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We won’t be taking part in Record Store Day this year. Labels had asked that shops were open for trading  on January 30th and by a massive coincidence this was the date we had planned to open a new shop. I had been offered a shop in the New Town as the proprietor had to […]

Next to me in Tron church is Gerry Gapinski who as well as making jewellery from broken watch parts also has amazing pictures of Edinburgh made from different pictures of famous buildings he has taken and then photoshopped together into one image. They were dome to complement a graphic novel still to be written and […]

Just in case anybody has missed the news Avalanche is now back open seven days a week in the heart of Edinburgh at Tron Church which recently opened as a cafe and record shop with a small selection of very fine arts stalls. Scottish produce is also available.  We are carrying  both new and used […]

Some of you may have seen my comments about the sale of the King’s Stables Road site in @edinburghpaper though nothing is online yet. x There really doesn’t seem to be any detail + the wording tends to imply that there is as yet no firm plans just commitment to retail + arts. x If […]

This is what I understand to be the possibilities for the site. Obviously the developer has far more exciting details than I can give but in relation to the retail/arts side of things and helpng with the footfall problems that I have been consulted on (as has the Grassmarket BID) I’m obviously aware of more […]

Talk of Old Town businesses joining together to compete with the undoubted power of those within the Essential Edinburgh BID especially at Christmas and New Year in my mind is to miss the point. What then about the West End, Stockbridge, Leith etc ? Surely the point should be that there is one concerted effort […]

Firstly it looks like we have run out of options in the Grassmarket. The shop next to Espionage is not available so that really is that. Obviously we can now cast our net wider and more importantly find somewhere that is rates free. I have been offered a shop but I’m still open to any […]

The saga continues ! A decision on the King’s Stables Road site will now be made mid February. Initially a separate issue to Avalanche reopening the ongoing issues with the Grassmarket and in particular its footfall means that it is now the key to turning things around. With news that footfall in November was down 17.6% […]

THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL Public Realm: The Grassmarket Planning Committee 4 October 2012 1 Purpose of report 1.1 To report back on the review of the Grassmarket Public Realm Project and to provide a progress report on proposals to enhance Rose Street. 2 Summary 2.1 A before-and-after review of the impact of public realm […]

1.  Withered Hand – New Gods  2.  Mogwai – Rave Tapes 3.  King Creosote – From Scotland With Love 4.  Owl John – Owl John 5.  PAWS – Youth Culture Forever 6.  James Yorkston – Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society 7.  The Twilight Sad – Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave 8.   […]