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		<title>Bursting Ear Drums for Fun, the Mogwai Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Galbraith</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barrowland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Glasgow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image: enfrentearte.com Mogwai Barrowland Glasgow 22nd December, 2011 Rating: 5/5 It was a Christmas gig in front of their home fans: Glasgow instrumental rockers and underground legends, Mogwai, playing the Barrowland, the number one venue in the city. It was never going to be anything else than spectacular. The atmosphere building up to this gig [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manintheeast.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9009599&amp;post=278&amp;subd=manintheeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t Get Any Better</title>
		<link>http://manintheeast.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/cant-get-any-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Galbraith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shed Seven]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rick Witter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shed Seven Barrowland Glasgow 2nd December, 2011 Rating: 5/5 This was an outstanding performance of top notch rock and roll from the kings of indie nostalgia, in the only venue that can match the enthusiasm of the band to the fervor of an 18-rated audience. Despite a slow entrance with Parallel Lines that confused the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manintheeast.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9009599&amp;post=274&amp;subd=manintheeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Charismatic and Catchy from Canaveral and Creosote</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Galbraith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kid Canaveral]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[King Creosote]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kid Canaveral &#38; King Creosote The Liquid Room Edinburgh 3rd November, 2011 Rating: 3/5 (based on 1st hour) Despite yours truly leaving this gig half way through because he thought the gig had completed, what I did see was immense. The Liquid Room was packed to the rafters for this delightful combo made up of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manintheeast.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9009599&amp;post=271&amp;subd=manintheeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Evening with John Cooper Clarke</title>
		<link>http://manintheeast.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/an-evening-with-john-cooper-clarke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Galbraith</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Picture House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Cooper Clarke HMV Picture House Edinburgh 28th October, 2011 Rating: 4/5 This wasn&#8217;t just an evening of punk poetry that some had expected, this was also an evening that gave so much more. Billed as a “whirlwind adventure in lyrical levitation”, The Bard of Salford, the original punk poet, John Cooper Clarke, gave us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manintheeast.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9009599&amp;post=267&amp;subd=manintheeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fruit Tree Foundation Gig</title>
		<link>http://manintheeast.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/the-fruit-tree-foundation-gig/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Galbraith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[James Yorkston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rod Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Withered Hand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fruit Tree Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nobles Bar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Fruit Tree Foundation Gig Noble’s Bar Leith 20th October, 2011 The Fruit Tree Foundation is an independent project, led by musicians Rod Jones and Emma Pollock, which aims to raise awareness of mental health and well-being by creating great art. First Edition, the Fruit Tree Foundation&#8217;s first album, was released in the summer of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manintheeast.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9009599&amp;post=264&amp;subd=manintheeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Specials Blow It Out The Park</title>
		<link>http://manintheeast.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/the-specials-blow-it-out-the-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Galbraith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Specials, The]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2 Tone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Specials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Specials SECC Glasgow 18th October, 2011 Rating: 5/5 The general feeling among the ska community about The Specials playing Glasgow’s SECC, other than the usual nostalgic wave that accompanies their arrival, was one of apprehension. After the massive success of their 30th anniversary reunion tour in 2009, some felt—myself included—that by putting together another [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manintheeast.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9009599&amp;post=254&amp;subd=manintheeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Toots Loses His Roots</title>
		<link>http://manintheeast.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/toots-loses-his-roots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Galbraith</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jamaica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reggae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toots]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Toots and the Maytals O2 Academy Glasgow 1st September, 2011 Rating: 0/5 A decent crowd turned out at the O2 Academy to pay tribute to a man whose impact on reggae music and Jamaican culture was legendary. Unfortunately, he rewarded Glasgow with a sham of a show. In a blatant show of arrogance and more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manintheeast.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9009599&amp;post=242&amp;subd=manintheeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Tales and Experiences with Aidan Moffat</title>
		<link>http://manintheeast.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/dark-tales-and-experiences-with-aidan-moffat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Galbraith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aidan Moffat Sierra Metro Edinburgh 7th August, 2011 Rating: 3/5 Under the Detours banner of the Edinburgh Arts Festival, Aidan Moffat, played a very different kind of gig in Newhaven’s Sierra Metro art gallery, which had been specially transformed to resemble a room in a Romanian castle. In front of only around twenty people, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manintheeast.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9009599&amp;post=238&amp;subd=manintheeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Roger Waters: The Wall</title>
		<link>http://manintheeast.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/roger-waters-the-wall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Galbraith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Roger Waters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Image: Bio27 Roger Waters: The Wall O2 Arena London 12th May, 2011 Rating: 7/5 It was the first time The Wall had been performed in London for 29 years and 329 days. The stage was set with its familiar iconic white bricks, built up slightly at the side towards the stands and with odd fluctuations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manintheeast.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9009599&amp;post=223&amp;subd=manintheeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ant Music for Lucky People</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Galbraith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adam Ant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Image: Spinner.com/Ben Meadows (Wire Image) Adam Ant O2 ABC Glasgow 23rd May, 2011 Rating: 4/5 For most Ant fans it had been a long time in coming. Adam Ant—real name Stuart Goddard—has “been to hell and back” but this mini revival, while very welcome to the ant generation that grew up to the thundering sound [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manintheeast.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9009599&amp;post=220&amp;subd=manintheeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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