tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53863032012-02-16T21:07:07.167ZColinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-30254021490897778202011-12-31T11:53:00.001Z2011-12-31T11:56:42.361Z

Guess where? Me Lou Tender Trap Brighton Wheel Once again, sorry for the lack of blogging. It's the 31st of December and in previous years I've done a bit of a roundup of how the year has gone for me, but I'm not really in reflective mood. Having said that, 2011 has been pretty cool. I've got engaged, got a new job, FINALLY finished my BMX video, and things

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I'll just make this a short post. I had a busy weekend just there, with the West brewery tour and the Dolly Mixture/Lawrence of Belgravia screening at the Glasgow Film Theatre. Louise got me the brewery tour as a present and it was pretty sweet. We had left it late to book so the only available slot was midday on Sunday. I have to admit I wasn't fully up for the samples of beer followed by a

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Sorry for the lack of posts recently but I've been on a bit of a work-sleep-work cycle that doesn't really make for interesting reading. Having said that, Louise and I went to see The Naked and Famous at the ABC on Tuesday night. I had never really heard their stuff but L's a big fan and we managed

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It's fair to say that a lot has changed since my last post! Louise and I got engaged last Thursday (27th October). We've been talking about getting married for a while now and we pretty much decided we were going to do it a couple of month ago. Since then we've done everything backwards - by the time I proposed we had already bought the ring together and even booked our flights to New York

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-14842638880945859912011-10-20T18:43:00.000+01:002011-10-20T18:43:56.724+01:00

Pinto Sooo, quick update time. Louise has been working crazy hours since we got back from Spain so we haven't been out much, but last night we went to The Arches to see Apparat. I picked her up from work and we headed to Pinto on Queen Street for some food before the gig. It's a Mexican takeaway (+ a few indoor tables) that has been open for a couple of months and has become a bit of a

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-71996264637129813342011-10-18T19:31:00.001+01:002011-10-18T19:36:18.441+01:00

I know it's a bit lax of me but it's been a good few weeks since I put my BMX video online and I still haven't posted it here.  It was always my intention to have a proper showing/premiere, either at someone's house or at a skatepark. When it came down to it though I was going to have to wait a few weeks until after my holiday and there wasn't really a good time to do it, so I just posted

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-32690348381681402032011-10-07T21:23:00.002+01:002011-10-07T21:24:21.734+01:00

As a follow-up to Wednesday's post about the Let's Whisper house show, here's a video I shot with my new camera of them playing Dylan's Song. As you can see, the lighting was 'atmospheric' and I was relying on the built-in microphone for the sound but I think it still came out OK.

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  Let's Whisper I went to a pretty awesome little gathering last night put on by my friends Lynsey (the other half of Half My Heart Beats), Stoo and Steff.  The Vermont indiepop group Let's Whisper were over here for a UK tour and Lyns, Stoo and Steff decided to put on a show in their living room. I've been to a lot of gigs but somehow never a house show, so I was excited to see how

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-34746464308929060422011-10-02T16:03:00.000+01:002011-10-05T19:42:55.680+01:00

  Quite possibly the only bar in Benidorm serving proper beer Sorry for the blog downtime recently... Since my last post I've finished up my old job with Glasgow City Council and tomorrow I start my new job with NHS 24. I've been on holiday for the past two weeks so it feels weird to be going back to work, never mind starting a new job. Louise and I went to Spain for our first proper holiday

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-49982422362012307732011-09-03T11:09:00.004+01:002011-09-03T11:10:08.441+01:00

It’s been another long, tedious and not very good week. I’ve pretty much just been working, except for Wednesday night when Louise and I went to the ABC to see The Seven Deadly Sins.   It was a Scottish Opera production about a woman who leaves home in rural Louisianna in the 1930s to seek fame and fortune. It was a mix of theatre, dance and opera and I’ve only got limited experience of all

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-72150741113198015662011-08-30T18:32:00.000+01:002011-08-30T18:32:24.359+01:00

I've been to a couple of gigs recently, which has made a nice change of pace. I don't know if there aren't as many good gigs in Glasgow as there used to be or if I've just been slacking but I definitely haven't been to as many in the last year or so. Louise got me a ticket to see Hot Water Music for my birthday and we went to see them on Saturday at Oran Mor. Hot Water Music was my favourite

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-79323419663289675092011-08-23T17:55:00.000+01:002011-08-23T17:55:37.705+01:00

I’m trying to keep up my end of the bargain by posting semi-regularly here again. Louise is trying to work a bit less overtime and as a result we’ve been able to have some days out recently. On Saturday we got up and the weather was (unusually) good so we headed through to Edinburgh on the bus to go to the zoo. I got Louise a gift certificate for the zoo at Christmas but this was the first

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-36673510757744836162011-08-06T11:03:00.000+01:002011-08-06T11:03:32.929+01:00

Sorry I haven’t posted an update for absolutely ages… I suppose my days of regular blog updates aren’t going to return any time soon but I’ll try to give you a quick summary. It’s been a busy summer for me so far, mainly with putting on what could be my last gig under the Half My Heart Beats banner and then going away to Indietracks. Both were pretty much amazing, although I always find it hard

Colinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-69873516669524333832011-04-15T15:51:00.002+01:002011-04-16T12:38:14.096+01:00

