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Murray Easton

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Doting Dad. Blogger on music I love at Everything Flows Glasgow. #MDANT #MUFC supporter Play 🎾Used to play ⚽️ Head of Fundraising & Comms for Simon Community Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Murray Easton @murrayeaston.bsky.social · 2h

NEW BLOG on the legendary three before eight songs that were played at the Wigan Casino after an all-nighter.

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Wigan Casino - Three Before Eight

Glasgow/Scotland based music blog with playlists. By a fan for fans. Blogging about music I love from Scotland and beyond since 2008.

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Murray Easton @murrayeaston.bsky.social · 6d

NEW BLOG - Cover version of the month 115

Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) and William Tyler cover Lyle Lovett, taking a 3 minute country song on a dreamy 11 minute trip. ❤️

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If I Had a Boat

Glasgow/Scotland based music blog with playlists. By a fan for fans. Blogging about music I love from Scotland and beyond since 2008.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day

Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023 * The Santa Claus effect: how expanding tourism ate into Lapland’s green space Europe is losing green space that once harboured wildlife, captured carbon and supplied food at the rate of 600 football pitches a day, an investigation by the Guardian and partners has revealed. Analysis of satellite imagery across the UK and mainland Europe over a five-year period shows the speed and scale with which green land is turning grey, consumed by tarmac for roads, bricks and mortar for luxury golf courses and housing developments. Continue reading...

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Murray Easton @murrayeaston.bsky.social · 8d

Distressing. What have we become?

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I went undercover as a cleaner at a failing care home.

Catriona MacPhee worked in a Highland care home for seven weeks as part of BBC Disclosure investigation.

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Murray Easton @murrayeaston.bsky.social · 11d

Perfect 👌🏿

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Brian McCaul @brianmccaul.bsky.social · 18d

#5debutalbums0004

The Avalanches - Since I Left You

One of the finest "electronic" albums of this century. Created from samples. It is a dizzy mix of house, funk, disco, soul and psychedelia.

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Brian McCaul @brianmccaul.bsky.social · 18d

#5debutalbums0004

The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike

An absolute joy from start to finish. I saw them play it in full recently. It was a brilliant show.

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Murray Easton @murrayeaston.bsky.social · 11d

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Rob Jones 🍁 @clippernolan.bsky.social · 12d

The Beta Band reformed!

Murray Easton @murrayeaston.bsky.social · 12d

My blog on The Beta Band at the Barrowland last night everythingflowsglasgow.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

The Beta Band at the Barrowland Ballroom

Glasgow/Scotland based music blog with playlists. By a fan for fans. Blogging about music I love from Scotland and beyond since 2008.

everythingflowsglasgow.blogspot.com

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Murray Easton @murrayeaston.bsky.social · 12d

My blog on The Beta Band at the Barrowland last night everythingflowsglasgow.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

The Beta Band at the Barrowland Ballroom

Glasgow/Scotland based music blog with playlists. By a fan for fans. Blogging about music I love from Scotland and beyond since 2008.

everythingflowsglasgow.blogspot.com

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Murray Easton @murrayeaston.bsky.social · 13d

The triumphant return of The Beta Band at the Barrowland Ballroom last night ❤️blog will follow this evening.

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Murray Easton @murrayeaston.bsky.social · 14d

Algorithms kicked in and I head this for the first time earlier today and thought ‘that doesn’t sound like Lawrence’. It’s not, it’s a 1970’s Felt and it’s a rather beautiful McCartney/Dennis Wilson style ballad. Rather gorgeous. Will write a blog at some point.

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Felt - Look At The Sun (1971)

YouTube video by Ra Čović

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Murray Easton @murrayeaston.bsky.social · 17d

My sister @carlajeaston.bsky.social w/ @scottishopera.bsky.social

From a few years ago.

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Scottish Opera & Carla J. Easton: Impossible Stuff

YouTube video by Scottish Opera

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Murray Easton @murrayeaston.bsky.social · 19d

The sunset in Uddingston at tennis earlier tonight. ❤️

Murray Easton @murrayeaston.bsky.social · 23d

What if … Scotland had voted yes and remained in the EU …

Murray Easton @murrayeaston.bsky.social · 23d

New blog (and a guest blog) all the way from Buenos Aires in Argentina 🇦🇷

Juan Marioni writes about his favourite band finally making it over. ❤️

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