March 2007

Spread the word...

Top Ten Glasgow Guide is beginning to find its feet in the crazy big world out there. I've been receiving a few messages from you all, asking whether you can sort out a link to my little site, and following an embarrassing amount of huffing & puffing on my part, I've finally worked out how to build this wee page, and hope it helps you do just that.

I mean, there should be an award for brainiac wizardry like this! OK, so I'd never win it, but everyone loves a trier, don't they?

Anywho, there are a number of ways you can link to my site, and if you've any queries about the whole thing, just let me know.

You might also have noticed that I now have a wee friendly favicon to help me. If you can't see it in the address bar in your browser (which may be likely if you run with Internet Explorer), simply left-click on the 'e' icon you see in the address bar, keep your finger down and drag the mouse a bit to the right. You might have to do this a few times and even refresh your browser, but eventually you'll be introduced to a wee Glasgow's Miles Better Mr. Smiley every time you visit my site from now on.

Just a wee bit of fun to lighten the day, really.

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Fonn's Duthchas comes to the Kelvingrove

Fonn's Duthchas (Land and Heritage), a much-acclaimed showcase exhibition about the Scottish Highlands, will be coming to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum from 6th April until 10th June 2007, having spent the start of the year touring around Scotland.

It's touted as a modern showcase for Highland culture reflecting the roots, values and cultural heritage of a creative and freethinking people, promoting a celebration of the heritage and creativity of a society which continues to contribute so significantly to the cultural identity of Scotland. Basically, this'll involve a strong multimedia element with music, poetry and song, and will embrace personal accounts of work and home life, providing a platform for the work of contemporary artists who'll concentrate on emphasising the strong link between past, present and future in the Highlands.

So here's the thing. For those of you using Glasgow as a springboard to the Highlands, I'd strongly recommend that you take a peep at this exhibition if you'll be here between April and June. Learning more about the place you'll be exploring can only be a good thing, as you'll get a rich flavour of the kind of people you can expect to meet there, and learn the roots of one of the most beautiful and talked about areas on the planet.

I really do wish that I had the time to build a section on the Highlands given how close they are to Glasgow (maybe I will someday), but given that in honour of my recent blograte there's a statue of me presently being built in Glasgow, depicting a tired, docile tortoise absently scratching his weary shell with a look of confusion on his weathered face, for the moment I'll just soldier on gently with the best of my home town.

In response to some of your concerns about my absent nonsense (my favourite of which was Thomas from Georgetown, Ontario, who thinks, quite correctly I have to admit, that I'm so lazy I even hate emptying the trash in my PC's recycle bin), the main reason I've been as silent as a wee mute moose recently, is because I've been spending my days fighting the good (but crazy busy) fight at work, and doing a lot of techy stuff in the background for the site, like building inbound links and generating traffic etc., all A plus excitement I can tell you.

So thanks for your concerns, and I hope I'll be gearing it back up again with proper bo' pages in the coming months. Bet ye cannae wait, cin ye?...

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The Glasgow laughter continues...

It's here again.

Continuing Glasgow's annual hogshead of globally respected events, the fifth Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival kicks off tomorrow.

In years past this outstanding festival has attracted thousands to the city, rivalling similar set ups throughout the UK (including a complete trouncing of even Edinburgh's much-trumpeted equivalent), and this year promises to be the best yet.

The great thing about the festival is that you can pop into a local pub and watch an up and coming talent working through his or her nerves, or you can book a seat in a larger venue where the bigger names in comedy will be playing.

The festival runs from 8th March until 24th March, and involves about 40 venues with over 300 shows. My suggestion? If you're here you'd be well advised to head to Oran Mor at the end corner of Byres Road and Great Western Road, where you'll be treated to a superb night's entertainment entitled A Play, a Pie, and a Pint. Other stand out shows will include powerhouse acts like Russell Brand (if you can follow the loose strings of logic, a must-see) and Jimmy Carr, both of which you'll see being sold out like stolen candy in eBay, but also includes kids shows like CBBC's Silly Billy Bum Breath at the Stand, and acts like Robin Ince (very funny. I've seen him twice guesting for Ricky Gervais), our very own crazyhorse Phil Kay, and starlets in the making like Josie Long, Dubliner Andrew Maxwell, and LimmyDotCom (whose blog hit the headlines in startling style last year).

So it's definitely worth a punt if you'll be here. Check your ribs at the door cause they'll end up sore, as the saying goes. Have a gander around the official site here, and if you need any more info, just let me know. In the meantime, what do you call a fish with no eyes? - A fsh...

Yeah I know, don't quit the day job Docherty.

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