Hey folks, sorry it’s been ages since I last posted anything here. I might be wrong but that could be the longest I’ve gone without updating the blog since I started it in 2003. Not to be all dramatic about it but there’s been some bad stuff going on, mainly that my dad has been ill again and had to have an operation. Things are looking better on that front though but I was definitely stressed

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-10344094299573173982011-02-28T20:26:00.002Z2011-02-28T20:35:26.344Z

It's been so long since I last posted something that I don't think I could talk about everything that's happened without it taking hours. I'm just back from London Popfest so instead this is a kind of photo entry with some stuff from that. It was me and Louise's first trip away together and we had an awesome time. Me watching Youngfuck on the last day of Popfest The History of Apple Pie

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Dario shredding the 'foam pit' This is just a wee catch-up from the last couple of days. I’ve let my bike riding slip a lot over the last year and I hadn’t been out on my BMX since mid-October. That was until Sunday, when I took a drive to the new-ish indoor skatepark at East Kilbride. A couple of my friends work there so it was good to see Dario and Will for a bit. Will used to ride BMX but now

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-55495144722977078222011-01-18T21:49:00.000Z2011-01-18T21:49:29.469Z

For the last couple of years I’ve kept a note of all the records I’ve bought and posted them in the sidebar of the blog. It feels a bit weird; I don’t want to come across as showy or boastful, like ‘look what I’ve got’. However, I can’t deny that I’m a geek and I love lists. I love being able to look back and see all the great records that have shaped my year. I know I’ve missed the boat by

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I'm wearing a Pains of Being Pure At Heart t-shirt underneath, so the caption should probably read 'Kurt Cobain's cardigan' This is my attempt to keep up my end of the blog-posting bargain. It’s kind of scary how quickly I’ve gone from (relatively) relaxed over the Christmas break to panicky and stress-ridden about all the things I have to do. It’s probably not as bad as I’m making out though

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Belle & Sebastian   Stuart Murdoch Stuart, Bob and Mick Edwyn Collins and Teenage Fanclub Camera Obscura Pat Nevin Sorry it's been so long since my last post. December was insanely busy with Glasgow Popfest, Bowlie 2, another two Belle & Sebastian gigs, getting central heating installed in my flat, Louise moving in here and starting a new job (her, not me).  All the photos above are from Bowlie,

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 Ice cream weatherI've had less time than usual for writing something here recently. As you may know, the temperature has plummeted in central Scotland in the last two weeks and it's currently -12 degrees. Couple that with a illness-prone girlfriend and no central heating and it means I've spent three nights at home in the last three weeks.  The rest of the time I've been staying over at Louise's

Colinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-7626125153477043992010-11-16T12:14:00.000Z2010-11-16T12:14:03.769Z

I knocked together the following article yesterday for the ace Pull Yourself Together zine in Manchester. It's a short, heavily-biased guide for places to go in Glasgow. I would've liked to include a wider selection but there was a 500-word limit that I had already stretched to 600... Live music Glasgow has by far the biggest live music scene in Scotland. Here are a few good places to start:

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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone I promised to try to post here more often, didn't I? Just trying to keep my end up, so to speak. Last night I was at The Captain's Rest to see Casiotone for the Painfully Long Band Name on his farewell tour. I've seen him/them (sometimes a full band, sometimes just Owen Ashworth) three times now and he's one of my favourite live acts. All the records are great

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It's been a ridiculously-long time since I last posted here, I know. The thing with not posting on your blog is that it gets worse the longer you leave it. If I haven't posted anything for the last 25 days, what has happened on the 26th day that you just couldn't live without hearing?Nothing, of course. I've just been busy. It's Friday night and this is the first night I've been at home by myself

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-77485977182519583982010-10-05T14:24:00.002+01:002010-10-06T19:18:51.798+01:00

I thought it was probably time for a catching-up kind of a post to bring you up to speed with what’s happened in the month (!) since I last posted about what I’ve been up to.I mentioned last time that I was applying for a job. I ended up getting an interview, which was about ten days ago, but I haven’t heard whether I’ve got the job yet. They had said to expect to hear something towards the end

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-44308044120698520072010-09-14T13:51:00.007+01:002010-09-23T12:19:51.242+01:00

I’ve been meaning to write a blog post (sorry, I still can’t bring myself to use ‘blog’ as a verb) about this video for a wee while.Belle & Sebastian are a big deal to me. If it wasn’t for them, I almost certainly wouldn’t be into indiepop, living in Glasgow, running two club nights, putting on gigs or getting asked to DJ at popfests and I probably wouldn’t know half of my friends.I’d heard the

Colinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-43465513760202003542010-09-07T18:55:00.002+01:002010-09-07T19:27:40.446+01:00

It's been a busy couple of weeks so blog posts have taken a bit of a back seat. Sorry! Louise has just started back at college so I spent most of last week staying at hers, so she didn't have to get up at 6am to go home and get ready. She's doing a full-time course and working the bank until 10pm every week night so I think she's wondering whether it's all worth it at the moment...I'm a bit

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-58127152273211942192010-08-24T16:40:00.002+01:002010-08-24T16:45:25.701+01:00

