impossible songs

These are just fleeting thoughts from the heartland of the UK's colonial dustbin somewhere beyond the wall of sleep. Odd bits of music and so-called worldly wisdom may creep in from time to time. Don't expect too much and you won't feel let down. As ever AI and old age are to blame. I'll just leave it there ...

Sunday, July 30, 2023

Taliban v Music

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From today's Guardian: Members of the Taliban stand back as they burn a pile of musical instruments and sound equipment. Allow yourself ...
Saturday, July 29, 2023

Bungle, Zippy and George

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The three kittens, Bungle, Zippy and George seen here in an unusual, artistically rendered setting while adopting a steady pose. Of course t...
Friday, July 28, 2023

Sourdough From Hell

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  The natives aren't quite restless enough. Cakes are off the menu but sourdough runs wild and free across supermarket bakery shelves. A...
Thursday, July 27, 2023

2023: A Space Opera

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  We have not arrived at our promised destination. Our journey has been a fake one. Close your eyes and you'll be there, almost but not ...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Skies Over Cliftonhill

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  Albion Rovers v Dunfermline Athletic. The teams line up, ready for kick off. Anything can happen in the next ninety minutes I tell myself....
Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Anti-Social

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Social media: Firstly it never was a "nice" place or space. Always dogged by outsider bickering and lies only with the occasional ...
Sunday, July 23, 2023

Idle Photographs

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A short essay regarding photos/images that I really should do something with: firstly something by the obscure Scottish artist and magician ...
Saturday, July 22, 2023

The Wes Anderson Collection

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A small group of Wes Anderson fans attend the screening of a Wes Anderson film in their local cinema. Afterwards they retire to a local bar ...
Friday, July 21, 2023

Mouse in the Laundry

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  What can best be described as a decorative, non-functioning mouse somehow made it's way into the laundry pile and then into the washin...
Thursday, July 20, 2023

No Clear Idea

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Absolutely no clear idea what this poster is actually about. I'm a man without a therapist, well certainly not a paid one. It's some...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Assuming Formlessness

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This weeks small slab of buried wisdom: The word formlessness isn't one I often encounter. It's a useful word though. Formlessness i...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Dangerous Breakfasts

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  Above: a brief reminder of our recent day away to darkest Kirkcaldy where after a fairly dull 90 minutes and a 1 - 1 score, DAFC won on pe...
Monday, July 17, 2023

White Backgrounds

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Working on white(ish) backgrounds as part of a vague idea. To be honest there's not a great deal of actual work involved in this, muckin...
Sunday, July 16, 2023

Three Kittens

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  Our three kittens have arrived: From top left anti-clockwise - Zippy (male), Lady Bungle (female) and Georgey (male). They are of course a...
Friday, July 14, 2023

The Universe Gives You Biscuits

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  Two consecutive posts about biscuits might make anyone think this writer is getting a bit too hung up on biscuits. After all they are (in ...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Multinational Corporations Win Again

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  No hiding place from the world of big business: A few years ago I swallowed up an advertising campaign for these French biscuits and quick...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Time Stretch

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Help: Send help, trapped in a primitive digital time stretch situation. Quite unexpectedly. Actually don't bother with your help. I have...

20kg Bag

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Fairly Irrelevant Picture. Just how much is a 20Kg bag of wild bird feed/food these days? I'm estimating that we use about 1Kg a day, pr...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Art of the Scum

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Interesting piece of live performance art "performed" by actual flowing water along with added, seasonal scum of an unknown origin...
Monday, July 10, 2023

West Lothian Daily Photo

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  Two things viewed from above and one directly from the front. The industrial and commercial past is all around, some titivated and working...
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