Nicking Sandy's ideas......

Me outside the "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" gazebo, Salzburg 2004.

I liked the look of Sandy Nelson's Nordic blog, that I've decided to hoover up his idea - well, not really, I've been blogging for years, but this google blog looks pretty cool.




There are various blogs of mine littering cyberspace at the moment, my attention span never allowing any of them to last more than a few months. So here's the rebirth. Here you'll find all the usual shite - my weekly X Factor rantings (tho I'm already hating the idea of it sans Mrs O) and my shameless publicity and self promotion.

Big news these days is that I'm back in Glasgow. The country life didn't work out - not cos I didn't like it - I did, but I had no idea when I bought the cottage that, suddenly, all my work would dry up. It's one of the fuckers of this business. Feast or famine. Tutti Frutti was the best thing that ever happened to me, but I lost a lot of my regular gigs by doing it. A lot of credibility for my career, but tough on the wallet.

So I'm back in Glasgow and loving it. The most exciting thing that's happening at the moment is that I have a play on in Oran Mor next month. I've written it with my two buddies Donny and Matt, and it's a musical comedy called "Sweet Home Balmaha." I'm going to blog daily on here about the whole production process of the show. We start rehearsals in three weeks.

The show stars me - Tom Urie



and this guy, Matthew McVarish



and, not forgetting the stunning Kathleen McDermott, this is her here


she's completely fab, and we're delighted she's agreed to do the show. She's won a Bafta and everything!!

The show runs at Oran Mor from Monday 15th - Saturday 20th September, 1pm. Tickets are a tenner, and you get a pie and a pint thrown in.