Once again, it’s been a while since I last updated. That’s likely to be the pattern from now on, I reckon. I don’t spend much time at the computer anymore and I’d like to be able to just write something when there are things to say (or, ideally, photos to post).Even though it’s been a while I’m not sure if there’s a lot I can tell you about what’s been happening. I could thrill you with the story

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-91222359487423740612010-08-12T15:23:00.002+01:002010-08-12T17:40:46.973+01:00

As I mentioned at the end of my last post, Louise and I went through to Edinburgh on Saturday to see a roller derby bout between Edinburgh and London. It ended up being a pretty great day, and after the bout we wandered around Edinburgh for hours looking at festival stuff.I was pretty psyched with this photo. It was taken on Calton Hill, which is one of my favourite places anywhere, and although

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Calvin JohnsonIt’s been another busy week… It was my birthday on Wednesday so I’ve spent quite a bit of time going for dinner with family and that kind of thing. It’s been great, actually.Louise went all out and baked me a cake and got me a ton of good presents. She said she had seriously considered baking two cakes so that she could give me one then shove my face into it. Ha! She gets my sense

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The Middle OnesIt’s been a week since my last post, which is fast becoming the norm around here. My best advice would be for you to subscribe to the RSS feed and you can see new posts as I put them up.I’m just back from this year’s Indietracks festival. Call me a misery guts if you like, but I don’t often get excited about things like this. I read other people’s blogs and forum posts and several

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-6488005222403401122010-07-20T14:54:00.000+01:002010-07-20T14:55:00.878+01:00

It’s been well over a week since I last posted anything… I really am sorry for the way the blog has slipped this year. To be honest though, the main reason is that I’ve been spending a lot of time with Louise and I hardly want to invite her round and then leave her twiddling her thumbs while I update my blog. I think that balance will come eventually but it’s not something I feel like doing at

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-33723286903918884972010-07-11T22:53:00.002+01:002010-07-11T23:12:55.369+01:00

It's been a frantic weekend. On Friday night I went to The 13th Note to see The Younger Lovers. The band were supposed to be staying at mine after the gig (along with the support band) but that ended up not happening. The gig was awesome though. I wasn't sure whether I'd be into it - I was mainly there because the two main people from The Middle Ones, a band I've put on in Glasgow a couple of

Colinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-9385895393357854732010-07-08T20:53:00.003+01:002010-07-08T22:03:02.649+01:00

I may not be proud to admit it but I've been listening to The Strokes a bit recently. This band has aged pretty well, considering they were big around the time that The Hives were one of the most popular bands in the world. Who's listening to The Hives now?I had to get some photos taken today so I can renew my driving license. I think I look psychotic in them. My eyes look much bluer in those

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-21813004277993859462010-07-05T16:27:00.001+01:002010-07-05T16:27:16.929+01:00

To say that work is slow today is a bit of an understatement. I’m always a bit wary of going on about it too much in a public space, in case it ever comes back to bite me in the arse, but let’s just say the boss is on holiday and my to-do list is full of things that have found a permanent home on my electronic, non-literal back burner.However mundane the working week is, it was a good weekend. It

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-90988250253297781572010-07-01T15:40:00.001+01:002010-07-01T15:42:16.340+01:00

In the spirit of work avoidance I thought I’d throw up a quick lunchtime post about something I’ve been thinking about for the last few weeks. As you know, I went to Columbus a few weeks back to ride BMX with my friends Dario and Luca and the people they know in Columbus. A good time was had by all, etc. However, I left the trip feeling a bit gutted about my own standard of riding.This isn’t

Colinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-22891385296675286092010-06-29T23:26:00.003+01:002010-06-29T23:48:21.570+01:00

So it hasn't taken me long to get back into the work routine. Well, I say 'work'... I find that all too often I spend large parts of my working day browsing internet forums (fora?), writing blurb for gigs I'm putting on, printing posters, refreshing the BBC Sport website every two minutes, texting Louise... you get the idea. Of course - just in case my boss is reading this - I'm kidding.There's

Colinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-37372773326143345492010-06-27T22:32:00.002+01:002010-06-27T22:51:28.179+01:00

Again, sorry for the delay since my last update. It's been a pretty hectic week. The last few days in Columbus were fairly low key. I did some riding, a lot of hanging out and a bit of interview prep (more on that later).I was dreading my trip home, thinking that at least one of my three flights was going to be horribly delayed. In fact it passed off completely without incident and I even managed

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-90311981468701279382010-06-20T17:22:00.002+01:002010-06-20T17:31:29.344+01:00

Yesterday was a bit more of a mellow day. We slept late and a small group of us (me, Luca and two of the locals, Rob and Levi) went for a short street session. Rob took us to a couple of handrails he wanted to try. He ended up filming a couple of clips - a toothpick hanger on the first rail to icepick down the second one, and a derek duster down the second one. For those of you who don't ride I'm

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-21463630136720391012010-06-19T19:57:00.002+01:002010-06-19T20:10:50.538+01:00

Yesterday ended up being a bit of a downer. Seven of us drove up to Akron, which is a couple of hours away and has tons to ride. The day started pretty well - it was boiling hot but we rode a couple of good spots including a wallride under bridge that just about everyone was into.Josh, tape hopWe had been kicked out of this one famous spot at the start of the day so we went back there later on,

