion and don't pander to the bullshit of today's fame seeking musical bandwagon.

Yes I know them, Yes I am shamelessly promoting them...Zhyrlings deserve your ears!

www.myspace.com/zhyrlings

For those of you with a depressive disposition, this is most definately for you.

Very much carrying on from where Monotheist left off, E.D will not be a major surprise to any of you who appreciated Celtic Frost's last release, but it's possibly darker.

With its dark atmospherics, prickly & bleak guitar tone throughout, it genuinely leaves you with a sense of unease & its pretty pointless trying to pick out individual songs on this slab of blackness because its a long 70 minute mood piece designed to be heard in one sitting, admittedly it's a challenge to get through and at points you really have to pause to come up for air, but I love a musical challenge.

Take the phone off the hook, close the curtains, turn out the lights and wallow in the misery. 

"They tried to make me go to rehab and I said ...." ok ok ok.

Isnt it hilarious that Mark Owen of Take That fame has checked himself into rehab following being caught with his pants down. He bleats that its all down to the demon drink lol..!! I read that he says he is unable to control himself when drinking and that he has had a problem with booze for some time.

Boo hoo Mark. Not everyone who drinks is unable to control themselves when it comes to cheating on their wives / husbands etc. It seems to me that he is so far up his own backside that he thinks he is irresistable to women and so being a pop god, he should be able to do what he likes and not think of his wife of a few months and 2 children. What a fool. He should get all he deserves and I hope his wife is strong enough to give him hell, even if she wants to stay with him.

So the question is......... what has he gone into rehab for ??? Drink, cheating ?

This rehab nonsense is just a ploy used by so-called celebrities to deflect anger from their wrongdoings. Public apologies make me sick. Mark Owen publicly saying how sorry he is and admitting that he cant control himself. Nonsense. why are you telling the public. THis should be a private thing for his family. Just like Tiger Woods and his embarassing apology. Grovelling is what i call it and in public, it makes you look like a wee put-upon nonce.

"OOOh im sooo sorry for what I have done".. Shut up.

"I will go into rehab to sort myself out".... Shut up.

"Im a fool, a d***head, a f***head"..... Shut up and stop feeling sory for yourself. Its all your fault... Take the blame.

"Ive been living with the guilt"... shut up. Cant have been that guilty as it didnt stop you from keeping it up all night or stopping you from carrying on the affairs.

"I didnt cheat on Emma while we were married"... Shut up. You kept an affair going for 5 years... this wasnt a on night stand.. This was cheating on a scale where he didnt care what it did to his family.. Can rehab fix that mindset ? I dont think so.

"Wish I had told Emma and come clean"... Shut up.. You are just saying that because you were caught.

Rehab, public apologies etc etc.. its all because he got caught.

Some Take That songs which are perfect for this are:

Relight My Fire

Once Youve Tasted Love

It Only Takes a Minute

Why Cant I Wake Up With You

Pray

Love Aint Here Anymore

Back For Good

Up All Night

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