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‘ I’m 38. It’s about time I stopped thinking about myself as a young apprentice and pushed myself further.
V MUSIC
Once upon a time there was an Edinburgh scene, and though not on a par with Merseybeat or Madchester, it did give us those girly guitar popsters, The Shop Assistants, who made the cover of AME and got the opening track
. - - - i - ‘It’s Up To You’ - on side two of said A t | — h small“ 8 rugg e t e mums magazine’s seminal C86 compilation.
strike and the abolition of the
, , . Greater London Council had been OK, It wasn’t quite as embarrassmg as big ranging cries
when the Tories got Kenny Everett on in 1935 _ but
board to prove to the kids how ‘with it’ the", was A they were, but Red Wedge was an something a "me ~ T example of the sad truth that the "a" about pop
wanton spirit of rock just doesn’t sit stars plugging comfortably with the sensible decorum the Labour pany_ of organised politics. Sure, it was cool Good gigs,
for the likes of Billy Bragg and Paul though.
Weller to ally themselves with the
The then Third Eye Centre celebrated
30 years of Oscar Marzaroli, the
ltalo-Scot who became Glasgow’s
f. v ‘ \ -- \ unofficial photographer through his
~ ~ ~ , \ powerful black and white images of
. r ~ ‘ g ‘ urban grandeur and decay. His work
‘ “N if _ ‘v. ' no doubt helped shift a few extra
"° ' ‘ copies of Deacon Blue’s Baintown the following year as well. Asked by The
Listabout his commitment to the city,
he replied: ‘l’ll photograph it till it
Liz Lochhead rode the wave of vigorous Scots versions of Moliere, which falls apart.’
proved that a zesty translation
could still make the irreverent . . French playwright funny. Her a cunt only d'dlfglé‘bmgh fie: “S N THE intelligent treatment of e ommonwea “"95, u
73mm, opened at the also it got the Commonwealth Royal Lyceum, Arts Festival with an exotic w Edinburgh, with a programme of music, theatre, contemporary twang dance and, er, textiles A 26- which theopopular poet year-old Mhiari Mackenzie . “'35 cena'" {"9 590“ Robinson took over from Michael Language 50”" "0"” Dale as administrator of the
. ; a hate. Perhaps they did, but - - 9 3* 7 the production was universally Edinbu'g!‘ ange Edmbmgh.s _ , welcomed_ Cameo Cinema came back to life
after four years of neglect Naked Video popped onto our ‘. . screens in the first of about 87 series, so introducing Bab C. Hesbitt to an unsuspecting world Having establishedthemselves in the Beacon Blue signed to (:33 “"V 805 “'"h a s"'“9 0‘ Craig Ferguson, aka Bing Hitler,
perfectly-'0'de POP “"5! “me was in his live-and-dangerous
Lennox and Dave Stewart got back on the road to build on the success of heyday and founded on the year
their 1986 singles ‘Thorn in My Side’ W" a! WWW '9'5'0" 0‘ and ‘Miracle of Love’, treating sell-out Sleepmg Beauty at the 7'0“- crowds at the SECC to a vibrant set featuring an acoustic ‘Who’s That Girl’ and a reggae ‘Hight By Your Side’.