Edinburgh Man, man.

Hello folks! You look like you’ve caught a wee bit of the sun, you must have been out for the 5 minutes of good weather we had this month. As usual I’ve been doing bits and also, of course, bobs. As you can see from the photie above, me and my partner-in-crime Andrew Lindsay joined Where We Lay Our Heads on stage during their gig at King Tuts to sing a wee song. That was fun, though I wish I hadn’t gone on stage holding my pint, like a chump.

Also, remember that new song I put up recently? Well, I’ve made it a free download if you fancy it, but it was also played on The Edinburgh Man Podcast! You might remember that I’ve been played on there before; the podcast is always a pleasure to listen to, so having one of my songs feature is an added bonus. You can have a listen to the podcast by clicking this link, the one with the voice that’s nice to listen to.

(also, you can download the song by clicking the wee arrow below)

That’s about it for now folks. Til next time!

love Shambles

x

Argos Barks (but ma dug can write)

Hello folks! You’re looking positively refulgent, you classy devils. I’ve been busy writing (the good kind, not the other kind) and doing plots and plans and schemes and things. I’ve also taken to wearing a very small hat. It’s a crazy time. I also took some time recently to make a wee playlist for Argos Barks, featuring some of the braw folk who make braw folk and can regularly be found making my ears happier. Some are more obvious than others, given that my usual partners-in-crime are featured, but so are some heroes and people I’m resigned to admiring from afar. The playlist is as follows:

• Andrew Lindsay – The Boat Outside
• Reverieme – Weans
• Beans on Toast – Coke
• Where We Lay Our Heads – Wondering About the Fall
• Daniel Versus the World – One Night Hug
• Kitty the Lion – Split Ends
• Laura Marling – My Manic and I
• Loch Awe – The Ocean in Me
• Second Hand Marching Band – A Dance to Half Death
• Shambles Miller – Things That Make Me Angry
• Loudon Wainwright III – Motel Blues
• Emily Barker – Fields of June
• Julia and the Doogans – Borderline
• Billy Bragg – Waiting for the Great Leap Forward
• Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road

A mighty bag’o'tracks to be sure. Mr. Barks (as he will always be known in my mind) also says some lovely words about me, which I’m very flattered by. He must be wise and handsome. To hear the playlist in full, head over to Argos Barks right this very minute! Your ears would thank you, if they could speak, but they can’t. They’re ears. They have neither the agency nor ability to do so.

In other news, I have gigs soon! I’m playing a couple of shows with Dave Arcari and it’d be great if you could make it along, the dates and times are below, along with the facebook event pages where you can also find links to buy tickets online! Hope to see you there!

• Wednesday, 22nd June, Sneaky Pete’s
• Thursday, 23rd June, Captains Rest

Oh and I recently updated my bandcamp with physical STUFF, so take a gander. And yes, the picture of my dog, Dusty, is only really up at the top of this post because of a rather tenuous “barks” link. It’s my blog, I’ll do what I want. Put the kettle on since you’re up, would you?

Til next time folks,

love Shambles x

Radio Shambles (Part 2)

Well. Hello! You look nice! Especially you. Anyway, I’ve been played on Tom Robinson’s Fresh On The Net show again! Only a week later! If it’s possible, Tom is even kinder about my music this time, to the extent that I did blush. You can listen again for the next few days via this lovely link.

This week I was also played on Pop Goes the Revolution alongside the likes of Shooting Stansfield, Where We Lay Our Heads, Dave Hughes and the Renegade Folk Punk Band, to name but a few. You can listen to THAT show at THIS handsome wee link.

More news about other things once I’ve done them or am about to do them.

Til next time folks!

love Shambles x

Stories from out the writing cave.

Hello folks! Michty me are YOU a sight for sore eyes! It’s been a long month, but I’ve finally emerged from my cave again, ready to embrace the summer. And YOU if you’re lucky. Oh stop it. Whit ye like.

I haven’t written anything here in a while, as I’ve been confined to the aforementioned studycave, venturing out only occasionally to hunt for food and play tricks on the local wildlife. So, I thought I’d do a quick wee update to let you know about some of the all-too-brief adventures I’ve had during these brief sojourns for sanity. So here’s what I’ve been doing when I’ve not been learning lots of FACTS:

Playing songs for the occupiers of the Free Hetherington, getting a haircut, treating my beard with the sort of care and precision usually only reserved for Bonsai trees, beatboxing (sort of (again)) with Beans on Toast, discovering some awesome new music and then some more, getting good news, getting bad news, going stir crazy, eating a lot of meat, drinking a lot of beer, trying to prevent a friend’s kitchen from floating away, singing drunken songs around a campfire, booking some gigs, updating my music page, surviving a robot attack, impersonating T-Pain, missing bothering you all with my ramblings and looking forward to playing my songs at those folk who are kind enough to listen. Oh and I drew a rough schematic of something which MIGHT allow me to travel through time. Either that or it’s a new type of hairdryer.

Mostly mini-adventures, but expect a lot (well, some) more now that I’m out of the cave! It’s been a while since I hassled you lovely folks, so don’t forget:

• This free thing.
• This OTHER free thing!
• If you like this, could you ‘like’ this, cause I’d like that.
• I have songs here, mind?
• I have these things for sale.

That about covers it! Feel free to get in touch via twitter or facebook or drop me a wee e-mail (at campbell(at)stereokill(dot)com) if you want to book me for gigs or house shows; if you want to tell me your plans for a working lightsaber, or if you just want to finally admit to that little crush. Oh don’t be coy, I’VE KNOWN ALL ALONG.

It’s nice to be in the world again (to some extent).

Til next time folks!

love Shambles x