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A riso printed poster in blue and red for Edinburgh Zine Fair

Three Chords and a Photocopier (or a Riso machine) - a look at the Edinburgh Zine Fair 2025 - still on today!

https://daredevilsandwarriors.com/2025/11/02/three-chords-and-a-photocopier-or-a-riso-machine/

#zinefair #comics #zines #Edinburgh #Scotland

Tom is the Cake King of Angmar #gbbo

Three musicians on stage

Not the greatest picture but a great night watching Robert Forster and his Swedish band in Edinburgh. We got the story of the inspiration behind the song Breakfast on the Train which tells the tale of a night of passion in Edinburgh.

#livemusic #gig #robertforster #GoBetweens

Next year in November, the Voyager 1 spacecraft will be ONE full light day away from the Earth!

Launched in 1977, it took almost 50 Earth years to reach "just" distance of 1 light day

Space is so big and we are so tiny :blobcatgiggle:

I just backed HAIRSPRAY MAGAZINE #2 on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hairspray/hairspray-magazine-2?ref=android_thanks_share

Four piece band on a small stage.

A man with a microphone on stage in front of a sign reading Tenement Trail

A large venue with a band on stage.

A band on stage in a converted church with stained glass windows.

To Glasgow yesterday for Tenement Trail - an event showcasing dozens of bands around the Gallowgate and centred on the iconic Barrowland Ballroom.

I enjoyed Theo Bleak, Vanderlye, The Zebecks, No Windows, Waverley, Gallus, Stride and Chloe Slater.

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I must admit I always listen to the same 3 or 4 Sonic Youth albums so am giving the others a try. Washing Machine is great.

#sonicyouth #music

A woman with blond hair and a red top on stage singing

Lung Leg were great - poppy but spiky. They had some nice new t-shirts but I had to get one of the Jaime Hernandez designed 'maid to minx' shirts.

Terrible photos sorry, I was right at the back!

#livemusic #gig #leith #leit
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A band on stage - a man with a red tshirt has a microphone

Braved Storm Amy to head to the Onion Cellar at Leith Depot last night. On the bill were Those Unfortunates, Shinlifter and Lung Leg. Some nice terrace singalongs from Housemartinesque Those Unfortunates.

Highlight for me were Shinlifter whose singer was […]

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@ikuturso @pixelfed hi yes, the website is fine and I can post but the android app is throwing an error

@pixelfed the web page works fine, so maybe an app issue?

Pixelfed seems to be down since yesterday? Or at least my android phone app is giving an error 'the service may be temporarily unavailable ' @pixelfed #pixelfed

Side-by-side images of Banksy’s mural on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. On the left, the artwork appears faded and scrubbed, leaving only a ghostly outline of a judge raising a gavel over a protester holding a placard. On the right, the mural is fully visible in sharp black and white stencil, showing a judge in a traditional white wig and robes striking down at a protester who defends himself with a bloodied sign.

They erased Banksy’s mural in London — just like they erase Gaza’s story every day. 💔

A riso printed poster in blue advertising an exhibition by artist Jon McNaught

A man sits at a counter giving a talk

Wonderful purveyors of BD for the people of Edinburgh, La Belle Adventure Bookshop held an event yesterday with Jon McNaught, now himself based in the city. I write a little about it and his new book Hors Scène (Off Stage) published by Dargaud.
#comics […]

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Started to use the fediverse alternative to GoodReads. Check out my first review if you feel so inclined https://ramblingreaders.org/book/455584/s/you-me-against-the-world

#books

Austerity and the cuts that came were devestating. Suicides and ruined life chances. It fed the rage that kindled populist nationalism - of the more progressive type in Scotland but of the racist type elsewhere.

It was not all down to Fred, he was just a symptom of how society was and is […]

With a turn by Brian Cox as the ghost of Adam Smith, the play did not hold back. The audience seemed genuinely moved and there were a number of times people spontaneously cheered or called out - so many were impacted especially in this town.

I remember losing my job that year as the resulting […]

Yesterday I braved the insane crowds in Edinburgh. It was crazy Saturday with peak Festival crowds meeting the bucket hatted hordes heading to see Oasis at Murrayfield.

I was going to see Make it Happen at the Festival Theatre. This play examined the financial crisis of 2008, particularly the […]

Doing my Sunday ritual of reading all the newsletters, patreons and what not that get emailed to me. This is a good way to discover new stuff and I backed this interesting looking book on kickstarter which was hyped by Kieron Gillan.

Total Recall of the Heart by Phoebe Hedges […]

Cover of a book with a photo of the band Rote Kapelle

Cover of a book with two women on stage

Page from a book with an image of a gig poster

Got this cool book. You and me Against the World by Saskia Holling. The story of the mid 80s indie scene in Edinburgh via some key bands.
I remember seeing Jesse Garon and the Desperados at my local indie disco when I was still at school in Dunfermline. The […]

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A pile of small press comics

Thoughts and highlights from Sequential Scotland, a new con in Glasgow.

https://daredevilsandwarriors.com/2025/08/03/sequential-scotland/

#comics #smallpress

A band with female singer on stage with red lighting

A band on stage

A cat drawing on a hand

Hit the crowded streets of Edinburgh last night to see a couple of bands at Sneakys. Great sets from Shinlifter and Chunk. Appreciated the optional cat drawing on my hand as my entry stamp. Whole thing organized by Fuzz Bat.

#edinburgh #gigs #livemusic #music

Poster for Small Press Day 2025

After a rather too long a break I have written something on Daredevils and Warriors dot com. Some reflections on Small Press Day and the state of indie comics right now, especially in Scotland. Plus some recommendations for some great books that are funding […]

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Enjoyed Superman. Good narrative decisions in getting right into the action without long origin story. Bold moral choices taking a stand against genocide with reference primarily to Israel but also Russia. Great casting. Lovely dog. #superman #Superman2025 #dc #supermanmovie

A woman holds a homemade sign calling for arms embargo against Israel

A crowd with Palestinian flags

A crowd with Palestinian flags

Scottish national demo for #Palestine in Edinburgh

Been playing a lot of city builder strategy games. Manor Lords is probably the best so far, really beautiful. Started playing Frostpunk which is challenging!

As an immigrant, I’ve never understood the British mentality of we need to control immigration when its own diaspora is all over the globe?

Twitter/ X is MySpace in slow motion

Black and white photo of Los Angeles 1937 showing white woman with sign saying "stop illegal raids by immigration dept." with black men behind looking on.

Los Angeles 1937

A huge billboard covering the entire side of a building. It advertises the TV show Department Q

A 1970's flat roofed building in the background a high rise building

Edinburgh is the star of a new scandi-noir style detective show. I feared the worst - and yes it does have maverick cops who don't play by the rules and whisky swigging lawyers not to mention the old psychiatrist exposition trope. But! But it is actually […]

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