Spam and Shooglenifty

Tags: photo, wiblogs, spam, Celtic Connections, Shooglenifty, Glasgow

Date: 24 January 2009 12:05:41

So, I have just rescued Pants from my spam folders, and taken a look at Ken's, Truthsign's and Yay's spam folders. I think I have found my vocation at last - Wibsite Spam Inspector. I think I need a uniform.

Last night we went to see Shooglenifty at the Old Fruit Market. It was fantastic! They did an hour long set, then went off for a few minutes, then came back with a group called Ensemble Kaboul from Afghanistan and played another half hour or so with them (including Venus in Tweeds). And then they did a long encore. It was brilliant. I first saw them in 1996 (or maybe 97) at WOMAD, and then a year later at the Swan in Stockwell, and then a couple of years ago here at Celtic Connections. They're still on form, that's for sure. And loud. Very loud.

This photo is a bit arty (where 'arty' is a synonym of 'rubbish'). But I like it! (in my defence, the exposure was several seconds, I was quite a long way away and was holding the camera up in the air, and had had a couple of pints of beer by this point)