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-68387127829948986882010-06-18T15:22:00.002+01:002010-06-18T15:37:39.529+01:00

Yesterday was pretty sweet. Not a lot happened, just a good amount of riding around Columbus again. We started at these double-kinked rails that have been in quite a few videos. Luca went down one:And Dario went up the other one:At that point Steven Hamilton showed up. For the non-BMXers among you, I could write a good amount about Steven Hamilton. Suffice to say that he's a pro BMXer who has

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-40058777349535471332010-06-17T04:34:00.002+01:002010-06-17T04:44:27.173+01:00

I'll keep this one brief. Today's been pretty cool, maybe not as good as yesterday but still decent. We had a late-ish start and me, Dario and Luca drove to a mall. My bags are pretty much jammed full as it is so I couldn't really afford to buy more stuff to take home. I got a book for Louise but that was it.We did a lot of sitting around later on, then went to ride at about 6pm. Dario and Luca

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-45862014793382173712010-06-16T04:22:00.002+01:002010-06-16T04:57:20.961+01:00

I'm finally in Columbus and I'm typing this at the end of my first full day here. I'll tell you a bit about my journey first. I was supposed to fly from Glasgow to Newark and then to Columbus, but the Columbus flight was cancelled and I had to fly to Washington DC and then to Columbus from there.I've always wanted to go to DC but all I saw of it was the inside of the airport for three hours. I

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-89204224603488416722010-06-13T21:56:00.003+01:002010-06-13T22:00:59.450+01:00

Sorry for totally neglecting this blog recently. This is just a quick post to say I'm off to Columbus, Ohio for ten days tomorrow morning. I'm actually hopeful I'll be able to update the blog a bit while I'm away, hopefully with photos.I'm a bit stressed after packing tonight and trying to fit within the baggage limits. My big bag (with my BMX and other stuff in it) was overweight and my carry-on

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-22840108781246960622010-06-09T22:15:00.002+01:002010-06-09T22:25:24.613+01:00

It's been another one of those really stressful days I seem to be having a lot of recently. The main concern has been about Louise. I won't go into all the details here but she's doing a course at college at the moment with a view to doing an HNC next year and starting a degree the following year. She's had over three weeks of back-to-back exams, this is her final week and it's starting to look

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-75735084727565485032010-06-06T14:19:00.002+01:002010-06-06T14:27:02.597+01:00

First of all, I don't really have any new photos to go with this post, so apologies for that. It's been a pretty decent week, uneventful really. Just a really mediocre four days at work and not a lot else. I'm still not seeing much of Louise due to her exams but she did come over on Wednesday and Thursday nights so it could've been worse.I've spent the first part of today editing my BMX video. I

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-14779462540983887792010-05-31T21:32:00.002+01:002010-05-31T21:44:14.961+01:00

The Middle OnesWhat a day! One of my favourite bands, The Middle Ones, contacted me about a month ago saying they were coming to Glasgow and asking if Lynsey and I could put a show on for them. We bounced a few ideas around, like a house show or having a gig in a public park, but in the end we bottled it and sorted out a (kind of) conventional venue. We had it at The 78, which is a bar/restaurant

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It's been a pretty good day. I was in down in Prestwick for my uncle's 60th birthday (meal, drink, lots of talking to elderly relatives), then over to Troon to see Jamie and co. I love that first photo, the look on Daiton's face. I think it's so great that he's been around bike riding from the earliest days of his life. This one's pretty cool too:I was DJing last night at The 78. It was a bit

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-71391574212934670142010-05-29T14:42:00.003+01:002010-05-30T23:07:13.593+01:00

It seems to be taking me longer and longer to update this blog recently. Sorry about that. I haven't really been up to a lot recently so there hasn't been much to write about. Louise is in the midst of college exams so I haven't been seeing much of her and it seems like no-one else has been around.Steff and StooYesterday was really good. It's a bank holiday weekend so I had the day off work and

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-3433839667112273402010-05-20T20:52:00.002+01:002010-05-20T21:26:33.548+01:00

I really am feeling guilty about not updating this blog as much anymore. Once you get out of the routine of posting every day it's harder to justify a half-arsed midweek post about nothing. I suppose that's what this is though.Spring (summer?) seems to have belatedly arrived in Glasgow. I'm typing this dressed only in my kecks with the window full open and it's nearly 9pm. At least I'm almost

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-15739647676017126552010-05-15T11:08:00.002+01:002010-05-15T11:33:33.104+01:00

Sorry for it being a week between updates. I'm out of the habit of posting regularly at the moment and I like to wait until I've got something to talk about or some good photos to post or something. I don't really have either at the moment but I had to post something to get that terrible photo of me a bit further down the page.I'm quite excited about tonight. I'm going to see A Sunny Day In

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-51516639404941961742010-05-08T20:28:00.002+01:002010-05-08T21:12:39.141+01:00

I don't really know what to write about today but it's been a while, so I better fire up something. The week was a bit gruelling for me. Work was slow and really getting on my nerves and I've been tired all week.Some good stuff has happened though. I picked up Louise straight after work and we got pizza and came back to mine and had an enjoyable night in. We haven't done much non-exciting hanging

