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YouTube - Julie Fowlis with Jenna Reid & Donal Lunny - Biodh An Deoch Seo 'N Làimh Mo Rùin

You want to know what I'm into? Take a peek...

Then come back later and let me tell you about the Hairy Bikers, who I met last night at the annual Orion authors' party...

A nice surprise this week, in between all the non-blog writing and hand-wringing over the Metallica book and other things... My new book, Appetite For Destruction, came out. I knew it was coming, of course, but had forgotten until my editor, Ian, called to wish me Happy Publication Day. Which was nice of him. Almost as nice, in fact, as the bottle of champagne that the publisher's Orion sent over the next day. That's Orion for you. Class. I'm going to ask Julie if she'll put a pic of the cover up on this site when she's not busy beating Picasso at his own game, and I'll add a few details for those that are interested. That said, I don't want to spoil it by saying too much. Just that if you're a fan of the classic 80s era of rock and metal, this one is very much for you. Not that it's about music, as such. It's about the stories, the best of the bunch told at the time, and those only told for the first time now. And it's dedicated to Ross Halfin and Peter Makowski, absolutely without whom...

This blog is going into a little temporary late winter hibernation, due to a pressing need to suspend all aspects of life while I try and get some serious book work done. As David Bowie once memorably sang, sor-did de-tails fol-low-ing...