Lost Glasgow
@lostglasgow.bsky.social
Trying to make sense of my surroundings, and myself, in an ever-changing city. Dreamer and imagineer.
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
A big hand...
One of the odd things about this writing life is watching your mitts grow older as they batter the keyboard.
A zoom-in, taken at an event last year.
And, yes, I'm smoking a fag...
One of the odd things about this writing life is watching your mitts grow older as they batter the keyboard.
A zoom-in, taken at an event last year.
And, yes, I'm smoking a fag...
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A big hand...
One of the odd things about this writing life is watching your mitts grow older as they batter the keyboard.
A zoom-in, taken at an event last year.
And, yes, I'm smoking a fag...
One of the odd things about this writing life is watching your mitts grow older as they batter the keyboard.
A zoom-in, taken at an event last year.
And, yes, I'm smoking a fag...
Ambitions...
Ksenia Parkhatskaya shakes and quakes like a jumped on snake!
Brilliant!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipAe...
Ksenia Parkhatskaya shakes and quakes like a jumped on snake!
Brilliant!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipAe...
Body art & Charleston 20s by Ksenia Parkhatskaya - "Honeysuckle Rose" at Snowball 2013
YouTube video by Ksenia Parkhatskaya
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December 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Ambitions...
Ksenia Parkhatskaya shakes and quakes like a jumped on snake!
Brilliant!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipAe...
Ksenia Parkhatskaya shakes and quakes like a jumped on snake!
Brilliant!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipAe...
A week of lurgy:
"Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.
I've read, that things inanimate have mov'd,
And, as with living Souls, have been inform'd,
By Magick Numbers and persuasive Sound."
William Congreve, 1657
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf99...
"Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.
I've read, that things inanimate have mov'd,
And, as with living Souls, have been inform'd,
By Magick Numbers and persuasive Sound."
William Congreve, 1657
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf99...
Black Lips Starting Over
YouTube video by bonnie w
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December 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A week of lurgy:
"Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.
I've read, that things inanimate have mov'd,
And, as with living Souls, have been inform'd,
By Magick Numbers and persuasive Sound."
William Congreve, 1657
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf99...
"Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.
I've read, that things inanimate have mov'd,
And, as with living Souls, have been inform'd,
By Magick Numbers and persuasive Sound."
William Congreve, 1657
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf99...
RIP rag trade queen Vera Weisfeld, of What Every Woman Wants fame.
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
RIP rag trade queen Vera Weisfeld, of What Every Woman Wants fame.
Arsenic and old bakes...
A festive warning from 1871.
Pic: Bedfordshire Times (British Newspaper Archive).
A festive warning from 1871.
Pic: Bedfordshire Times (British Newspaper Archive).
December 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Arsenic and old bakes...
A festive warning from 1871.
Pic: Bedfordshire Times (British Newspaper Archive).
A festive warning from 1871.
Pic: Bedfordshire Times (British Newspaper Archive).
Go Home Productions "Rolling Confusion" Rolling Stones-Temptations
YouTube video by mark vidler
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December 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Been suffering a bit of a lurgy - achy, shaky, snottering - and sleeping a lot.
Last night in my sweaty fever-dream, I was trying to keep this car on the road...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8mH...
Last night in my sweaty fever-dream, I was trying to keep this car on the road...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8mH...
Sankt Otten - Wenig Worte für ein Ende
YouTube video by Denovali Records
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December 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Been suffering a bit of a lurgy - achy, shaky, snottering - and sleeping a lot.
Last night in my sweaty fever-dream, I was trying to keep this car on the road...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8mH...
Last night in my sweaty fever-dream, I was trying to keep this car on the road...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8mH...
This was more entertaining - a stocious Rod drawing the Scottish Cup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xPD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xPD...
When Rod Stewart conducted the Scottish Cup draw
YouTube video by Sky Sports Retro
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December 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This was more entertaining - a stocious Rod drawing the Scottish Cup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xPD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xPD...
