Edinburgh Man Podcasts

Laziness returns this week on the podcast after the craziness of last week's five shows in five days. Would you belive that the podcast has been going for eight years this month? I mean, it's not really been continuous... There have been fits and starts... But we soldier on. By way of "celebration" I thought I'd plunder the archives. On tonight's show we have tracks that were played on the first s...

The fifth of the five shows from the last five days. Each one featuring five tracks from the top twenty five tracks as played on the show last year. Tonight, the final top five. You following? Kalte Sonne - "Serendipity" (Played courtesy of Kalte Sonne, Released under a Creative Commons licence) No Vacation - "Yam Yam" (Played courtesy of Topshelf Records, Released under a Creative Commons licence...

Gutted by the death yesterday of Mark E. Smith, front man of The Fall. I mean, I named the podcast after their classic song. For the longest time I was upset that the Google search result for "Edinburgh Man" returned the website for this shambling show at the top, instead of the song. Thankfully that's been put to rights and the top result is now weirdly mirrored VHS footage of Mark wandering the...

I have let you down. I have fallen at the first (or the third) hurdle. I know that I promised you five live podcasts over five days, but I'm already suffering from podcast exhaustion and have basically broken myself. I suppose it was a bit foolhardy to attempt to do so many podcasts so late at night just after recovering from the flu. Anyway, I'm still going to give you five shows in five days......

My voice is still holding up for the second podcast of the week. But I have all the regret after eating a whole bag of chocolate coins left over from Christmas. Urgh. In tonight so I also attempt to to use Facebook Live for the live streaming. With mixed results. NO FUCKS - "couch" (Played courtesy of NO FUCKS, Released under a Creative Commons licence) No Thanks - "Flying Columns" (Played courtes...

Apologies for the unexpected hiatus. Christmas + kids off school + kids ill + adults ill = slacker Edinburgh Man. I'll make it up to you though. Five podcasts this week. Five. And each of those five will have five tracks from the top twenty five tracks played on the show last year. Five. What am I thinking? Yugen - "March" (Played courtesy of Yugen, Released under a Creative Commons licence) Pokem...

A festive (ish) Christmas Eve podcast. It was supposed to be a festive (ish) Christmas Eve's Eve podcast, but since it's the holidays the washer / dryer broken down last night. Instead of recording the show I was taking apart a large electrical appliance and poking at its insides as if I had any idea about what was going on in there. So you get a Christmas Eve show. Hope you're having a good one....

I was going to say that I forgot what it was like having a child at nursery, bringing every possible illness and infection back to the home. But I never forgot. I just blanked it out. So, today, I'm choked with the cold and surviving on generic brand Lemsip. Or rather "Max Strength Cold and Flu Relief Lemon Flavour Power for Oral Suspension". Yum. Anyway, because of that and other reasons. with th...

In which I pause the podcast after two minutes to go and make a cup of tea. Sleepover Club - "Daisy" (Played courtesy of Sleepover Club, Released under a Creative Commons licence) Just Blankets - "Short Walks" (Played courtesy of Just Blankets, Released under a Creative Commons licence) entertainment for the braindead - "Hands" (Played courtesy of entertainment for the braindead, Released under a...

Seeing as how many of my old computers and games consoles don't work too well with modern TVs I was excited to see a 22 inch Sony Trinitron going for free on Facebook. Went around to collect it and it turned out that it was a 29 inch monster. Nearly broke myself and the women who I collected it from getting it down the stairs and into the passenger seat of our (tiny) car. The service manual I foun...

YAMMP. Yet Another Monday Morning Podcast. This time, Thing 2 sleeps in the other room with the white noise generator (so that's the hiss in the background if you can hear it). Your erstwhile host is nursing a headache and a lack of caffeine, so lots of relaxing music and not much chat. entertainment for the braindead - "Gamble" (Played courtesy of entertainment for the braindead, Released under a...

Another Monday morning podcast. Don't get to used to this - you know what happens when the Edinburgh Man Podcast starts to follow a schedule. Thing 2 is down for a nap so just enough time to record and podcast before the first coffee of the day. Today many of the tracks are from releases that came out over the last couple of years. Why? I think Bandcamp have made some changes to their site so my s...

Good morning! How's about starting the week with an all new Edinburgh Man Podcast? Well, you've not really got a choice because here it is. Taking the opportunity to record a show while the flat is empty, apart from a small child sleeping in the next room. Hopefully he'll remain asleep for the next 30 minutes of punk, garage rock and lo-fi folk. Plus enough time for me to make another pot of coffe...

