Andrew Williams

"Who are The Beatles?"

Worth the licence fee on its own.

Hey @theguardian.com where is the Thursday quiz?! Me and @corincrane.bsky.social are missing out weekly competition... 😂

Just giving this a listen, sounds great :)

Great to hear cross party support for Scotland's status as a Fair Trade Nation in Parliament today. The work of brilliant local campaigners was highlighted, as was the need to do more across all sectors, and for Fair Trade principles to be applied more widely across Scottish business

This decision is so depressing, and yet so predictable.

It must be so embarrassing to be a Labour politician at the moment :(

Lovely people doing great work...

The Commissar Vanishes...

‘It was triggered by a Fellini-esque woman who pulled a knife on someone’: how the Only Ones made Another Girl, Another Planet ‘It wasn’t a hit at the time, but when it was later used in an advert, I got paid 100 grand. I was still using drugs and the money was gone in a year’

Push comes to shove - probably the greatest single of all time?

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Lois was so lovely! I still have her Washington Square address on a Maxwell's napkin 😂

Fairtrade could help tackle exploitation in UK factories and farms, new boss says Ethical trade body could ‘offer solutions’ in advising government on protecting workers, says Eleanor Harrison

Absolutely agree the Fair Trade principles can and should be applied in the Global North too but let's also not lose sight of the original intentions of the movement www.theguardian.com/business/202...

On sale now!

Hope you have your alarm set for 10am tomorrow morning

SLR 2024: Here's one last go at wrapping up our 2024 in one handy thread. Big ups to all the bands -- a genuinely jaw-dropping dozen releases to these ears -- and to all of you who bought the records, went to the shows, helped spread the word, etc. On to 2025!

What a song.

Oh hey, hang on just a moment there. Before any Hogmanay activities get started, we wanted to let you know Glas-Goes Pop weekend tix will go on sale 10 January at 10am! Watch this space for the link and also have a very happy and safe New Year!! 🥳🎊🥂

#glasgoespop #ggp25 #glasgow #indiepop #indie

Doubt I'll be the first to post this, but, y'know, details etc...

Linda's in Cullen still does a great mock chop.

Welcome to Bluesky, Scottish Fair Trade @scottishfairtrade.bsky.social! Follow to find out what it means to be a Fair Trade Nation and how Fair Trade plays a part in achieving global justice

I am definitely not in my happy place...

Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow full of people

Good fun at the Barrowlands last night for filming of James McAvoy's "California Schemin'" - the amazing true story of Silibil N' Brains...

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Cheers to @louisedavies.bsky.social for sorting tickets!

YouTube video by mmrtara Joel Plaskett Emergency - Natural Disaster

ITT we celebrate Canadian indie bands

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Smile That Won't Go Down Filthy Boy · Album · 2013 · 12 songs

Give it a spin, but do get any impressionable ears out of the room first!

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I will love their album forever, and I guess it's maybe also a nod to all the other bands over the years we've obsessed over but who never quite make it, in a "Sweeping the Nation" style...

I chatted to them a few times but I think they were a bit wary of these enthusiastic people twice their age who kept appearing at gigs. At one point we toyed with the idea of having badges made that said "OAP not A&R." They split up a few years ago, much to our dismay.

By the end, they had @jamesendeacott.bsky.social managing them and it looked for a while like they might make it, but as you can hear from the album (which is 100% NSFW) they were kind of a difficult sell.

It later transpired they were all 17 and this was their first gig, but they sounded and acted a lot older. We were hooked. (Choo Choo Train were okay)

From there we saw them at every opportunity and they never let us down, whether they were playing to half a dozen people or a few hundred.

We were fairly well refreshed by this point and I think I was out in the beer garden when Louise came and grabbed me - "you have to come and see this band." And there were Filthy Boy.

If you've never been to The George it's quite an experience, and there was generally something odd happening. It was kind of at the periphery of the whole Libertines/Hoxton scene.

It all started on one long Saturday, maybe 2009/10.

@louisedavies.bsky.social and I had been in The Captain Kidd in Wapping and saw that there was a band called Choo Choo Train playing at the George on Commercial Road. Quick tip - if you call your band Choo Choo Train, I will come and see you.