A fab follow-up to my Led Zep post; the band on the First World War shell in Central Station in 1972.
Those jeans look a bit tight.
When my tailor asked me which side I dressed to, I said: 'Away from the window...'
Those jeans look a bit tight.
When my tailor asked me which side I dressed to, I said: 'Away from the window...'
December 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A fab follow-up to my Led Zep post; the band on the First World War shell in Central Station in 1972.
Those jeans look a bit tight.
When my tailor asked me which side I dressed to, I said: 'Away from the window...'
Those jeans look a bit tight.
When my tailor asked me which side I dressed to, I said: 'Away from the window...'
#OTD in 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience played two shows at Green's Playhouse, with some pretty hefty support.
Backstage/onstage pics of The Experience by my late mate, Ronnie Anderson.
Backstage/onstage pics of The Experience by my late mate, Ronnie Anderson.
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#OTD in 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience played two shows at Green's Playhouse, with some pretty hefty support.
Backstage/onstage pics of The Experience by my late mate, Ronnie Anderson.
Backstage/onstage pics of The Experience by my late mate, Ronnie Anderson.
All aboard for an illuminating adventure...
Back in 1964, when vehicles could still go 'up Sauchie, doon Buckie, and alang Argyle', Glasgow Corporation Transport used to run their own, dedicated Christmas lights bus tour.
Back in 1964, when vehicles could still go 'up Sauchie, doon Buckie, and alang Argyle', Glasgow Corporation Transport used to run their own, dedicated Christmas lights bus tour.
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
All aboard for an illuminating adventure...
Back in 1964, when vehicles could still go 'up Sauchie, doon Buckie, and alang Argyle', Glasgow Corporation Transport used to run their own, dedicated Christmas lights bus tour.
Back in 1964, when vehicles could still go 'up Sauchie, doon Buckie, and alang Argyle', Glasgow Corporation Transport used to run their own, dedicated Christmas lights bus tour.
#OTD in 1972, Led Zeppelin touched down in Glasgow.
Trouble was, before the gig, they were refused entry to the Central Hotel's posh Mal Maison restaurant, as none of the band, or their entourage, were wearing ties.
Trouble was, before the gig, they were refused entry to the Central Hotel's posh Mal Maison restaurant, as none of the band, or their entourage, were wearing ties.
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#OTD in 1972, Led Zeppelin touched down in Glasgow.
Trouble was, before the gig, they were refused entry to the Central Hotel's posh Mal Maison restaurant, as none of the band, or their entourage, were wearing ties.
Trouble was, before the gig, they were refused entry to the Central Hotel's posh Mal Maison restaurant, as none of the band, or their entourage, were wearing ties.
Also saddened to hear of the passing of guitarist, Steve Cropper, of Booker T and the MGs.
In March 1967, Otis Redding and the Stax/Volt review pulled up at the Glasgow Locarno, in Sauchiehall Street.
Can you imagine the magic, and all for just 17 shillings and sixpence?
In March 1967, Otis Redding and the Stax/Volt review pulled up at the Glasgow Locarno, in Sauchiehall Street.
Can you imagine the magic, and all for just 17 shillings and sixpence?
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Also saddened to hear of the passing of guitarist, Steve Cropper, of Booker T and the MGs.
In March 1967, Otis Redding and the Stax/Volt review pulled up at the Glasgow Locarno, in Sauchiehall Street.
Can you imagine the magic, and all for just 17 shillings and sixpence?
In March 1967, Otis Redding and the Stax/Volt review pulled up at the Glasgow Locarno, in Sauchiehall Street.
Can you imagine the magic, and all for just 17 shillings and sixpence?
Bow yer head, a great one be passing...
Sorry to hear of the death of Adam McNaughtan - The Jeely Piece Song, Where is the Glasgow that I used to know - and this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Bm...
