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Music + Memory: A Personal Photography Project

Music, words and photos are important things in my life. This ongoing project is a way of trying to show the special memories that  specific music has for me and talking a little bit about them. I'll also try to make a photo that captures some of what they make me feel.


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How Thursday Ends: revisiting @strangetownco visceral production of Jennifer Adam's 'HER' which has only got more powerful since its 2023 premiere. Definitely see it if you get the chance (last @traversetheatre show is Fri 3 Oct, 7pm).
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How Thursday Starts: ace morning taking photos of @dunedinconsortscot 'A Baroque in Motion' project at @thedonaldsontrust in Linlithgow featuring a beautiful mix of music and movement 👏
Inspiring night taking photos for @cuttingedge_theatre as they celebrated their 30th birthday at @captheatres with a powerful introduction by Daniel from their youth theatre 🎂
Fun times at today's Friday Friends event at @nationalmuseumsscotland 😀 Friday Friends is a monthly event for D/deaf and visually impaired children and their families, organised in partnership with @edinburgh_council Additional Support for Learning
How Thursday Ends: always a treat being able to document the work of @dunedinconsortscot and their current 'Bach’s Italy' programme sounds amazing 👏👏👏 (hear it at @rcsofficial #Glasgow - Fri 26 Sep / St John's Kirk, #Perth - Sat 27 Sep)
How Thursday Starts: ace morning capturing the excitement at @nationalmuseumsscotland when pupils taking part in the Wee Explorers workshop got to see the Lewis Chess pieces for the first time 😮
Packed day documenting @edinburghnapier Open Day with hunners of potential students visiting the three campuses (and getting the photographer to clock up a bonus 🚴 20km + 🚶 10K) 😀
Perfect mix of skill, anger and humour at a legendary night from @mhaolmusic + @malloryhawk + @slothdotband at @sneakypetesclub (with optional M(h)aol pub quiz 😂). Photo album > https://andycatlin.myportfolio.com/mhaol-mallory-hawk-sloth-18-septe
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Wild, beautiful and unbelievably tight, @ditzband gig tonight at The Mash House c/o @432presents reinforces their position as one of the best bands in the UK. Glasgow pals shouldn't miss them at @thehugandpint tomorrow night 👏 Photo album with @comp
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Another fab Book(ish) event today at @nationalgalleriesscot with Senior Archivist Kirstie Meehan introducing some very Unbooky Books including Andy Warhol's 'Index Book' (with Velvets flexidisc), @chloespicerart 'Self Service Library Rave' (with disc
Edinburgh Psych Fest 2025 bows out with some cracking sets from @_deadletter + @la_securite_avant_tout + @thebanddonothing + @swiss.portrait 👏👏👏
Quick peek at the ongoing fun'n'mischief happening at today's Edinburgh Psych Fest with @iamheartworms + @blind_yeo_band + @theorchestrafornow + @anna___erhard 👏
That's Edinburgh Psych Fest 2025 (AKA Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Fest) out of the blocks with a storming set from @the_moonlandingz at @queens_hall including guest slot from @nadineshah 👏
After another depressing week of senseless cruelty and political cowardice, it was good to join today's Time to Take Action protest march to Bute House 🇵🇸 Photo album > https://andycatlin.myportfolio.com/time-to-take-action-30-august-2025
Final festivals show of 2025 is a belter from @ducksltdband + @former.champ at @sneakypetesclub showing a perfect mix of exuberance and economy 👏👏👏 - don’t miss their show at @nicensleazy on 26 Aug 2025. Photo album > https://andycatlin.m

Peter Gabriel - No Self Control

November 06, 2016 in Music + Memory Blog

WHAT Peter Gabriel - No Self Control
WHEN Cwmbran Gateway Supermarket - May 1980 

Imagine coming across this record sleeve as a 12 year old in a department store. It’s stuck between David Essex and UK Subs, next to the small electrical appliance department. Then imagine hearing the song that’s inside. In retrospect, it probably explains a lot about how my tastes were going to develop… 

“No Self Control” is a downright creepy song. It's different to the shock & awe creepy of the Butthole Surfers or the cartoon menacing creepy of Nine Inch Nails. It's vulnerable, desperate and self-aware. It sounds all too possible. 

“You know I hate to hurt you
I hate to see your pain
But I don't know how to stop
No, I don't know how to stop”

Those are some nasty lyrics to be rubbing shoulders with David Essex and home furnishings. Musically, its got an off-centre structure and warped tension which you can’t imagine charting in the 21st century. And it’s got a xylophone. Yeah. A xylophone. Olly Murs doesn’t have a xylophone.

This vintage Top of the Pops performance with its oh-so-jaunty Dave Lee Travis introduction gives an idea of how out of place it now seems.

And since then, Peter Gabriel has remained a constant. He was one of the first live shows I ever went to, he introduced to me music from across the world and he still strives to be relevant and provocative in his mid 60s. And you can’t say that about UK Subs or David Essex.

Tags: Peter Gabriel, No Self Control
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