Graeme Thomson
@graemethomson.bsky.social
Critic, feature writer & author: Under The Ivy; Small Hours; Themes For Great Cities &tc. Email: graeme@graemethomson.net; Web: www.graemethomson.net
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Some local kids write & sell their own newspaper called The Morning Moustache every few months. Last edition, I wrote a letter to the editor about a fruit & veg safari. This edition, they printed the letter & followed up with some replies from the editorial team. An extremely fun correspondence.
December 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Some local kids write & sell their own newspaper called The Morning Moustache every few months. Last edition, I wrote a letter to the editor about a fruit & veg safari. This edition, they printed the letter & followed up with some replies from the editorial team. An extremely fun correspondence.
Bardot in bardo
December 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Bardot in bardo
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Vale to Billy Sloan, whose last BBC Scotland radio show is on air as we speak. Few people have done more to further the cause of new Scottish music over the past several decades. Wishing him a speedy return to broadcasting.
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Vale to Billy Sloan, whose last BBC Scotland radio show is on air as we speak. Few people have done more to further the cause of new Scottish music over the past several decades. Wishing him a speedy return to broadcasting.
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Popped into Sandy Bell's on Christmas Eve. I can confidently say it was very likely to be the only bar in the UK on that particular evening where the musicians were playing a cover of Tom Waits's "Jockey Full of Bourbon"...
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Popped into Sandy Bell's on Christmas Eve. I can confidently say it was very likely to be the only bar in the UK on that particular evening where the musicians were playing a cover of Tom Waits's "Jockey Full of Bourbon"...
Popped into Sandy Bell's on Christmas Eve. I can confidently say it was very likely to be the only bar in the UK on that particular evening where the musicians were playing a cover of Tom Waits's "Jockey Full of Bourbon"...
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Popped into Sandy Bell's on Christmas Eve. I can confidently say it was very likely to be the only bar in the UK on that particular evening where the musicians were playing a cover of Tom Waits's "Jockey Full of Bourbon"...
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Red sky at night, shopper's delight
December 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Red sky at night, shopper's delight
Red sky at night, shopper's delight
December 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Red sky at night, shopper's delight
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Sad news about Chris Rea. I had an entertaining lunch with him at the Ivy Garden Chelsea on the day of the Grenfell tower fire - which sounds a bit like the start of a tall tale in Would I Lie To You...
December 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sad news about Chris Rea. I had an entertaining lunch with him at the Ivy Garden Chelsea on the day of the Grenfell tower fire - which sounds a bit like the start of a tall tale in Would I Lie To You...
Had to pop over to The App Formerly Known as Twitter to pick up a DM. Felt weird.
I stopped posting/looking there in March, but the mass X-odus didn't happen, clearly.
I stopped posting/looking there in March, but the mass X-odus didn't happen, clearly.
December 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Had to pop over to The App Formerly Known as Twitter to pick up a DM. Felt weird.
I stopped posting/looking there in March, but the mass X-odus didn't happen, clearly.
I stopped posting/looking there in March, but the mass X-odus didn't happen, clearly.
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#SimpleMindsTop30
✨9✨ Theme for Great Cities
The opening track from 'Sister Feelings Call'. A companion to these lists I recommend the bio by @graemethomson.bsky.social which 100% gets what it felt like buying the Minds in the 80s and growing up in the West of Scotland..
youtu.be/StHGawXsitE?...
✨9✨ Theme for Great Cities
The opening track from 'Sister Feelings Call'. A companion to these lists I recommend the bio by @graemethomson.bsky.social which 100% gets what it felt like buying the Minds in the 80s and growing up in the West of Scotland..
youtu.be/StHGawXsitE?...
December 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
#SimpleMindsTop30
✨9✨ Theme for Great Cities
The opening track from 'Sister Feelings Call'. A companion to these lists I recommend the bio by @graemethomson.bsky.social which 100% gets what it felt like buying the Minds in the 80s and growing up in the West of Scotland..
youtu.be/StHGawXsitE?...
✨9✨ Theme for Great Cities
The opening track from 'Sister Feelings Call'. A companion to these lists I recommend the bio by @graemethomson.bsky.social which 100% gets what it felt like buying the Minds in the 80s and growing up in the West of Scotland..
youtu.be/StHGawXsitE?...
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Pop stars say lots of daft things, especially in the early days of their career when they're drunk/unguarded/desperate to make a splash. I still think Costello's 'revenge and guilt' line is one of the most memorable 'manifestos', even if it became something of an albatross. Are there better ones?
December 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Pop stars say lots of daft things, especially in the early days of their career when they're drunk/unguarded/desperate to make a splash. I still think Costello's 'revenge and guilt' line is one of the most memorable 'manifestos', even if it became something of an albatross. Are there better ones?
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PLEASE KEEP SHARING - the press are listening
"Dear BBC Radio Scotland, We are musicians from Scotland... there is one thing we share. It was BBC Radio Scotland late-night shows that gave our music a chance."
Full letter: tr.ee/9uKS89 @angusrobertson.bsky.social @thesmia.bsky.social
"Dear BBC Radio Scotland, We are musicians from Scotland... there is one thing we share. It was BBC Radio Scotland late-night shows that gave our music a chance."
Full letter: tr.ee/9uKS89 @angusrobertson.bsky.social @thesmia.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
PLEASE KEEP SHARING - the press are listening
"Dear BBC Radio Scotland, We are musicians from Scotland... there is one thing we share. It was BBC Radio Scotland late-night shows that gave our music a chance."
Full letter: tr.ee/9uKS89 @angusrobertson.bsky.social @thesmia.bsky.social
"Dear BBC Radio Scotland, We are musicians from Scotland... there is one thing we share. It was BBC Radio Scotland late-night shows that gave our music a chance."
Full letter: tr.ee/9uKS89 @angusrobertson.bsky.social @thesmia.bsky.social
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I don't know much, but I do know that you'll be doing well in this life to find someone who loves you the way Mark Hollis loved Mark Feltham's harmonica playing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvj...
The Daily Planet
YouTube video by Mark Hollis - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I don't know much, but I do know that you'll be doing well in this life to find someone who loves you the way Mark Hollis loved Mark Feltham's harmonica playing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvj...
I don't know much, but I do know that you'll be doing well in this life to find someone who loves you the way Mark Hollis loved Mark Feltham's harmonica playing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvj...
The Daily Planet
YouTube video by Mark Hollis - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I don't know much, but I do know that you'll be doing well in this life to find someone who loves you the way Mark Hollis loved Mark Feltham's harmonica playing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvj...
Such a deeply unserious country...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
King Charles pours 'perfect pint' at new brewery
King Charles visited a new Guinness brewery in London on his first visit since sharing
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Such a deeply unserious country...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Aside from all the other aspects of his creativity and personality (and persona), birthday boy Keith Richards is a great, great songwriter. Proud to share a writing credit (kind of) with the old devil.
December 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Aside from all the other aspects of his creativity and personality (and persona), birthday boy Keith Richards is a great, great songwriter. Proud to share a writing credit (kind of) with the old devil.