Ian Burdon
@cosmicserf.bsky.social
Writer. Edinburgh.
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I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train
DMs disabled.
I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train
Not right now, still working on it. Thanks
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Not right now, still working on it. Thanks
No compromise except for the original tower
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
No compromise except for the original tower
Yes, I get that, I was thinking of his stylistic quirks
November 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Yes, I get that, I was thinking of his stylistic quirks
I think that started with Tony Blair and his bizarre sentences without verbs.
November 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I think that started with Tony Blair and his bizarre sentences without verbs.
no publication in the UK wants the current government to fail more than the Graun, I think.
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
no publication in the UK wants the current government to fail more than the Graun, I think.
it's a toe-tapper and no mistake
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
it's a toe-tapper and no mistake
Don't recognise it. I thought of Pretty Things and the like but still nowt
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Don't recognise it. I thought of Pretty Things and the like but still nowt
? Tull, Crimson, Yes, ELP, Floyd, Genesis, Van Der Graaf Generator
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
? Tull, Crimson, Yes, ELP, Floyd, Genesis, Van Der Graaf Generator
No question: Melanie, Candles in the Rain.
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
No question: Melanie, Candles in the Rain.
a bit more here: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...
The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Tuesday 18 November 2025
Uni staff threaten exam boycott, Leith indie bookshop vows to fight Waterstones, Craiglockhart's new cycle studio + Mimi's leaving the Shore
www.edinburghminute.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
a bit more here: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...
Yup, one of them has the absolute impertinence to want to zap my prostate cancer with radiotherapy. The cheek of it.
November 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Yup, one of them has the absolute impertinence to want to zap my prostate cancer with radiotherapy. The cheek of it.
Shall be it will: Yoda
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Shall be it will: Yoda
I bought a couple of CDs through his website and was a bit surprised that they came direct from the man himself rather than a company
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I bought a couple of CDs through his website and was a bit surprised that they came direct from the man himself rather than a company
I probably have a photo somewhere, but it was (I think) 1981.
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I probably have a photo somewhere, but it was (I think) 1981.
Saw him once. He played up a storm, solo, with a bottle of Newcastle Brown on stage with him - and a dreadlocked dog at his feet.
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Saw him once. He played up a storm, solo, with a bottle of Newcastle Brown on stage with him - and a dreadlocked dog at his feet.
Mamdani is going to impose Shatner law, where it will be a criminal offence not to have an ex on every planet in the Federation
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Mamdani is going to impose Shatner law, where it will be a criminal offence not to have an ex on every planet in the Federation
I last saw her in Edinburgh just after hear year as artist in residence at NASA; it was sublime.
November 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I last saw her in Edinburgh just after hear year as artist in residence at NASA; it was sublime.
considering that the dead fought against precisely the sort of people who vote Reform...
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
considering that the dead fought against precisely the sort of people who vote Reform...
my first introduction to TD half a century ago
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
my first introduction to TD half a century ago
all your waste are belong to us
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
all your waste are belong to us