this is a photo by Alan Campbell, with closer inspection you may notice this is a photo of Alan Campbell, see him?
For you photo nerds out there: it was taken in Osaka, Japan on a Hasselblad 503cw (geeeeks!!!)
where’s this photo from???… well it’s from We Sink Ships.Co.UK of course!
We Sink Ships, run by photographers Heidi Kuisma and Neil Milton, is an ‘online photographers gallery’. It’s high quality of work as well as their great new podcasts have made it one of my favorite stop-offs on the web, and that’s not just because the content is excellent; no, the genius of We Sink Ships is how easy the site is to navigate and how easy the podcasts are to listen to, either as a ‘headphones-on’ intense experience or a ‘background-music-as-you-work’ sorta thang. whatever you’re after, it’s a sensory joy to behold.
Take a look; and I recommend you check out the exhibition of Alan Campbell (follow the ‘Gallery’ link at the foot of the home page and search for the ‘Line Cut Sky’ exhibition, it’s there, and it’s GOOOOOD).
want more? then visit Alan’s Flickr
Enjoy, you photo nerds! (and for all you photo nerd wannabes, here’s a picture of a Hasselblad 503cw, like the one Alan used to take that photo… isn’t it lovely)
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come to Nice ‘N’ Sleazy’s and have a drink with Super Adventure Club to celebrate the launch of their new single.
have a listen here! Only £2 to download or £3 to have it sent to your door, free postage worldwide!
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Muckle team assemble!!!
hi Muckle readers!!! its me, you humble editor, Neil Warrack (or Waz to some of you…. or Bawjaws to some of you more meaner types…. meenies! i’ll get you!).
over the last month or so Camp Muckle has been, on the surface, a little quite, but bubbling just below the surface is a hot and tireless stream of creativity. thanks to three other people… no, FOUR other people, Muckle Sandwich is about to explode all over your faces in a shower of beautiful publications, journals, blogs, podcast and….. dare i say it?… ART! oh how the mighty have not fallen! oh how our time is now! oh how now is today and always! so here are the people responsible, why don’t you go see what they’re doing?…
web design: Gina Scott
Girl in The Boy’s Club Blog
photography and content management: Ailie Zee
have a flick through her most recent photos
podcast guru and international corespondant: Matthew Nellis
Matt’s own web page
Tom: Tom Pollock (every creative company should have a tom!)
here’s a picture of our Tom… enjoy.
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Armellodie Records
whehey! It’s another Scottish DIY record label!
okay – what’s a DIY label when it’s at home (and it almost always is at home)??? It might be a person or peoples who take no profit from sales made by their ’signings’ and in all probability end up putting a fair amount of their own cash into their label in order to get c.d.’s pressed, posters printed, etc. how cool is that? they are like entrepreneurs who have the foresight to know they’ll never make wads of cash and therefor should be treated with our utmost respect because that’s proof they’re in the business for the right reasons; to help produce good art, help bands get the recognition they deserve and help these bands reach the audience that is right for them – something that is so massively important in the small world of unsigned bands.
Founded by members of Glasgow’s Le Reno Amps in 2007, Armellodie Records looks set to raise the standard of DIY labels in Scotland. With a small roster of artists (Le Reno Amps, Cuddly Shark, Kill The Captain and Super Adventure Club (hehe)) there’s a surprising amount of singles, EP’s and Albums for sale and due for physical and digital release!
So point your browsers to www.Armellodie.com and have a listen to new and old tracks by all the bands online for free! And if you appreciate the effort made by the founders or the bands or you’d just like to see this venture continue to exist, then purchasing a cd, vinyl or download is the best way to let them know. Without trying to seem like a pushy salesman, the price of a pint will get you a bunch of top notch tunes from these guys! go investigate! Armellodie Records
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Tabasco Fiasco
Tabasco Fiasco
One EP
by Doogs McMysteron
Four people.
Two guitars.
One bass and a fractal of drums.
