Edinburgh Man Podcasts

Pick. Scan. Edit. Return. Pick. Scan. Edit. Return... I've been cataloguing my vinyl for the last week. I downloaded a cool iPhone app called MyStuff2 (I'm not sure if the 2 is important or not... I wonder what the first one was like...). The reason for this organisation is because I've been known to accidently buy albums that I already have. In theory it should be easy, but this sort of thing nev...

Over and over again. I may have said during last week's show that I already had sorted out the playlist for tonight's show. Normally I choose the playlist a day or two before the podcast and listen to it a couple of times on my iPhone to see if the tracks go well together (see - there is some method to the madness). This time, however, as a result of selecting the tracks ages ago, I've listened to...

Getting ready for this week's podcast was a bit of a trial. I had to tidy away the Sega Saturn from the desk and get the microphone set up instead... Regular listeners to the show may be aware of my retro gaming vice. For some reason I always wanted to own a Saturn, despite the fact at the time I had the technically superior and much more game-laden PlayStation. Anyway, after many years of waiting...

So. I got up early this morning... well, actually it was an enforced rise of sorts. I sorted out the playlist for tonight's show and wrote this blog post. Unfortunately, on the show itself, I sort of went off the rails fairly early on and didn't feel that I couldn't mention it. About halfway through I decided to pour myself a large drink, and we just about managed to get through to the end, but at...

A special live podcast! I know what you're saying, the podcast is always live. Well, this time all the tracks are live tracks too. I mean, not live, live. But pre-recorded live. You get the idea. There have been a few live gigs of late that I haven't been along to, not least the Jeff Magnum curated All Tomorrow's Parties last week that sounded fantastic. All this has got me yearning for some live...

Oops. It seems that I have hidden my "Soundcloud" label on my Gmail since the start of the year. This wouldn't be particularly problematic if it wasn't for the fact that people regularly send me loads of tracks though it. Whoops. So today's show features some of those tracks, including a great track from a cassette release on Livingston's Soft Power Recordings, Edinburgh's Urvanovic and Glasgow's...

Payback, perhaps? The nighttime routine dictated by Edinburgh Man Jr has taken a rather random turn this last week. Possibly due to the fact Edinrbugh Man Sr had the audacity to go to a gig on Saturday night. However, as luck would have it, we managed to get a lie in this morning, until about 6.30am. Luxury. So fingers crossed the baby brain won't effect tonight's show as much as it did last week....

It's that all important podcast number eighty four! Actually, if you include all those "special" episodes that didn't have a number, I have a feeling that this is podcast 100. What to do for such a milestone? Well, how about seven new tracks from Edinburgh and around the world, an oldie thrown in for good measure, and a load of chit-chat. That sounds about right. On today's show: new music from Ed...

Firstly, an apology. I seem to have been playing a few tracks by the same bands for the last few weeks, and tonight's show is no exception. Actually, it's only half an apology, because they are all great tracks. So if I haven't already persuaded you to seek out Randolph's Leap, Schwervon! and Former Babies, I'm going to have one more shot tonight. I have two other reasons for playing Randolph's Le...

The second podcast of the year, and I'm starting to find my feet a little bit. Due to the pressures of time, however, we're still flying without any notes. But we wouldn't have it any other way. In a shocking turn of events, I've even been to a couple of gigs since the last show! Both free in-stores at Avalanche Records, but gigs nonetheless. Rachel Sermanni on Monday and The Twilight Sad yesterda...

It seems like ages since I did one of these.... I mean, it is ages. A whole month of podcast paternity leave. Last year I took January off from podcasting and returned refreshed. I'm not sure if the same can be said for this year. I've returned... let's just leave it at that. I'm writing this blog entry before recording the show. Hopefully Edinburgh Man Junior (who now has a name) will have kept q...

It's the last podcast of the year, time to crack open the Champagne and listen to the second part of the best tracks of 2011, as played on the show, and as voted by listeners of the podcast. Loads of great music on the show today. I would say that, of course, but I really do mean it. The plan always was to take my top 50 and your top 50 and merge them together, and that's how it went for last week...

