mmd040

Common sense prevails.

Chicken livers in balsamic vinegar.

No seriously. Chicken livers in balsamic vinegar.

Herman Dune: Next Year in Zion

St Thomas: Rather nice tribute album from Norway contains 2xCD of the late, great St Thomas, a CD of covers of St Thomas songs, a DVD and a book (in Norwegian).

Giant Sand: ProVISIONS

Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping

Saw him at End of the Road in September. Simply sublime.

Eef Barzelay: Lose Big

Scott H. Biram: Graveyard Shift

Sebastien Schuller: Happiness

Ladybug Transistor, Essex Green, Dressy Bessy to name a few.

I had no idea The Weakerthans were nominated. I love The Weakerthans.

Ballboy: I Worked on the Ships

Congregation: Congregation

The Acorn: Glory Hope Mountain

James Yorkston: When the Haar Roles In (lovely 2x10" vinyl)

You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers.

I'll get my coat.

In no particular order:

Je M'apelle Stereo: Fonda 500

April: Sun Kil Moon

The Hungry Saw: Tindersticks

Rook: Shearwater

Heretic Pride: Mountain Goats

Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago

Islands: Arm's Way

Sargasso Trio: Burnin' Burnin' Burnin'

I've been buying up all their singles recently and they are in my yet to play pile.

A lot of great reaggae imports too.

Felix + Mojito's = good night

I bought two Zig Zag mags (circa 1979) because they each had a part of a (John Foxx era) Ultravox interview in them. Probably still got them somewhere. I bought them in Happy Trails, if anyone can remember that jeans/clogs/badges/record shop, opposite the Central Library (ish).

These days I generally go straight to the label and order direct.

Mrs mmd040 is from Northumberland and we had a 25L drum of Lindisfarne Mead delivered for our pre-reception wedding drink. Boy does it do the job. Apt too as mead was traditionally drunk by the newly married couple under the new moon. Hence, "honeymoon".

Cafe 52 on The Green. Best in Aberdeen. Nuff said.

Some of the greatest theramin action I've ever seen. Great night and I thought a lot of the clubbers were impressed too.

Saw Zombie Zombie in September at End of the Road festival and they are special. I've been looking forward to this since then.

PPS Isn't Lloyd Cole from Derby and only went to Uni in Scotland?

Not saying they're the best but there was a time I dug them i.e. the 80s:

Love and Money

The Big Dish

Danny Wilson

PS. has anyone mentioned Primal Scream or The Pastels?

Current favourite Scottish band are The Poems.

Prepare to be amazed. Saw them at End of the Road and they were...well...amazing.

I've just been listening to "Tour de France" and it's blooming marvellous. This is going to be poptastic.