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- Effect of fat gene moderated by exercise
- Artists suing for $2Bn because an iTunes download is a "license" not a "sale" and thus they should get more cash.
- Fixing (cheap, shoddy) Android mobiles costs telcos millions
- Dirty tricks on all sides in pre-campaign on Scottish independence
- Edinburgh to get decent sized music venue
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- Scarlett Johannsen reacts very well to having nude pictures stolen
- Adolescent amphetamine use linked to permanent changes in brain function and behavior (in rats)
- War, On Drugs: The Military’s Complicated Relationship With Narcotics | Danger Room
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Date: 2011-11-04 11:20 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-11-04 11:27 am (UTC)Which, really, should be obvious.
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Date: 2011-11-04 01:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-04 01:57 pm (UTC)And Murrayfield is easier to get to by public transport than Hampden or Parkhead.
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Date: 2011-11-04 02:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-04 02:17 pm (UTC)Radiohead played in Meadowbank a couple of years back, which is a much more suitable size.
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Date: 2011-11-04 02:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-05 02:29 pm (UTC)Murrayfield also used to host far more concerts before the Oasis Standing on the Shoulders tour in 2000 where their fans totally trashed the streets and gardens surrounding Murrayfield - at that point the council vowed never to let Oasis play there again and to keep a stricter hand on licencing for gigs. For some reason they let them back in 2009 and there was a repeat performance - this time far more violent. I'm an Oasis fan and was at both gigs and saddened by the bahaviour of the fans. I've also seen Robbie Williams and U2 several times at Murrayfield but you are looking at bands of that stature to fill it - there's a decreasing lists these days as the price of tickets seems to have ballooned.
The Playhouse is pretty much musical central nowadays and is lost as one of the best concert venues of yesteryear. I also have no idea why they stopped staging gigs in Ingliston Exhibition Hall - I saw Pulp, Blur, Oasis and M People there many years ago. Edinburgh is extremely lacking in venues for concerts. Glasgow has taken over the market with the bigger venues like the SECC and the small intimate places - I've been to far more gigs in the Garage latterly than in Edinburgh. I welcomed the reopening of the Liquid Rooms and quite enjoy the occasional gigs at Cabaret Voltaire.
As to a new concert hall at INGLISTON - that's surely driven by the trams! They will make it easily accessible but is the only positive thing I can think as to the location. The road to Ingliston is a nightmare to drive between 5 and 7 at night - it will be twice as bad if there's a concert and cause chaos for air travellers. The waterfront at Leith would have been a far more logical location!
Undecided whether I welcome the news of a venue or not!
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Date: 2011-11-05 02:58 pm (UTC)I've also seen bands at the Corn Exchange (not a bad venue), and I believe the HMV Picturehouse are doing lots of small-ish ones.
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Date: 2011-11-08 01:09 pm (UTC)Not sure we'll ever see the tram finished though, so, I doubt this location will happen.
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Date: 2011-11-04 06:29 pm (UTC)This is from the article about exercise and the obesity gene. I can't make sense of the numbers. Is there a log in there someplace?
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Date: 2011-11-04 07:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-04 08:43 pm (UTC)How does their bookmark syncing feature work?
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Date: 2011-11-04 09:06 pm (UTC)https://services.mozilla.com/privacy-policy/