It's Christmas! And on the podcast that can only mean one thing - it's the best tracks of the year, as played on the show, and as voted by the listeners... and me. In fact, this year both my list and the results of the votes were quite similar. Apart from one or two tracks. Anyway, the two lists got merged in a spreadsheet blender, and out popped a top 50. The first half of which is on this show....

I wish I could blame the technical faux pas on the live version of today's podcast on the fact the batteries for my mouse ran out partway through, but the fact is that I muted the music and failed to unmute my microphone way before the mouse ran out of power. In fact, running out of power is a bit of a theme on today's show. It's earlier than normal! Recorded in the middle of the afternoon. There...

Bah. It's too cold for this sort of thing. Why did I think it was a good idea to move the podcasting station near the window? Winter has hit, it's windy as all hell out there, and I'm a bit chilly as I do podcast 79. Hopefully you can't hear " Hurricane Bawbag " outside, or my teeth chattering. It's also that time of year when new releases often seem to dry up, so I have been listening to some old...

Oh dear, oh dear. On tonight's live podcast I manage to accidentally insult a very nice twittering listener, and the resulting tweets almost throw me off my stride (such that it is). Thank goodness for the healthy portions of dream pop on the show, which keep me calm and relaxed. I also need a bit of relaxing - the last few weeks have been a whirlwind of flat pack furniture construction and more y...

We're back on Thursday nights! A bit later than normal, but here nonetheless. I did think that this show might end up being quite a bit shorter than normal, because most of the tracks are only a couple of minutes long... But there you go. On today's show - loads of great music! Well, at least I think it's all great. Two brilliant tracks from recent releases by San Diego's Bleeding Gold Records. Th...

It's the last podcast on a Tuesday night... and in keeping with the wonderful planning and renowned consistency of the podcast, it's on a Wednesday. After this week night classes are over, and Thursday nights become free again, so I'm moving the podcast back. To be honest, my body and mind never really got a hang of doing this on Tuesday nights. I just spent most of the week wondering what day it...

The best laid plans and all that. Since moving to Tuesday nights, the podcast has rarely started at the same time. Tonight I sat down to record the podcast at the slightly later time of 9.15pm and we're still sticking to the 8 track, 45 minute long show. In fact, at the start of the day I had about twenty tracks in the playlist for this podcast, and it's taken me most of the day to get it down to...

I went to one gig in the last week. Which doesn't seem too bad on account of the fact I'm playing my gig-going by ear at the moment, however it feels like there have been decent gigs on pretty much every night for the last two weeks, and the next week is shaping up to to be more of the same. The gig was Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard at The Third Door here in Edinburgh. But I was also excited be...

I'm a little bit confused at the start of this week's show. This is because my voice seems to be coming back to me through my headphones delayed by a quarter of second. Freaky. Today's show has a bit of the old John Peel in it. 7 years ago today John died in Peru, so I've flavoured the show with a few tracks that have associations with the old Peel show. Although to be honest, mostly he was about...

Disaster. There is only one red bush tea bag left. In fact, by the end of the show there were none. Somehow I managed to struggle on through the show, despite the voice getting a bit croaky at times. I'm also a bit more confused than normal. This is partly because the flat is in general disarray at the moment. We're one sofa down and waiting for a replacement, bathroom flooring is lying around the...

Technology conspired against me for today's live podcast. It was supposed to be at 8pm, but there were network issues which meant the broadcasting software didn't play ball. After an hour or so of fiddling it was sorted, so today's podcast is a 10pm "late and live" special. Don't expect any swearing an nudity, I'm afraid. Just rambling and sleepiness. That's what you get. Anyway, on today's show a...

The podcast has moved! From a Thursday night to a Tuesday night. If you listen to the podcast via the wonders of iTunes, or on the website, then this will make very little difference. However if you listen to the podcast live... then you've missed it. Never mind. On the inaugural Tuesday night show we start with some rock with a capital W from Colorado based The Amends , there's a great new track...

Many apologies. I've had a bit of a persistant cough for the last week, so I'm a bit croaky on the podcast tonight. A bit less chat than normal, and some more music. I think I only coughed into the microphone once. So watch out for that if you're listening on headphones! On today's show, it's got a bit of a C86 indie-pop-type-theme with two brilliant tracks on Slumberland Records - "Hazel" by Week...