Monday, 21 April 2025

In The Time Of Chimpanzees I Was A Monkey

I've had a few groovy visits through to Dunfermline since the launch of "My Dog & Other VIPs" at Fire Station Creative - catching up with friends and family and (with some relief)  counting the wee red dots. (Art for art's sake but money for gawdsake...) What a lovely thing it is to see some of my artistic efforts framed and displayed in such a beautiful space. In terms of my acapella rendering of The Kelty Clippie on the opening night; well, to quote Neil Armstrong I guess you had to be there.

I was glad of this coverage in the Scotsman (*cough* Too Long / Don't Read - except for "he captures the essence of his subject" *cough* )



And I was glad to be a guest on BBC Scotland's The Arts Mix talking about the exhibition. One can listen again here.

"My Dog & Other VIPs" runs until April 27th.

This is happening:

The great Clem Burke is gone. But his fills live on....

David Sedaris is still with us - back with a new series on Radio 4.

What's something that made you laugh out loud recently? I'll go first. Beck's "Loser" - specifically the Sprechen Sie Deutsch, baby? before the fade out. Fab.

I dug this:

I dug this:

I am digging this:

House of Cards (TV Mini Series 1990) - IMDb

Here come some recent visual creations (the resemblance of some faces to actors who featured in the cast of the BBC series of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy are not entirely co-incidental. Look out for a member of Boney M too)...






























Besos.


Tuesday, 1 April 2025

7pm, April 3rd - Dunfermline

* Exhibition Opening Reception *

7pm - Thursday 3rd April, 2025


I enjoyed talking about the above on The Arts Mix on BBC Scotland.

Nice blog about yon Bob Dylan night here. Maybe see you at the next one?

There's always time for this:

Powerful doc here.

And now...this (see if you can spot Harvey Smith, Thomas Tallis or Antoine de Saint-Exupéry):