April 2024

Just 90 minutes of great records with me chatting about them. Kind of like a radio show… Pilot — Never Give Up David Bowie — Absolute Beginners Freda Leask — Old Man of Madison Kevin McDermott Orchestra — Hole in the Ground Marco Rossi — Can’t Cut It Yvone Lyon — the Hands That Learn…

Elvis Voe’s Fitful Head sings about cars, girls and (possibly temporary) Scottish Government ministers… I want to ride In Lorna’s limousine  She’s got a driver She’s just like the queen It’s a hybrid It’s sort of clean Paid for by a Government department  There’s space to practise  Her circus skills She can do handstands Going…

A song by Elvis Voe’s Fitful Head Apologies to Mark Knopfler, who said in an interview: “I will always cross the street, to a window of guitars”, but who, as far as I know, has not used the phrase in a song. Yet.” In the window of guitars You can see the price of dreams …

There will always be a fire burning in our house, no matter what the Scottish Government says… Back to some audioletter action, some thoughts on solid fuel, illustrated with tunes by Laura Veirs, Talking Heads, Regina Spektor, AC/DC and many more if you listen to the Mixcloud version here: https://www.mixcloud.com/tom-morton2/lets-coorie-in-beside-the-heat-pump-beatcrofting-with-tom-morton/ Full playlist (and link to…

The strange obsession of Hamilton Severiano Driver Having the surname Driver in the small Ayrshire town of Troon, home to nine golf courses, one an Open Championship venue, had always been an issue. When teachers at the local secondary school, Marr College, found out his middle name was Severiano, they would chuckle, snort or dismiss…