2026-01-15 16:01 UTC
“We set off in a straggly line, hugging the wall to escape the worst of the effects of the fresh air …”
Episode 11 of Ivor Cutler’s LIFE IN A SCOTCH SITTING ROOM, Vol. II, recorded on his 1976 LP “Jammy Smears”
5/7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwNcxd9Jf9I
#Scottish #literature #poetry #music #humour #surrealism #absurdist #IvorCutler
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot 2026-01-15 16:01
“You don’t look like a newspaperman. You have fighter pilot eyes.” —Alastair McKay takes “a hirple through the poetic humour of Mr Ivor Cutler, humorist, teacher, cloud-fancier, opsimath” 6/7 https://alastairmckay.substack.com/p/poetry-full-stop #Scottish #literature #poetry #music #humour #surrealism #absurdist #IvorCutler
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@FaithfullJohn@mastodon.scot 2026-01-15 17:15
@scotlit@mastodon.scot one of our "family sayings" that we often use 😊😁