A conflict of math and anti-math.
A hybrid.
A splendid EP.
More than an ever reducing cycle of patterns and textures.
More than a cerebral working of calculated waveforms.
More than a binary fusion of thought and technique.
This is a singularity.
This is a glitch.
This is genuine evolution.
The event horizon sprawls out in moody opener ‘Internet Access’. A magesterium of colour unfolds in a textured nebula of marching robo-vox and gorgeous harmony. This is astronomy dominie made smartly structured. It is followed by the quantum-crushing anti-groove of ‘Conspiranoia’ – the galaxies first ever football terrace prog. Like the Fratelis had (at long last) been transformed into robots, been installed with the very latest talent software and put to good use in society.
This is subtle, brainy, intricate music that anyone can enjoy.
This is sing-a-long-a math rock.
‘Pink Sabre Rattling’ comes third in the chain. It is organic, pumping and demands more than its predecessor but it is not yet the stuff of juddering, stataco cranium rock. It grows and growls organically, like mellow Mastodon with Dave Gilmour’s guitar solo’s. My hypothesis is thus: the joy of this creation is within its minutiae, a micro universe of dynamic luminescent bacteria pulsating in harmony.
This is more difficult.
This is less eager to divulge its secrets.
Passion Fruit is throbbing boombasity. It is glitchy and groovesome. It is an orgy of rackety seventies slap-back and slosh. Sleazy like sequined glam rock glinting threateningly through the dark – more sinister than Garry Glitter.
This is more child friendly than the Leader of the Gang.
This is traversing tantalising tangents.
Finally, ‘Through the Eyes of the Reaper Man’ cascades into being with arrogant militancy that reminds me of Marilyn Manson (only good). It is the doom of men – a slowing soundtrack to the apocalypse. The laws of physics break down and wave after wave of wild riff rip-tides shunt each other in ways that, although logic dictates otherwise, make weird sense.
This music is Aristotle cracked.
This music is Nietzsche made easy.
This music is (largely) three minute prog wonderment.
This is the most interesting CD I have heard this year.
DONT BELIEVE US?? here’s what Austin Taseltine at The Skinny had to say: click here for THE SKINNY review
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eroticomedy
We at Muckle Sandwich believe in spreading the word of worthy artistic endeavors… and this is so worthy and artistic it’s just not true! Erotic comedy… something I’ve only just become familiar with. I shall take up no more of your time and instead direct you to Tales of The Underpant blog.
It’s Hilarious!!! click the picture below to go to the blog and have a read of this ‘love’ poem, then, if you like, have a look at the rest of his blog. Eroticomedy – yet again proving that Scotland is a nation of literary geniuses! HAHA!
CLICK ON THE PICTURE GODDAMIT!
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is it is it wicked?
yes it yes it is.
do i do i like it?
not’aff
This is Slips Deli in Leeds.
Yes, it usually is this out of focus.
You can see it in focus for about 2 seconds before you descend into a blurry-eyed, ecstatic delirium at the prospect of whats about to happen to you and your tummy. They make THE BIGGEST and BEST sub sandwiches in the UK as far as i’m aware… Subway can fuck off. On many tours with various bands this has been an absolutely essential stop along the way, i’m pretty sure i’ve not been to Leeds without going to Slips. Veggies and vegans catered for as well as the meat-lover.
It’s essentially fun for all the family. Located on Cardigan Road near the Co-op in Leeds – go bask in their huge array of flavors and be amazed by the shear SIZE of the things. its two meals in one, it truly is a muckle muckle sandwich.
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SAC on tour in ENGLAND!
Hi there readers!
