Ian Rankin's Blog, page 1165
May 25, 2010
Beathhigh: Well that was a bit odd. I seem to have written a 3,000-word short story. Not what I had in mind at the start of the day...
Beathhigh: Well that was a bit odd. I seem to have written a 3,000-word short story. Not what I had in mind at the start of the day...
Beathhigh: Off to Glasgow this evening to see Peter Hammill in concert. Hope he sings a few of the old hits.
Beathhigh: Off to Glasgow this evening to see Peter Hammill in concert. Hope he sings a few of the old hits.
Beathhigh: I was once asked in an interview: "what can always be found in your freezer?" answered "a few grams of coke and a handgun". Bit of bother...
Beathhigh: I was once asked in an interview: "what can always be found in your freezer?" answered "a few grams of coke and a handgun". Bit of bother...
Beathhigh: Just did an interview - My Perfect Sunday. Not sure the journalist believed I was a church elder and keen mountaineer.
Beathhigh: Just did an interview - My Perfect Sunday. Not sure the journalist believed I was a church elder and keen mountaineer.
May 24, 2010
Beathhigh: Next up: 'White Bicycles' by Joe Boyd.
Beathhigh: Next up: 'White Bicycles' by Joe Boyd.
Beathhigh: Just finished reading 'The Existential Detective' by Alice Thompson. Haunting, strange, Kafkaesque, poetic mystery set in Portobello.
Beathhigh: Just finished reading 'The Existential Detective' by Alice Thompson. Haunting, strange, Kafkaesque, poetic mystery set in Portobello.
May 23, 2010
Beathhigh: ...recent interviews but audio only then at end Yentob pops up with Jagger for about 45 unenlightening seconds... Grr.
Beathhigh: ...recent interviews but audio only then at end Yentob pops up with Jagger for about 45 unenlightening seconds... Grr.
Beathhigh: Exile on Main Street BBC documentary a bit weak n frustrating. Tame version with no Gram Parsons n no guns/heavy dealers....
Beathhigh: Exile on Main Street BBC documentary a bit weak n frustrating. Tame version with no Gram Parsons n no guns/heavy dealers....
Beathhigh: Not liking Money much so far. Missing the linguistic pyrotechnics. And Nick Frost is unmistakably Nick Frost and not John Self.
Beathhigh: Not liking Money much so far. Missing the linguistic pyrotechnics. And Nick Frost is unmistakably Nick Frost and not John Self.
Beathhigh: RT @David_C_Lewis: @beathhigh I'm doing something charitable at the moment myself: I'm allowing Michael Buble to appear on my TV screen ...
Beathhigh: RT @David_C_Lewis: @beathhigh I'm doing something charitable at the moment myself: I'm allowing Michael Buble to appear on my TV screen ...
