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You Have Been Watching (TV Special) …The Field of Blood
Last Sunday and Monday night saw a cracking period drama on BBC1. No change there then, but the period was the early 1980s in Glasgow. The Field of Blood may have done nothing to disuade people of the idea that Glasgow is No Mean City, but when the writing, direction and acting is of this […]
Alistair Braidwood
May 20, 2011
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Get It Right F***ing Up You, Ya Clown Ya
We’re in the middle of trophy season, so welcome to the inaugaural, and possibly only, GIRUY awards. There are three categories of award: GIRUY, for an irritant or idiot; GIRFUY, for a person harming our game; and GIRFUY, YCY, for someone putting our game in mortal danger (the C doesn’t stand for “Clown”).
Billy Williamson
May 19, 2011
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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – Butcher Boy
When I first started the Peenko blog, I never set out to predominantly focus on Scottish music, it was just something that I found myself getting drawn more and more into as I kept finding a wealth of great music in my own backyard. Butcher Boy were a prime example of a band that made […]
Lloyd Meredith
May 18, 2011
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway – Erland and the Carnival in Spain
This week Vic has more on Orkney’s Erland and his Carnival who will be playing in Barcelona and Madrid this weekend. Other Scottish gigs abroad this week include Hud-Mo in Berlin, Glasvegas in Sweden and Mogwai with Errors in the US of A. Full details below:
Vic Galloway
May 17, 2011
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This Week in the Gloaming 2011 #20
Each Sunday we present some of the best new photos of Scotland in the gloaming, the magical time before sunrise or after sunset. This week featuring images of Skye, Portencross, Ardrossan and Sollas.
Colin Campbell
May 15, 2011
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Plastic Animals – Reviewed
I haven’t been all that excited by new Scottish bands for a while, so it’s quite nice to see some more interesting ones emerging again.
Matthew Young
May 14, 2011
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A Rugby Park Reckoning
I never bet on my team. It’s a rule I’ve followed since I was in high school, when I wagered with a Dons-supporting friend that Rangers would beat Aberdeen. Rangers lost, and I am convinced to this day we would have beaten them if I hadn’t made that bet. So allow me to sit on […]
Billy Williamson
May 12, 2011
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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – Aerials Up
I am such a fickle chap sometimes. For ages I turned my nose up at Aerials Up for no reason other than they seemed to get a lot of gigs supporting Snow Patrol. What makes me even more stupid is that I actually really like the ‘Patrol, which I guess loses me several indie street […]
Lloyd Meredith
May 11, 2011
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Swatpaz Animation: The Living Room Telly
This week on Dear Scotland, Mullguy and Bearsden discuss the best place to put the living room telly in another adventure from Weegie animator Swatrick Payze. And what is that brillso programme they’re watching?
Swatrick Payze
May 11, 2011
