Welcome to a special of Where The Action Is, which, as well as the usual mix of mod, soul, surf, sunshine pop, psych pop and all manner of alternative 60s tunes, will celebrate the birthday of legendary composer Tony Hatch. We’ll also have the usual features, such as Connect 3, the Birthday track (well, a [...]
Archive for June, 2011
Where The Action Is – Thu 30 Jun 2011 LEITH FM (Tony Hatch special)
Posted in Leith FM, Music, Radio Show, tagged Leith FM, playlist, Radio Show, The Cat, Tony Hatch, Where The Action Is on June 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Short and Sweet Blog #1 – Employment Agencies
Posted in Short and Sweet Blog, tagged Employment Agencies, Short and Sweet on June 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Dear Employment Agencies, What exactly do you do? Love, A Jobseeker
The Big Stramash – Cancelled
Posted in Music, tagged The Big Stramash, The Poets on June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On 27 April 2011 I posted about The Big Stramash, a fabulous festival of Garage, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Beat Groups scheduled to take place in Edinburgh from 28 to 31 July this year. Sadly this event has now been cancelled. For more details go to http://www.thebigstramash.org.
Where The Action Is – Thu 23 Jun 2011 LEITH FM
Posted in Leith FM, Music, Radio Show, tagged Leith FM, playlist, Radio Show, The Cat, Where The Action Is on June 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to another edition of Where The Action Is, filled to the brim as usual with all manner of yummy goodness, including mod, soul, surf, sunshine pop, psych pop all manner of alternative 60s tunes. You’ll also be able to tuck into the devilishly hard Connect 3, the Birthday track, the Half-Time Instrumental, a Foreign [...]
Review: Morrissey – Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline 20 June 2011
Posted in Music, Review, tagged Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline, Gig, Morrissey, Review, The Smiths on June 21, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Morrissey made a triumphant first visit to Dunfermline and he and his band laid on a sparkling set, sprinkled liberally with solo favourites, a triumvirate of new tunes and an armed raid on The Smiths back catalogue to a packed Alhambra Theatre. Support band Brother came and went without really stirring much more than polite [...]
Back To The Old House – The Smiths’ Scottish Tour 1985
Posted in Music, Simon Goddard, Uncategorized, tagged Alhambra, Dunfermline, Inverness, Jayne Chisholm, Morrissey, Mozipedia, Simon Goddard, The Smiths on June 18, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Last night, during his gig at Ironworks in Inverness, Morrissey commented that it’d been 26 years (not quite) since he’d been in town and he wondered whether the Germans had bombed a local landmark. That landmark was the Eden Court Theatre, the site of The Smiths only ever gig in the city, which took place [...]
Where The Action Is – Thu 16 June 2011 LEITH FM
Posted in Leith FM, Music, Radio Show, tagged Leith FM, Radio Show, The Cat, Where The Action Is on June 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Woo woo! All aboard the Where The Action Is Express, which this week stops at psike pop, heavy mod, R&B, sunshine pop terminating with all manner of alternative 60s tunes. On route you’ll be able to see the sights on our journey into sound, including Connect 3, the Birthday track, Half-Time Instrumental, Foreign Language, Death [...]
TV Killed The Radio Star
Posted in Andrew Collins, Hospital Radio, Leith FM, Radio Show, tagged Andrew Collins, celebrities, Danny Baker, hospital radio, John Cavanagh, Justin and Colin, Leith FM, Radio Show, Real Radio Scotland on June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For some people it might be news of another African famine or the scent of a particularly strong onion or maybe even the thought of yet another Coldplay album. The one thing that has me weeping uncontrollably is the news of yet another ‘celebrity’, or in this case “celebrities”, getting a job in radio. I [...]
Where The Action Is – Thu 9 Jun 2011 LEITH FM
Posted in Leith FM, Music, Radio Show, tagged Exclusive, Leith FM, playlist, Radio Show, The Cat, The Spooks, Where The Action Is on June 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Up, up and away for this week’s edition of Where The Action Is, which this week featured the usual mix of mod, soul, girl groups, sunshine pop, freakbeat and alternative 60s tunes, as well as all the usual features – Connect 3, the Birthday track, Half-Time Instrumental, Foreign Language, Death Disco, Under the Influence, Two [...]
Review: “And On Piano…Nicky Hopkins” (Desert Hearts)
Posted in Music, Review, tagged Bennett and Bloom, Book, Desert Hearts, Nicky Hopkins on June 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Norman Rossington is the only actor who can claim to have been in a Carry On film, a Beatles film and an Elvis film. Sadly he is no longer with us. Neither is Nicky Hopkins, a piano playing legend, who puts Norman’s acting achievements in the shade with his countless collaborations with the very best [...]
