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June 20, 2013: Glasgow's O2 Academy is marking its 10th anniversary by giving four budding artists the chance to win £1,000 and have their work put on permanent display in the venue through a competition judged by Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos. Deadline to enter is July 30.
Plum will play a farewell gig in her hometown at Edinburgh's Sneaky Pete's on June 29 before she moves to Brighton.
Glasgow trio The Amazing Snakeheads have released their debut single Testifying Time through Domino.
June 19, 2013: Adam Stafford's song Please is free to download – it's taken from his second album Imaginary Walls Collapse, out on July 15.
Arches are previewing their debut Broken Clocks EP with snippets of the tracks on YouTube ahead of its release on August 11.
BrewDog are opening up their post-AGM live music bash at Aberdeen's AECC on June 22 to the public, with the £5 entry fee getting you Fatherson, United Fruit, The Little Kicks and Kitty Daisy Lewis.
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival has sold out its 15,800 capacity in record time, more than six weeks before the event on August 2-3.
June 18, 2013: The View have released Seven Year Setlist, a greatest hits compilation which also features new songs Dirty Magazine, Kill Kyle and Standard, which comes with this video.
Glasvegas have unveiled the video (introduced by William Shatner) for new single If via NME.com - it's taken from their third album Later…When The TV Turns To Static, out on September 2.
June 17, 2013: Four SAY Award nominees are playing free live sets at HMV Glasgow Argyle Street this week – Stanley Odd and The Twilight Sad are on June 19, while RM Hubbert and Admiral Fallow are on June 20, the day of the ceremony. Each gig runs from 12-2pm.
Mogwai will perform their Zidane soundtrack album live at Glasgow's 220 Broomielaw on July 21.
Applications are open for songwriters to apply for The Gathering, an annual competition run by Burnsong. Entry deadline is June 30.
Alphabetical Order Orchestra have unveiled new song Butterflies.
The New Mendicants – a project formed by Norman Blake and Joe Pernice – release their debut Australia 2013 EP via One Little Indian on July 8. It includes covers of each of their other bands – Teenage Fanclub's I Don't Want Control Of You and Pernice Brothers' Amazing Glow, as well as a version of This Time by INXS. The duo play Glasgow's Mono on July 15.
June 14, 2013: CHVRCHES will release their debut album The Bones Of What You Believe on September 23. They have also unveiled a video for single Gun.
Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite, Aidan Moffat, Eugene Kelly, Emma Pollock and Remember Remember will play at Glasgow's Platform on July 27 to support the campaign to save the Sighthill Stone Circle from demolition. You can read more about the issue on The Skinny.
June 13, 2013: Friends In America are streaming Quietly Quietly from their forthcoming debut record What It Is To Be. Its release coincides with the band's launch gig at Glasgow's Broadcast on June 26.
Friends In America have also been added to the Wickerman Festival bill on July 26-27 as part of the GoNorth Festival tour line-up along with Friday acts Three Blind Wolves, Prides, Blood Relatives, Hector Bizerk, Lidh, Pinact, Be Like Pablo, Eugene Twist, The Deadline Shakes, Plastic Animals, The Velveteen Saints and Maask; Saturday additions are Casual Sex, The Yawns, Garden Of Elks, Willie Campbell, Alarm Bells, The OK Social Club, Book Group and Jemma Tweedie.
Shambles Miller has released his new single Deadpool on a mini-comic which contains a download code. It's all explained in his Vine video.
Rick Redbeard and RM Hubbert are playing a free gig at Mugdock Country Park bandstand on June 16 from 2pm-4pm.
June 12, 2013: Belladrum have announced a host of new additions to its festival line-up on August 2-3 including Alabama 3, Malcolm Middleton, We Are The Ocean, Baby Strange, Withered Hand, The Boy Who Trapped The Sun, Anderson McGinty Webster Ward and Fisher, Shutter, Vasquez, Davy Cowan, Woodenbox, The Oxides and Be Like Pablo.
Young Aviators have unveiled a video for new single Forward Thinking via Clash, taken from their debut album Self Help.
Nina Nesbitt has a video for the title track of her Way In The World EP, out on July 22.
Capitals also have a video for A Spectre Is Haunting Europe.
The Grand Gestures have revealed new track Regret Is A Dish Best Served Cold featuring RM Hubbbert, taken from the collective's forthcoming album Second, out on September 8.
