Belinda did this one in Edinburgh the other week. #TOTP Review: Pop survivor Belinda Carlisle proves she is still in fine form | The Herald share.google/x4gMAscNYk1j...

Shara should have been a huge star #TOTP

Endorsing this communication

There must be a cream for that #Cameo #TOTP

OMD using guitars is not right though #TOTP

Not in my top 10 Annie moments. #TOTP Annie Lennox will be 70 on Christmas Day. Here's her 10 best moments | The Herald share.google/kRu9Pe1GePiq...

Muttering "Diego Simeone" smugly under my breath #TOTP

The Arsenal top isn't even the worst of it #FatLes #TOTP

In other news I'm going to have to turn the lights on before 8pm. Do you think summer is over? #SilverSun #TOTP

You wouldn't think they would have had AI writing lyrics as early as 1998. #Desree #TOTP

There's a book to be written about the up-and-down relationship between football & pop over the years. These #TOTP episodes would give you a chapter. One for @nigetassell.bsky.social maybe

It doesn't make the copy, but when I spoke to Lulu the other week she sang Where's Eddie for me and that made my day. In tomorrow's @heraldscotland.bsky.social she talks rehab, boyfriends, husbands, love and violence.

It feels like the sky is falling in, but on Tuesday I went to see @jamesyorkston.bsky.social & Nina Persson sing in Edinburgh & last night I was in Dollar to hear @peteralanross.bsky.social talk eloquently about his new book Upon a White Horse & it reminded me that good things are happening too

He couldn’t have been nicer or more open. And I realised me coming out meant he felt able to come out about his granny. And then - I kid you not- a massive low rainbow completely covered the horizon. Just such a lovely moment. I wanted to share it cos we need this goodness right now.

Today a cabbie asked what my book was about and I told him - love story of two forgotten artists called Robert. He nodded. Asked me if I knew the area. I said I’d read of Llangollen & was interested in the ‘ladies’ - an 18c couple. He then told me about his amazing granny, a lesbian archaeologist!

"I'm Robert Redford." - Alvy Singer. I know Condor, President's & Sundance are probably the best of him, but I would love to see The Hot Rock again. Bye Bob. Travel easy.

Interesting additions to my local Tesco's second-hand book table:

Ah man.

I’ve been rewatching the Coen Bros filmography this month and while drawing a Barton Fink illustration, it struck me how much their films feel like Far Side cartoons: funny, strange, clever, yet frequently inscrutable. Anyway here’s a thread!

The Slits soundtracking the new Primark advert.

The Jackson's sample is doing all the heavy lifting, I know, but even so ... #TOTP

Sometimes #TOTP reminds you that there are circles of hell that you have overlooked #NYCC

Daz Sampson was a scout for Ayr United acc to Wiki. That's a @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social feature #TOTP

📢 Calling all Falkirk and Ayr United fans 📢 The latest issue of Nutmeg is now available in your club shops. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Brilliant football stories, made in Scotland ⚽️ @ayrunited.bsky.social @falkirkfc99.bsky.social

Also @bloodyscotland.bsky.social tomorrow I'm talking Domestic Thrillers with Shari Lapena, @tmloganauthor.bsky.social & Nicci French @ 2.30pm. That's a panel not to be missed bloodyscotland.com/event/believ...

Lots of criminal activities in Stirling this weekend as @bloodyscotland.bsky.social kicks off today. I'm speaking to Katy Brent, DG Coutinho & @asiamackay.bsky.social tomorrow morning if you are free at 10am bloodyscotland.com/event/deadli...

Worth it for Where's Eddie alone

Jacob Alon for the Mercury Prize. (Strong list this year, though). Spoke to Jacob for @heraldscotland.bsky.social at the end of last year just as their star was on the rise www.heraldscotland.com/news/2482107...

Were the Kane Gang watching? #Funkapolitan #TOTP

Synthpop peaking #OMD #SoftCell #TOTP

Trevor Horn on hand just to keep an eye on David #Dollar #TOTP

Julian always did a good "Bah Bah Bah Bah" #TeardropExplodes #TOTP

Nice to see the Campbell brothers did get on once #TOTP

Quite like the Robocoppy font on the Scottish jerseys. Lyndon Dykes has something of the Peter Weller about him, come to think of it. #SCODEN

Not sure I want to admit that I am watching this episode of #TOTP. It's a shocker

Ketchup TV's equivalent of a Marvel crossover

Toyah Willcox on the 50 years of hard graft that have kept her at the top of her game

Stramash ‘63 and the previous issues are now on sale at La Belle Adventure in that fancy Edinburgh with the Castle and all the Culture. It’s a great shop that mostly does French imports and translations but do carry some Scottish titles as well as running some great exhibitions.

1979 showing off a bit here #Stranglers #TOTP

And it was going so well. #TOTP

Posted an hour ago. Give Top Of The Pops a break for once, eh?

Flick Colby throwback #Allsaints #TOTP

Pasta a la Clara flashbacks. My daughter loved Steps. I'm still word perfect on One for Sorrow. #TOTP

Yeah, bet you're all wishing Steps were on again now #KulaShaker #TOTP

Spoke to Tori in the COVID era. #TOTP "I don't think we'll ever be the same." Tori Amos on politics, grief and the pandemic | The Herald share.google/qyHCa3RijE75...

Not sure that brass section has been to Nando's, never mind Mexico #Mavericks #TOTP

Tonight Chappell Roan at Ingleston channelling Stevie Nicks, Shania Twain & Cher at various points

Lew Stringer has reported that comic book artist Dave Taylor has died. His visions of Mega-City One & Gotham were astonishing.

Said hello to Seamus today