Author Archives: Campbell

Alex Chilton, 1950 – 2010 0

As tastemakers have now conclusively identified, getting all mawkish and puffy and snivelsome online over the death of a celebrity is no longer okay, OK?

I myself have long railed (at whom is another question) against the vapid pointlessness of Tweeting my big sad face or “Liking” that one of your school colleagues that you no longer speak to wrote “RIP Lenny Bennett, I remember your name from on the telly from when I was young” (I’ll check whether Lenny Bennett has actually died in a minute and consider deleting this or leaving it in for some ineffable comic… Read the rest

Looks like we have a new roadie… 2

Friends of the Stars Family Announcement

We would like to congratulate our brother Craig and his girlfriend Val on the birth of their baby son earlier today. Mother and son doing great, Dad probably being a big jessie as we speak.

With Love
FoTS
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Radio Spiritworld and free Conet Project 1

Teach your Children with Shortwave Number Stations and Ghosts… then check out Robert Popper’s blog

Friends of the Stars resort to Payola 0

Bit of a plug this week on Radio Scotland’s mid morning show.
Click on this link and scroll through to 1hr and 5 minutes.
The story is this….
I’m pals with Graham Virtue, journalist, curry afficianado and all round bon viveur. Graeme does the TV previews on BBC Radio Scotland’s Macauley and Co show.
EPISODE1 “The Set-Up”:
On February 4 Graham has to review the new Minder remake

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Today, this is the tune you should be bouncing down the street to 0

before everything gets disappointing again… The Staple Singers – If You’re Ready

Cam x 

Just when I was getting worried about being a joyless bassa… 2