By Alastair McKay | 19 June 2015 As that great punk rocker, Marcel Proust noted, remembrance of things past is not necessarily a remembrance of things as they were. Big Gold Dream, a documentary by Grant McPhee, re-imagines the musical history of the post-punk period as it unfolded in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and makes a […]
The Cas Rock Edinburgh’s historic West Port: Most notable for Burke & Hare, strip bars and… The Cas Rock. When seminal West Port punk bar The Lord Darnley was taken over in 1992, a name change followed. The bar was refurbished and changed to The Cas Rock Café – the café part swiftly dropped following […]
As some of you will know the Tron Church was already booked out this year for mid July and August but we have not one but two excellent alternatives to cover so we will continue to be open seven days a week. Will make a decision on that soon but neither are far away and […]
We are in need of more used vinyl so do get in touch if having a clear out. We are happy to buy whole collections. Lots of exciting news and updates to come but first more used vinyl please ! 0131 260 9971 or [email protected]
I went along to the public presentation of the developer’s plans for King’s Stables Road on Wednesday (17th June) and to be fair the model they had on display showed very clearly what was intended. Unfortunately however that was 250 student flats, a 130 bed hotel that they are hoping will be better than a […]
Yesterday we had four German girls looking at the vinyl for ages. They pulled out all the new Beatles albums in particular and after much discussion settled on “Let It Be”. Half an hour later they were still looking, excitedly chatting, pulling out albums they recognised, taking photos and generally enjoying themselves which of course […]
I never expected our blog to be so well read or our twitter comments and facebook posts to reach so many people. The visible stats only tell a very small part of the story and it is day to day contact with people from all over the world renewed now we are at the Tron […]
The key to the bidding for King’s Stables Road I was told over and over again by Edinburgh Council was credibility and deliverability. All the bidders would be expected to be able to build hotels and flats and be able to raise the money to do so but too many times developers had promised to […]
This post will be long enough so I won’t get into the rights and wrongs of the recent comments from the small indie labels Howling Owl and Sonic Cathedral about Record Store Day which got so much media coverage but you can read them here http://www.recordstoredayisdying.com/ Record Store Day replied and their statement is here http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-releases/exclusive-record-store-day-responds-to-accusations-of-betraying-small-labels/ Finally […]
