Rather than scrabble around to try to find a pen and paper at gigs to give people my podcast details, I’ve had some Three From Leith business cards made up. Rather nice they are too ! They’re actually double-sided with my postal address on the back, but for online privacy I’m only showing the front and I’ve blurred out my phone numbers.

A very nice job and a great service from Streetcards.

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Welcome to Show 26 from the heights of TFL Towers here in Leith, where Saint Valentine will be passing this lonely old singleton by this year… awwww !! (please, dry your eyes and put those hankies away now)

But do I care ? Not when I’ve got a show brimming with love, talent and musical genius I’m not ! Fun, enjoyment and not a nagging in sight – what more could a chap want ? Heavens above, there’s an exclusive new track from TFL favourites and showcase stars Santa Dog, a treat from show newbies The Deltasun, and a track for snuggling up to with your Valentine from the ever-magnificent Hungry Lucy.

Who says that I’m not good to you ?!

Santa Dog – Rosa
From their new ‘Belle De Jour’ EP – snap up your limited edition copy now. Familiarise yourself with the goodness that’ll be in store for you come April14th.
Email Rowena, Robbie, Martin and Jojo and let them know what you think.
Visit their MySpace page and add yourself as their friend

The Deltasun – Self Help
Anthemic, alternative rock from the boys from South London. Their website is being updated, but the old one’s still there if you wanted to check out some photos of the band.
Email Martin, Omar and Lee with your comments and feedback

Hungry Lucy – My Beloved
A smoochy number from War-N and Christa for getting up close and intimate with whoever you have over this Valentine’s day. Reminds me of the slow numbers at the end of discos when I was but a wee lad. Check out their podcast and their videos – a duo of diverse talents.
Email War-N and Christa with a quote from Little Britain and tell them if your date enjoyed the musical accompaniment as you played tonsil tennis !!
Be a friend to the Transatlantic tea-jennies on their MySpace page.

This week’s Scottish Expression is ‘Well-skelped arse’

This week’s soundbed is ‘Space Stuff’ courtesy of Pierre Journel on the PMN.

Three From Leith theme-tune by Alex Aitken

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Thank you for continuing to support the independent artists in 2006 by listening, feeding back and buying their music.

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You can buy tickets online from TicketWeb for the Three From Leith showcase gig (at the web exclusive price of £4) and choose to have them delivered by post or collect them at the venue on the night.

I received the following newsflash from Santa Dog tonight:

“Hellooo!

Love from Santa Dog x

http://www.santa-dog.co.uk

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preorder: for online sales go to: http://www.santa-dog.co.uk/preorder.html
or email us if you would prefer to pay by cheque/cash.

release date: march 2006

cost: £5 including postage worldwide.

tracklisting: (tbc)
Belle De Jour
Rosa
Pop coloured
1000 cranes”

I’ve had a preview of Rosa and you’ll NOT be disappointed. It’s brilliant ! Listen out for it on next week’s show.

Better get your skates on if you want one of the rare, limited edition copies !

Not only is Rowena from Santa Dog a fabulous singer and musician, she’s also an incredibly talent artist. She’s designed the flyers / posters for the April 14th gig and I’m blown away…. I’m going to frame one as it’s truly a work of art.

If anyone would like to put up a few small posters around their places of work / local library / supermarket etc, give me a shout and I’ll send a few out when the printed ones arrive here at TFL Towers.

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(Apologies if this appears as a repost – having a few teething troubles getting iTunes to register the new site feed)

I can’t believe that’s show 25 reached already ! It only seemed like yesterday (though listening back to show 1 I’m glad it wasn’t) since I took a mad turn on a day off from work and decided to see if I could knock a podcast together. And my aim for the show is working – I received an email this morning from a listener who’d just bought the CDs from all three of the artists featured on show 15. Owen, you’re a shining example of showing commitment to – and helping to support – independent artists. Thank you. And a huge thank you from me and from all the bands and artists who you’ve all supported over the last 25 shows and hopefully will continue supporting for many more shows to come.

Three From Leith Showcase Gig – yes, it’s coming on the 14th April ! Featuring Santa Dog from Bristol with Chocyamo and Opal Sky from Edinburgh. More details in the blog entry below.

A bumper double-helping of poptastic podsafe this week from:

Karma – Tula
MySpace
Email

IT – Hang On Tom
MySpace
Email

Hollow Horse – Forget The Girl
Email

eddyfink – This Is Where We Land
MySpace
Email

Opal Sky – Dead & Gone
MySpace
Email

The Rushes – Venom
Email

The amazing Oldfieldian soundbed was ‘The Hands Of Time’ by Brought Up On Oysters

Thanks to Alex Aitken of www.computermusictutorials.com for the new theme tune.

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Thank you for continuing to support the independent artists in 2006 by listening, feeding back and buying their music.

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This is the promo for the Three from Leith showcase gig on Friday, April 14th 2006.

Feel free to grab it and use it in your own show to help spread the word and give the three bands a night to remember !

In case you’re wondering what’s up, I’ve moved to a new site now that I’ve hit 25 shows !

If you want to access any old shows, click on the link to the old archives on the right.

Show 25 will hopefully be up within the next 7 or 8 hours.

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In the last show, I hinted that something was up and asked you to keep your diary free for Friday 14th April. Well, I can now reveal that – courtesy of the fantastic Santa Dog – the lineup has been finalised for the first ever Three From Leith showcase gig !!

The Venue: Cabaret Voltaire, Blair St, Edinburgh
The Date / Time: 14th April, 8pm – 10pm
The Bands: Chocyamo, Santa Dog, Opal Sky

Ticket price to be confirmed (likely to be £5)

Start spreading the news…..

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