Edinburgh Music Bozo

Hmm.  Having wondered about the legality of Grooveshark, and found (thanks Norm!) that it's interpretation of legality is somewhat "interesting", I am now wondering something else.
In what way does this differ from allowing people to upload all sorts of music to Youtube?  Does that material get taken down, and if so, does it get replaced immediately?  Or, is it just that no-one wants to get into a legal wrangle with Google, with...

So, there I was, cheerfully listening to a bit of Ian Dury on the wonder-how's-it-even-legal Grooveshark.  The song "Wake Up and Make Love With Me" hit me with it's sublime blend of funky rhythms twinned with a very British sense of humour.  I'd heard...

I'm afraid that the Edinburgh Festival appears to have largely passed me by.  Which is quite a feat, given that it's the largest arts festival in the world, and I live pretty centrally.  I didn't shun it on purpose in a curmudgeonly manner, I just didn...

Compering at the Blue Blazer last night, I heard one of the best song intros I've heard in a while:
I asked my friend what he thought of my new song.  He said, "You mean the one about the Pirates and the ship of gold?  I thought it was great, yeah".  I said, "Ah, cheers.  It's actually about the perils of working in the banking sector, but thanks anyway...