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-42806575123496119972010-05-04T12:21:00.001+01:002010-05-04T12:23:29.572+01:00

How’s about a midweek midmorning blog update for you? Okay, it’s actually past lunchtime but I couldn’t resist a Lucksmiths reference.The bank holiday weekend is over and, to be honest, it was shit. I was supposed to go out to the Little League club night on Sunday but Louise was in a mood, which put me in a mood, and I hummed and hawed about not going. In the end I walked in to Govan to get the

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-16231952700060201742010-05-01T23:39:00.003+01:002010-05-02T00:02:43.795+01:00

Has it really been a week since I last updated this? I know it has - can the false intros, Colin. It's been a week. Why has it been so long? To be honest, because I haven't really been in the mood to post anything. Not in a bad way, I've just been kind of busy and haven't felt the need to.It's been a decent week. Work has been busy ever since I got back from Spain, which was only three weeks ago

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-71084181390118672332010-04-24T18:54:00.002+01:002010-04-24T19:16:46.015+01:00

Dario, icepick across and downRight, sorry I haven't posted anything for a few days. It's been a pretty good end to the week, really. I went riding after work on Wednesday to the skatepark at Giffnock with Dario and some of the locals there. I can't speak for him but I was still totally knackered and stiff from going to the park at Renfrew on Monday so it wasn't really happening for me, but I was

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-76579246085088052422010-04-20T23:32:00.004+01:002010-04-20T23:47:48.699+01:00

Fucking Norah, it's been a long day. As I mentioned yesterday, I had to get up well early for work this morning. Any time I have to go to work early I seem to just about kill myself getting there only to find I'm about half an hour earlier than usual. It's pointless.Anyway, work was okay. The afternoon was a bummer when I found out Louise's work are being cunts and she might have to stop her

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-26744387039990552482010-04-19T22:03:00.002+01:002010-04-19T22:20:04.671+01:00

Another quick update tonight. I don't like posting updates without photos but I don't have anything to accompany this one. Oh, alright, here you go.That's a bit blurry, but it's a photo of the new skatepark in Renfew. Or part of it, at least. I found out about it a few weeks ago and I've been meaning to nip along ever since. It's only a ten-minute drive from my flat, which probably makes it the

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-24388001300577184652010-04-18T21:07:00.002+01:002010-04-18T21:22:07.484+01:00

Just thought I'd come on here and do a quick post about yesterday and today. As I said in my last post, I went out to Nice 'n' Sleazy last night for Bottle Rocket. It turned into a bit of a weird night but it was alright.Louise and her friend Sarah had already been out for dinner followed by the ballet so they were probably on their way to being drunk by the time I got there. Sarah's boyfriend

Colinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-44438806299119037192010-04-17T19:42:00.002+01:002010-04-17T20:03:27.553+01:00

Right, I haven't really posted any proper updates since I got back from Spain, have I? I've done my three days back at work, which were fine, and this is shaping up to be a pretty good weekend.I met up with Louise after work yesterday; she'd just finished getting the first part of her new back tattoo. It's a quote from Jack Kerouac's On The Road, which is pretty much my favourite book by my

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-26355738580282234622010-04-15T19:56:00.003+01:002010-04-15T20:19:08.767+01:00

This little guy hung around our apartment the whole time we were in whatever the first place we stayed in was called. Well, we fell out a bit when he kept biting my ankles.Badass bike for babiesBadass car for adultsThe beach at Puerto BanusMy dad hates catsView from the balconyCan't remember the name of this place. It was windy.MeFor some reason I was really excited about there being orange trees

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-81856078928014181722010-04-13T21:13:00.003+01:002010-04-13T21:36:56.569+01:00

I'm back from Spain now and I had an awesome time. Unfortunately I was awake for 24 hours yesterday and only had about four hours of broken sleep after that, so I don't have much in me for a proper update.Instead, I'm going to post the liner notes I've just written for a couple of mix CDs I've made for one of the guys I work with who, recognising me as a hip young thing who knows what's up, asked

Colinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-12973378797868810492010-04-05T23:02:00.003+01:002010-04-05T23:04:15.892+01:00

Just a quick update to say I'm going on holiday tomorrow and I'll be back on Monday 12th April. There probably won't be any updates between now and then, but you never know.I'm going to Spain with my dad and sister - can't wait! We're flying to Malaga then driving to Marbella and staying there for a few days, then going to Seville and staying there for the rest of the holiday. I've never been to

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-15844334563873687112010-04-03T22:25:00.004+01:002010-04-03T23:01:35.928+01:00

I'm going to keep posting these football photos until they become interestingIt's been a busy couple of days. I spent most of the afternoon shopping for clothes for my holiday and for work, after an unexpected trip to Milngavie at lunchtime to collect my sister's broken-down car.I got a fuckload of clothes. I got a pair of black jeans (the first pair I've had since I was about eight), two pairs

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-47091539824559382042010-04-01T22:45:00.003+01:002010-04-01T22:55:38.768+01:00

Today's a good day. You know why? Because I'm off work for the next 12 days. I go to Spain on Tuesday morning, back the following Monday. Until then I've got four days to get my shit in order. I'm really ready for a holiday, or at least a break for work.Soooo, me and Louise are officially a couple now. As you've probably gathered we've been seeing a fair bit of each other over the last month or

Colinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-47663558712097450102010-03-29T22:05:00.002+01:002010-03-29T22:18:36.841+01:00

Did I mention I've been trying to learn to play the guitar recently? I've been half-heartedly strumming away for a good few weeks now without successs, but I sat down a couple of hours ago and worked out one (really simple) Beat Happening song, learned how to play it right through, and from idly strumming a chord I realised it sounded like the into to a Belle & Sebastian song, looked up the rest

Colinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-67948880575737371282010-03-28T21:44:00.002+01:002010-03-28T21:57:19.564+01:00

Dario, barspin on a bankSorry for the lack of updates again recently. Earlier today I went to the new concrete skatepark in Kirkintilloch with Dario, Luca and this other guy Calum. I didn't even know about the park until one of them mentioned it last night but it's really good. Big, well-built, good variety of stuff.It wasn't the best riding session I've ever had but I filmed a couple of clips

Colinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-22493961512348882762010-03-23T23:53:00.002Z2010-03-24T00:06:57.181Z

It's been nearly a week since my last post - sorry. In my defence, I've been really quite busy over the last week. I've even managed to get out on my bike TWICE in the last three days. That's the same number of times I rode in the month of February. I'm trying to learn hang fives but not having much success at the moment.What else is happening? I bought my ticket for Indietracks today. The

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-6724311239598703662010-03-17T23:04:00.006Z2010-03-17T23:26:01.466Z

I'll try to keep this quick. There's a lot going on at the moment - too much, actually - but I'm not sure it will make for good blogging. Just boring day-to-day stuff. In fact, I feel like some patented user-friendly bullet points may be in order.I've just updated the Half My Heart Beats blog with photos from the weekend, and the playlist is there if you scroll down.I took a rush of blood to the

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-7736162866196486072010-03-14T22:39:00.002Z2010-03-14T23:08:47.896Z

Man, what a weekend it's been! We had a gig last night at The Flying Duck before our club night and it was one of the best we've done so far. I don't mean that in a boastful way, I just mean that I enjoyed it probably more than any other gig we've done.I should probably backtrack a bit and tell you about Friday first. The two touring bands we were putting on - The School and Allo Darlin' - were

Colinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-49790190312034774462010-03-11T22:07:00.002Z2010-03-11T22:20:20.278Z

I'll have to make this a quick one cos I've been on the go all day and I'm just about ready for bed. Somehow, all of a sudden, it's less than two days to go until our gig and I've got a load of stuff to do. Well, I had a load of stuff. It's more or less done now. Putting on gigs is weird. On the face of it, all it involves is a load of boring jobs like printing flyers and posters and going around

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-21018055545150760452010-03-08T22:56:00.004Z2010-03-10T18:00:37.628Z

Blog updated three days in a row? Believe it.Let me just start with some swearing. Fucking hell, today has been a nightmare. Mostly work-related. I woke up feeling extremely down about having to go to work this morning. I've been getting a bollocking for just about everything recently. Any time I approach my boss I get snapped at, so I put off doing stuff that involves talking to her, then

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-18788512067309918792010-03-07T21:58:00.002Z2010-03-07T22:05:04.432Z

It's been another pretty good day, as they go. The weather in Glasgow today has been unusually great and I got up excited to do something and make the most of it. Somehow me and Louise ended up going to the cinema, which wouldn't have been my first pick on a nice day, but it was decent. We saw Legion. It had its moments, but it also had its unintentionally-funny moments in abundance too.As soon

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-36930775123856917482010-03-06T23:21:00.002Z2010-03-06T23:29:15.862Z

I wasn't going to post anything tonight because I wasn't really feeling like it but I'm kind of guilty at how badly I've slipped when it comes to updating this. Guilt is a pretty good reason to do anything, I find.Today's been really fucking good. As I said in my last post, I've had a pretty bad cold for the last few days but I woke up this morning feeling a lot better. The sun was shining too,

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-35931307387597301862010-03-04T21:38:00.002Z2010-03-04T21:55:39.266Z

Hello. Hi. I feel totally fucking shit at the moment. I've got a cold, which obviously isn't a major ailment but it's enough to make you feel really, really shit.Unfortunately, the world doesn't come screeching to a halt every time I'm feeling under the weather so I'm back into the work routine after the otherworldliness of London Popfest (post below).Today wasn't so bad, actually. I was on a

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-42722228946847767642010-03-01T22:12:00.003Z2010-03-01T22:56:52.275Z

Hey. Sorry. I should just have some kind of placeholder at the top of this blog saying 'Sorry I haven't updated this for a really long time'. Actually, this might be some kind of recent record, what with it being a week (if you don't include Friday's mini-post).So what have I done in the intervening period, I'm sure you're dying to ask. Loads, actually. A brief summary would go: work on Tuesday

Colinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-85142265625347338922010-02-26T20:12:00.002Z2010-02-26T20:15:15.606Z

Sorry for the gap in blog posts again... I'm down in London at the moment at the London Popfest. I don't get back to Glasgow til midnight on Sunday, so realistically it's going to be Monday before I can post anything. I've been tweeting my bollocks off though, so maybe best to divert your attention to my Twitter feed until then. Link on the right!

