desert tracks

Well, almost the weekend and the festival here is in full swing. I went to a gig the other night. It was brilliant as far as the band was concerned, Colin Steele on trumpet was outstanding, but unfortunately the main singer, Cathie Rae was pants. She couldn't hold the tune and I am sure poor Chet Baker who she was paying homage to must have been rocking backwards in his grave. It is weird that no one else seemed to notice, but she was definitely flat, I wondered if it was the wild rain storms that had expanded her pipes and caused the fluctuations. So I won't be going back again to see her, but hey, otherwise a good night for a tenner.

Listening to some countrry music tonight, good collection of power ballads, Faith Hill for starters. Dixie's not far behind and the good old boys Brooks and Dunn, ye cannae whack it!!!! And a blast of 80's tracks for desert is just in order.....

hank mixeroo

Well Scotland is indeed a paradise....a visit to Aldi for olive oil followed by a quick trip to Lidl..the smart arse shopping moment to collect loads of bbq briquettes. This was a great weekend, loads of music, best has to be the old Hank Williams and the odd Vanessa Mae mixeroo I did on my laptop. Can't give you any of that but can give you a great photo of proceedings. Music wise off to see Cathie Rae on Tuesday. A newbie on me but hey with Any doing her run round the rehab and lets see what happens, Cathie is the best we have in this neck of the woods..

dan plants

Had a big bbq in the garden, what between the Darwin's likely to earn more that you or I could ever earn in 3 lifetimes and the trials and tribulations of Tricia Walsh Smith it was time to take a breather from all the chatter. The plants looked mighty fine and the home grown lettuce just coming on a treat.

Found a fab software programme for doing comics...30 day free trial....it's called 'comic life' and it is a great way to spend hours stretching and squashing frames and speech bubbles. check it out!!!

Edinburgh is about to host the book festival and I am intending going to a few events. Gary Erskine who was heavily involved in creating the drawings for the latest Dan Dare comic has just confirmed his attendance, check out the programme for details. going to check out Cathie Rae next week, one of Scotland's top vocalists at the Spiegeltent..cannae wait!!!

orange novak

What's a good book to read if you are on the bus in the morning and can't stand the shoogle of the engine that gives you a cornea burn??? The Metro newspaper kind of hits the mark but I reckon trash the print and throw your ears to caution, ramp up and pump it up..if you can find a player that will work with vista. I bought a tevion mp4 player recently, a little neat dude of a kit and after a weekend of trying to get windows media player to recognise the little darling had to call a halt to the frustration. I checked the message boards and forums and was shocked to find it isn't just the tevion that has problems calling home, seems there are lots of players that don't work with wmp or vista. So I had to reluctantly return it to the shop, anyone else had this problem?

well T in the Park looked pretty much of a job lot watching it on bbc iplayer. Maybe if you were there it might of raised my blood pressure. I am not a big fan of all those frantic boy bands giving it angsty gloom. I fast forwarded through almost to the end and caught a bit of the Prodigy..nae bad and REM who looked caught in one big time warp...Orange Crush with a megaphone...ho hum.....anyway here is a track that has been circling around in my synapses

eddie novak delores mp3

ride rockahoola

back again..after a long snooze....