A new film featuring Danny MacAskill’s insane trial bike skills, is coming out next month. It charts a journey from Edinburgh back to his home town in Skye. In little over a year, Danny’s famous clip has received over 21 million views and has granted him places in music videos and TV adverts. Way Back Home will surely be one to watch.

This playlist reflects today, a mellow laid back Sunday. I’m going to share some new (and old) bands which I’ve recently discovered through the music blog Clumsy & Shy, definitely give it a look. Some nice tracks here, I currently have Lower Dens – Truss Me on repeat as it’s so beautiful. If there’s any bands you’d like to share, feel free to get in touch.

Police Academy 6 – Pills
OFWGKTA – Up Chopped And Screwed
Richard Hawley – Don’t You Cry
Lower Dens – Truss Me
Teams – Sunbells
Deerhunter – He Would Have Laughed
Memoryhouse – To The Lighthouse
Phone Home – Meds
Atlas Sound – ABC Glasgow
Elvis Presley – First In Line

Joe Crogan & Frank Sinatron are mega hunks who just can’t stop being Hunks. Join them as they discuss the premium method of dealing with Meriods (man periods) Being the perfect boyfriend (and staying bf material!) as well as newz, sports, weather and some music too. Lil Wayne, Neu! and Ennio Morricone all join in, while the hunks whistle over the songs, as well as playing their own music LIVE and sometimes not LIVE but still pretty tits.

Tickle your ears here! subcity.org/shows/hunks

hunks hunks hunks…

Untitled from Alex Martin on Vimeo.

Short film I made during summer. I wanted to film a day in the life style vid – skating around, no work, pressure free and chilling out.

You can see more edits here. Live life.

Common Thread is an event showcasing the work and facilities of multi-discipline designers working in the south side of Glasgow. A wide range of work will be exhibited including interior, furniture, product, web, graphic and sound design.

Designers exhibiting:

Roobarb, Emit, Worhaus, Modern Standard, Zero-waste, Silo Design and Build, Kabloom, Egg Machine, and Mifundo.

There will be a chance to view the facilities (including the sound and web design studios and workshop) and chat with the designers.
There will also be light and sound installations and Southside Studios own radio station will be playing throughout the evening. Get down early for some of their famous pizza baked in their own oven, and enjoy some quality Scottish ales provided by Williams Bros.

To register your interest and for more infor text COMMON and YOUR NAME to 60777

If you ride fixed gear or single speed in Glasgow, then I’ve designed a sheet of stickers for you. I’ve got 100 sheets to give away and if you’re interested, leave a comment and we can arrange something. If you’re not already on the site glasgowfgss.com, then head on over. Lots of fixie riders on it arranging cruises, meet ups, fixed beers and loads of other good things.

In case you’re wondering, yes they’re free.

‘Wan Gear, Nae Brain’

On October 8th 2010 GmbH will open in the Modern Institute gallery space at 14-20 Osborne St. in Glasgow’s Merchant City.

The mission of GmbH is to create a vibrant resource space for contemporary cultural product and high quality specialist publications in Glasgow’s city centre, a space which can encourage and support the Glasgow creative community providing access to the best international print media of all kinds, from high-gloss print to fanzines. The project, created and run by enterprising young duo Jamie Kenyon & Neil McKie, is intended to fill the current gap in Glasgow for an experienced outlet for specialist print dedicated to art, culture and design.

Kenyon and McKie realised that after the demise of the large Borders outlet on Buchanan Street there was no decent place to purchase a wide range of fashion, arts and culture publications. The high street outlets that remain do not stock anywhere near the volume of specialist publications that Borders once did.

This left a vacuum in the cultural market for a dedicated publication outlet, which provides an expansive range of contemporary magazines, journals and periodicals. A destination which would reach further in specialisation than Borders ever had, focusing on bespoke publishing, art, fashion, design, film and music as well as covering lifestyle, culture and affairs.

In addition to this, Kenyon and McKie intend the GmbH project not only to provide a dizzying variety of specialist publications, but also in-store expertise: friendly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff who can advise interested readers on titles to complement their interests as well as being able to source publications from across the world that maybe be difficult to find.

Though the Internet now provides easy access to art and culture information, as well as to on-line versions of print editions, there is still no substitution for the enjoyment of a beautifully printed publication, nor the satisfying sense of completion in reading one magazine from cover to cover. There is a real tactile pleasure to be taken from a loving created magazine that cannot be duplicated on a computer screen. Many publications and limited edition art materials are not able to be found on the web and therefore can only be an accessed and enjoyed upon the printed page.

Neil McKie has been involved in the music and event promotion industry since 2003. While working with PCL Concerts he produced citywide music events and festivals.
Jamie Kenyon graduated from GSA in 2007, since he has worked in curatorial roles with SWG3, Tate Britain and is currently Programmer at CCA.

The GmbH opening event takes place on 8th Oct at 4pm until 9pm – we would like to invite you along to see the project in action.

For more information please contact gmhbshop@gmail.com

I don’t really run the IOTD feature anymore seeing as there are images constantly being pushed through our Tumblr feed, but i’ll make an exception.

Taken by WCNS contributor David Cooper of fellow Shetland photographer Benji Cluness killing time with petrol bombs.

Wu Lyf. Who are they? A band from Manchester. What else do you know about them? Very little. Does that matter? It shouldn’t.

In these coochie coo days of digital information coziness, it only takes a matter of minutes to learn shed loads about a band, 30 seconds into hearing one of their tracks. Unfortunately due to this, there is very rarely the feeling of elusion and mystique which once came hand in hand with discovering something new.
Wu Lyf (World Unite – Lucifer Youth Foundation) deserve a firm pat on the back for managing to retain that tattered and trampled shroud of secrecy.

They tend to play all in white, their gigs cost a £1, sometimes there’s 5 in the band, sometimes 20 and I do hope they can retain this evasive approach when, or rather, if they choose to get signed.

Wu Lyf – Concrete Gold
Wu Lyf – Calm Down
Wu Lyf – Such A Sad Puppy Dog
Wu Lyf – Lung Songs
Wu Lyf – Heavy Pop