26 June 2024

All of Us Strangers

A post-covid evening in front of the TV, younger daughter is charged with selecting a film. I'm still getting over a mild, but tiring and irritating infection, in the mood to accept pretty much whatever is put in front of me.

This is a film that initially requires some patience, it takes a while to figure out what is going on, but patience is certainly rewarded. This surely joins the ranks of my favourite movies. A beautiful, emotional, heartfelt creation. And at the end a perfect choice of song, with a clever visual reference to the original song video. 

Stunning.



19 June 2024

noname - Sundial

No posts for an age, moving house from a northern island was a bit of an undertaking. Anyway, job done, nearly all the boxes unpacked, although the garage is a tad chocker! Living here, in Perthshire, I can now go to gigs again, or at least, "a significantly broader musical genre may be experienced with relative ease.....(ha-ha)". Louise is a bit bemused by the number of things now booked (really not that many!). The first is coming up shortly, thus the recommendation below. Younger daughter kindly bought tickets for the Stirling festival day with headliners Young Fathers, a band I've long enjoyed. However, the recommended album is more controversially by one of the support acts, noname. Fatimah Nyeema Warner is a controversial figure, and would not like me promoting her album (in this very small way) I suspect. However, there are some great tunes and lyrically it is wordy, and interesting (warning, some might find it offensive, for various reasons). So, recommended, Sundial by noname

 

And I'm feeling a playlist formulating... posted shortly maybe.

Tae Sup Wi' A Fifer

We went to see James Yorkston's Tae sup wi a Fifer, wee tour on Sunday. I was very keen to see James again and as Rozi Plain was on hi...