In a new Japanese restaurant in NYC called Shirokuro, all of the surfaces – floors, chairs, walls, counters, etc – are cleverly painted to look like a 2D drawing ('Shirokuro' apparently translates to 'white-black') tinyurl.com/2z6ytnr8

Step into a restaurant that looks like it was drawn by hand—because it almost was. Shirokuro, a new omakase spot in NYC’s East Village, blends Japanese cuisine with immersive art.

Joy Division - Shadowplay (Official Reimagined Video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPt3...

Joy Division - New Dawn Fades (Official Reimagined Video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHC2...

Lost family-run Liverpool shop former customers still remember www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalg...

In today's Edinburgh Evening News column Waverley Bridge Christmas closure is bad for business www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Albums of Scotland: The River Detectives - Saturday Night Sunday Morning. Released on the WEA label in 1989.

In today's Edinburgh Evening News column The crazy world of Taylor Swift new merch marketing www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

In Saturday's Edinburgh Evening News column The dubious dealings behind the old Debenhams building being home to Tartan Tat, American Sweets and Harry Potter! A story broken by @edinburghminute.bsky.social via @londoncentric.media www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

A heartbreakingly good new single by The Cords you say? lnk.to/cords-goodbye

Just in. One for the cool kids !

Dougie Knight: Tributes paid to legendary Belfast record store owner after death aged 92 www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainmen...

In Saturday's Edinburgh Evening News column Avalanche records busiest ever month – with a little help from my friends www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

I'll be appearing at Aye Write in a two-hander with Tom Doyle, chatting about 'the other two': George & Ringo. Without whom, lest we forget, the Beatles would not have been the Beatles. Fri, Nov 14, 6pm, Mitchell Library. @bookyvikki.bsky.social in the chair. www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/ring...

I see the mysterious fully equipped cafe in Fountainbridge that’s never opened and kept clean is available to let. #Edinburgh

This morning we were asked for our largest ever gift token at £650. A leaving present after a whip-round from colleagues for one of our regular customers.

Malcolm Liepke. Three in a Bar (2023)

This morning we were asked for our largest ever gift token at £650. A leaving present after a whip-round from colleagues for one of our regular customers.

Josef K set list, Cathadamara, Glasgow May 1981. Courtesy - Mackenzies FB page.

This really is a magnificent thing.

Ronnie Rondell Jr: Veteran Hollywood stuntman set on fire for Pink Floyd album cover dies

For those asking yes the new shop will be next to the stairs with the Taylor Swift x @butcherbilly.bsky.social exhibition and yes there are plans to do more exhibitions in the future.

QUAD90 with Boots For Dancing’s Dave Carson performing James Chance’s Contort Yourself at Edinburgh College of Art. QUAD90 and Mackenzies will be in concert at the Glad Café, Glasgow, on Fri 26th Sept to launch the debut Q90 album. Tickets: regularmusic.com/event/quad90/ youtu.be/4YwaaBtjGJE?...

We are moving to a bigger shop but not far ! www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Not too long now until this very special run of Allo Darlin' UK shows. Nottingham is sold out and the others are running low. Don't miss out, get your tickets now! li.sten.to/allo-darlin-... @allodarlin.bsky.social @fikarecordings.com

Great to see renewed love for Cabaret Voltaire.

It would be remiss of me not to point out that you can read all about 'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' within the wider context of Kate Bush's career in my biography, Under The Ivy. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/kate...

Chappell Roan unveils video for heartbreak power ballad 'The Subway' : The pop superstar’s iconic red hair takes centre stage in the visualiser, which was shot on location in New York.

ISSUE 353.—Edinburgh visitor numbers reach 20,000–30,000 per month over the summer. Available in print across Broughton and beyond. Available online at: www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news

The Sillitto House in Edinburgh. Designed by Morris and Steedman and notable for its 'upside-down' layout, where living areas are on the first floor to maximize views, while bedrooms are on the ground floor. Built in 1959.

Happy Birthday Madeline Smith, born this day in 1949.

Demolition of Cockenzie Power Station, East Lothian in 2015.

#WeekendSingles Some 12" singles from The Loft and the three bands they spawned - The Weather Prophets, The Wishing Stones and The Caretaker Race @theloftuk.bsky.social

Endgames from Glasgow. Debut album 'Building Beauty' released in 1983.

Tupelo - 40th Birthday www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnDm...

SST Records issued two of the most important double-LPs of the indie rock/punk rock scene on the first week of July in 1984. One is Zen Arcade, a genre-defying concept album from Hüsker Dü. The second is Double Nickels on the Dime by Minutemen. Happy 40th.

Glad to say we have this too.

If you went to @glasgoespop.bsky.social this weekend and came home with one fanzine too few, can I submit for your consideration, 52 pages of feverish writing & indie pop bliss via my IN THE APRIL SUN zine. Page after page or reviews, interviews and rambling assistant.bandcamp.com/merch/in-the...

Ian Brown signatures and album cover threats: 40 years of Eastern Bloc - Manchester Evening New - goo.gl/alerts/V3B9Gp

A bigger renovated space nearby is just what we need!

John Power's first meeting with Liam Gallagher, before the singer’s fame, when Gallagher was a teenager. Power admits it was a “strange atmosphere” as he was going to see The La’s, the band he'd just left. “This lad came up to me and asked for a smoke, I told him to p**s off, it was Liam Gallagher.

New blog & podcast up. September 1984 and a trip to see Echo & The Bunnymen, Sisters Of Mercy etc at York Racecourse. Also stuff about working at Virgin in Sheffield. Links: blog - www.mylifeinthemoshofghosts.com podcast - pods.to/ex8mxwr YouTube - bit.ly/4lMnPJv

Australia's Favourite Record Store Revealed themusic.com.au/industry/you...

Jacksonville record store owners branching out with punk, hardcore boutique www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article...

MOJO’s New Nick Cave Special Is Out Now! Presenting the finest writing on Nick Cave in a single deluxe volume, MOJO The Collectors’ Series: NICK CAVE REVELATIONS 1957-2025 in UK shops and available to order for delivery. More info and to order a copy here...

Warrant submitted to fit out the South St Andrew Street unit currently occupied by Charlie Miller for Malaysian street food restaurant Roti King, which currently operates a handful of sites in London and one in Brighton.

CoU submitted to subdivide the Lothian Road unit currently occupied by Wonderland Models into 2 restaurant units.

CoU sought for conversion of the former Espionage nightclub space within India Buildings on Victoria Street into a spa facility over 5 floors, comprising vitality pool, pool relaxation lounge, herbal steam rooms, treatment rooms, sauna & plunge pools: bit.ly/3GKp50p

This appalling penny-pinching tells you everything you need to know about the approach of cllrs & officials in Edinburgh towards events that are the envy of cities across the world. Don’t forget the same folk signed off £1.7m in Tour de France funding. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2533631...