
Sunday nights, for me the worst night of the week, that impending feeling of doom at the thought of having to go into work the next day can be a real killer. Sunday the 27 th of September will be different though, as Martin John Henry , Lord Cut-Glass and Rick Redbeard (the Phantom Band) are playing a free gig at Bar Gandolfi as part of the Merchant City [...]

I think this week may be very tricky for me indeed in terms of gig attendance. Clients here at Proper Job have just this very afternoon 're-strategised' a pretty significant piece of work so I will probably spend the week working late into the night on what I am actually paid to do for a change, rather than just writing posts and editing video for the entertainment of you bastards. Still, it's been a hectic as all fuck August, and I am actually kind of glad it's over. Not because of Festival hatred or anything, just sheer tiredness. [...]
It's funny you know: I just got a comment on an ancient post about Rick Redbeard, tonight of all nights. I posted about Rick Redbeard months ago. He was one of the first small artists I 'discovered' for myself when I began this blog, and I hadn't thought about him for a bit when what should [...]
Well unfortunately, contrary to the promising look of his myspace page , Rick Redbeard won't be playing at Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar this Friday. Instead, he will be playing as part of The Phantom Band . I have listened to some of The Phantom Band's stuff on the above link, and it's not bad, so I'll probably pop along to the gig, although this assumes I get back from a meeting in Aberdeen in time. What this doesn't do however, is satisfy my eagerness to see Rick play a live solo set. [...]