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cakes on tour: the little cupcake cafe, belfast;

cakes on tour: the little cupcake cafe, belfast;

May 30, 2012
by Lis Ferla
cake dates, shopping & food, travellin'

In which your blogger attempts, at great inconvenience, to sample every commercially-available dessert in the Greater Glasgow area – and sometimes elsewhere – so you…

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i'm older and i should know better: the call the doctor interview;

i’m older and i should know better: the call the doctor interview;

May 29, 2012
by Lis Ferla
music

Like every blogger, I have my innate prejudices when it comes to band submission emails. Of course, prejudices work both ways (the linked example was…

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guest post: blue peter is who i am;

guest post: blue peter is who i am;

May 28, 2012
by bronchia
television

Massively thrilled that my friend Penny has allowed me to rerun this fantastic post on Blue Peter’s move from BBC1 to CBBC. This originally appeared…

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in the middle of her maelstrom;

in the middle of her maelstrom;

May 16, 2012
by Lis Ferla
blogging & pixlet, last year's gigs, music, photography

It’s a ‘twin hats’ kinda afternoon in which the better angels of my nature are struggling to drown out the demons who’d rather dream up…

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all this and an equality cookie too: what we talk about when we talk about the bechdel test;

all this and an equality cookie too: what we talk about when we talk about the bechdel test;

May 15, 2012
by Lis Ferla
books & literature, film, television

Being ever so slightly of the geeky persuasion the other week I, and an anticipated $1 billion worth of cinemagoers globally, went to see Joss…

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last year's giveaway: sweets for my sweet, lalala;

last year’s giveaway: sweets for my sweet, lalala;

May 15, 2012
by Lis Ferla
blogging & pixlet, shopping & food

The bad news: it’s Monday Tuesday, and I am grumpy with the sort of cold that doesn’t want to break into full-blown misery (a day…

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29 was the end of the line: 30 before 30 month 11 update;

29 was the end of the line: 30 before 30 month 11 update;

May 13, 2012
by Lis Ferla
personal

Quite recently a list of “30 things every woman should have and should know by the time she’s 30″, that was apparently published a few…

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taking the music to heart: the tom williams and the boat interview;

taking the music to heart: the tom williams and the boat interview;

May 8, 2012
by Lis Ferla
music

Crowd funding is very much the in thing for cash-strapped bands low on label backing and rich in fans and artistic independence at the moment,…

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"i want an audience in my hands like freddie mercury": the scott mcwatt interview;

“i want an audience in my hands like freddie mercury”: the scott mcwatt interview;

May 4, 2012
by Lis Ferla
music, music: scottish, shopping & food

If you really want to get on my nerves on this particular day of the year, just make a hackneyed joke regarding a 35-year-old film…

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the same chords i stole from a song i once heard;

the same chords i stole from a song i once heard;

May 3, 2012
by Lis Ferla
campaigns, music

Really upset to hear the news via Twitter this morning that Philadelphia punks The Menzingers, currently touring Europe with Bouncing Souls, were robbed of over…

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Calendar

23/05 Woodenbox album launch @ Grand Ole Opry, Glasgow [tickets]
25/05 Scottish Fiction Presents Aye Tunes vs Peenko: The Spook School, Garden of Elks, Colin's Godson @ Broadcast, Glasgow [tickets]
28/05 Fucked Up, Titus Andronicus @ SWG3, Glasgow [tickets]
28/05 Deap Vally @ Oran Mor, Glasgow [tickets]
29/05 Turning Plates, Sarah Hayes @ The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow
31/05 Quickbeam album launch with Fake Major @ Govanhill Baths, Glasgow [tickets]
01/06 Jeffrey Lewis and Peter Stampfel @ Mono, Glasgow [tickets]
02/06 Marnie Stern, Sky Larkin @ Broadcast, Glasgow [tickets]
05/06 Ben Marwood, Dave Hughes, Mark McCabe @ Pivo, Edinburgh
06/06 Fair Ohs @ Mono, Glasgow
07/06 Dave Hughes & the Renegade Folk Punk Band @ O2 ABC2, Glasgow [tickets]
07/06 Half Man Half Biscuit @ O2 ABC, Glasgow [tickets]
09/06 Tegan and Sara @ O2 ABC, Glasgow [tickets]
13/06 Algernon Doll album launch with Where We Lay Our Heads, Lovers Turn to Monsters, Now Wakes The Sea @ 13th Note, Glasgow [tickets]
14/06 Chris Devotion & the Expectations (opening for Ultrasound) @ King Tut's, Glasgow [tickets]
17/06 The Breeders @ O2 ABC, Glasgow [tickets]
18/06 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E-STREET BAND @ Hampden Park, Glasgow
21/06 Scout Niblett @ Broadcast, Glasgow [tickets]
23/06 The Twilight Sad, Meursault @ Oran Mor, Glasgow [tickets]
29/06 Scottish Fiction Presents Aye Tunes vs Peenko: Jo Mango, Siobhan Wilson, Julia & the Doogans @ The Roxy 171, Glasgow [tickets]
01/07 Blondie @ Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow [tickets]
05/07 The Gothenburg Address @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh [tickets]
10/08 Kid Canaveral, Ballboy @ Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh [tickets]
12/08 Patti Smith & Tony Shanahan @ Oran Mor, Glasgow [tickets]
20/08 Regina Spektor @ O2 Academy, Glasgow [tickets]
12/09 Heartless Bastards @ O2 ABC2, Glasgow [tickets]
23/09 Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun @ King Tut's, Glasgow [tickets]
13/10 Tunng @ Broadcast, Glasgow [tickets]
18/11 Ane Brun @ Oran Mor, Glasgow [tickets]

NB: This is not a "listings" column - rather it combines details of events I am attending with those of Scottish events I would attend had I boundless energy and time. Everything posted comes with my personal stamp of FUNTIMES APPROVAL.

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