The Sunday Herald back issues from November 2008:
STOCKS FOCUS: WOLFSON MICROELECTRONICS
Nov 02, 2008 ... WOLFSON Microelectronics, the microchip maker which makes chipsfor mobile phones such as Apple's iPhone, warned that its revenueswould fall by about 13per cent this year due to weaker consumerdemand, further fuelling speculation by analysts that the firm couldbecome a takeover target ....
STOCKS FOCUS: STAGECOACH
Nov 02, 2008 ... STAGECOACH, the Perth-based transport group, revealed stronggrowth in both its rail and bus businesses. The company revealedthat its UK bus business recorded like-for-like growth of 9.2percent in the 24 weeks to October 12, with its local rail businessincreasing by 8.3per cent ....
STOCKS FOCUS: RECKITT BENCKISER
Nov 02, 2008 ... CONSUMER goods giant Reckitt Benckiser scrubbed up well with pre-tax profits during the third quarter reaching GBP373 million againstGBP334m a year earlier. The maker of cleaning brands includingDettol and Cillit Bang, plus a raft a top brands in the personalcare, food and health ...
STOCKS FOCUS: CINEWORLD
Nov 02, 2008 ... BLOCKBUSTER movies such as Mamma Mia and The Dark Knight helpedCineworld report a better-than-expected third quarter. Sales at theUK's second-biggest cinema chain, which has 775 screens in 75cinemas, rose 2.2per cent in the 43 weeks to October with box officerevenues up 3.9per cent ....
How safe is your pension? RETIREMENT FUND SPECIAL RETIREMENT FUND SPECIAL YOUR MONEY BY STEVEN VASS
Nov 02, 2008; ... AS events in the US rarely take long to cross the Atlantic,anybody worried about their pension should be aware of what happenedin Detroit this weekend. Shockingly, General Motors, maker of motor brands like Vauxhalland Chevrolet, suspended payments on its basic employee pension ...
MEDIA WATCH
Nov 02, 2008 ... WHO in their right mind would want to buy it? That's the question on the lips of many in the radio industrythis week as the Northern Irish broadcaster UTV announced plans tosell Edinburgh station Talk107. According to the latest Rajars, the station only reaches 4percent of ...
Can local newspapers win the fight for their traditional heartlands? Industry under fire amid threat of 'local' Industry under fire amid threat of 'local' BBC PRESS: COMPETITION
Nov 02, 2008; ... THE QUALITY and quantity of local news in Scotland is under themicroscope like never before. As the industry makes a final bid to fight off BBC plans toexpand its local video news content, it has been forced to answerthe most damaging charge of all: that it is failing to provide ...
Lederer takes Hamilton & Inches post JEWELLER: DIRECTOR
Nov 02, 2008; ... EDINBURGH jeweller Hamilton & Inches has appointed Peter Lederer,chairman of both Gleneagles Hotel and the national tourism agencyVisitScotland, as a non-executive director. Lederer is the second non-executive on the five-person board ofthe royalwarranted jeweller, which has stores ...
'Sleeping trademarks' for sale
Nov 02, 2008; ... SCOTTISH companies are being asked to look for "sleepingtrademarks" which could become big earners under new ownership. Patent attorney Marks & Clerk has launched a trademark re-saleservice called liquidIP to help clients realise the hidden potentialof unwanted assets or "sleeping ...
Birchman bid to cash in on HBOS takeover IT: CONSULTANCY
Nov 02, 2008; ... A GLOBAL IT consultancy is opening an office in Edinburgh withhopes of winning work from the proposed HBOS/Lloyds TSB merger andadvising on managing cutbacks elsewhere. The London-based Birchman Group, which has 11 offices worldwide,is hoping to win custom on the back of its ...
High rates of growth 'exaggerated' ECONOMY: STATISTICS
Nov 02, 2008; ... ONE of the most influential academic analysts of the Scottisheconomy, Tony Mackay, has launched a scathing attack on Scotland'sfinancial services industry representative bodies, accusing them ofstoking "utter turmoil" through "uncritical" and "exaggerated"claims about the sector's ...
GBP10bn hole in RBS and HBOS pension funds Concerns for future shortfalls as accounting technicalities hide extent of liabilities
Nov 02, 2008; ... A GBP10 billion black hole in the company pension funds of RBSand HBOS is being hidden by accounting technicalities that allow thebanks to understate their liabilities, according to report by aScottish pensions consultancy. Glasgow-based Hymans Robertson has claimed that the ...