The other week Dr Nic went out for the evening while I stayed at home looking after (sleeping) children. Scouring the house for booze I found this dusty bottle of Cointreau lurking at the back of the cupboard. Turns out that Cointreau and Tonic is a moderately acceptable drink. This evening, after recording the show I headed back to pour myself another, only to find that we were out of tonic! Neat...

Hey there podcast listeners. Apologies for today's podcast. I recorded it last night but wasn't happy with it so needed to do a wee bit of editing. It's still below par (the music isn't, just my bits). I've been suffering from a load of headaches recently which is dragging me down somewhat. I recorded this show at a time when the painkillers were wearing off so my head was pretty sore and fuzzy. H...

That's my phone in the photo accompanying tonight's podcast. Or rather that's my two phones... The large Samsung one took a dive into the toilet at the IKEA babychange room at the weekend, so it's currently drying out. The other one is my current replacement. A 2009 vintage iPhone 3GS which I've managed to send and receive text messages on... but very little works on it anymore. Isn't technologica...

In which I called Dog Park Dissidents Dog Park Descendents. Because, stupidity. Incredibly we managed to survive a trip to Italy with Edinburgh Man Junior and Thing 2. But only just. First of all it was hot. Both kids seemed to cope fine, the adults on the other hand were struggling. We actually went into the glasshouses in Padua botanical gardens TO COOL OFF! That said, returning back to a cold d...

I realise it seems like, both by the photo accompanying this post and by the words that come out of my mouth during the first podcast in a few weeks, that the lack of recent episodes are the result of me spending all my time watching Twin Peaks and playing The Legend of Zelda. This may be partially true, but really the fact there are now two small children to wake up the adults at Edinburgh Man to...

A podcast! Wait, is this thing still on? Why hasn't there been a podcast for the last 2 weeks? Well, aside from playing with Lego I was ill, and then my computer was ill. But both are fit and well (more or less) this week, so let's celebrate with an all new podcast. Although this time, I can't hear my voice as a record it, so your host is going to be more awkward and uncomfortable than normal - if...

No podcast last week on account of a throat infection, but everything is all sorted this week and we're back with an eclectic mix of great music. Today itself was a very tiring day with Edinburgh Man Junior, who was off because his school was being used as a polling station. Somehow we managed to do the Zoo, the Botanical Gardens, and even a trip to the ballot booth in the same day. Although I'm n...

In my haste to record this weeks podcast, and despite the fact I plugged it twice, I forgot to give you the link to where you can get more information about the Record Store Day gigs at Vox Box in Edinburgh. Check out http://voxboxmusic.co.uk/rsd for all the useful info as to who is playing when and where. Lucca - "MST3K Love Theme" (Played courtesy of Mesmerize Records) Gaffa Tape Sandy - "Pink N...

Oh, my. We're almost at the end of the two week Easter school holiday. Just as well, because I'm all but broken. Today was a full on Edinburgh Man and Edinburgh Man Junior day. No doubt as a result of the ice cream I caved in and allowed him to have at 10.15am this morning, he seems to have way more energy that I do. As a result, a pre-recorded podcast. By the time you download this I'll be fast a...

Oh hello. Here's a picture of an elephant painted to look like a penguin. This is basically just to distracted you from the fact it's been two weeks since the last podcast. Many apologies. But at least this week there is some great new music from The Moonlanderz, CHUMP, The Planes and Pelts. Plus a couple of fantastic live tracks by the Mountain Goats. See - that was worth waiting for, wasn't it?...

The regular live podcast is taking a couple of weeks break due to work commitments. Basically I'm spending the evenings interviewing people on Skype. I know, it sounds thrilling. I did think about doing it on the podcast but figured that might be considered unprofessional. Anyway, instead of the regular show I plunder the live music archive at archive.org to find some wonderful concert record that...

Apologies for the quick rambling blog post. Totally shattered for tonight's show. No idea why. Thing 2 slept great last night. I suppose that 7 months of sleep deprivation takes a while to wipe out. Anyway, here's a podcast. It has music in it. Listen. Rat Cage - "Time To Fight" (Played courtesy of A VIDA ES UN MUS DISCOS, Released under a Creative Commons licence) Trust Fund - "Range Life (Paveme...