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- Just handed in 2 massive bits of uni work, a day before deadline. *happy face* 18 hours ago
- @onetenthhero Yeah but you were probably still up at 3am anyway, eh? ;-) 2012/05/16
- RT @vbrich: people of Edinburgh, get yourself along to Sneaky Pete's tonight to see the wonderful #paperaeroplanes please RT 2012/05/16
- @onetenthhero It's a tough life being a parent. I was forced to stay at home and watch Star Wars with my son the other day. 2012/05/16
- RT @unwindinghours: First gig back! We will be playing a lot of new songs @kingtuts Glasgow, Monday July 23rd with @olympicswimmers and ... 2012/05/16
- @scottwas Unfortunately not :-) 2012/05/16
- About to throw my bass guitar out the ******* window. 2012/05/16
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Category Archives: History
Calamateur 2011
So, the end of another year, eh? One thing I’d have to say about 2011 is that it’s not been boring – everyday family life, moving house and starting university have all made sure of that. Looking back, it’s actually … Continue reading
Calamateur 2010
This past year has been another busy one on the music front In May I put out my third album, ‘Each Dirty Letter’: It was the first collection of songs I’d put out that wasn’t self-produced (this amazing guy did it). … Continue reading
A Decade of Calamateur, Part 5: 2006-2009
2006: The only music I released this year was ‘Sergeant Howie’s Holy Stamina Test‘. I can’t really remember what inspired me to do it, but I woke up one morning and decided to write and record as much music as … Continue reading
A Decade of Calamateur, Part 4: 2004-2005
2004: This year started with me making the difficult decision to leave Oldsolar, the band I’d been in for over 6 years. There were various reasons for my departure; I was now living nearly 200 miles away from the rest … Continue reading
A Decade of Calamateur, Part 3: 2003
2003: Not long after the release of Oldsolar’s ‘Many Visitors Have Been Gored by Buffalo’ we were invited to record a track for a tribute album to Glaswegian singer-songwriter Frankie Miller. We weren’t huge fans of his music, but to … Continue reading
A Decade of Calamateur, Part 2: 2002
2002: After the release of ‘White Light Unknown / Inhabit‘ I was approached by a couple of cool little indie labels. One wanted me to record a 7″ single for them and another asked me to record an EP. This … Continue reading
A Decade of Calamateur, Part 1: 2000-2001
I’ve been reading a lot of end-of-year and end-of-decade lists recently and so thought I’d make one of my own. I’ve been making music as Calamateur for nearly 10 years now and this is the first in a series of … Continue reading