Jamie is a guy I met in Florence at the beginning of the year when I was doing a Zobop installation for Jim Lambie. We bonded in an Italian Irish bar over Grappa which is basically window cleaner. You can read his journal here. If you go back and look at the entries from the beginning of January you will find references to 'a funny Scottish guy' and his drinking habits. That's me! Also found out recently that Fantagraphics are close to going under. This is bad news. Anyone interested in the work of alternative comic book luminaries like Pete Bagge (Hate), Dan Clowes (Eightball), The Hernandez Brothers (Love And Rockets) et al. should be sad. Apparently if you buy more than $500 of their books you get a personal phonecall from Gary Groth to say thanks. If only.

The Park Attack website is now online and gets top marks for being basic and good- two things that rarely go hand in hand on the web. For any one who hasn't heard of them, Park Attack are a local Glasgow band. And for anyone who hasn't had the good fortune of having me drunkenly slaver at them, it was my band, my idea etc. (This of course is not true. It is my flatmate Rob 'Churminator' Churm's outfit. And they have degenerated into a damn fine band since the moment I left- which, I might add, was after one and a half practices). It's nice to see the song Dennis' Leg mentioned though. That was my song. I wrote the lyrics. If turning up and shouting the first thing that comes into your head counts. If memory serves me correctly the lyric sheet should look something like this:

Dennis' Leg

Dennis' Leg (repeat)

And I fully expect royalties when they get signed.

Saw Neil Mulholland when I was down at Transmission yesterday. He's making a documentary about David Shrigley. Except Dave doesn't want to be in it so Neil wants me to play him. Ha! It should be filming soon and then shown on Channel 4 in August. Its going to be about half an hour long and maybe it could be a good laugh. Plus, I don't have any lines to learn.