Sorry to hear of the death of Adam McNaughtan - The Jeely Piece Song, Where is the Glasgow that I used to know - and this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Bm...
They're Pulling Doon the Buildin' Next Tae Oors
YouTube video by bigmanio
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December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Bow yer head, a great one be passing...
Sorry to hear of the death of Adam McNaughtan - The Jeely Piece Song, Where is the Glasgow that I used to know - and this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Bm...
Sorry to hear of the death of Adam McNaughtan - The Jeely Piece Song, Where is the Glasgow that I used to know - and this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Bm...
I dogged a week of our school wanderings last week - didn't even have a note from my mum but, fortunately, the long-dead dominies didn't notice my absence...
Image/text: The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture by Frank Worsdall
Image/text: The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture by Frank Worsdall
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I dogged a week of our school wanderings last week - didn't even have a note from my mum but, fortunately, the long-dead dominies didn't notice my absence...
Image/text: The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture by Frank Worsdall
Image/text: The City that Disappeared - Glasgow's Demolished Architecture by Frank Worsdall
The downtown lights...
A particularly quiet night on Renfield Street, in 1963, with the Christmas lights stretching into the distance like a great glowing festive tunnel.
Pic: TSPL
A particularly quiet night on Renfield Street, in 1963, with the Christmas lights stretching into the distance like a great glowing festive tunnel.
Pic: TSPL
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The downtown lights...
A particularly quiet night on Renfield Street, in 1963, with the Christmas lights stretching into the distance like a great glowing festive tunnel.
Pic: TSPL
A particularly quiet night on Renfield Street, in 1963, with the Christmas lights stretching into the distance like a great glowing festive tunnel.
Pic: TSPL
What a difference a day makes...
Fresh home from a beery, blethery, bacchanal of an afternoon and evening in Dundee to celebrate my late mate and former colleague, Dr Shona Main.
The train ride home spent wrapped in a soft, silvery eiderdown of low mist and fog.
Fresh home from a beery, blethery, bacchanal of an afternoon and evening in Dundee to celebrate my late mate and former colleague, Dr Shona Main.
The train ride home spent wrapped in a soft, silvery eiderdown of low mist and fog.
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What a difference a day makes...
Fresh home from a beery, blethery, bacchanal of an afternoon and evening in Dundee to celebrate my late mate and former colleague, Dr Shona Main.
The train ride home spent wrapped in a soft, silvery eiderdown of low mist and fog.
Fresh home from a beery, blethery, bacchanal of an afternoon and evening in Dundee to celebrate my late mate and former colleague, Dr Shona Main.
The train ride home spent wrapped in a soft, silvery eiderdown of low mist and fog.
“Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince;
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
What a writer!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
What a writer!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
The King and Queen pay tribute to a
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November 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
“Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince;
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
What a writer!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
What a writer!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Greil Marcus said: 'There's only two Everly boys; when they do it right, I hear three...'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Aq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Aq...
Love Is Strange (2007 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Everly Brothers - Topic
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November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Greil Marcus said: 'There's only two Everly boys; when they do it right, I hear three...'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Aq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Aq...
Thinking of Clem; one of my dream drummers.
Whit a cool cat, and a lovely guy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU3-...
Whit a cool cat, and a lovely guy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU3-...
Blondie - Dreaming
YouTube video by BlondieVEVO
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November 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Thinking of Clem; one of my dream drummers.
Whit a cool cat, and a lovely guy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU3-...
Whit a cool cat, and a lovely guy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU3-...
Glasgow Central
YouTube video by Billy Connolly - Topic
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November 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Off out to the opening of this, then a birthday party for my 98-year-old artist pal.
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/stil...
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/stil...
Still Glasgow - Glasgow Life
GoMA
www.glasgowlife.org.uk
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Off out to the opening of this, then a birthday party for my 98-year-old artist pal.
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/stil...
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/stil...