Alex McLaughlan

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Family. Football. Music. And books. Still working on that first novel (writing, not reading...).

Paul Weller wrote the song immediately after a particularly memorable gig at the Barrowlands in Glasgow. "I went back to the hotel, and I wrote it as soon as I got back to my room," he told Mojo magazine. "The next day, we rehearsed it in a dressing room somewhere, and then I think we either played it that night or definitely the next day. I was just buzzing from this gig, man, and trying to encapsulate that feeling."
NME Readers' Poll 1982
"David Bowie is easily the most influential and important artist to come out of the UK," noted Johnny Marr. "There are musicians who are influenced by him who don't even realise it. "Ziggy Stardust and Hunky Dory liberated so many people from the straight sensibility in the suburbs. People who I grew up admiring, like Pete Shelley from the Buzzcocks or Ian Curtis, were hugely influenced by Bowie. No Bowie, no John Lydon - or lots of other people."
The Floundation of Hearts congratulates Celtic on their record breaking 56th league title.
A high coo.
Father Ted meme: I HEAR YOU'RE A RACIST NOW, ENGLAND.
Hip hip hooray, it's Record Store Day You're going to need a second mortgage Whip crack away, it's Record Store Day So get yourself a second mortgage There's a remix of their awkward fourth Outtakes of his difficult fifth A lost recording of that bloke what died An altercation in the queue outside Oh rocka my soul, it's Record Store Day So get yourself a second mortgage Step this way, it's Record Store Day The bands are clearing out their spare rooms If you want that in Battleship Grey You'll have to sell the family heirlooms Extortion on a level you can hardly conceive Tarted up in a fibreglass sleeve That acoustic thing which nobody bought Hey fellas, I've just had a thought It'll all be okay come Record Store Day When I need to pay me mortgage Oh I do like to re-release me B-sides I do like an overpriced LP On Record Store Day On Record Store Day On Record Store Day On Record Store Day On Record Store Day It's a shame about Ray On Record Store Day On Record Store Day I say I say I say What's the difference between On Record Store Day A warhorse and a cart horse On Record Store Day One ducks into the fray On Record Store Day On Record Store Day On Record Store Day On Record Store Day
Image from Planet of the Apes.
Robert the Robot. Once a well known sight on the streets of Glasgow. Now second in command in America.
I've only been to two London venues, GC. On consecutive nights back in August 1979 (when I was 16), I saw The Undertones at the Marquee, and the following night it was SLF at the Hammersmith Palais (poster attached). So Hammersmith Palais would be my Lost London Music Venue.
Paul Weller "Whaam" Rickenbacker.
Paul Weller and Mick Talbot. Radio X 11pm 31/01/26
Paul Weller Fan Podcast with Dee C Lee.
Focus on Alan Rough (Partick Thistle).