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-7647453506295631372010-02-22T21:48:00.002Z2010-02-22T22:21:04.913Z

Stephen Pastel in 2010 watching Stephen Pastel in 1987It's been a busy few days since I last posted something. On Friday I went to see Akira at the GFT with Louise. I got really into anime for a while when I was at school through a friend of mine, Ryan Mackinnon who, like me, was a quiet nerd who didn't fit in at a primary school in Kilwinning. He got me into Akira and all that stuff, but I moved

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-79026900670746034092010-02-18T21:20:00.002Z2010-02-18T21:31:51.529Z

Try not to be too overwhelmed by the quality of this photo of Internet Forever...So, last night's gig. I was back at The Captain's Rest for the second time in four days, this time to see Internet Forever. I had only really heard one song by this crowd before the gig, but it was the really quite brilliant Cover The Walls which was enough to coax me out on a freezing Wednesday night.I must have

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-80117313492234025752010-02-16T22:32:00.003Z2010-02-16T22:48:30.033Z

Quick post tonight. I've just spent a bit of time filling in a job application. Last minute, as usual. It's due in tomorrow but that's it done. I normally feel quite satisfied when I've laboured over an application form and finally sent it off but this one felt a bit flat, mainly because I'd cobbled together my answers from other forms I've filled in so there wasn't much creativity

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-17100730351388234812010-02-14T23:06:00.002Z2010-02-14T23:26:41.588Z

Another busy weekend. I went through to Giffnock yesterday afternoon for my first session of the year at the skatepark there. It was busy with a lot of young kids who didn't look where they were going, so not ideal, but it was good to roll around for a bit and see the locals.We went up to Dario and Luca's later on where the former made us all a pizza, in true Italian stereotypical style:And the

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-87615045385111973692010-02-12T21:12:00.002Z2010-02-12T21:40:24.030Z

I'm starting to regret saying I'd post something tonight. As you'll see, I've struggled to find the time to post things here recently. It's not so much that I've been busy all the time but I like to wait until the mood takes me.Yesterday was fucking silly though. It was the kind of day where I got to work and already had three people trying to get me to do stuff before I got my jacket off. I

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-23639930889820881292010-02-11T23:30:00.000Z2010-02-11T23:31:03.680Z

I'll post something tomorrow - promise!

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-85221516643909919372010-02-07T15:57:00.003Z2010-02-07T20:06:25.545Z

Sorry for not posting anything for a few days again. It's been quite a busy end to the week, mostly work and putting up posters for the gig I'm putting on next month.I'm a bit hung over after last night. I went to The Captain's Rest to see Still Flyin'. I saw them by accident when I was in New York last year. They were supporting Au Revoir Simone, who I was there to see (at the gig, I mean, not

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-2949686254931484672010-02-02T22:19:00.001Z2010-02-02T22:38:25.133Z

I said I'd check back in tonight and write a bit more, so here we go. As I mentioned, I got the train down to Troon after work to see Jamie, Lyssa and Daiton. We hung out in D's new room for most of the time I was there, stacking up blocks and walking with him up and down the corridor. He's doing well with the walking thing. He can go like the clappers if he's got someone to hold onto but he's

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-75015151968067699222010-02-01T22:47:00.003Z2010-02-01T23:18:29.818Z

Once again, sorry for not posting for a while. I wanted to last night but I had a ton of things to do and I didn't get a chance before I had to go to bed.I had quite a decent weekend, although it had the potential to be an amazing one but never quite got there. I just stayed in on Friday and finished putting together my playlist for our night at The 78 on Saturday, then on Saturday itself I went

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-21184380226343344792010-01-28T22:06:00.002Z2010-01-28T22:20:00.179Z

Evening all. Today was my last day at work before the boss comes back from her holiday. It's a bit of a downer really but I've been so fucking bored all week that I'm almost looking forward to getting a bollocking from her to spice things up a bit.I know I repeat myself a lot on this blog, and here I go again, but I've not been sleeping well lately. For the last two months or so I've woken up

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-972574386320472112010-01-27T22:56:00.002Z2010-01-27T23:14:48.079Z

Quick post tonight, I reckon. I've spent all day in front of a computer and I'm going skelly-eyed.Anything I could talk about tonight is firmly in the mundane category. That's how it's been recently. I last rode my BMX on 3rd January (indoors), work has been massively boring, I've not really been doing much, it's kind of a typical January of shitness.Having said that, it's definitely getting

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-45803449731676617942010-01-25T21:52:00.002Z2010-01-25T22:17:14.873Z

Remember in my last post I said I was going to upload a video of my young friend Daiton? Forget that. I've completely failed in cropping it down to a suitable length. Obviously I'm putting it down to my camera being a piece of shit rather than any lack of technical knowledge on my part.Things like that always start a bit of an internal discussion with me though, when it comes to this blog. I

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-6435811649371237472010-01-24T00:47:00.006Z2010-01-24T01:14:35.855Z

Today's been a good day. I've been out of the house since 2pm, first at the football then down in Troon seeing Jamie, Lyssa and Daiton. The football didn't go too well. It was Rangers vs. Hearts and we've got a lot of injury problems at the moment. Hearts had a player sent off after about 70 minutes then scored a few minutes later but Rangers got a goal back in injury time to at least rescue a

