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Can you bring sufficient personal light to make it through a Shetland winter? You can listen to this sonic newsletter, all the words and tunes in full, on Mixcloud by clicking the link here: https://www.mixcloud.com/tom-morton2/unpromoting-shetland-come-and-have-a-go-if-you-think-youre-hard-enough/ You know Shetland, the TV series? It’s been the biggest boost to tourism in these Northern Isles since…well. Ever. That…

A song by the enigmatic artiste currently known as Elvis Voe’s Fitful Head Too many dogs  There’s too many dogs There’s too many dogs in Troon Plastic bags in the South Beach dunes Too many dogs in Troon A French bulldog and a Bichon Frise A Labradoodle and a Pekinese Owned by men in shorts…

21 songs and an essay about leftovers You can listen to this lightweight essay on Mixcloud, read by me, complete with interludes of actual music as specified below, by clicking on this link: https://www.mixcloud.com/tom-morton2/and-on-the-12th-day-of-christmas-my-true-love-said-to-me-hoover/ On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, my true love said to me: “Hoover!” Or in my case, “Henry!” The generic term…

I’m told the French call Shetland Les Îles du Vent, the Islands of Wind. As the gales drop, temporarily, it’s time to actually hear that sigh of relief… I’ve recorded this as a three-minutes-or-thereabouts write’n’read. This is  the new year, the back-to-work, leftovers-in-the-dog 3rd of January. And something is wrong. Susan was wandering about claiming…

Three Poems and 20 songs. Including a manifesto for compulsory rock’n’roll retirement Here Come the Old Drugs: A Prescription for 2024 Listen to the whole thing, with all the music and me reading the verse, on Mixcloud here: https://www.mixcloud.com/tom-morton2/a-prescription-for-2024-three-poems-and-20-songs/ Bruce Springsteen — State Trooper Rolling Stones — Tumbling Dice Disaster, tragedy, folly, distress Joy, disappointment,…

It’ll be lonely this Christmas…or will it? An extended soundtrack and story for a snowbound Yule… Once upon a time… Phoebe Bridgers — If We Make It through December Lucy Dacus — Last Christmas Pretenders — Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas John Mellencamp — I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus Dave Edmunds and Plum…

And long, long ago – how on earth did we even find out what music we were supposed to like? As usual, you can read this and dig out the tunes mentioned yourself (they’re on a Spotify Playlist you can find at the end, with the exception of Pete Atkin’s National Steel – it’s on…

Are you ready to sell your soul? And your hot water bottles? Is vinyl really ‘a zombie format’? As Christmas looms, it’s music and mammon time The following tracks illustrate what is a chunky piece of text (3000+ words). You can listen to me reading the essay, with the tracks in full, on Mixcloud here:…

How Ginster was named and lost. On the Broken Record Inn jukebox: from the Ramones to Joe Cocker via U2 and Leonard Cohen. You can listen to the text below, interspersed with all the records on the jukebox, on Mixcloud. The playlist is also available on Spotify without the muttering. Mixcloud link: https://www.mixcloud.com/tom-morton2/at-the-broken-record-inn-chapter-6-socks-cornish-pasties-and-a-loss/ Ginster. Second…

…and Tom Morton’s Leaky Feeder show is another story The story so far: Philip and Mandy Creighton, music business managers from Edinburgh, have turned up at the Broken Record Inn, looking for former client Fingal, once front man of Glamour Ghost, the band they managed. They’re sent on a supposed short cut to their hotel…