Scots secretary under pressure to resign after leaking HBOS talks Anger after confirmation that Jim Murphy revealed details of sensitive talks on takeover alternative
Nov 02, 2008; ... SCOTTISH secretary Jim Murphy was last night under pressure toresign after he leaked sensitive financial information about a freshbid for the troubled bank HBOS. Murphy (pictured right) confirmed to journalists on Fridayevening that he had been involved in discussions with Jim ...
Support for independence in decline
Nov 02, 2008; ... SUPPORT for independence has slumped in the wake of the globalfinancial crisis, with barely onethird of voters now backing theSNP's key policy, according to a new opinion poll. With the UK tipping into recession, and on the eve of a crucialby-election, support for withdrawal from ...
Which of these creatures would you save from extinction? Clue: choose cute over creepy crawlie and the world is doomed
Nov 02, 2008; ... THEY can survive in outer space, go 10 years without water andresist lethal doses of radiation. But hardly anyone has heard ofthem, and no-one is campaigning to save them. Tardigrades, whichlook like microscopic, eight-legged bears, are among the planet'smost amazing animals. There are ...
EXPOSED: the 'missing money ' and chequered past of campaigner behind mercy mission to Gaza
Nov 02, 2008; ... CAMPAIGNERS for Palestine have warned the public against givingmoney to a selfconfessed gambling addict who made a high-profile"mercy mission" from Edinburgh to Gaza in a van. Khalil Al Niss, whose trip delivering medicines to the MiddleEast was backed by first minister Alex ...
Judges call for Lord Advocate to be stripped of powers Lack of independence leads to choking of the courts JUSTICE
Nov 02, 2008; ... SCOTLAND'S judges have launched an unprecedented attack on theconstitutional position of the country's top prosecutor, suggestingshe should be stripped of most of her powers. In a collective statement in a submission to the CalmanCommission on the future of devolution, the judges ...
Row brewing over 'pretox' drink's protective power Alibi proves controversial over marketing implying it can minimise hangovers Alibi proves controversial over marketing implying it can minimise hangovers SOCIETY: ALCOHOL
Nov 02, 2008; ... A SOFT drink that claims to prepare the body to process toxinshas been criticised for sending the "wrong message" to bingedrinkers. Experts have warned that Alibi, a "pretox" drink that is about tostart being sold across Scotland, could be used by young drinkers inthe mistaken ...
Windfarms spoiling your TV reception? Have a free sat dish . . . ScottishPower spends thousands on boxes ScottishPower spends thousands on boxes TRANSMISSION: SIGNAL PROBLEMS
Nov 02, 2008; ... SCOTTISH Power might be better known for meter reading and fixingfaulty electricity connections, but it has now taken an unlikelystep into the television business to prevent an uprising on thesouthern edge of Glasgow. The electricity giant has spent tens of thousands of ...
Calvinist attitudes blamed for surge in outdoor sex Health minister urges Scots to talk about sexual issues Health minister urges Scots to talk about sexual issues SOCIETY: INFECTION
Nov 02, 2008; ... SCOTLAND needs to relax its attitudes to sex if it is to reversethe rising numbers of HIV infections and teenage pregnancies, healthminister Shona Robison said in a series of speeches last week. She announced a wide-ranging initiative to encourage Scotland tobe more willing to talk ...
''We will win this seat . . . maybe not by a landslide but I 'm convinced we will win it FIRST MINISTER ALEX SALMOND TALKS TO SCOTTISH POLITICAL EDITOR TOM GORDON
Nov 02, 2008; ... IT'S not easy being First Minister. It's Friday night, theweather is awful, and Alex Salmond is having to leave the Georgiancomfort of his Bute House residence for a meeting of dentists justback from a drookit day's golf at Royal Burgess. Ever the entertainer, he is trying to ...
GLENROTHES: THE FINAL PUSH
Nov 02, 2008 ... Careless words slip into wrong hands THE SNP this weekend highlighted notes from a meeting of FifeLabour councillors after the Glasgow East by-election which admittedLabour had serious organisational problems. Remarks by Alex Rowley, leader of the Labour opposition on ...
Oldest rugby match celebrates 150 years Fixture that survived two world wars helps raise GBP32,000 for charity for paralysed players Fixture that survived two world wars helps raise GBP32,000 for charity for paralysed players SPORT: HERITAGE
Nov 02, 2008; ... THE world's oldest continuous rugby fixture turned the clock backto celebrate its 150th anniversary yesterday with a game that almostended as it had begun all those years ago, in a draw. Merchiston Castle School won 11-8 against their old rivalsEdinburgh Academy at Raeburn Place, ...
Fleeing Iraqis who worked for the British are denied entry to UK Interpreters threatened with murder by militia Interpreters threatened with murder by militia REFUGEES: AT RISK
Nov 02, 2008; ... IRAQIS threatened with murder by militia for working with theBritish claim that colleagues have been refused entry to a UK schemethat aims to help people start new lives in Glasgow. Around 20 interpreters, having worked at the Basra air base andBritish embassy in Baghdad for 12 ...
THE CRUCIFIXION PART ONE: THE YOUTUBE GENERATION VS DAILY MAIL MORALITY PART ONE: THE YOUTUBE GENERATION VS DAILY MAIL MORALITY BY VICKY ALLAN
Nov 02, 2008; ... Is it a moral clampdown on cutting-edge comedy or a justifiedrevulsion at a culture which has become cruel and brutal? A storm ina teacup whipped up by a media desperate to find something to writeabout that isn't the credit crunch? Another example which provesthat the BBC is out of touch ...
No laughing matter for an institution under seige PART TWO: THE BBC PART TWO: THE BBC BY PETER JOHN MEIKLEM
Nov 02, 2008; ... COMEDIAN Russell Brand's You Tube-friendly resignation videoclip, delivered in a tone only just contrite enough to get the jobdone, hinted at just how much damage he and Jonathan Ross have doneto the BBC. Forced to apologise, it certainly wasn't his own career thecontroversial ...
Salmond warns of job threat over Treasury delays Silence from Westminster over funding for capital projects holds back start of GBP100m project Silence from Westminster over funding for capital projects holds back start of GBP100m project POLITICS: FINANCE
Nov 02, 2008; ... TREASURY delays in giving the go-ahead to billions of pounds ofcapital projects are threatening Scottish jobs, the first ministerhas warned. Alex Salmond said it was vital that capital projects in Scotlandwere accelerated to help the economy through the coming recession,but ...
LAWYERS READY IN SWING STATES FROM JAMES CUSICK IN WASHINGTON DC
Nov 02, 2008; ... ''AMERICANS like waving their national flag. The Stars andStripes is bigger than the Statue of Liberty or the LincolnMemorial; unifying, instantly recognisable and there to celebratewhatever you choose, whether it's a returning astronaut or anaspiring president. Barack Obama's election ...
Campaigners ramp up pressure on ministers to double spending on cycling to GBP40m Calls for cash to be carved off road-building budget to boost bikes Calls for cash to be carved off road-building budget to boost bikes TRANSPORT: BUDGET
Nov 02, 2008; ... SCOTTISH ministers are coming under increased pressure to sliceGBP20 million off the budget for new roads and to spend it onboosting biking instead. Cycling campaigners have won the support of opposition parties ina bid to persuade the Scottish government to double public ...
SAS commander quits over use of 'mobile coffin' Major resigns in disgust over Snatch Land Rover deaths Major resigns in disgust over Snatch Land Rover deaths ARMY: AFGHANISTAN
Nov 02, 2008; ... THE SAS commander in Afghanistan has resigned amid freshcontroversy over the equipment available to British troops fightingthe Taliban, it has been revealed. Major Sebastian Morley said he was quitting in disgust over thedeaths of four of his soldiers who were killed when their ...
Play tackling homophobia hits schools ARTS: TOLERANCE
Nov 02, 2008; ... POLICE have moved into the arts in the fight against gay hatecrime after funding a powerful play which tackles homophobia amongyoung people. With almost two-thirds of gay school pupils admitting tosuffering from bullying, Lothian and Borders Police last week becamethe first force ...
Charities helping homeless into work are laying off own staff Schemes cutting back and closing as financial support shifts elsewhere Schemes cutting back and closing as financial support shifts elsewhere SOCIETY: COMMUNITY
Nov 02, 2008; ... PROJECTS that aim to help homeless people find work are layingoff staff and closing services after a government shake-up of theway in which services are funded. Eight specialist workers have been made redundant or not beenreplaced at four groups in Glasgow aimed at helping homeless ...
Many of the soldiers were clearly traumatised, their eyes bloodshot and breath heavy with the reek of stale alcohol'' 1. EYEWITNESS 1. EYEWITNESS BY DAVID PRATT IN GOMA AS DR CONGO TEARS ITSELF APART
Nov 02, 2008; ... THEY lay strewn across the road, their dried blood soaked intothe red clay dust of the African soil. All of them were soldiers,some government, some rebel. One of the dead men lay on his back,inexplicably clutching a plastic jerry can to his chest. Anotherman, his mouth wide open as if ...
Recent US moves show Syria that supporting jihadists comes at a price REALPOLITIK TREVOR ROYLE
Nov 02, 2008; ... AS George W Bush's presidency enters its dying days, time isrunning out for the US military to give him the head of Osama binLaden. Ever since the terrorist attacks on the US seven years ago,senior figures in the Pentagon have been adamant that they willbring the main perpetrator to ...
Thugs are still out there UNDERCURRENT JAMES CUSICK
Nov 02, 2008; ... AMID the financial doom and gloom, and the ubiquitous focus onrecession statistics, it's easy to forget there are dangerselsewhere. The government's higher education minister, David Lammy,warned last week that unless there's a sustained and organised fightagainst the British National ...
Alan Taylor's Diary
Nov 02, 2008; ... SO, cheerio my dear chum Studs Terkel who, as a griefstrickenfellow said on the radio, "enfranchised the disenfranchised", as ifhe were the founder of the Subway sandwich. Mr Studs, who has"passed" at the mighty age of 96, was the oral historian's oralhistorian, famed for his interviews ...
FIREWORKS NIGHT sundaybriefing
Nov 02, 2008 ... ON Wednesday night across the country, bonfires will be lit,fireworks will be set off, potatoes will be baked in embers - andcasualty departments will be on stand-by for the annual celebrationof fire and explosives. As fireworks themselves become more sophisticated and ...
That joke isn't funny anymore McCHATTER IAIN MACWHIRTER
Nov 02, 2008; ... BRRNG brrrng, Hi, this is Jonathan Ross but I'm out so pleaseleave a message . . .Hey Woss! Your wife is a fat slag with a mentalcondition and I've had sex with your daughters. Don't worry, mate.Only a joke. Like your wife Jane - with her big boobs and orangehair. Talk about scary. Do ...
Fancy dining on the cheap? Just pull a rabbit from a 'hat' TOM SHIELDS ON BUNNY TALK
Nov 02, 2008; ... DINING at the dumpster. Getting your tea out of the bin. It is a practice I recentlyrecommended as one way of coping with the credit crunch. This was a joke which last week became reality. Making my way down the wee rambla in the Poblenou barrio ofBarcelona, I came upon ...
BBC DJs on Xmas telly? Best give TOTP to ITV ROXANNE SOROOSHIAN ON FESTIVE POP PICKINGS
Nov 02, 2008; ... WITH a reputation more Grinch than fairy godmother, Simon Cowellhas emerged as an unlikely hero to save Christmas. The X Factor judge that audiences love to hate has said he wouldlike to buy the rights to the Top Of The Pops Christmas special fromthe BBC and broadcast it on ITV, ...
Dawn of a new beginning in sight EDITORIAL
Nov 02, 2008 ... IT'S not over till it's over. The latest Zogby/Reuters pollsuggests that Barack Obama's lead over the Republican John McCain isnarrowing. There are nagging doubts in the Democrat camp about thepossibility of a white flight in the polling booths which mightdepress Obama's lead further ....
MAIL IN PRINT . . . AND ONLINE
Nov 02, 2008 ... Road proposal must be by-passed IT was good to read in the article by Rob Edwards (News, October26) that there is still some sensible advice available to the SNPgovernment. We are campaigners against the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.This is no small by-pass, it is 28 ...
THE MAN WHO SHOT BOB DYLAN They were the most mercurial years of a tempestuous career . . .and Jerry Schatzberg's camera was able to capture the drama of an artist at the peak of his powers. The photographer tells Alan Taylor how he did it
Nov 02, 2008; ... JERRY Schatzberg requires little prompting to recall the firsttime he encountered Bob Dylan. In all probability, the year was1965, Dylan's annus mirabilis, when he released the albums BringingIt All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited. Of course, Schatzberg hadheard about Dylan before ...
GOVAN CAN WAIT GREGOR FISHER CAN'T SHAKE OFF RAB C NESBITT'S STRING VEST. BUT BEFORE HIS ALTER EGO MAKES HIS TV RETURN, THE ACTOR HAS A SERIOUS ROLE TO PLAY AS A TROUBLED COP
Nov 02, 2008; ... ONLY last year, Gregor Fisher was expressing relief at the facthe was no longer being hailed in the street as Rab C Nesbitt.Rather, he was more likely to be recognised for his role as MrBumble from the BBC's adaptation of Oliver Twist. That point hadbeen a long time ...
