The Carnegie Hall |
It was good to get back onstage in Dunfermline last week. We enjoyed the concert a lot, it was a lovely old hall. There are so many similar old town halls in most Scottish towns, it's a wonder they'...
Posted by Idlewild on Sun, 25 May 2008 10:27:00 PST |
Summer shows |
The Byblos gig was a good start to what’s going to be an erratic and decidedly spread out year of shows, a few are coming in now - the first being Tigerfest in Dunfermline, watch out for more th...
Posted by Idlewild on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:20:00 PST |
February/March 2008 |
So once again, i've been neglecting my online diary duties of late. I've been away though, in Germany for a week or so, which was good, even though I spent most of it in the back of a van. Managed to...
Posted by Idlewild on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:17:00 PST |
January |
It's a month like any other, but unlike other months, it's the one that seems to disappear quicker. Sitting here propped up in the armchair typing this, it's already February. I can't say that I've do...
Posted by Idlewild on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:03:00 PST |
2007 |
I was reading an article in the newspaper this morning about New years resolutions and their subsequent pointlessness, and/or point, all depending on the type of person that you are. I've made them ...
Posted by Idlewild on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:51:00 PST |
Burnsong |
The end of the year at the burnsong songhouse week was a great time. It was a strange concept i thought initially, getting seven people and isolating them in a grand house on the galloway shores with ...
Posted by Idlewild on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:44:00 PST |
Glasgow |
The day after a tour finishes is always a bit of a melancholy moment. Post tour blues I think it's known as. It's not that being on tour is so amazing that depression sits in as soon as it's over, in ...
Posted by Idlewild on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:17:00 PST |
Edinburgh |
Wake up early in Glasgow and get dropped off with my piles of junk that I've unintentionally collected over the past month on tour. Spend the morning at home, having breakfast, pottering around, then ...
Posted by Idlewild on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:16:00 PST |
Belfast |
Wake up outside the venue, another student union. Buy a paper and a coffee and sit in the dressing room for a few hours. Have a shower and a chat to The Twilight Sad, then sound check. Decide to play ...
Posted by Idlewild on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:16:00 PST |
Dublin |
Haven't been to Ireland for a few years. I know Dublin quite well. We've played here a lot and recorded most of our album Hope Is Important here in a studio above a pub called Mahaffeys on Pearse Stre...
Posted by Idlewild on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:15:00 PST |
