Time has just run away from me over the last week. I’ve been busy getting over hangovers, shopping in all the sales (it’s never too early to start xmas shopping….), trying new restaurants and seeing old guys perform exceptionally well.

I thought Elvis was fab last Wednesday, but he was seriously topped by Ian McCulloch on Friday night at the Cottier theatre. Now if you don’t recognise the name straight out I will forgive you, I hadn’t heard much from him since his Echo & the Bunnymen days. But there you are, he was here in Glasgow last week. Most, in fact ALL of our friends said, “nah! it’s ok – not interested” – so I dragged Michelle along with me…

He was just fantastic. Really really fantastic. Despite the fact I could barely understand what he was saying in-between songs with his Liverpudlian accent, the music was great. He did some solo stuff, he did some Lou Reed and David Bowie covers and the odd Echo track as well, including, as he so succinctly put it “possibly the greatest pop song ever written” Killing Moon. I’d have to agree. If you don’t remember hearing it, or if you didn’t see ‘Donnie Darko’ to remind you of it, you can play it from here… just go to the ‘MEDIA’ button and then scroll down in the pop-up for the track & video.

Also, here you can hear some of his acoustic stuff. Brilliant – go on… have a listen!

So what with Elvis Costello on Wednesday, Ian McCulloch on Friday it felt like a bit of an 80’s revival. The rest has been pretty low key. Nursing a couple of hangovers last week was probably the most that got done. I tried a couple of new restaurants, Zinc in Princess Square which was ok for lunch – the best part was the celebrity watching, and Bar Milano on Byres Road for dinner which was cheap and cheerful, and just ok.

Sunday we went off to see ‘Ae Fond Kiss’ a new film out by director Ken Loach. It’s a film about cultural conflicts in Britain and is the third of Ken’s films set in Glasgow. Its a tale but a tale told almost in documentary style, using non-actors reinforced this “documentary” feel, but I think to the detriment of the film… anyway, the story was good, it was fun to spot places in Glasgow and in fact the film seems to grow on you as time goes by…

Yesterday took me back to my photography class. I printed a lovely picture of Moselle for our friends Milene & Gabriel in London… I can’t scan it on here unfortunately, but one day soon I might get myself a negative scanner and then you’ll all be bombarded with my black & white photography habit!

So that’s you then. All caught up. Michelle is off playing golf in Kingsbarn today which I understand is in St Andrews, she is more than a little excited as you can possibly(?) imagine….