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#MarieCurieStories: complimentary therapy at Glasgow Hospice;

#MarieCurieStories: complimentary therapy at Glasgow Hospice;

May 15, 2013
by Lis Ferla
campaigns

“I thought that you came to the hospice to die,” says Christine Adam. “The first time I walked through the door I just started to…

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campaigning: get pets off of gumtree;

campaigning: get pets off of gumtree;

April 30, 2013
by Lis Ferla
campaigns

My Scooter-cat is quite mad. I have suspected as much for a while, but over the past few weeks she has been coming into the…

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exit routes: hollyoaks does cyber bullying;

exit routes: hollyoaks does cyber bullying;

November 29, 2012
by Lis Ferla
campaigns, personal, television

Trigger warnings for bullying, suicide. It’s over a month now since the team behind Hollyoaks invited me along to the CCA, where they were unveiling…

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rock cats! rawr-rawr-rawr-rock cats!;

rock cats! rawr-rawr-rawr-rock cats!;

September 28, 2012
by Lis Ferla
campaigns

Here’s a little bit of Friday afternoon fuzziness for you; something I came across via excellent music blog The Ruckus (which you should also be…

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the "how-to" issue: a call to arms;

the “how-to” issue: a call to arms;

July 30, 2012
by Lis Ferla
books & literature, campaigns, feminism

I received the following call to arms from my friend Molly overnight, and I think she would be happy for me to reproduce it here….

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find out more about maggie's in their glasgow pop-up centres this week;

find out more about maggie’s in their glasgow pop-up centres this week;

June 27, 2012
by Lis Ferla
campaigns, shopping & food

It’s a sad fact, but in tough economic times charitable giving tends to be one of the first things to go. Of course most of…

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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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"the law of unintended consequences": scotland's new public entertainment licensing regime;

“the law of unintended consequences”: scotland’s new public entertainment licensing regime;

March 9, 2012
by Lis Ferla
art & culture, campaigns, law, music

Back when I first decided I wanted to put on a gig, I started telling people I was going to organise it on a boat….

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mo-vember, mo problems;

mo-vember, mo problems;

November 9, 2011
by Lis Ferla
campaigns, music: scottish

In which my father, who possesses the finest moustache I know (now that Franz Nicolay has with incredible timing removed his), reacts with distress to…

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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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