“Y’all is Fantasy Island have been hibernating of late, only playing two shows in the last 11 months, both in Edinburgh. This Captain’s Rest gig is their first performance in Glasgow since June 2009 and will see the band augmented by former member Robbie Lesiuk on guitar. The group are polishing demos for their 5th LP which they plan to starting recording in February next year.”
21 September 2010 at The Captains Rest, Glasgow – doors about 8pm. Also playing are Jamie Sturrock and Burnt Island.
I managed to break my glasses last night. I fell asleep on the sofa and woke up with my glasses underneath me and one of the legs snapped off. It wouldn’t bother me so much, but that’s the second pair I have broken in the space of a month or so. The last pair inexplicably snapped all by themselves when I was busy sunbathing. It transpired that I was sunbathing a bit too much as my painfully red chest would show later that night, but that’s another story.
So when I had to find my spare glasses this morning, it turns out I accidentally hid them when unpacking from my holiday. Thats OK though, because it’s really easy to see what you are doing indoors while wearing prescription sunglasses. I imagine driving at night will be equally easy.
Luckily I do have some contact lenses too, but they make me a bit odd when I wear them. Like I am stoned or something. Again, this makes driving an interesting experience.
The good news is that they were stupidly cheap, so I have been able to order replacements for next to nothing. In fact I ordered a new set of frames (to put my existing lenses in), a new pair of identical complete glasses so I have a backup plus another two pairs of different glasses just because I fancied them. Total cost £50. Including shipping.
You have to love the internet.
Nothing is ever as simple as it should be. For instance, my nice incredibly simple blog theme that I was quite happy with – but turns out only looked like I wanted on about three computers.
I’ll maybe go back to it one day, but in the meantime let’s just have the default.

at long last, you can download it for free here
http://www.wisebloodindustries.com/releases/adam-stafford-the-death-bridge-convention/
Also, a nice review in ‘Is This Music?’
http://www.isthismusic.com/adam-stafford
I have no link to an online version, but it did get 5/5 in ‘The List’ too…
“Highly original, utterly georous mini-LP of cover versions of Devo, The Twilight Sad and others, with a notable list of contributors including Emily Scott and Alan Bissett.”
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