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Billy Rankin is a true Glasgow rock legend. He has everything going for him: he's a brilliant guitarist, he writes killer songs, he's worked with the best, toured the world and he is one handsome-looking chap. I know all of this because Billy told me.
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― Minstrels, Poets and Vagabonds: A History of Rock Music in Glasgow
― Minstrels, Poets and Vagabonds: A History of Rock Music in Glasgow
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There were rat footprints in the dried lard in the frying pan. Sometimes the rats woke me, but this time I had slept through their visit. They were now a fact of life, like dogs or pigeons.
It was Raeberry Street, Maryhill, Glasgow in 1975. The cleansing department was on strike, and mountains of plastic bags full of garbage were piled in the back courts of the crumbling tenements. The flats didn’t have bathrooms or hot water, just closet-sized toilets.
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― When the Light-Bulb Is Bare: Essays on Horror and Noir
― When the Light-Bulb Is Bare: Essays on Horror and Noir
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