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Hello … I wish to register a complaint.

Hello. I’m British. So, of course, it’s a ‘given’ that I should incessantly complain about the weather. “It’s too hot; it’s too cold; it’s too wet; it’s too dry; it’s too windy; too icy; too snowy; to dreigh.” We even do, “Isn’t it lovely today today … tomorrow’s bound to be crap though.” But wait.. […]

Hi – my name’s CeeTee – and I’m a Pickleball addict.

Yeah, ok – well, I am kinda obsessed with my new-found sporting love, but I’ve still not lost my passion for football (soccer) and athletics (track and cross country, especially.) In my younger years, I competed in both to a reasonably high level. And that was the trouble – I was equally (quite) good at […]

India Times – (Part 1)

. Well – that’s a wrap. Or as they (might) say in India, ‘that’s a dosa.’ Twenty-four hours, an hour-long taxi ride to the airport and three flights later, we arrived back at Glasgow airport, Scotland, on Sunday evening. By the time we got to bed later, it was 46 hoiurs since we last slept […]

Wild animals … well, they sure wouldn’t be happy!

Do I ever see wild animals? Well, yes … and no. Sadly, they’re in a bit of a squishy state and surrounded by turnip and potato when I see them, but I bet they were more than a little bit wild when caught. These little critters don’t go without a fight, you know. There are […]

My Favourite Place.

I’ve been very fortunate to have visited so many wonderful places, near and far. Here in UK, the holiday town of Blackpool in north west England gets a bit of a bad rap for being ‘cheap and tacky.’ But I love it! There is just something so quintessentially British about it. Then, here in Scotland, […]

Sorry … what was that? (Part 3 – Thank you. Goodnight.)

(Continued from Part 1 , here.) (Continued from Part 2, here.) THANK YOU! GOODNIGHT! During the years I combined writing for Artrocker magazine with my own Loud Horizon blog, I received in excess of 1500 promo copies of CD albums, EPs and singles. Every one was listened to with a view of reviewing. I resolved […]

Sorry … what was that? (Part 2 – Open House.)

(Continued from Part 1 , here.) OPEN HOUSE. So, Bo Ningen would be last band I’d see ‘live.’ That was back in 2012, coincidentally around the same time as I stopped writing for Artrocker magazine. (I had some time earlier interviewed Bo Ningen for a three page feature.) Artrocker specialised in new music, art and […]

Sorry … what was that? (Part 1)

I don’t suppose I should be at all surprised my hearing is so crap! All those years of gig-going have taken their toll. It was fun while it lasted, though! A post I read at the weekend on the Glasgow Apollo Facebook page, prompted me to think about the number of concerts I had been […]

‘We Solve Murders’ by Richard Osman.

(A four of five star read.) ***** Well! You know how it is when you SO WANT to love a book; you SO EXPECT to love it, and … meh! Yeah, hashtag ‘awks’. Look, it’s still a lovely, entertaining read. It’s also a nice, light read with some funny lines and a gentle humour backing […]

Tiger Tiger, burning bright …

I have to say, I’ve forever held a special affinity with animals of all sorts. As a kid, I recall rescuing rats and mice from playful (murdering!) cats and picking up frogs and toads from the road and returning them to local ponds or burns (streams.) I was allowed the usual domesticated pets and before […]