SPIRITAID CHRISTMAS COMEDY SPECIAL featuring Kevin Bridges / Frankie Boyle / Greg McHugh (Gary Tank Commander) at the ORAN MOR

I was given a tip from a poster from the Celticminded forum for a charity comedy night for the brilliant SpiritAid Charity.The event was sold out in less than 30 minutes of him advertising it.That is the beauty of Celticminded , likeminded progressive people in all fields and outlooks.

When i got the tickets there was great disappointment for my Son , the event was for over 18s only.No matter his brave attempt to grow stubble and pass of as an adult there was no way i could take him.

Most of my Friends were out of town , so i scrapped the bottom of the barrel looking to drag someone along ; scrapped it again ,and realised that i had no option but to take my Wife.

Frankie Boyle is usually as funny as a kick in the balls ; followed by another kick in the balls and then a kick in the teeth thrown in for good measure.This time he was surprisingly funny , though he did lapse into his favourite subject ( raping kids) to let himself down.Frankie Boyle has a great political outlook and helps many fine Humanitarian and Charity projects.He will have to dispense with the brearthtakingly outrageous offensive celebrity "jokes" and become a sophisticated political satire commentator and critic in the mould of Mark Thomas.He has the ability to do it but i dont know if he will get where he can go.

Fred MacAuley was a superb compere for an all round brilliant night , i havent laughed so much for many a long year.

Gary The Tank Commander was just sensational , im still laughing thinking about him now.

Kevin Bridges was brilliant , i regret my Son not getting to see him this time round.

KASABIAN at the SECC Glasgow

Kasabian were highly recommended by some i know to like Green Day , im really glad i took their advice and saw a unique show of all the majesty a modern band should be given the heritage of earlier classic and progressive bands.

I deliberately did not listen to any of their songs or watch videos of them prior to the concert.One relative who did said they appear to have no rhythmn , no beat , no structure to their songs.Information which endured me to them even more.

The band themselves have members of all of the ages of rock , the lead singer looks like an teddy boy , the co-lead vocalist and guitarist goes for the Aerosmith rock-god look , the brilliant bassist has the minimalist moody bastart arrogant casualness , the guitarist does his business with the instrument talking , the drummer looks like a session hired musician and they even had a poor forlorn looking guy with a trumpet who stood around like someone with all the enthusiasm and vibrancy of someone dragged of the street and put on community service.

But when they played it was electric; intense and fantastic.

The best way to describe Kasabian is quality rapping with a thundering technotronic beat and a solid rock foundation.

A good concert is like going to church should be like , an uplifting and wondrous spiritual experience that stay with you for a very long time , on this basis the concert was the best sermon ive had for a very long time.

Here is a song of theirs called Rewired:




The song below encapsulates just about everything about the bands diverse sounds.

Days Are Forgotten:



And below is a sensational powerhouse packet of devastating energy:

Switchblade Smiles: