Kevin MacNeil

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  • Kevin MacNeil

  • 100 / Male
  • EDINBURGH, Scotland, UK
  • Last Login: 11/18/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Books, bikes, coffee. ..
  • Music

    I write books and I sometimes write lyrics, too.. I am the latter half of WILLIAM CAMPBELL & KEVIN MACNEIL; we've just recorded our debut album.
    I listen to lots of different bands, from RUSH to EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY to DONOVAN to HUSKER DU and many stops in-between. There are lots of great bands from my native Isle of Lewis these days, too many to name. And check out THERE WILL BE FIREWORKS.
    Oh, and in my mind The MURDERERS OF LOVE are already legendary, though I haven't heard them yet!
  • Movies

    ..Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...and Spring.
    In the Shadow of the Moon.
  • Television

    ..is not often good.
  • Books

    ..Read them. Write them.
  • Heroes

    .. Burning monks.
    And, quite possibly, you.

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Hometown: Stornoway all the way
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Body type: Athletic
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Religion: Buddhist
  • Zodiac Sign: Cancer
  • Children: Someday
  • Smoke / Drink: No / No
  • Education: Grad / professional school
  • Occupation: Writer (novelist, poet, playwright)

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About me:

Book writer and bike rider. Poet, novelist, playwright, lyricist and aphorist originally from Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, now living in Edinburgh.
Nowadays I'm all about the writing and the cycling and the meditating.
In among all the poetry, prose, lyrics and drama, I sometimes think I should have written my own story. Maybe I will one day. Probably surprise a few people. .. ..



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Track "Tim/Time" by Paul Mounsey and featuring yours truly. Commissioned for opening of new arts centre An Lanntair in Stornoway. Original poem by great Gaelic songwriter Murdo MacFarlane, an eccentric bard who used to wear two pairs of glasses simultaneously. I don't know if he also had contact lenses. Here I am talking bad Spanish to approx 10,000 of the good people of Medellin, Colombia, in, I think, the year 2000. The people of Colombia are wonderful; they treat writers very well!

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  • Nov 17 2009 3:04 AM

    Thanks for the friendship! Keep it rockin'! Cheers, Wayne
  • Jul 29 2009 7:37 PM

    Hello Kevin,

    Thanks for having me! I hope you have a happy birthday,

    Best wishes,

    Hamilton Coe
  • Jul 29 2009 7:37 PM

    Happy Birthday to you, may the muse be with you!
  • Jul 29 2009 7:37 PM

    Happy Birthday
  • May 19 2009 8:51 PM

    Thank you. It was very good. We had some singing and guitar(including a rather abrupt, but none the less very well done, power solo which terrified the rector and the school minister guy to the point I was sure one of them would faint), some saxophone pieces, a trumpet piece, and a piano and accordion piece, and my reading of "The Days Flash Past Us"!
    It was a very well rounded event...

    Thank you again for the kind words.

    Kirsty
    x
  • May 19 2009 8:36 PM

    Well because I needed a poem that talked about life/growing up. Also, the fact you both went to the school. :)
  • May 19 2009 8:26 PM

    Heya.

    Just thought I'd let you know I read out one of your Iain Crichton Smith translations from Love and Zen in the Outer Hebridies at The Nicolson sixth year graduation ceremony last week.

    :)
  • May 19 2009 8:10 PM

    Hallo! How many tyres have you had to change so far?
    :-)
    Haven't heard from Elin as yet. Hope all is well.
    LL x
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  • May 19 2009 8:10 PM

    Glad you like, man!

    We're going to have a launch night on 1 July in Nice'n'Sleazy if you're game...

    Thanks again

    twbf.
    x
  • Mar 16 2009 11:07 PM

    I recieved a surprise last week!!
    Thank you very much :-) Wish I could read Gaelic...
  • Feb 3 2009 9:11 PM

    Oh la la! Trop cool :o) Il cite la poesie en francais... nice! we're playing in Inveraray (too many 'a's?) on friday night, can't wait! LQS the following friday (13th) it'll be a belter, loads of new stuff being aired that night! I'm going to a gig at Classic Grand Saturday night and then Murrayfield on Sunday Scotland vs Wales with a bunch of schoolkids!! Awesome weekend line-up! K xxxxxxxxx
  • Feb 2 2009 10:24 PM

    Yo! Francis was saying you're down this week...? C'est correct?
  • Jan 22 2009 11:55 AM

    It's in the mail brother!
  • Jan 21 2009 9:36 AM

    Hi Kev, you won't get your calendar before Australia Day, but it will be there before February ;-]
    - Island time! x
  • Jan 14 2009 12:38 PM

    Happy new year Kev!
  • Jan 12 2009 6:31 PM

    Hey Kevin, how are you? Read your piece in the Herald - very exciting! We've just put up our Midfield Maestro video from Barra, let us know what u think!

    Cheers

    twbf
    x
  • Dec 30 2008 1:41 PM

    Kevin really enjoyed your piece in the herald, are you still in Glasgow? Fancy coffeeing it?
    xx
  • Dec 28 2008 9:07 PM

    Hi Kevin, saw your article yesterday in The Herald, good luck with the bike ride and wishing ya a fab 2009 too!
  • Dec 14 2008 11:07 PM

    I love how you talk about going to the main land! :) Enjoy your trip, Kevin! :)
  • Nov 28 2008 7:32 PM

    The frosty hedgerow
    An empty nest in hawthorn
    Remembers the spring
  • Nov 24 2008 4:37 PM

    Hello! Keep meaning to visit your myspace so here I am. Have been making people laugh with the pictures from the crazy b&b! Hope to meet you again Rachel x
  • Nov 22 2008 12:17 AM

    MacNeil mail me your address -the calendars are ready!

    Lots of love and stuff,
    Lou Lou
  • Nov 17 2008 1:20 PM

    Hey Kevin, how are you? Haven't spoken in a while so thought we'd say hello! We were back in the studio and have pretty much completed the mix of the album. We've added some sounds to Colombian Fireworks and the rest - it's all sounding great. We'll get the final mix tomorrow i think, and get it mastered soon after. Will send you a copy asap, and hope you like the new and improved version.

    Take care,

    adam
  • Nov 13 2008 12:14 AM

    it's been a bit hectic not got round to it yet but i will! all good up your way? W
  • Nov 15 2008 1:34 PM

    Cheers from Annie Stevenson

    4 Lads no Annie : )


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