2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Over the weekend, I went through to Edinburgh to see some of the goings on at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe (aka The Fringe). Now in its 60th year, The Fringe has now become more popular than the actual Edinburgh International Festival itself with hundreds of shows on over the 3-week period that it runs, […]
Funny stuff
Hi folks This is just a random post with a video clip (again from youtube.com) of one of the funniest acceptance speeches ever. It is from the MTV Movie Awards and Gollum from The Lord Of The Rings Movies is accepting the “Best Virtual Character” award. Enjoy! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4vaOL2hiCw&w=425&h=350] Speak soon! The Cardman 🙂
More FISM 2006-related stuff
Right now, I’m in the process of trying to sort out my pictures from my trip to the 2006 FISM World Championships of Magic before I post any more stuff up about my trip. For now, however, I’d like to share a couple of videoclips that have been posted on youtube.com of acts that were […]
FISM 2006 Close Up Competiton
On Monday afternoon, the first day of FISM 2006, I managed to get a seat in the main room for this year’s Close Up Competition. It was the only time in the entire week that I would even attempt to get into the main room. With only 260 seats, space was at a premium. Next […]
FISM 2006, Stockholm, Sweden
I wanted to be able to post up more often, but things have been a bit crazier than I thought they would be this year. Mind you, it’s been a lot of fun. The standard of the Close Up Competition varied from brilliant to downright awful, with only one act being disqualified by the judges […]
Billy Joel, Glasgow SECC, 24 July 2006
Last Monday saw Billy Joel’s first solo concert in Glasgow for about 12 years. I had seen him when he last performed in Glasgow when the Face To Face tour he did with Elton John came to Ibrox Stadium in 1998. That was great, but this one was even better! I had a great seat […]
Guns N’ Roses Concert, Glasgow SECC, 21 July 2006
Last night was a night for nostalgia. A night for letting whatever hair I’ve got left down and enjoying a great night out listening to songs that got me into rock music in the first place. Guns N’ Roses came to Glasgow last night for what I understand was their first ever gig on Scottish […]
FISM 2009 Candidates
Next weekend, I’ll be flying to Stockholm in Sweden for the 2006 FISM World Championships of Magic. During the week, 3 cities will be vying to become the host city for the 2009 FISM World Championships – Beijing in China, Vienna in Austria and Granda in Spain. Sadly, the Chinese do not have a website […]
Crazy Mixed Emotions
Well, after THE worst couple of weeks of my life so far, I’ve now got a couple of weeks that I have been looking forward to for what seems like ages! It all starts this Friday night when my best mate, Peter, and I go to the SECC in Glasgow to see a nice quiet […]
My Dad
Last Wednesday – 5 July 2006 – at 4:30pm my Dad, Alexander Campbell McLanachan, known to the world as Campbell, died after spending several days in Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock. He was 65 years, 4 months and 19 days old. Dad became unwell on Sunday when he was at the local Co-op store to pick up […]