Tis’ St. David’s Day on March 1st. Here are some stereotypical images:

You can get a lovely summary of your blogs content in a nice picture – which for some reason you can put on a t-shirt! nice. a summary of your life, in one easy rectangle:

New Wales kit is out soon. The design reflects 130 years of Welsh football or something!

Last night I went to see this man, with this man, at this place. I’d never been to Dunfermline before. From what I saw of it, the coffee was was ok and the fudge doughnuts were excellent.

Andrew, Gareth and I were all really good, close friends in Inverness. Since then, Gareth has moved to Edinburgh and I live in Glasgow. So, where better to meet up than in Dunfermline!

Andrew, aka Calamateur, now has an accomplice (or band!). He adds so much to the live performance, notably in the confidence and greater stage presence that Andrew displays.

I have seen Calamateur in a random array of places. The Market Bar, Inverness (where The Proclaimers were discovered); The Loft (near Nairn somewhere) supporting The Willard Grant Conspiracy; and at The Glasgow Garage as part of some random Channel 4 event. The songs have grown in maturity and accessibility. Andrew is a fine song writer, mixing story and emotion. Gareth comments: The set was a combination of quiet, delicate songs about hope, interspersed with darker, heavier material about betrayal, revenge and eventually murder!

Plenty of downloads available at the Calamateur website.

In a moment of weakness / madness / relevance / sheep like following /cyberchicness * I have entered the realm of my space!

My space on My Space can be found here, at my space.

Suggestions – what do I do with it? does it supersede this blog? or what?

* other even more made up wordiness may be applicable

Two quality tracks that Mark Radcliffe has been promoting, bytwo bands with stylish websites:

Valentine by The Delays surprisingly not out this week! (not going to mention the v word again!)

All Over This Town by The Upper Room who will be supporting Bell X1 on tour – handy!

Go over to see what funny bits Gareth has (not literally).

Over at the death cab web site they are posting a series of short films inspired by the Plans album, or something.

If you are that way inclined pop on over, they change weekly.

The new self titled Broken Social Scene album has finally been released in the UK.

They are also touring in the UK:

Wednesday February 8, 2006
London, UK Astoria

Friday February 10, 2006
Belfast, Ireland Speakeasy

Saturday February 11, 2006
Dublin, Ireland Temple Bar Music Centre

Monday February 13, 2006
Nottingham, UK Rescue Room

Tuesday February 14, 2006
Manchester, UK Academy 3

Wednesday February 15, 2006
Birmingham, UK Academy 2

Thursday February 16, 2006
Leeds, UK Faversham

Friday February 17, 2006
Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow School of Art

Sunday February 19, 2006
Portsmouth, UK Wedgewood Rooms

Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, REP OF IRELAND, WALES, Cyprus, San Marino

Budget airlines fly to all the nations that have been drawn with Wales. Is this a good thing? It’ll encourage a decent away support I guess, and a decent away following when the teams come to Cardiff – the atmosphere needs any help it can get.

The hardcore fans would have loved group A, featuring amongst others, trips to Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Those are the trips that you go on for much more than the football! A nightmare for the team I guess, but a great chance to see something different!