Zero points for every Gazan child Eurovision Song Contest . Scottish and Irish artists come together and protest inclusion of genocidal Israel. Link to full version shorturl.at/dghI1
#unitedbygenocide

Posted with sorrow and a heavy heart from this mornings The Herald
Thanks to #carolinewilsonjournalist

heraldscotland.com/news/24206526.…

‘Another Poor Things is Possible ’. Some post-Oscars imaginings on Poor Things in The Drouth thedrouth.org/another-poor-t…

#EmmaStone wins an #Oscar for #PoorThings !
Is the #Lanthimos film so much better than the book?
#BeingBellaBaxter examines the differences between the film & #AlasdairGray ’s book in BELLA CALEDONIA
Read it here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/02/10/bei…
#Oscar s2024 The Alasdair Gray Archive

The Drouth

MADE IN SCOTLAND: STUDIES IN POPULAR MUSIC
A history of 70 years of popular music in Scotland by Simon Frith, Martin Cloonan & John Williamson is fascinating &comprehensive in introduction to the story, writes Sheena Macdonald in review.
Routledge Books
thedrouth.org/made-in-scotla…

COALITION OF WATERS:
On Wounded Bodies in Capitalistic Time

Powerful images from artist Rupali Patil and powerful words together with curator #AgnieszkaKilian
See it here: thedrouth.org/coalition-of-w…

POOR THINGS : BOOK OR FILM?
'Why is Glasgow not in the film of #poorthings ?'
Is that even the right question we should be asking?

Read ‘BEING BELLA BAXTER’ in BELLA CALEDONIA comparing the film and the book -and on why it is important bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/02/10/bei…

SENSE & SENSITIVITY: Killing History
On writing &rewriting of state affairs by politicians, O D Edwards wonders if 'The self-destruction of the would-be partisan is becoming a literary form in UK political life'? On Theresa May, Chris Bryant &Rory Stewart
thedrouth.org/sense-and-sens…

WELCOME TO THE SHIPWRECK!

#RoryOlcayto ’s assessment of the #Glasgow problematic is highly controversial &has been doing the rounds & garnering much critical attention. A straight-talking, complacency-busting analysis & vision for a metropolitan city
here: thedrouth.org/welcome-to-the…

SUPPORT THE PARTISAN NECROPOLIS
Chris Leslie’s record as a human rights photographer &filmmaker, in Rwanda, Haiti, BosniaHerzegovina &here in Scotland is something v special
He’s launching a campaign to make a film about the fascist-desecrated monument :

thedrouth.org/the-partisan-n…

Massive thanks to all who came to Queen Margaret Union on Saturday! Thanks also to multi-talented Zara Gladman who organised the event for University of Glasgow, The Drouth for the very kind words, chemical_tz for support, & to Frances Curran who spoke on behalf of striking FE workers!📸Holger Mohaupt

RELEASED TODAY! Claire M Singer ‘s new album #SAOR on Touch
Read all about it as Claire chats with Neil Cooper here: thedrouth.org/claire-m-singe…

LAOCOON AND LOSS

‘Abandon hope. Here and now. The narrative stops. The physicality of time is mislaid. Amor vacui.’ ( The love for the void)

By Murdo Macdonald
Read it here: thedrouth.org/laocoon-and-lo…

You can read an interview with Claire M Singer in The Drouth about her new album 'Saor' here | thedrouth.org/claire-m-singe… #saor #organmusic

COMPOSER CLAIRE M SINGER IS AN ORGANIC PHENOMENON!
1st in a triptych of albums, composer Claire M Singer ‘s SAOR will be released digitally &on CD by Touch on 3rd Nov. Neil Cooper talks to her about her music &her love for organs & organ music.
Read here: thedrouth.org/claire-m-singe…

In Praise of Sturdy Buildings: A Report for Wyndford Residents Union by Fraser/Livingstone Architects & The Drouth. thedrouth.org/in-praise-of-s…

The Drouth Fraser/Livingstone Architects SAVE THE WYNDFORD

‘THINGS IN PROCESS … OBJECTS OUT OF PLACE AND TIME…’
Frances Lightbound’s exhibition ‘Tectonics’ at the James David Mooney Foundation in #Chicago - Pia Singh reviews and finds a striking refinement in these rare and enigmatic arrangements.

thedrouth.org/frances-lightb…

THE DROUTH new edition ‘NOTE’ is out!

‘Ave a Butchers, a gander and a shufty!

thedrouth.org

A SONIC AUTHORITARIANISM?

Music to galvanise and control - in ‘Singing from the Same Hymnbook’, Louise Rodgers examines how powerful groups, institutions and individuals throughout history have hitched music to their social programmes.

Read it here : thedrouth.org/singing-from-t…