Happily Imperfect
Gordon McLean
Hi, I’m G. Father, husband, feminist, ally, skeptic, blogger, book reader, geek. Always sarcastic, imperfect, and too cheeky for his own good. He/him. 🏴
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I left the house at 13:30. Train to Edinburgh, tram to airport, flight to Madrid, metro to city centre hotel. Arrived at my hotel room at 00:43. My plans are to breakfast early and wander around for the next four mornings. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons/evenings are taken up with watching fast cars go fast,...
What artist or band changed your music taste forever? Pick your favorite song of theirs. From heavier rock and dance music as my ‘chosen’ genres, I stumbled into this band after catching them performing at Glastonbury in 2004 (on TV, it was a couple of years before I made it to that festival where I also saw them...
What was your favorite song in high school? Why did it resonate? The radio crackles to life. It is full of heavily produced sounds. Bon Jovi, Madonna, Wham!, Phil Collins —artists I would spend my life with— dominated. Pet Shop Boys were ploughing a different path, New Order were living their Blue Monday ‘88...
My baby moves at midnight,Goes right on ’til the dawn,My woman, take me higher,My woman, keep me warm Ahhhh you cannae beat a bit of Bee Gees eh! What a tune! Recently my wife and I attended a friend’s wedding, it was at a local hotel and the entertainment was one guy with a guitar and a nifty backing track system....
Dear Apple, I can remove apps from my iPad, except the Photos app (there may be others but my issue is with the Photos app). I don’t sync my iCloud Photos to my iPad. I don’t use it for that, it’s purely as a consumption device. I watch movies and TV shows on it. I occasionally use it to write with. Ultimately I...
Pick a song from an artist or band that’s had the biggest impact on your life. Queen were my first love. Finding their albums in my parents record collection was like finding a rare jewel. Mostly because they spanned the time of my awakening to pop/rock music so I had a contemporary view of them (Radio GaGa) to play...
What is a song that instantly energizes you? Thumping bass, catchy melody, quintessential dance music always gives me energy. It’s why club nights were such a highlight of my youth. These days, energising tracks are for things like exercising which brings a similar endorphin high to those club nights —without the...
A weekly recap of the articles and posts I’ve read that I think are worth your time. Pentax ME – Down the Road — Some lovely photos, but the camera itself is one my Dad had (I’m 98% sure). I can FEEL it, I can HEAR it. Ohhh aren’t memories odd things. Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless...
Did you sing along to anything today? Describe the moment. My son, 4, has discovered the movie Madagascar. Which is fine because the endless repeats of Bluey (which I dearly love) are starting to grate a little. My memories of this song take me back to my early 20s, the local nightclub, the “everyone back to ours”...
What song do you wish you had written? Happy Birthday? Bohemian Rhapsody? Lyrics is where my brain focuses, which takes me to Cohen, Garvey, McCartney, Swift, Bush… But meaning matters and this song is such a gentle exploration of how beautiful life is if we pause and look around, literally stop and smell the...
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