As a younger man from 1979 – 1984, Al was involved in writing for Kill Your Pet Puppy fanzine and contributing to several music papers and magazines. He was also involved in the Autonomy Centre in Wapping, the Centro Iberico in Harrow Road and managing the All The Madmen Record label. Added to all this he edited his own magazine ‘Encyclopaedia Of Ecstacy’. He was also involved in the Black Sheep Housing Co-Op, finding homes for renovation and rehabiting by members of the Co-Op, including several puppies and their friends.
Nowadays though Al is up in Scotland writing (again) for Kill Your Pet Puppy (online) and his own personal blog Green Galloway and getting involved in green politics and so forth.
Al also has a rather obsessive interest in eighteenth century Scottish history of which he writes rather a lot about!
Al’s birthday gives me an opportunity to upload the second (and best) Pink Floyd 7″ from 1967 which I have tried to think of a reason for putting up sometime since this site was thought about…great stuff on both sides.
Happy Birthday to Al, hope you enjoy the day way up in Dumfries.
Jay Vee
September 30, 2008 at 3:37 amHappy Birthday Al 🙂
alistairliv
September 30, 2008 at 7:00 amThanks Penguin and Jay Vee – there is a video of the Floyd playing See Emily Play here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BptZA3qWBk
And my keen interest in 18th century Scotland likely to get worse – hoping to turn work into a Ph.D. thesis – so could become Dr. AL (or Dr. Livingston I presume).
Nic
September 30, 2008 at 10:19 amBest wishes on your returns, Al…
baron von zubb
September 30, 2008 at 11:21 amHave a great day mate.
A radical life like yours sounds like its has been a good en.
Continue to enjoy
Crass Dave
September 30, 2008 at 6:28 pmI prefer Bowie’s version on “Pinups” to the original.
Jah Pork Pie
September 30, 2008 at 7:06 pmYeah, happy birthday fella… hope you’re having a good one and have the kind of year to come where you get to achieve all you set out to.
mark m
October 1, 2008 at 12:26 amMany happy returns Al. Complete economic collapse for your birthday……You couldnt ask for more xx
John No Last Name
October 1, 2008 at 10:34 pmHappy Birthday Al,
Tony Puppy
October 2, 2008 at 10:36 pmLife begins at fifty.
Happy birthday big fella, hope it went well.