The Toad on Fresh Air

Yes indeed, people. In a few hours I shall be making my radio bow on Edinburgh University’s Fresh Air Radio, which I am sure will be a suitably terrifying experience.  No matter how piss-easy I’m sure this stuff is (I mean, one button to play, one button to talk - hardly rocket science, surely) I [...]

Richard Godwin - One of Many

I am writing this one quick, because that unemployment rant needs to be shunted down the page pronto! Christ, sometimes I really need to remind myself that this site is supposed to about music - music you fool!
It’s rare that a simple acoustic troubadour manages to avoid sounding a little thin, but this is [...]

Job Hunting - People Are Such Cunts

A friend of mine is suffering from an appalling time trying to find a job, and it’s hard to offer sympathy in that kind of situation, but I have been through this before, so I do have some idea. It took me almost a year to get my first job in what I trained [...]