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30 before 30: month one update;

30 before 30: month one update;

July 12, 2011
by Lis Ferla
personal

Regular readers will be aware that I’m working on something of a bucket list as I bid farewell to my 20s. On the 9th of…

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the ipad is the window to the soul;

the ipad is the window to the soul;

July 4, 2011
by Lis Ferla
media, personal, travellin'

This is Karen Krisanovich. Karen, as you can see from her website which I have linked above, is a writer; radio and TV broadcaster; American…

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gonna say what i need to say in my very last letter to you: last month's mix, february 2011;

gonna say what i need to say in my very last letter to you: last month’s mix, february 2011;

February 28, 2011
by Lis Ferla
music

She said I swear it just exploded in my hand! In which, even when she is being the world’s most rubbish and lazy music blogger,…

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true love will find you in the end;

true love will find you in the end;

January 22, 2011
by Lis Ferla
travellin'

Earlier in the week, a customer in the shop where I work (can we call it “daylighting”?) told me I was due some good karma…

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start with the saddest song you know;

start with the saddest song you know;

January 17, 2011
by Lis Ferla
music

My doctor says it could be anything up to six weeks before I get the hearing back in my left ear properly. By my reckoning,…

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living is a gamble baby, loving's much the same: last month's mix, november 2010;

living is a gamble baby, loving’s much the same: last month’s mix, november 2010;

December 1, 2010
by Lis Ferla
music

In which, even when she is being the world’s most rubbish and lazy music blogger, Lis puts together a selection of songs that have caught…

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i knew lissie before she got famous: last month's mix, october 2010;

i knew lissie before she got famous: last month’s mix, october 2010;

November 1, 2010
by Lis Ferla
music

In which, even when she is being the world’s most rubbish and lazy music blogger, Lis puts together a selection of songs that have caught…

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i don't know if i'm going to change the world or just drink tea;

i don’t know if i’m going to change the world or just drink tea;

October 17, 2010
by Lis Ferla
music

I wonder if it isn’t going to break my heart when I leave this city; you know, whatever’s in there that it hasn’t broken already….

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a perfect circle;

a perfect circle;

October 10, 2010
by Lis Ferla
personal

2. Your first love, in great detail: If I was less of a person, I could cheat already of course: the best way to get…

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people say friends don't destroy one another // what do they know about friends;

people say friends don’t destroy one another // what do they know about friends;

September 10, 2010
by Lis Ferla
music

I found this magazine in Prestwick Airport, of all places, on my way down to London yesterday. It’s exactly the sort of magazine I would…

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ten artists: sleater-kinney;

ten artists: sleater-kinney;

August 23, 2010
by Lis Ferla
music

Another occasional series, this one involving actual writing and inspired by two of my favourite music boys. Scott, whose Black Powder Smoke ruminations on music…

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"c'mon laura... we're married now";

“c’mon laura… we’re married now”;

August 10, 2010
by Lis Ferla
music, personal

Photo by Neil Thomas Douglas, And Do You Take… But first… The day before the wedding, a wise woman gave me a piece of advice…

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Lis: Writer - Photographer - Muso - Traveller - Waffler. Baked goods, Springteen and excellent shoes. Famous on the internet since 1999. Last Year's Girl is not a music blog, although you wouldn't believe that from the way I carry on. So if you've got something you think I should hear, get in touch!

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Calendar

20/05 The Postal Service @ Brixton Academy, London
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]
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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