Me and Parvati

James McMurtry - We Can't Make It Here

Well done, Alan, sounds like a great trip. I'd forgotten about Bridget, must get some of her stuff again... I'd say more, but jealousy's an ugly thing, and I'd probably let myself down, so leave it at that!

Interesting comparing the 1881 map of my family names with the newer one, showing how the buggers've spread. Looks like great-granda had a bike....

My mam's cabbage soup. Unfortunately she died in 1980, and I never thought to ask her how she made it, and have failed to recreate it ever since.

Aye, it's all very well sending boy bands and rappers to rogue barley in dufftown, but what if they decide that they don't like baldy old gits with a taste for reggae, country music and Captain Beefheart? And I'm not really joking.

I would be very disturbed indeed if 25% of the electorate turned out to be as stupid as politicians think we are.

Don't worry, it'll never get built; once everyone important has had their backhanders, they'll leave the lawyers to sweep up the dregs and it'll all be quietly forgotten. We'll be still sitting in the queues, because to get a house we can afford we have to live miles outside Aberdeen. B.A.N.A.N.A.

The bottom line is: don't snog any sneezy ducks this weekend. And if you do, no tongues.

Incredible String Band, Capitol? 1974. Hey, far oot, min. See the lad dunce, nae bad, eh?

Thoughtful, and obviously deeply felt, obituary by Robert Wyatt in this months' Mojo. Also didn't know Elton Dean had died; for some reason I feel strangely abandoned at the moment. Mortality wagging her finger at me...

Ahem, anyway, Gong. Anybody remember the posters Virgin gave away with the album artwork on one side and the mail-order album list on the the other? In 3 point type! I'm sure that's why I wear glasses now, nothing at all to do with mums clubby book.

Lucky you're such a Chalmer then.

Aye, we dinna wint onybody charged wi sulty butteries. Nae efter the last time..

Agreed, total classic.

I was there! They played in the cafeteria on the ground floor. Post Wyatt, unfortunately, but there I was, nodding and grooving, long hair, centre-parting, wispy beard a-gogo... Bliddy Hippies.

It's just, it's just that name.. Thatcher.... o_O

Hope it goes ahead, bung me down for a tenner anyway. PM me with details....

Not a lot of fans on this forum, then. Pity, he had a very individual sound. I only heard a little of his work on Andy Kershaw's show, but it always made me smile.

John Cavanagh is broadcasting a tribute show.. Now all I have to do is remember to listen.

Album - Pictures at an Exhibition, ELP (Aye, OK, I ken, I wis young though) Single - Journey, Duncan Browne. Stone classic. Compilation - A Fly label sampler, with T.Rex, John Kongos, Procul Harum etc. 50p in the George St. Virgin shop.

Aye, that'd be terrific! I'd go for that!