We planned a route to the West, figured where there was the least likelihood of people, and effectively left the world. I hadn’t been through to the west coast of …
From whence arises this dystopic cry?
I was on the train out of town this afternoon, sleepy and stale, watching a small boy speaking with the conductor and unaccountably finding myself welling up with tears as …
Big, Big Baby
Ron Mueck has an exhibition in the Royal Scottish Academy this summer. I am still not decided one way or the other how I feel about his work – but …
Avant-Indie Imperialism
Anyone noticed how the download generation have no idea how to dress? anyone noticed how everyone in left field, avant-garde, experimental, edgy, transgressive, dark, black, counter culture (and so on) …
Dogs, Dinner & Distribution: a slice through the moment at hand
I live out of town, in a quiet village. Outside in the evening light at this very moment there is a group of dogs and their owners practicing crossing the …
Traditional Scottish Sexual Anxiety
This will be the title of a new record coming out from Omnempathy next year. It is not an official Human Greed recording although Deryk and myself are the principal …
Creators and Consumers
I have consciously divided the world into those who create and those who consume. The older I get the more the consumer fills me with disgust and shame and despair. …
"Baby girl had human bite marks" – Fucked from birth part 2
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The secret of good comedy, and cd marketing
…timing.It is a singularly frustrating business that often feels like a punishment to try and market a record. Pilgrim isn’t geting anywhere near the kind of review coverage it needs …