Monthly Archives: September 2011

Just what is it that you want to do? We wanna be free!…we wanna be free! To do what we wanna do!

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Iain

When news first came out that Primal Scream are to headline Edinburgh’s Hogmanay bash this year by playing the whole of their album Screamadelica live and back to back for the last time..and then a selection of their greatest hits … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Joey

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Iain

We’re all off out tonight. Shaun is taking his good lady to see Adele and I’m off out to the pub for a belated 40th birthday party for my own good lady with a brace of family and pals. We’ve … Continue reading →

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Fish Without Chips?

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Shaun

Stepping on the scales today I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I’ve been training hard upping my sessions at boxing to three a week, running and doing stuff around the house. On the food front my portions are smaller … Continue reading →

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Raising A Glass

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Shaun

Today I should be in an Edinburgh pub, most likely in Corstorphine, with my dad drinking beer, watching rugby and most likely later rounding off the day with a couple of nips. It would have been his 61st birthday. Bookmark … Continue reading →

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Getting hot and sweaty with some Bikram Yoga

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Iain

There was a point last night, as I lay there bathed in my own sweat, when I contemplated my impending heart attack. I looked pleadingly to the door – the door I had expressly been asked not to open. I … Continue reading →

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The Glasgow to Edinburgh bike ride and meeting one of the Greatest Living Scotsmen

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Iain

It’s amazing how quickly the stuff we have done, and the posts we promise ourselves to write, can recede quickly into the distance of memory if we don’t find the time to get our thoughts together and get them down. … Continue reading →

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Risin’ up, back on the street

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Shaun

Getting fit is as much about being in the right frame of mind as anything else, well at least it is with me. All too often in the past I’ll have had an ache, or a pain or a sniffle … Continue reading →

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Today’s gym music..and THAT Archie Gemmill goal

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Iain

Couple of oldies but goodies spewed forth from the iPod gym mix today as I took to the cross-trainer in the works gym. First up was Blondie‘s Atomic, a simply magical tune in any environment, whether it be the gym … Continue reading →

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Half a stone a month …

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Shaun

I’m a little nervous now, but determined too. The clock is ticking own to December 31 by which time Iain and myself have pledged to lose five stone each. Today I stand at 13st 11lbs. This means I have to … Continue reading →

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Niteworks gig in Glasgow next month to launch their debut EP

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Shaun

Among the highlights of this year so far for me was the Hebridean Celtic Festival. I dubbed it ‘probably the best music festival in the world’. Whether or not others believe that to be true also, it will be etched … Continue reading →

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