“Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you’ve seen live” Fugazi Magma The Fall Hawkwind Grateful Dead Richard Pinhas The Smiths Dylan Sonic Youth Fushitsusha

The people: “Bread costs too much” The government: “We’ve cut VAT on circuses.”

GIVEAWAY! Dead Weight is coming out next week and to celebrate I'm giving away two copies that have been personally bitten by Uggi and will be personally signed by me and shipped to the winners wherever they live! To enter just like and share this post and I'll select the winners on May 26th!

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn…

Eurovision public vote looks like it’s using the same second vote system as the Scottish Parliament election.

Sainsbury’s yesterday. Sweets now behind a security screen.

Anyone surprised how quickly and how far support for Labour has fallen hasn’t been watching how they’ve been doing in Scotland for the last 20 years or so

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Make a band out of two others? Laibachman Turner Overdrive.

BREAKING: John Swinney has confirmed he plans to request another independence referendum from Westminster The First Minister said he still plans to hold a vote on a Section 30 order, though the SNP did not achieve a majority

Not saying everyone who voted Reform in Scotland is a Hun, but everyone who voted Reform in Scotland has 1690 as their PIN

The Scottish people have spoken … and now Westminster will ignore our voice A pro-independence majority will be elected once again in the Scottish Parliament. And once again, London will deny a referendum This is a democratic outrage and it must be resisted My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

The MSP for Ibrox Stadium is a member of the Scottish Green Party.

Looks like the gemme’s a bogey for Labour in Scotland.

Absolute Horses

“When you’re not doing so well, vote for a better life for yourself. If you are doing quite nicely, vote for a better life for others.”

I know we live in times where this has apparently been “normalised” but it’s still a surprise to see someone in a T shirt with a neo n@zi symbol on it in the local Tesco.

So didn’t get tickets for the boards of Canada playback, so downloaded the new Laibach album instead. Would probably have downloaded it anyway…

*Cyprus hill voice* In Seine from the bus lane

Interesting election leaflet. Party only mentioned in small print on the cover, big picture of Ruth Davidson in the centre. Small pic of current leader on the back.

I know I’m not the guy for football comments, but they might sell more tickets if they had a pic of people watching Scotland

The only Ballroom worth having.

The fact that most people assume it was faked is a significant reflection on the administration. The fact most people don’t believe the journalists who were on the scene or who are still waiting for them to comment is a significant reflection on the media.

The proportion of young people who would under no circumstances go to war “for Britain” will be much, much higher in Scotland.

Always get a Scottish person to check your branding.

You know you’ve raised him right when your teenager messages you at work to let you know about the new BoC album.

William S Burroughs seems to have had a brief - although memorable- time working as a subeditor on a local paper in the late ‘70s.

Sad to hear about the death of Andy Kershaw. He opened my ears to a lot of good stuff.

Bought a new book by an old pal. Hadn’t seen her in years but kept in touch on socials. She’d asked a research question a while back & I gave her some info, and found I get a namecheck in the acknowledgements. Really nice. Always support your pals when you can.

The word ‘quiet’ or ‘quietly’ in any written piece -particularly one of those lengthy FB posts- is my personal red flag that it was written by AI.

Can’t help but think that Tom Waits/Massive Attack track is a bit…mid.

Tu veux un Camembert?

I see the BBC looks like making 10% of their staff redundant. tough times for quite a few former colleagues

Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU. Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Do I necessarily believe Gifford? No. But do I necessarily believe Sarwar? No. Has Scottish Labour a history of doing “informal” deals with the like of the Tories to retain power in local councils in Scotland? Yes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Busted. Anas Sarwar approached Reform’s leader asking to form an alliance against the SNP. Source: Reform’s leader.

Strawberry Switchblade and Noseybonk walked so Angine de Poitrine could run.

Streeting has adopted a very "Last Viceroy" approach to Scotland. It’s as if a plodding undergraduate saw a TikTok video about Machiavelli and decided they could rule the world. He’s a cross between Tigger and Hannibal Lecter: an endlessly gobby, high-energy, low-info menace to society.

Came across this (uncredited) artwork today in a building I visited. Hard to explain, but it reminded me of something…

Think I overlooked the ‘posting of weekend vinyl haul’ last week after I picked these up for less than the price of a week and a half’s Tesco lunch meal deals

Thoughts and prayers for all the Spectator “think pieces” about Hungary that have quietly been moved to the recycle bins tonight.

Wonder if anyone could persuade JD Vance to come to Scotland to make the case for unionism? 😉

Anyone checking flight radar for unexpected flights from Budapest to Moscow?

“Viktor Orbán concedes with Hungarian opposition on course for landslide election win” source: BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

A Hungarian work colleague has been on annual leave for a few days and isn’t back until next week. Suspect she’s been voting! 🇭🇺

An annual message from The Wire Publishing an independent music magazine is tougher than ever. We need your continuing support www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

“The Pope? How many divisions has he got?”

Particularly for the benefit of friends overseas who might be interested but less keen on shipping costs. #deadheads

Seeing as nobody has ever invoked Section four of the 25th Amendment, why not make history and do the thing today. This afternoon seems like a nice time for it Go on, it'd be the best thing to do. You'd make history and make rather a lot of the world's population very happy.