Alan Burns
@alanburns
Kilmarnock-born Edinburgher, civil servant who likes a lot of music, niche trivia and funny stuff
A man who composed delightful, rollicking jazz-infused piano miniatures whilst having a perpetual look of not being angry with you, just disappointed
Following point 3, all of this month's Discogs/eBay now arrived, and just in time for #CDFriday
"They live in former industrial centres, they are real men, not benders or drag queens, they like a pie and a car park punch up, they put flags up lampposts, they wear braces and bovver boots, and they have little oblong bodies made of wheat" "Here is a cheque book, put any numbers on it you like"
Originally gave Jesse an Awright as he's a Lahndahn fox - but he'll be Geordie in (fuck) spirit, won't he
This morning's out and about music: easily the best vault release since Imaginary Diseases (although, having finally twigged that Funky Nothingness is basically a Flo & Eddie-free Chunga's Revenge/Hot Rats 1.5, I've got that on order so it could be up there too)
Now playing (Lumpy Gravy through to Star Wars, my favourite stretch of it), 'night all
Incredible scenes on eBay: did someone accidentally type an extra zero, because £20 is a fairly reasonable Discogs price for this
Got excited for a moment thinking that was the DBR gargoyle from a different angle, but the arms are wrong
Stockbridge Oxfam report: saving most of this for a rainy day, unless I want to be the kind of contrarian who tries to get back into the Blue Nile in midsummer