4 years ago today we had a listening party for You Cant Hide Your Love Forever by Orange Juice. You can find the replay here timstwitterlisteningparty.com/pages/replay/f… Tweets from Edwyn Collins Grace Maxwell Steven Daly #TimsTwitterListeningParty #ttlp31

After living with it for a while, this record keeps getting better. And it was recorded at Edwyn Collins studio in Helmsdale too! What's not to like?

What a service @bydonkeys do for us.

Aye Write is not just about one city or one festival, it’s about a nation’s pride in her art. It’s about working class access to literature – and let’s not be coy here: working class people are crucial to Scottish literature.

Get a haud of yersels. And let Glasgow be great.

Some thoughts on why Aye Write deserves to have funding reinstated by Creative Scotland.

I was about this age when a rumour went around that the young guy painting the school windows was Paul McCartney. By playtime the whole school was at the bottom of his ladder.

The decision to go for an election will not be influenced by MPs and certainly not decided by Sunak. As ever, it will be made by those who truly control the Tory party, the ‘grey suits’ of yesteryear. Therefore, it will be May. Betcha.

TheHangingStars’ new album “On A Golden Shore” came out yesterday. It’s quite good too, if I may say so. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen Sean Read Edwyn Collins Grace Maxwell Loose Music Tom Bridgewater

See you Tuesday night my darlings.

How to talk show..

This is such an outstanding series. The impressive thing is Darren McGarvey Darren heat-seeks best practice, both here and abroad, to find answers to our deepest problems.
Hope The Labour Party and Keir Starmer watch this.
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Farewell, Richard Lewis. Procol Harum has lost another fan, and the rest of us have lost a very good man.

Profoundly sad to hear of Mr Lewis' death. We communicated on here some years ago over a mutual admiration of Procol Harum lyricist Keith Reid. That's how inexplicable, unique and human he was. Goodnight, gorgeous genius human.

This “Speaker Hoyle’s intentions were good” bollox line they’re all pumping hard - Scottish voters heads don’t button up the back. When it’s your turn and the school bully shoves you into a puddle you don’t go, “yeah but I probably needed a good wetting.”

The aftermath of a great week recording the new Comet Gain record using the Nick Lowe/Edwyn Collins method -bash it down! 12 superb songs in 5 days.

Three cheers for playing Sweet Light on BBC Radio Scotland, Ricky Ross (+ shout out to Grace Maxwell ❤️) & Iain Anderson and thank you for mentioning our gig at the Glad Cafe, Glasgow on 22th March 2024. Listen now on BBC Sounds.

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A very warm and heartfelt Happy 92nd birthday to the paragon of principled humanity and living legend, Dennis Skinner. With our warmest wishes, our birthday message to you is: “You are appreciated & loved by many. Thank you for your passion & tireless battles for justice.” ❤️✊❤️‍🔥

Lordy Lordy Lordy - when’s that General Election?

Golspie has seen mad storm damage this winter. This morning though, all was calm.

Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 E Rosalie I’m old enough to remember when this guy was the presidential nominee of the Republican Party.