The Soundtrack of My Life
I’ve posted this on my “networking” sites – MySpace and Bebo – and it is a very interesting wee excercise to do. What happens is you put your ipod on shuffle and then answer the questions by writing down the tracks in the order they come up on. Some of these are really spooky!!!!! Opening […]
Derren Brown at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
I wanted to wait until Derren Brown’s tour, “Mind Reader – An Evening of Wonders”, was over before blogging this, just in case anyone reading this was going to the show. This was my 3rd time seeing Derren live in Glasgow and it was, once again, an excellent show. This time, I went with my […]
Dad – A year already!
They say (whoever “they” are) that time goes quicker when you’re having fun. Well, it’s not exactly been a great year, not always fun, but it has been amazingly quick. Where the last 12 months have gone is a bit of a mystery to me. It’s a year to the day since my Dad died. […]
More lecture news
Hi folks Next Tuesday, 3rd July, I’ll be in Watford presenting my lecture to the Watford Association of Magicians. The lecture starts at 8pm and entry for non-members is £5. This is the first time I’ve lectured in England and I am both apprehensive and looking forward to it. I hope the members and visitors […]
Terrorvision/Television Memories
Many moons ago – 10 years to be exact! – my sister, Mhairi, and I would have our regular Saturday night TV shows. One of these was Channel 4’s “Last Chance Lottery”, a gameshow based on that night’s National Lottery draw and hosted by Patrick Kielty. Our favourite memory of this mental show is the […]
Velvet Revolver, SECC, 10 June 2007
This all starts last Wednesday when I got an e-mail from the SECC tickets e-mail list saying that the promoters were giving away a limited number of free tickets to the Velvet Revolver concert at the SECC. All I needed to do was e-mail them with my name, e-mail and phone number and I’d be […]
Chan Canasta
While brousing through YouTube recently, I came across the following videos. They are of a performer who, in the 1950s, caused a huge sensation on British TV. His name was Chan Canasta and his TV show in the ’50s caused a huge sensation. On a magical level, he was prepared to take risks that many, […]
Lectures
In a couple of previous posts, I’ve mentioned that I had been asked to present my magic lecture at a couple of places – the Scottish Association of Magical Societies Convention in Montrose at the end of April (at 10:15 on the Sunday morning!) and at Glasgow Magic Circle‘s President’s Night at the beginning of […]
Catch up – Germany (Long post!)
Well, the trip to Germany is now but a memory. But what a series of memories they are! It was almost like being part of a rock tour – a different day, a different city – so this is going to be a fairly lengthy post as we managed to cram a ton of stuff […]
Upcoming Lectures
I’m taking a few moments out while in the process of typing up about my Germany trip to let you know of a couple of lectures that I’ve got coming up in the near future. The first happens this Tuesday night – 8 May 2007 – at Glasgow Magic Circle. It is their President’s Night […]