NEW EPISODE! This week we go to THE CITY to talk about the music of The Protomen. And also do a bit of a look at the genre of geek rock too. Light up your night by listening here: buff.ly/3ZVMQK2

Multiverse stories are the death of storytelling.

People have to stop doing this. It does indeed make you look like a twat.

Might be more social here. Who knows.

Some (new) old work on the (new) substack. open.substack.com/pub/mdfraser/p…

If nothing else I remain undefeated when it comes to rejections from Scottish lit mags. Anyone got any suggestions of where else I can throw this story other than the fucking bin?

Hello new followers! Welcome! My name is Mark. I've been a musician for 25 years, and I've hosted a music podcast, with over 400 episodes, for the last 7 and a half years. Check it out - we've almost certainly covered your favourite genre: open.spotify.com/show/1o995GBED…

RIP Ozzy. We did 3 episodes on Sabbath at the start of the year, one of which was an interview with Aron Ward, Bill's son. Those first 6 Sabbath albums are pure magic. Loved digging in to them. Thanks for the tunes and the chaos. Here's a photo of him feeding pigeons in Glasgow.

Don't read the comments section is quite a wise way to approach the internet. But it's quite difficult when it's the comment section on your own content. And that comment section has become a virtual bin fire.

I love my em dash and I'm never letting it go.

I work in marketing. Nominative determinism in action.

Last year I tried to listen to an album I'd never heard before every single day for a year. It was about 85% successful. I'm doing it again this year so I did a wee blog about it on my Substack. Go read. And also feel free to recommend a record! open.substack.com/pub/mdfraser/p…

A critique of Nick Bostrom's--I don't know how else to put it--incredibly dumb new paper in favor of artificial superintelligence. His conclusion is atrocious, dangerous, callous, arrogant, and genocidal, & his argument is patently flawed. I explain why below: