HeyJaredTom Morton's Beatcroft
Life in the Shetland Isles: the perils, pain, pleasures and pitfalls. Music, motorcycles, food and drink. Bits of books. Dogs, religion, art, golf, pictures. Words galore, mostly written, sometimes spoken.
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Texas fever - Del Amitri in Dallas, 1986 (opens the original)
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Texas, August 1986. The smell of oil and money. The aroma of unwashed Glaswegians (Bearsdenians, in some cases, to be frank). We’re in the luxuriously-appointed lift - elevator if you prefer - of the Dallas Petroleum Club, members of Del Amitri, Kevin McDermott, me and a tiny Texan cowboy. Well, he’s dressed as a dude rancher, all stetson, boots and a seersucker suit. He’s clearly not impressed by the motley Caledonian crew squashing the brim of his hat against the pristine leather panelling…Rea
New Pollokshaws Cadillac show and... (opens the original)
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The new Pollokshaws Cadillac music show(episode 13) is on Mixcloud - it includes much island and north of Scotland action - music from John o’Groats, Shetland, Skye and... Auchtermuchty! The link is over at my main newsletter, which it would be great if you subscribed to (for free). beatcroft.comAnd there are also some poems from A Shetland Bestiary, an unromantic look at my home island group’s wildlife…here’s a wee chunk:<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com
Pasta in Pollokshaws - (opens the original)
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Last day in Glasgow before heading north to Aberdeen for the boat home to Shetland. It’s been quite a fortnight - Troon, Glasgow, London, Linlithgow - and some wonderful memories made. Martha’s (third) graduation at Westminster Central Hall being a highlight.I’ve been trying to tidy up my online presence and the plan is to focus things over at beatcroft.com, which will be the hub for my weekly writing, shouting and general nattering. The Pollokshaws Cadillac show has to be posted on <a href="htt
Greenbelt, 1976: God, mud and rock’n’roll (opens the original)
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The Greenbelt Festival in 1976: God, mud, guitars and no rockets in pockets, please...Fifty earth years. Five decades ago. It was 1976, punk was just beginning to encourage the bloody application of safety pins, the shearing of Silvikrin locks and a reduction in the guitar chords you could safely acknowledge knowing. Me, I was a student of 20, still wearing Seadog flares and trying desperately to grow a respectable beard…<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/
When Dolly Parton, Sydney Devine, Michael Jackson and Lena Zavaroni met the Queen. In Glasgow. (opens the original)
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