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 ...

Monday, June 30, 2025

South Queensferry Daily Photo

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  Plaster built and emulsion coloured cones advertise one of the two ice cream shops perched on opposite sides of the High Street. Forty fla...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Canis Lupus / Felis Catus

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Good luck to all of you out there, it's a tough life, every gig is a sweat-box and every lesson is a spinal cracker and not everyone lea...
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Summer of Sting

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  After a lifetime of not encountering Sting (other than hearing music or watching films) I've now had two encounters in as many weeks. ...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

So Many Pictures

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So many pictures, a song by Dave Christopher: South Queensferry based musician and pal Norman Lamont has lovingly resurrected and rebuilt so...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Wasn't Born To Follow

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Jangle pop with added envelope phasing: When I was about sixteen this short musical piece by the *Notorious Byrd Brothers was, for quite a f...
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Sunday, June 22, 2025

Snail Collage and North Korea

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"It's been a bumper year for snails!" said nobody ever other than the many snail farmers across in France and possibly elsewhe...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

More or Less Content

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The story that was unavailable yesterday remains unavailable today therefore it is not possible for that story to be shared today.  As an al...
Friday, June 20, 2025

A PUBLIC SERVICE

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Stomp Boxes

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Free parking and unfinished business: Chinese built mini pedals, a Build Your Dream (BYD) production and presentation at almost bargain pric...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Gandalf Snacks

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By the light of Treebeard's ghost: Here in Queensferryshire we enjoy bountiful supplies of Hobbit inspired snacks, mainly gleaned from G...
Monday, June 16, 2025

Edinburgh Daily Photo

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An impressive midnight view from the heart of Edinburgh Castle looking down onto Princes Street and across the Forth to the distant lights o...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

All The Peaceful Oilfields

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  Ambient: the dull mechanical, blurry hum of machinery and industry somewhere further away, out of sight but audible. Cruel, rogue and clea...
Friday, June 13, 2025

Friday Thirteenth

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It's Friday the 13th and I'm not superstitious but at an even looser end than usual so here's some random, unrelated photos, not...
Thursday, June 12, 2025

Experimental Whisky

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I'm quite poor at being Scottish. I'm an underachiever. Golf,  Rabbie Burns, bagpipes ... not really for me. I do like whisky howeve...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Brown Socks Don't Make It

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Some might say that brown socks really don't make it. I can understand that sentiment. This particular colour is simply a rather pedestr...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Cat Shit Safari

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  Part of our cat facilities management duties or cat janitorial work as it is often described, are of course carrying out regular sweeps of...
Monday, June 09, 2025

Edinburgh Daily Photo

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Following a French breakfast fix we found ourselves in the gardens and interior of the Scottish Gallery , Dundas Street, Edinburgh. The rain...
Friday, June 06, 2025

Seventeen Years Ago

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I found this old photo the other day. I had completely forgotten about it. That happens a lot, but then again it was taken in May 2008. Here...
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Thursday, June 05, 2025

Kiki's Delivery Service Cafe

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  What's not to like about a "Kiki's Delivery Service" themed cafe somewhere in Seoul, South Korea? Obviously I'm not...
Wednesday, June 04, 2025

Lost to the Future

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  Gibson guitars are hamming things up just a tad with a "hunt" for the Cherry Red ES 335 guitar from Back to the Future. It's...
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