Blatant Self Publicity #1

Both The Cat and Statmeister Dave from Jocknroll are regular contributors to The Scotsman's excellent (well, you would say that, wouldn't you?) Recommends feature that you can get every Wednesday in the centre pages of the paper.

This week it was The Cat's turn with two featured pieces. There was the Jocknrollesque Best Lurrrrve Songs and Best Unfinished Thing in Scotland.

Look out for a Jocknroll special in the near future...I've said too much!

I thank you.

Next Stop, World Domination

Anyone who browsed today's Scotsman could be forgiven for thinking that David Lee had handed the reins of the Recommends section over to Jocknroll's Dave and The Cat as we had a whole page to ourselves. That's right, we had three Top 5s featured.

Dave donated the Best Underrated Scottish Bands, while The Cat contributed two Celtic Connections Top 5s; Best Celtic Connections Concert and Best Celtic Connections (Non-Concert). There are plenty more where they came from.

Talking of world domination, the very excellent 17 Seconds blog has also morphed into a record label. 17 Seconds Records kicked off in October 2008 with no less a band than the wonderful Aberfeldy with the single "Claire"/"Talk Me Round". For those who prefer their music in a 'proper' format "Claire" is now available as a 7". Aberfeldy have since been joined on the label's roster by Ex Lion Tamer.