Slovenia

Well, so much for a blog a day. Turns out the internet is quite popular and theres a high demand for computers in internet cafes. Who knew! The frustration of waiting can turn a person to drink and i find after a few beers my typing capabilities are reduced enough to make paying money to use a computer akin to backing Hibs to win the premier league.

We had our first gig in Slovenia last night at the Metropolitan library in Slovenia, the first time we´ve played in such a place. Really nice though as it was in the music department of the library which had loads of obscure folk and blues CDs courtesy of curator Matjez. We enjoyed the gig a lot and as hopefully everybody in the full room did. We play in Kranj tonight which is 30 mins or so by train from Ljubljana where weve stayed the last few nights. The hostel is in an old Yugoslav army barracks and is very bright, clean and modern but what makes it great is that its surrounded by squatted buildings which are turned into little bars and clubs and even music venues with pa´s and stuff



Celica hostel, Ljubljana, yesterday



On another blisteringly hot day (for Scotland) we played at Montrose music festival on Sunday. We only caught the last bit of the weekend but it was still going strong and it looks like everybody involved in the organising (all volunteers) are moving it from strength to strength. It seems to invlove the whole community with young bands getting the chance to play alongside established names so heres to next years festival.


Montrose beach, Sunday