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-44100042380803616652010-01-19T22:11:00.003Z2010-01-19T22:45:12.167Z

Once again, sorry for the gap in updates. Things have been really quiet over the last week or so and I'm trying to only post here when I've got something to talk about. I still don't but I thought I should check in all the same.I'm really fucking tired at the moment. My boss is on holiday for two weeks so I thought I'd maybe have a slightly quieter time at work this week and next. Wrong! It's

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-525220476136442742010-01-15T21:13:00.002Z2010-01-15T21:31:24.410Z

Fuck, how long has it been since I posted something here? I've gone a full working week without an update. It's been a while since I've done that. Several years at least.It's been quite a brutal week. Nothing bad's happened, I just haven't been sleeping properly and work has been exhausting and I've been out quite a lot at night. On Tuesday I got the train down to Kilmarnock after work to hear a

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-6251722733546500002010-01-10T22:28:00.002Z2010-01-10T22:48:22.065Z

I'll keep this short. It's been a decent weekend, nothing much happening but not bad all the same. It was our club night last night. With it being so soon after Christmas and New Year and with the terrible weather I was expecting it to be quiet, and it was. In fact the club decided to close an hour early (which Lynsey said happens all the time but it's the first time it's happened at one of our

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-638315082134182162010-01-08T20:55:00.004Z2010-01-08T21:28:59.981Z

Whizzer with his new bandanaSorry for missing a couple of days on the old updates. I would've posted something last night but I had a bit of a nightmare journey back from Troon and didn't get in 'til late.I was down at Jamie and Lyssa's for a bit after work yesterday. It didn't feel like all that long since I was down for New Year but I've got a busy weekend and a visit down there is always a

Colinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-27533411661166603522010-01-05T22:06:00.002Z2010-01-05T22:22:14.796Z

I think this blog has been far too positive of late, so is it okay if I piss and moan for a while? Thanks, don't mind if I do!I hurt my wrist back in August last year hopping over a rail on my bike and it's started hurting again. I did it on one of my first attempts, where I was just dropping off the side of the platform thing next to the rail to test the waters. Here's the setup:I landed quite

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-50739538086016078042010-01-04T22:11:00.002Z2010-01-04T22:26:44.748Z

I had my first attempt at making humous today. It maybe looks more like porridge in the photo above but I think I did okay. I put a bit too much tahini (sesame seed paste) in it but it's not too shabby for a first attempt.I go back to work tomorrow, which is depressing, but I don't want to talk about that on here. I'm sure there will be more than enough time for moaning about work on this blog in

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-66416121077848320522010-01-03T21:51:00.003Z2010-01-03T22:07:51.051Z

Dario and LucaI've hardly done anything for the first three days of 2010 which is why I haven't been posting anything. I went to the skatepark in Dumbarton for a while earlier today though with Dario and Luca. It was alright, but as I've said before, I'm not a big fan of riding indoors or paying £8 for two hours' riding. It was also unusually slippy, to the point where I couldn't pedal in a

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-28320149690019641032010-01-01T20:44:00.003Z2010-01-01T20:57:33.040Z

L to R: Ewen, Daiton and JamieIt's a new year, new decade etc etc. I'll spare you the 'cor, can it really be 2010 already?' stuff though. I saw it in down in Troon with Jamie, Lyssa, Ewen, Steely (an old friend from school I hadn't seen in a few years) and Daiton when he was up and about. That photo makes me laugh - Daiton looks like a little bird in a nest waiting to be fed, except with Petit

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-90695783987211912712009-12-31T14:23:00.004Z2011-12-31T11:54:32.770Z

Camera Obscura at Indietracks, July '09 This is supposed to be an end-of-year post but I'm not really sure what to make it. Originally I was just going to write about music, the stuff I've heard in 2009 and some of my favourites. But should I expand it to be a general summary of 2009 for me? And in fact this is the last day of the decade, not just the year, so should I do a kind of '00s

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-66592898340363812352009-12-31T14:12:00.003Z2010-01-03T00:35:01.138Z

Last night was the first game of my half season ticket at Rangers. They were playing Dundee United and it ended up being a brilliant game. Rangers won 7 - 1. Kris Boyd scored a hat-trick (three goals, for the non-football-fans among you) in the first 30 minutes and went on to score five altogether, breaking Henrik Larsson's record for goals scored in the SPL. My seat was great too and the

Colinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386303.post-73025495002648200912009-12-30T00:08:00.003Z2009-12-30T00:38:10.432Z

I'm just back from visiting Jamie, Lyssa and Daiton in Troon. It was quite a low-key visit; I think everyone was feeling Christmased out and in a catatonic state. Daiton was in good form though and I got to see the unbelievable amount of stuff he got for Christmas.It looks like I'm going to be back in Ayrshire again tomorrow morning because my sister wants me to go and visit our gran at 9.30am.

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Me, smith grindSorry for being tardy with the updates recently. I've been away seeing family over Christmas and haven't really had a lot of time until now.The photo above is from today when I went to the skatepark in Dumbarton with Dario, Luca and Will. I hadn't been there in about eight months because I much prefer riding outdoors, but needs must, and I actually had a great time. Not sure the

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