I’m on tour with my band Super Adventure Club for another week and a half. Tonight at the O2 Academy in Oxford is our last day with the mighty pop force that is Dananananaykroyd and the grunge machine that is Dinosaur Pile-Up. We’ve had fun, we have, it’s been great – however, (for anyone who followed our last couple of tours – this should come as no surprise) we’ve had a fair slice of bad luck along the way. I know it’s not just a Super Adventure Club thing, every tour has to go wrong in some way, this time it’s been Swine Flu. I’m fine, driver Luke seems fine, Mandy’s still pretty rough but the star of the Swine Factor has to be Mr Bruce Wallace who has been wheeled into each venue and propped up on stage with a broom stick each night so far. We make him drink a ‘Three-Chemsip-Special’ (cheers Ailie!) and force feed him a tube of Barocca and a handful of Vocalzones then we electrocute him just bellow the eyes for 10 minutes before he goes on stage every night and that seems to do the trick. Yesterday we decided no man should sweat in their sleep as much as he was and took him to the doctor who effectively told him to get out because he was contagious and get some drugs elsewhere. It worked, some hardcore drugs later and today I saw him smile a genuine smile for the first time in a while… He’s getting better! Bad news is Mandy seems to be getting worse…
How has it affected SAC? Well, we remain upbeat so far but we’ve been forced to play songs that don’t ‘go for the high notes’ and we can only play about four songs in a row with Bruce singing – that’s quite a tall order – so every night we’ve finished with 2 instrumental songs back to back – something that clearly confuses the typically young and pop-oriented Dananananaykroyd crowd. Oh well, like we’ve ever been a crowd-pleasing band anyway.
We’re still alive and tonight at the O2 should see a slightly more ‘normal’ (ie manic) Bruce return to the stage with his wonderful array of facial expressions as opposed to the gaunt white death face that’s been scaring the punters for the last four nights – good news indeed – lets just hope we don’t have to get the broom stick and car battery out for Mandy – I’ll do it if I have to.
Right now we’d love to say a MASSIVE thanks to Dananananaykroyd and Dino Pile-Up for their support and general friendship steez. You’ve been awesome. It’s been a blast and we’re sorry we can’t come to Glasgow and London with ye’s – it would have been OFF THE HOOK! (PS Dino – We hope we’ve not given you the Swine… you’re all looking a bit grey… sorry!)
That’s all folks! Till next time, stay healthy!
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wow.
Muckle Sandwich issue#2 will be released tomorrow (monday 19th Oct) at 7pm at Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh
clcik here to see full details of gig
you will be able to buy it on Tuesday at Avalanche and Analogue in Edinburgh and on Thursday in Avalanche in Glasgow!
and we hope you enjoy it!
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Trongate103
“The times were truly changing and music was not only the soundtrack for the times, but was articulating how we felt by challenging the establishment and suggesting alternatives to right-wing/racist/bomb loving government.” (Bruce Findlay – below)
I’ve not yet got down to the new Trongate103 thanks to my mental life and the fact it seems to see me in Edinburgh almost EVERY day of every week (should I move back… nah!), but here is the perfect opportunity:
It’s my good friend Bruce Findlay & Joe Boyd in conversation with John Cavanagh chatting about music in Britain (and i’m guessing from Bruce: Scotland) during the 1960’s, this cannot fail to be good chat… and it’s free at 3pm-5pm.
i’ll be there with the bells on!
here’s what Trongate 103 are saying tey it:
Facilitated by John Cavanagh, this public talk will cover music making in 1960s Britain, its inseparability from the counterculture of the time, and its influence on the present. Joe Boyd has worked with and produced Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention, Toots and the Maytals, 10,000 Maniacs, Billy Bragg, and many others. In the 60s Joe was involved with John Hoppy Hopkins in setting up London’s first psychedelic club, UFO, and London Free School. In 1967 Bruce Findlay opened a record shop with his brother, and by the early 1970s this had grown into Scotland’s best known record shop chain, specialising in American imports and underground rock.
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that’s cool… a fanzine…
I'm Neil, I help produce a fanzine in Scotland called Muckle Sandwich. It's only available in paper copy but this blog's available all around the world in invisible 1's and 0's that zip down your phone line! handy.
