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Tag Archives: manic pop thrills
Loads more reviews for GONE AGAIN
With one thing and another, I haven’t posted all these reviews of late. So here’s a very quick round-up. In summary, folk are still loving it! Here’s John O’Connell in The Guardian declaring that the book has ‘elegant clarity’, of … Continue reading
Hit & Run reviews round up part two, plus…
OK, so two days till publication, and there have been a handful of reviews of Hit & Run popping up around the place. Sorry for not getting these up here sooner, but as you can imagine, things are a bit … Continue reading
opinions are like assholes…
…everybody’s got one. And here are some of mine, below. I was asked by various people for my favourite shit. I told them. They printed it. Here‘s my favourite book of the year over at Tony Black’s excellent Pulp Pusher … Continue reading
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Tagged A single shot, doug johnstone, faber, manic pop thrills, pulp pusher, the motel life, the slap, thoughtfox
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smokepackheadsmen – the aftermath
Aye so, had a great time at the Edinburgh International Book Festival last Friday – seems like ages ago already. Myself and Alan Bissett kicked out the jams in literary stylee, fielding such delightful questions as ‘what’s the most illegal … Continue reading
scottish music blogs, i thank you
Just a quick shout out to various Scottish music blogs – my debut solo EP has only been out for a few days and several of these fine folks have given it a mention, so cheers to Aye Tunes, Peenko, … Continue reading
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Tagged aye tunes, doug johnstone, jockrock, keep it afloat, manic pop thrills, peenko
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more smokeheads press and stuff
A few more bits and bobs appeared over the last few days, all added to the Press page. Firstly, there’s a really rather nice review in The Financial Times. Well, well. How pleasant. And there is a considered and balanced … Continue reading
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Tagged doug johnstone, financial times, islay blog, manic pop thrills, smokeheads, thoughtfox
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