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Last autumn I found myself in the unusual situation where the occurance of something beyond my wildest dreams was causing me a slight problem. The ‘something’ in question was Aberdeen Football Club’s amazing unbeaten run of games from around August – November 2024, which had put them on equal points with Celtic at the top… …

Here’s a video for the title track of my album World to Rights. I made it using a green screen and some lighting equipment I’d bought second hand. The backgroud videos are from various creators who offer them for free online, and who I’ve credited underneath the video on YouTube. I put myself in black… …

What a time we’re living in, eh? The day before this post was written, the president of the United States and his ‘playground bully’ sidekick had a childish argument with the president of Ukraine in front of the world, with life and death consequences for people in Ukraine. Despite the unfavourable sounding terms of the… …

Around the time I settled on naming my solo project Pat’s Alternative Bus Tour, I searched online to see if the name, or at least a similar one, was already being used. Among the search results was a link to Pat’s Uninteresting Tours, which was a city tour operating in Sydney in the mid to… …

A new Pat’s Alternative Bus Tour single, Join the Dots, is out now. It’s already getting some radio play on Sunny Govan‘s local music spotlight and on Jim Gellatly’s show on Amazing Radio. You can also play a game of join the dots to get a free download of the single and another song, either… …

Dorian is the last song I’m introducing from Virtual Virgins. The plan was to write about a different song from the album every month and I was determined to get through them all whether or not anyone was reading any of it. So I’m pleased to finally complete the challenge. I partly left this song… …