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End Of The Day

24Sep08

A.Le Coq!
Nothing like an icecold beer at the end of the day. This one’s thanks to some Estonian brewers. Cheers!


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Coen Bros.

23Sep08

 
Gotta love them Coen Brothers.
Finally got around to watching No Country For Old Men the other night, caught Oh Brother Where Art Thou again tonight and have Burn After Reading out on 17th October to look forward to.
Seeing as how I’m in a redneck mood…
 


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Wilson Tan

23Sep08

 
Was pleased to run into the Wilson Tan guys while J & I were knocking back some Elijah Craigs at a nice bar dedicated to my favourite poet on Friday night. It had been a while and happily led to a bit of gig booking today. More on that soon.
Wilson Tan are Glasgow’s pioneers of [...]


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MacSorley’s

23Sep08

Nice to see some Lewis favourites in amongst all the other Scottish dishes at MacSorley’s Music Bar! Although not strictly like Granny used to make, I’d imagine it’s quite satisfying bringing herring, crowdie, lamb, saith, Stornoway black pudding and Uist salmon to the masses, and at such reasonable prices
If you’re in Glasgow and [...]


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Small Hours

21Sep08

Belated happy 60th John…

 
UPDATE: John Martyn is on tour in November. Glasgow folk can catch him on the 17th at the Royal Concert Hall. Tickets bought, cheers J!


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SCF Members Views On Shucksmith

16Sep08

Crofter and sheep on Isle of Lewis. Via AndyShader   
 
Following an extensive series of meetings, The Scottish Crofting Foundation has sent a summary of its members’ views on the Shucksmith Report to the Minister for crofting Michael Russell MSP.   

SCF Chair Neil MacLeod said:

“it is projected that the Minister will make his response to the Shucksmith Final Report at the beginning [...]


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New Jeans

11Sep08

 
My Granny will be pleased to hear I’ve invested in a new pair of jeans!
The old pair served me well for 3+ years of heavy duty wear. The knees have holes, the pockets have holes, they’re just falling off me…
The old pair were replicas of the 1955 501 jeans. They have a quintessential 50’s shape [...]


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Food

07Sep08

The Very Good Taste Blog have a recent “100″ listing.
What you do is:
1)  Copy the list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2)  Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3)  Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
 
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. [...]


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Blas

07Sep08

 
Looks like Islandboy will be decorating the walls of mighty fine Glasgow restaurant Blas.
Good job sir!
With a name meaning ‘taste’ or ‘relish’ in Gaelic, Blas proudly offers tastes of the Highlands and Islands in produce such as Stornoway black pudding, Ullapool smoked salmon and Dingwall haggis. Fittingly, it’s situated close to many of the city’s [...]


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Abhainn Dearg

07Sep08

Abhainn a’Ghlinne Dhuibh, Newmarket, Isle of Lewis. Via Islandboy
 
Production has started at a distillery near Uig on the Atlantic coast of Lewis, 164 years since the last legal distillery in the Western Isles closed.
Island businessman Mark Tayburn has set up Abhainn Dearg distillery (Red River in Gaelic) on the site of a former salmon hatchery. [...]


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