Swingin Utters and ToyGuitar in Glasgow

We don't head through to Glasgow very often, so when we do its usually for a gig, and this time it was an amazing one. So we thought we would make a wee weekend of it as well, spend the night and head out to sunny Troon to see Darren and Mhairi for the weekend after. It was an amazing gig and everyone in the bands was nice enough to listen to all of the shite we were talking. So that was great. It was really cool to be able to see and say hello and cheers for everything. So I hope they had as much fun playing as we did dancing, singing and drinking along with them. 

As you can see from the last picture we were feeling it the next day but it was definitely worth it. Lemonades all round.

 

Neil Gaiman at Usher Hall

I found out a month or so ago, that Neil Gaiman was coming to Edinburgh, to read a story, and I knew I would regret it if I didn't go. See Neil Gaiman came to the Edinburgh Fringe two years ago, and I didn't go, because no one I knew over here knew who he was and they didn't want to spend that kind of money on someone they didn't know.  I should have gone by myself, but I am a bit of a shitebag, and didn't, so this time around, I asked Dixon. I know still a shitebag, I probably could have gone alone, but he was really nice  and agreed to go with me.

It was one of the best things I have ever been too, he not only read the short story without a break but performed two songs in which he sang and read two other short stories. Both of which are brilliant, one for the amazing Ray Bradbury, The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury, and the other for the series of short stories he did monthly, and this was Octobers. you can download a pdf of them from here. And the amazing FourPlay String Quartet played throughout, with the fantastic illustraions from Eddie Campbell shown on the big screen for The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains, which were perfect for the tone.

And it was such a nice warm night when it was over as well, Dixon and I walked home! It was a brilliant day all around.

I was a little bit proud of how my hair came out.

The beautiful Usher Hall

And the beautiful walk home.

So if this ever makes it to Neil Gaiman, I want to say thank you for an amazing night and thank you for all of your stories.