I was unexpectedly stung by a bee last night. I appear to be OK this morning which is good. Yes, I have turned into a giant bee and I am currently on my way to destroy downtown Airdrie. But, otherwise, no side effects that I have noticed

A Forest is very tangled up with memories of my late wife Jeanie and I love it and also struggle with it for that reason. #TOTP #NotTOTP #TheCureattheBBC

BBC Four starting with Friday I'm in Love. Cowards. Should have gone in with side two of Pornography to sort the men from the boys #TheCureattheBBC

Are you coming or going, David? #Whitesnake #TOTP

Presumably Roland will be singing this when he comes to play FYC hits in Glasgow next month #TOTP

The first person to choose Madonna for Desert Island Discs: Michael Portillo. And he chose La Isla Bonita. #totp

The pirate look is the obvious costume choice here #Legs #Jacksons #TOTP

Still light out #ColinBlunstone #TOTP

Tenuous, I know but Basement Jaxx were very good in Edinburgh at the start of the week #TOTP #ChemicalBrothers www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

When we stopped Then Play Long, the first Five album was on the "coming up" menu. Sixty-six minutes long. What drugs were the music industry on in the second half of the nineties?

InDeep's other song is really good too #WhenBoysTalk #Five #TOTP

Nina in 2018: #TOTP 'I had a great time. But I was not happy. Those are two different things':Nina Persson on life in and out of The Cardigans | The Herald share.google/oiXEuCm1VRAJ...

As Sam McKnight is up in Dundee, here is my @heraldscotland.bsky.social Magazine interview from 2016. Contains Kate Moss, Princess Di and Moira Anderson @vadundee.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/1...

Stay Alive will be a Sunday Times Bestseller this weekend. Thanks to everyone who’s supported the book, and everyone who bought, read or listened to a copy. And to everyone who’s reached out - I’ve had some incredible messages. You’re all too fucking lovely. Here’s to Stuart: back in the charts.

Anyone going to see Basement Jaxx in Glasgow tonight is in for a treat www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

..what an album can do. I don't want to wade through the 830-odd entries in between Mezzanine and this because that story's told. But every so often yer Album of a Generation springs up - one that invites your attention - and that's two in 18 months. This is a Lexicon-level great pop album (2/2).

When I was about 15 I had to go see Billy with a friend as he was a big fan. we had to get a bus to Ingilston Cattle Market. Slightly amusing that we sat next to a Billy look alike resplendent in studded leather. We imagined he had a rock and roll life but he lived with his nan was a claims advisor

"Billy Idol. He was our Frank Sinatra." G&R's Duff McKagan. I mean, I quite like Billy, but ...

Billy Idol doc on Sky Arts, #TOTP folk

Said it before, but worth noting that, whatever followed, this was fire #Aswad #TOTP

Remember a particularly tetchy end-of-year Round Table with Peel, Powell & Gambo in early 80s. I mentioned it to Peel when I interviewed him back in 2004. It prompted a memorable quote about Powell #TOTP www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/a...

Also still going strong in etc, etc #IronMaiden #TOTP www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

New album out today and it's a bit of a stoater.

10 years ago now (& counting) #Magne #TOTP www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/a...

Wuthering Heights in same "could have been a one-hit wonder" camp as West End Girls. Thankfully not. #TOTP

You didn't totally believe in that link, did you Peter? #TOTP

Suzi Q in Glasgow soon #TOTP www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/a...

Suede songbook not consulted during Alex James' recent Britpop Classical. Best out of it, frankly. #Suede #TOTP www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

Still going strong in 2026. #Suede #TOTP www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

It would have been Billy Mackenzie's 69th birthday today. Here's one of my favourite #TOTP performances. The boys and Martha ready to conquer the world. And then.... youtu.be/-z04_5pCkaE?...

Remarkably, the facial hair isn't the worst thing about this #Lit #TOTP

Gail in 2023 #TOTP www.heraldscotland.com/news/2368383...

Jay doesn't have the Napoleon Dynamite moves down yet, I notice. #TOTP

Just a reminder that @scottrowley.bsky.social's fantastic book about Stuart Adamson is now in bookshops. Here is my @heraldscotland.bsky.social magazine feature featuring Scott, Big Country's Bruce Watson & Stuart's daughter Kirsten: www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

Was thinking of giving this World Cup a miss anyway #ITANIR

There are no great claims to be made for Ready or Not 2. Probably not even any good claims, but I wasn't bored and costume designer Avery Plewes was definitely on her game

Review: This Hydro gig is a gleeful, all-encompassing mash-up of pop, hip-hop, punk and world music. @teddyjamieson.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Gorillaz in Glasgow transforming grief to joy. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

OUT THURSDAY @scottrowley.bsky.social

Caught Roland West's 1926 silent The Bat @ Hippfest in Bo'ness last night. Entertaining hokum. Old dark house thrills & laughs in a busy Hippodrome. Batman scholars, is it this or West's remake The Bat Whispers that inspired Bob Kane?

Stuart Adamson, his life & legacy www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... #TheSkids #BigCountry From today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social (Thanks to @scottrowley.bsky.social)

So, I treated myself #LoveandRockets #Locas @fantagraphics.bsky.social

Jim Steinman is the Tony Scott of music. He probably had billowing curtains in the studio. #TOTP

Just 5 years until Eggs 'n' Baker #BucksFizz #TOTP

"Lets make sure we pick the worst day possible to shoot the video." Fave Weller era #StyleCouncil #TOTP

Jeez, that Bell label graphic is properly Proustian

Discovering via social media that some people actually like. the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The infinite variety of humanity. #TOTP

Delighted to announce that In Another World: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk, is coming on May 21, 2026, published by the fabulous @newmodernbooks.bsky.social. There’s a lot of love in this one. Pre-orders: Resident: tinyurl.com/mrxrpsuh Rough Trade: tinyurl.com/28v3tda4 A: tinyurl.com/3sz3scf4

So, @scottrowley.bsky.social's fantastic Stuart Adamson memoir comes out next week. I've spoken to Scott, Big Country's Bruce Watson & Stuart's daughter Kirsten about Stuart's life & legacy for tomorrow's @heraldscotland.bsky.social Magazine

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