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They Shoot Music In Scotland – The Fence Collective
‘They Shoot Music Don’t They’ regularly film the world’s best new bands on the streets of their hometown Vienna. Recently they visited Scotland to capture some of our finest musicians in unusual places. This week, King Creosote, the Pictish Trail and James Yorkston in an Anstruther pub:
Pete Reid
July 10, 2010
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You Have Been Watching… Strictly Sinatra
For some people, Scottish cinema consists of Trainspotting, Braveheart, Local Hero, Whisky Galore, whatever happens to be a particular favourite and little else. From early Powell and Pressburger and Ealing, through the madness of Brigadoon, the badness of the 1970s and the Forsyth dominated 1980s, to the renaissance of the last 20 years, this new […]
Alistair Braidwood
July 9, 2010
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The World Cup Pop Music Pun List
As regular readers will know, Dear Scotland has published some terrible puns in the past. We’ve had articles about Mogwai punsmith Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish football autobiography puns and the story about the return of Dunfermline’s greatest 70s rockers “Jesus! It’s Nazareth“. But this is a Joachim Löw.
Shiner
July 8, 2010
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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – Dupec
It’s time for some ROCK! Dupec are an Edinburgh three piece rock outfit that I first came across after the We Were Promised Jetpacks name checked them in several interviews. Being the curious/nosey bugger that I am, I did a little digging and soon found myself hooked by their loud catchy tunes.
Lloyd Meredith
July 7, 2010
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This Week in SEAN
A bit of a quiet 7 days in Scottish Entertainment and Actor News this week. There are photos of Kevin McKidd attending the Roma Fiction Fest and Ewan McGregor at the LA Film Festival. Saba also has videos of Alan Cumming’s latest obsessions and the first five minutes of ‘The Disappearance of Alice Creed’:
Saba I.
July 6, 2010
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Indelible Ink : Boyracers
There are many ways to start a novel, but surely one of the most arresting of recent times can be found in Alan Bissett’s ‘Boyracers’, which opens: ‘like rebel angels, bright, restless, sensually attuned to the flux and flow of mortal Falkirk, Belinda our chariot, our spirit guide, the wind rushing up and past her […]
Alistair Braidwood
July 5, 2010
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Broken Records in The Netherlands
Vic will be hosting the live TV coverage of T in the Park on the BBC next weekend, but before then he has our weekly listing of Scottish bands on tour outside the UK and more on Edinburgh’s Broken Records who will be in the Netherlands with Brooklyn’s The National.
Vic Galloway
July 5, 2010
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They Shoot Music In Scotland – Ballboy
‘They Shoot Music Don’t They’ regularly film the world’s best new bands on the streets of their hometown Vienna. Recently they visited Scotland to capture some of our finest musicians in unusual places. With their permission, we can now share these brilliant films with you. This week, Ballboy in Leith:
Pete Reid
July 3, 2010
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In praise of: Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The 39 Steps’…
Recently, in between all the football and 12 hour tennis marathons, I managed to fit in another viewing of Alfred Hitchcock’s film adaptation of John Buchan’s novel The 39 Steps. This story has been adapted many times with differing results, but Hitch’s version is far and away the best. Made in 1935 the film has […]
Alistair Braidwood
July 2, 2010
