Another Saturday - Music

Stuart Murdoch Born Stuart Lee Murdoch On 25 August 1968 In Clarkston East Renfrewshire Scotland Is A Scottish Musician Writer And Filmmaker And The Lead Singer And Songwriter For The Indie Pop Band Belle And Sebastian. BACKGROUND Scotland’s Greatest Poet Comes From Ayr. That’s Probably Not All Stuart Has In Common With Robbie Burns But I’m Damned If I Know What Else. Both Guys I Suppose. Stuart Moved Up To Glasgow At A Tender Age Just Missing The First Scottish Post-Punk Explosion And Having To Wait A Few Years For The Next One. The Next Few Years Were Spent Dabbling In All Sorts Of Nonsense DJ-Ing Promoting Concerts Working In A Record Store Selling Bacon Door-To-Door Running Marathons And Trying And Abandoning Various Courses At University In The Days When You Were Allowed To Do That Sort Of Thing. At Some Point During All This He Seems To Have Learned To Write Songs Although I Don’t Think Even He Knows The Exact Point. NICKNAME S Stewpot. EDUCATION This Serial Student Never Quite Consummated His Relationship With Tertiary Education Despite Three Serious Flirtations. Probably Will When He’s 60 Just To Take Advantage Of Campus Laundry Facilities. ATTRIBUTES Competitive Loyal Diplomatic PUNCTUALITY Pretty Good. He’ll Leave It Damn Late For Planes Trains Gigs Etc But Touch Wood He’ll Never Miss Them. SAMPLE QUOTE “Bawbag? It’s A Word. You Use It. Triple Word Score. Fifty-Four Points.” FINEST MOMENT Asking Chrissie Hynde Whether She Knew If Ray Davies Had Ever Heard The Pretenders’ Version Of “Stop Your Sobbing”. “I Should Think So ” Said Chrissie. “I Was Married To Him.” MOST LIKELY TO Don The Black And White Of Ayr United. Suggest A Game Of Scrabble. Get The Train Instead. Have An “idea For The Show Tonight”. Enter The Stage On A Motorcycle Despite Never Having Ridden One In His Life. Resist Getting A Mobile Phone. Take Off His Shirt. Go Bright Red When Embarrassed. Run For Miles For No Apparent Reason. Sing In A Choir. Identify A Tree Or Bird. Permanently Damage His Foot Kicking A Studio Wall. Try And Knock Himself Out Before A Flight. Argue Black Is White. Wear His Pyjamas Under His Trousers. Stay Up All Night Watching Baseball On The Telly. Only Drink Half Of His 2nd Cup Of Coffee. Embark On A New Dietary Regime. read less