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I believe it was chips and a liberal dose of vinegar. And AEW is the bassist getting in the way of the piano player.

We finally got round to getting Vol. 10 out. Somewhat late to class it as a Halloween themed song, but tardiness happens.

Its the story of a man who kills his wife after he falls in love with a hooker.

http://bellocshavana.bandcamp.com/track/larrys-nae-happy

Just finished Battle Royale. Its pish. Just makes me hate weans.

I enjoyed Choke.

I thought Choke was pretty decent, though haven't ever fancied reading any of his others. Finished The Cold Six Thousand at last. Pretty brutal. His final, 'Bloods A Rover' should be popping through the letterbox shortly. Until then making my way through 'Battle Royale'. Pretty good, though you do occasionally get the impression the translation wasn't as good as it could be.

Vol. 9 completed and plonked up for the discerning camp pop fans pleasure.

http://bellocshavana.bandcamp.com/track/harry-terrify-me

Enjoy.

I love his style, no wasted words, just action! I appreciate it's a bit different tho!

Aye I love it too. Been relatively powering through his stuff since picking up 'The Black Dahlia' earlier in the year. 'American Tabloid' was amazing. TCST is brilliant but think I'm suffering Ellroy fatigue. I'll get there mind. Can't not finish the trilogy. Just might take a wee Lehane, Leonard length break.

Trying to finish 'The Cold Six Thousand' by Ellroy, but owing to his style resulting in 10 sentences per line, its an absolute slog and have given it a break. Decided to read 'Swag' by Elmore Leonard instead. Story follows a couple of gents who take up armed robbery in 70's Detroit following 10 rules. Obviously, things dont go quite to plan.

Diarmid

17.15-ish this evening

Walking past Morrisons on King St.

My avatar is freaking me out.

There is something very wrong with you.

http://bellocshavana.bandcamp.com/track/slightly-older

Volume 8. now uploaded. A short pop song about the private school girls of Scotland.

Worked my last ever shift for ASDA yesterday. Now off for a week before starting new job. Boom.

Just finished Season 1 of Boardwalk Empire. Thought it was cracking. Love anything early 20th century gangster related.

Just finished '1974' by David Peace (Damned United). First in a quartet based around police corruption and all such in Yorkshire. 1974 follows a young crime correspondent for the local paper reporting on the disappearance and subsequent murder of a school girl which may or may not be related to other similar crimes.

It's nae a funny book. Not a laugh to be had. Relatively fucking grim and miserable but still worth a read if you prefer your crime novels slightly more than just crime novels.

The quartet as a whole was made into a tv trilogy starring Sean Bean, MArk Addy, Paddy Considine and others.

Now making my way through the third of Dennis Lehane's Kenzie and Gennaro series 'Sacred' before diving into Ellroy's 'The Cold Six Thousand'.

Volume 7 of our Singles Club project now up for you to wrap your ears round it.

http://bellocshavana.bandcamp.com/track/marthas-smiling-but-not-for-you

Let us know what you think.

A country and western tinged pop song about a cowboy having his daughter taken away.

Getting back into playing and writing on guitar by figuring out Separation Sunday by The Hold Steady front to back.

Vol. 6 now up for perusal and free download.

http://bellocshavana.bandcamp.com/track/test-pilot

A song of a mother mourning the loss her son, who as a child, dreamt of becoming a pilot, only to wake up and try it out without the plane.

Finished. Good, but didnt blow me away. Maybe starting with Lehane's latest then going back to his first didnt help, but a good read none the less. It passed the time until White Jazz arrived in Waterstones. Last volume of Ellroy's LA Quartet. Stream of consciousness makes it at times quite taxing to read, but enjoying it so far.

Cheers for listening. Aye, Lonely Guy is my favourite too. Primarily because I think its the most fun, and a little daft. Also, i think it sounds a bit Queen. Which is all good in my oppinion. Thanks again for having a listen.

Just picked up Dennis Lehane's 'A Drink Before The War'. Which I can only imagine will be much better than 'The Hunger Games' trilogy which I shot through while wasting time at work. Highly readable but absolutely pish. If thats possible.

Rediscovery: "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies. I fucking love that tune.

Re-purchased 'Stunt' a few weeks back. Half of it is rather pish, but some absolute belters on there. Though, the bluegrass version of One Week is the best.

Going to be a banger.

Vol. 5 of our 'Singles Club' is now up for folks perusal. Have a click, have a listen and perhaps tell your pals about it, whether you think its braw or baws.

http://bellocshavana.bandcamp.com/track/bad-education

Ace-ic. Getting sent home from work early as it's my birthday, allowing me to crack open the deck chairs in the garden with an 8 pack of Peroni. I'll no doubt be burnt the morn, but braw nonetheless.

Volume 3 of our monthly release. Tracks called 'Real Old Lonely Guy' and it is in part about human taxidermy, and love. 3 minutes of pop, almost sounding quite child tv show. Have a listen and enjoy.

http://bellocshavana.bandcamp.com/

Sounds like Ashley Cole's book. I paraphrase... "I was in my Range Rover ELITE XYZ, the one with the solid platinum alloys on it, when my agent called to tell me that Arsenal weren't willing to meet my demands of £60k a week and instead they were offering £55k a week. I was outraged! How could they do this to me? Normally I listen to hip hop really loudly, up at about volume 25 or 26 on my way to training to get me pumped (the 28-speaker surround sound in my Range Rover ELITE XYZ is banging) but I was so angry that I could only actually listen to it at about 11 or 12!"

As if it needed to be any clearer that Ashley Cole is a cunt.

Making my way through 'The Big Nowhere' and 'Game Of Thrones'. Both excellent reads. I'd not been convinced I'd care very much for Thrones but it's awesome. Hugely readable. As all books about medieval politics, blood and guts and fucking your siblings should be.

Had gone into The Big Nowhere hoping for something of an easing off of the grotesque brutality of Black Dahlia but this was not to be. While lots of it centers around wheedling out the communist element of 50's Hollywood, it also involves skull fucking. Splendid.