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The last two blogs really were just an attempt to state the bare bones of what has happened over the last eight years and left out far more than was included. It did however give a useful timeline and basic idea of what has gone on. Others shared my frustration and offered very sensible ideas […]

I get asked a lot about these things so I’m making an attempt to as briefly as possible explain the last eight years of council dealings so I can refer to it when people ask. Part two: November 2014 – June 2018. One of the people who got in touch about the arts hub for King’s […]

I still get asked a lot about this so I’m making an attempt to as briefly as possible explain the last eight years of council dealings so I can refer to it. Part one: Nov 2010 – Jan 2015. In November 2010 Avalanche moved to the Grassmarket encouraged by Edinburgh Council’s intention to make it […]

I had hoped to make some definitive statement on the ScotPop Centre this weekend but I haven’t been able to speak to everybody I need to and the opening of the museum’s Rip It Up exhibition raised more questions that had to be dealt with but at least in a good way. Thanks for your […]

This weekend is exactly a year since the successful Fruitmarket Gallery exhibition and by coincidence just days before the museum’s Rip It Up exhibition starts. Despite lots of interest and some great support from individuals we don’t have an Edinburgh space or any sponsorship. That isn’t to say there has been no interest at all […]

This is something I will have more to say about in my Edinburgh Evening News column but it absolutely clear things can not go on as they are. If left to the market the city centre will deteriorate to nothing more than food outlets, tartan tat and beauticians / nail bars/ hairdressers. If Edinburgh Council […]

I could  give you a long explanation as to how the current methods for sales and marketing music only work for the very few all of whom have developed their fan base under a completely different system and how for everybody else all the accepted ways of selling and marketing are wrong but I feel I’ve […]

“Johnny thinks the world would be right If it would buy the truth from him” I went to see Robert Palmer at the Playhouse in June 1981 (date courtesy of the Edinburgh Gig Archive) just to hear “Johnny and Mary”. Otherwise I wasn’t really a fan but I loved that song. I was never sure […]

As expected there has been no last minute offer of a building or money though every possibility hasn’t quite been exhausted yet. There was always a plan to set up a non-profit making organisation with a board once we had reached the point of opening the centre as that is how all such things are […]

Sadly it looks like we have run out of time to find a home for the centre in time for the summer. Everything from what we have been offered to very visible worldwide promotion has gone well beyond all my expectations but I’ve been unable to find a home or any substantial financial support. Money is […]