I didn't have time to do a big write up of my favourite albums of the year for '25 (that nobody reads anyway 😉) ... but still did a list and the ubiquitous accompanying playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/2mZ...

Google's NoteBook LM AI is brilliant at most things except spelling! This is its summary of the NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH's 80-page research paper "THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BREXIT" www.nber.org/system/files... Saved you some reading there 😉 @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Listening back to last few Clyde Super Scoreboard podcasts, Given Hugh bases his player assessments on 2 data points, I'll do the same with him ... The man is a clown and an embarrassment to broadcasting 😉 #discuss @clydessb.bsky.social

Surely everyone can agree on this basic principle?

Probably the best KEXP session I've ever seen ... had never heard of these guys before yesterday but now obsessed with their brand of instrumental (post) rock and incredible musicianship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOe4... Hope they visit Scotland soon, need to see them live!

Middle aged bloke muso perfection is ... Post Father's day full breakfast, sitting in a sunny garden with fresh coffee and a new Half Man Half Biscuit album on headphones 😉 @hmhbinfo.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/3W3HJq...

Been an @snp.org member for 35 years & my confidence in seeing an independent Scotland in my lifetime has never felt so low 😔 Are we an independence party or not @johnswinney.bsky.social If so, lets get after it, otherwise be honest with us & let the next generation mobilise under some new banner

My son has his National 5 Modern Studies exam on Friday where Brexit may come up, so I played him the phone call from Richard on today's James O'Brien show (about 30 mins in) to show him how easily Brexiteers could be called out 😂 @mrjamesob.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6UwS...

Martin Geissler on BBC Scotland tends to grind my gears ... Until I was listening to this Scotcast episode and he mentioned he'd never seen The Fall live, fair play, any Fall fan cannae be bad! I saw them 7 times for the record Martin 😂 @mmgeissler.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0NFd...

Not all ambient music is actually ambient, some (eg Rafael Anton Irisarri, Abul Mogard etc) can be complex, challenging & ultimately rewarding Another case in point is Loscil's latest release Get it appreciated ... @loscil.ca @blackknoll.bsky.social #abulmogard open.spotify.com/album/0mix5U...

Frontman from post-rock(ish) merchants deathcrash releases solo album and its slowcoretastic! open.spotify.com/album/3m0l9q...

Hi Tav, come in Cheers Bazza, err Gaffer So Tav, good news bad news..I want you to shore up our defence and move into the centre Great boss..I’ve been thinking thats my future role too..and whats the bad news? Celtic have sold Kyogo! And thats bad? It is for you!

This was my son in 2011 just before his 2nd birthday and the day after I got Stuart and Barry to sign the t-shirt at an after show following a gig at Aberdeen's Music Hall ... Tomorrow (now almost 16) he's coming with me to the Usher Hall for his first (my 17th) Mogwai gig @mogwai.scot

@mogwai.scot Time flies eh? 30 years ... Jeezo! 🤔 Eh, haud on! 😂

I usually enjoy listening to the Friday @clydessb.bsky.social podcast on my Saturday morning dog walk ... Will probably pass this week as assuming it's a The Rangers gush fest tonight? 😏

My 15 year old son's comment on the albumoftheyear.org site about the new @mogwai.scot album out today ... "Would bring a tear to a glass eye" as my old granny would have said!

Ach, dry January could be worse ...

An image to set the scene for 2025? 🤔

Another albums of the year list that no one will read or care about ... mark-murphy.blogspot.com/2024/12/murp... @dextromusic.bsky.social @aereocraig.bsky.social @fontainesdc.bsky.social @robert.thecure.com @idlesband.bsky.social @blackknoll.bsky.social @aidanjohnmoffat.bsky.social

North East Scotland mid winter temperatures rivaling North East Scotland mid summer temperatures here ... There's yer global warming 🤨

Must be Christmas Eve Eve

I hadn't got round to listening to this but it soundtracked my first day of the crimbo holidays morning dog walk this morning ... Best dog walk in a long time, great listen! @tim-burgess.bsky.social @robert.thecure.com pca.st/episode/ddbb...

Was doing my albums of the year list yesterday, that Slovenly Hooks may or may not be in 😉, and it got me revisiting Craig’s previous guise of A Mote of Dust and reminding me of one of the most intimate ‘gigs’ I’d ever experienced ... @aereocraig.bsky.social youtu.be/wCu-31rs5xg?...

One of many ‘guest’ vocalists of the current Pogues tour, Grian Chatten is a natural ... I saw the band many times while Shane (RIP) was still with us but would happily pay to see a whole gig with Grian as the frontman 😉 @fontainesdc.bsky.social youtu.be/HmEqGcyvc3c?...

Two and a half hours of new (well, largely unreleased if not exactly new) Aphex Twin you say? 🤔 Don't mind if I do 😉 @aphextwin.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/72pxRH...

That's the Christmas tree up so must be time for the annual tradition of sharing the most under rated Christmas song ever aka "In Excelsis Deo" by There Will be Fireworks youtu.be/W9htrhVyuC0?...

Telly aff, records on ... Could be a late one 😉

Was browsing in an, ahem, 'chain' record shop today when I realised I didn't have this on vinyl ... Dichotomy was what to wait and buy from one of the 'good guys' or just plug the gap pronto ... #gapplugged @mogwai.scot

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Happy St Andrew’s Day from all of us in the SNP.

If you are looking for a headphone accompaniment to a slow / chill start to your day (or any point to the day to be fair) ... Alva Noto’s final part of his ambient | electronic Xerrox series is out today and sounding fantastic (yeah, even on lo-fi Spotify 😉) open.spotify.com/album/0nXbVp...

I'm not a fan of Spotify's business practices or poor sound quality (and only keep it as the wife & son would kill me if I binned the family plan) ... But the new AI playlist generator is really feckin' cool it has to be said 😉

3 hour drive in the fog with my 15 year old muso freak son (takes after his dad 😂) to see IDLES at the Hydro in Glasgow ... Missing the Celtic game on telly but expecting a belter 😉 @idlesband.bsky.social

The week's not over yet but happy with the lastfm listening stats ... www.last.fm/user/mjm2705

Another international break where we need to suffer Eng-ger-land on cooncil telly in Scotland while our own game is blacked out 🤬 Not good enough @scottishfa.bsky.social ... And for those if you that voted 'No' in 2014 ... Shut it, you chose yer side!

Just finished listening to the Jesus & Mary Chain biography "Never Understood" (narrated by William and Jim) on Sp****y ... Superb listen that has me back listening to "Stoned & Dethroned" and "Munki" for the first time in a while! open.spotify.com/show/7o3J40b...

Anthony Fanatno being a good guy: youtu.be/oInyT46gNHE?... Anthony Fantano being a prick: youtu.be/D0zouW-xIuI?... 🤨