The week in photos

I’ve been zipping about a fair amount this past week.  I’ve been ambling around in Inverness… …loitering between trains at Perth station… …and exploring Glasgow at night. The Glasgow visit was for an Explosions in the Sky gig on Monday night. It was my third time of seeing them and they were excellent. Beautiful, uplifting,…

The advantages of being delayed

I spend a lot of time on trains.  Too much, at times.  I’m at the stage where I recognise train conductors, can recite stations along routes my most regular routes, and have often found myself at the whim of the vagaries and foibles of ScotRail.  Mostly, to be fair, ScotRail does a good job, though…

Arecibo – a review

You may remember me raving some time back about the self-titled debut album by Liverpool post-rock outfit MinionTV.  The album was my favourite listen of last year, I think, and its opening track, We Are Ghosts, a magnificent piece of music that remains one of my most-listened tracks of late.  You can listen to it…

Photos from the deep south

I’ve uploaded some photos from my trip to Edinburgh last weekend, including the Explosions in the Sky gig and the day’s exploring of Edinburgh I wrote about here. The gig was excellent, and EITS were on top form, delivering a show that was powerful, gripping and beautiful.  I was really glad I made it down…

Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

The new album by Explosions in the Sky came out earlier this week.  It’s called “Take Care, Take Care, Take Care” and it is excellent. There’s always a special thrill to a first listen of a new album by a favourite band.  It has a reassuringly familiar sound but also exhiliratingly different and fresh –…

Back to reality

Work starts again tomorrow, after two weeks’ leave and a summer which has on the whole been quiet. I am off to Edinburgh in a bit, with a busy day down there tomorrow, and trips to Aberdeen and Glasgow later on in the week. The following week will be entirely in Edinburgh, and the few…