HOT TO BEAT THE BIG CHILL RISING ENERGY COSTS MEAN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE EXPLORING CREATIVE WAYS TO KEEP WARM. HAVE WE ALL GONE SOFT?
Nov 02, 2008; ... PERSONALLY, I've never really cared about heating bills. I don'tlike the numbers: those six-digit gas meter reading figures do myhead in, as does the sprawling customer account number, as does thegigantic phone number for emergencies. As a rule, I treat myunopened letters from British ...
Jean Muir: enigma, icon and inspiration . . . but just don't label her a fashion designer THE STARS FLOCKED TO THE DRESSMAKER JEAN MUIR, BUT SHE ESCHEWED WHAT SHE SAW AS THE PRETENTIONS OF THE INDUSTRY. NOW A NEW EXHIBITION SHEDS SOME LIGHT ON HER VERY PRIVATE LIFE
Nov 02, 2008; ... THE actress Joanna Lumley once said every woman should have aJean Muir dress in her wardrobe. Having modelled for the fashion designer from the mid-1960sonwards, Lumley's advice can be taken as fact. She was a self-confessed Muir "addict", and it's pleasing to imagine her spare ...
RYAN ADAMS: A PLAYLIST
Nov 02, 2008; ... 1 16 DAYS (from Strangers Almanac, 1997) At the heart of the musical genre tagged "altcountry", Adams'sband Whiskeytown fused Nashville traditions with the alternativerock of The Replacements. This track, from Whiskeytown's secondalbum, best captures the early fusion of those ...
DEERHUNTER CD REVIEWS
Nov 02, 2008; ... DEERHUNTER Microcastle (4AD) 2 stars NOW signed to prestigious UK label 4AD, there's been a good dealof expectation around Atlantan quintet Deerhunter's third fullalbum, Microcastle. But, sadly, the supposed distillation of theself-proclaimed ambient punks' mix of ...
THE JAZZ READERS CD REVIEWS
Nov 02, 2008; ... THE JAZZ READERS Volume One (Mozie Records) 4 stars IT has been a prolifi c year for Bearsdenbased multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Lindsay. He played on, co-wrote and co-produced Willard Grant Conspiracy's last album, produced the debutCD by folkies Doghouse Roses and ...
THE CURE 4:13 CD REVIEWS
Nov 02, 2008; ... THE CURE 4:13 Dream(Suretone/Geffen) 3 stars "I'M sick of being alone with myself, and I'm sick of being withanyone else, " howls Robert Smith, below, at one point on The Cure's13th studio album. The darker moments in life have always been hisstock in trade, and he ...
LITERARY HEROINE IS TAKEN TO NEW HEIGHTS AMANDA RYAN SWAPS COMEDY DRAMA SHAMELESS FOR A STAGE PRODUCTION OF EMILY BRONTE'S CLASSIC NOVEL
Nov 02, 2008; ... SOME literary characters come shackled with a weight ofaffection. They are so iconic that the fear is they might trip andfall as they try to skip off the page and onto the stage. There isalways the possibility that someone will come to the theatre andsay, "That's not my Heathcliff, my ...
IN DETAIL WINTER LIGHT
Nov 02, 2008; ... WITH the high street full of clothes in sludgy grey and browntones, you might be forgiven for feeling a little disappointed withwhat's on offer. But there are alternatives, if you know where tolook, and this week we have focused on colourful feminine clothes intop-quality fabrics. A ...
THE MIGHTY BOOK OF BOOSH
Nov 02, 2008; ... THE MIGHTY BOOK OF BOOSH By Noel Fielding & Julian Barratt Canongate GBP19.99 READING The Mighty Book Of Boosh, for the uninitiated, may belike watching the award-winning BBC Three television series fromwhich the book draws its many characters, voices and ...
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DVDs SENSING THE WORLD THROUGH BLIND FAITH
Nov 02, 2008; ... NO.32 IRAN THE COLOUR OF PARADISE Director: Majid Majidi (Optimum, 1999) THERE was a period at the end of the 1990s when it seemed as ifmore Iranian films were screening in UK cinemas than home-grownones. Given that this was a country supposedly smothered by thecensorship of ...
TODAY I'M WEARING. . .Natalia Codona, co-owner of We Love To Boogie vintage clothes shop in Glasgow
Nov 02, 2008; ... My vintage jacket is from my shop. It's really unusual and I feelelegant when I wear it. It is a signature piece that just makes anoutfit. And the ostrich feathers are very in at the moment. I only reallywear it with jeans, as there's already so much going on with thejacket ...
WILD WEEKEND 'QUEEN OF MOUNTAINS' SHINES IN THE LAND OF JACOBITE GOLD 'QUEEN OF MOUNTAINS' SHINES IN THE LAND OF JACOBITE GOLD BEN LOYAL BY CAMERON McNEISH
Nov 02, 2008; ... GREYLAG geese grazed noisily in the fields of Ribigill Farm as wetramped over waterlogged moors towards the golden flanks of BenLoyal, its four summits clear of cloud. Earlier, we had driven downfrom Tongue to Loch Hakel, for it's here, across wind-ruffledwaters, that Ben Loyal stands ...
SCENE STEALER IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT THIS ARCHITECTURAL GEM HAS STARRED IN A MOVIE IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT THIS ARCHITECTURAL GEM HAS STARRED IN A MOVIE BY ALI HOWARD
Nov 02, 2008; ... NOT many people can lay claim to the fact their home has beenused as a film location. But Michael and Ali Marley can. It was usedin the 2003 indie film Solid Air, which came out just three yearsafter the couple moved into Glasgow's iconic Ushida Findlaybuilding, created as part of the ...
RADIO REVIEW BY BARRY DIDCOCK
Nov 02, 2008; ... WHAT'S the best way to deal with troublemakers? Well, if they'reRussell Brand and Jonathan Ross you suspend them from their jobs, atleast for starters. But if the troublemakers are "hoodies", theproblem isn't quite so easy to manage. Hug 'em or hound 'em? That was the question ...
FOR STARTERS HOMEFRONT HOMEFRONT FIONA GIBSON
Nov 02, 2008; ... THE kids and I are taking the train from Edinburgh to York. Ilove the train and am confident that we have enough pens, paper,snacks, games and puzzles to keep everyone occupied. I have evenbrought my laptop in the hope of doing some work. Across from ourtable sits a mother with two ...
ON THE ROAD RODDY WOOMBLE
Nov 02, 2008; ... BOILERS - another not very "on the road" topic, but you'd besurprised: even Jack Kerouac (after whose seminal beat novel thiscolumn is named) needed a working boiler when he wasn't hoppingfreight trains and running wild around America. Our boiler brokedown for the very last time last ...
A PIECE OF MY MIND SHARON SHANNON MUSICIAN
Nov 02, 2008; ... HAVING OUR SONG GALWAY GIRL on the current Magners Irish Cideradvertising campaign is amazing. Steve Earle wrote the words yearsago, when he was living in Galway, and asked me to play on the song.Because we were friends, the deal was that no money would changehands, but we could both use ...
IF THIS WERE A MOVIE . . .
Nov 02, 2008 ... PLOT In this Hitchcockian thriller, radio host and louche comedianRussell Brand conspires with his sniggering accomplice Jonathan Rossto kill off their careers by leaving a lewd message on the answeringmachine of much-loved TV actor Andrew Sachs. Blinded by hugesalaries and ...
ADAMS & THE ANGST HIS DEMONS BEHIND HIM, RYAN ADAMS IS MAKING A VIRTUE OF WORKING WITH HIS BAND, THE CARDINALS BY GRAEME THOMSON
Nov 02, 2008; ... ACCOUNTABILITY is not a word you automatically associate withRyan Adams. In fact, were you feeling uncharitable you might saythat the erratic singer and songwriter has made a decent career outof dodging responsibility, while simultaneously feeling terriblysorry for himself. For starters, ...
TAKE A MUCH CLOSER LOOK ART REVIEWS BY CATRIONA BLACK
Nov 02, 2008; ... CLOSE-UP Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh Until January 11 ***** BEAGLES & RAMSAY: GOOD TEETH Glasgow Sculpture Studios Until December 19 *** LANGLANDS & BELL: FILMS & ANIMATIONS 1978-2008 Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh Until December ...
DEERHUNTER CD REVIEWS
Nov 02, 2008; ... DEERHUNTER Microcastle (4AD) ** NOW signed to prestigious UK label 4AD, there's been a good dealof expectation around Atlantan quintet Deerhunter's third fullalbum, Microcastle. But, sadly, the supposed distillation of theself-proclaimed ambient punks' mix of melody ...