June 11, 2013: All five of Aereogramme's Acoustic Tour CDs have been put on Bandcamp. The collection features 23 mostly acoustic tracks, 10 of which are unreleased.
Highlights of various performances from last weekend's RockNess, including Fatherson, The Vaccines, The Futureheads and Alabama 3, are on the Festivo YouTube page.
Werd (SOS) has unveiled a video for My State Of Mind, taken from his Untitled Scot album.
June 10, 2013: New releases include Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow's Harvest; Algernon Doll – Citalo-pop; Poor Things – Hurricane Poor Things EP; The Birthday Suit – Covered Up; KT Tunstall – Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon.
Early-bird tickets are on sale for The Riverside Festival, a new outdoor dance event being held on the banks of Glasgow's River Clyde on August 24, organised by Electric Frog and Pressure. Acts confirmed for the three stages are Boys Noize, Len Faki, Josh Wink, Slam and Optimo.
June 7, 2013: Bwani Junction have unveiled new song Papa Candy.
The full line-up for the BBC Introducing Stage at T in the Park is The Recovery!, Roman Nose, The LaFontaines, Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun, PAWS, Baby Strange, Fat Goth, Discopolis, Departures, Saint Max and the Fanatics, Animal Noise, Astroid Boys, Story Books, Propellers, The Adelines, Emily Burns, Model Aeroplanes, Big Beat Bronson, Steel Trees and The Lake Poets.
Herculean have released their debut EP The Falling Thunder.
June 6, 2013: Discopolis will headline the BBC Introducing Stage at T in the Park on July 13. TITP have also unveiled a promo video featuring a 'fan' interviewing Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit, who have released their Late March, Death March EP – you can hear the alternate version of its title track on SoundCloud.
June 5, 2013: The Great Hip Hop Hoax, a documentary about two Scots who fooled the music industry into thinking they were American rappers (and the subject of a feature on The Pop Cop in March), will be shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, with screenings at Cineworld on June 26 and June 27 and Odeon Wester Hailes on June 28.
June 4, 2013: BMX Bandits documentary Serious Drugs is finally out on DVD after its original release date was held up by several months of production delays. You can order it via Bandcamp.
goNORTH takes place in Inverness on June 5-6 with daytime seminars and evening showcase gigs, all free to attend. Check out the festival programme (which includes Rachel Sermanni playing the HIE Opening Reception at 6pm on Wednesday), the Independent Label Fair from 12pm-4.30pm on Thursday and the live music schedule which includes a Scottish Bloggers Showcase part-curated by The Pop Cop featuring Plum, The Yawns, Friends In America, and Garden Of Elks.
June 3, 2013: New albums out today include Quickbeam – Quickbeam; Camera Obscura – Desire Lines; Capitals – A National Service; Birdhead – Pleasure Centre.
Galleries will release their debut album No Miracles on July 29, followed by a launch gig at Glasgow's Bloc on July 30. Click here to get one of the tracks, Great Comets (of 1910), for free.
June 2, 2013: Vigo Thieves are celebrating after winning this year's MD Cup football tournament, beating The Twilight Sad team 4-0 in the final.
May 31, 2013: The 10 shortlisted albums for The SAY Award are: Admiral Fallow – Tree Bursts In Snow; Django Django – Django Django; Human Don't Be Angry – Human Don't Be Angry; Karine Polwart – Traces; Lau – Race The Loser; Meursault – Something For The Weakened; Paul Buchanan – Mid Air; RM Hubbert – Thirteen Lost & Found; Stanley Odd – Reject; The Twilight Sad – No One Can Ever Know (public vote). The winner of the £20,000 first prize will be announced on June 20.
Capitals debut album A National Service is streaming via Glasgow Podcart ahead of its release on June 3.
The Enemy, The Beat, Roddy Woomble, The Moulettes are the first acts confirmed for Loopallu in Ullapool on September 20-21.
May 30, 2013: Pre-sale tickets are available for Sigur Ros at Edinburgh's Usher Hall on November 18.
Admiral Fallow will play Edinburgh's Queens Hall on August 13.
Washington Irving have released a video for You've Seen The Last Of Me featuring footage from their most recent UK tour.
May 29, 2013: The third annual MD Cup, a five-a-side football tournament for Scottish music types run by Miniature Dinosaurs, takes place at Stirling's Forthbank from 2pm on June 1. The 10 teams competing for the trophy (won for the past two years by We Were Promised Jetpacks) are Miniature Dinosaurs, Admiral Fallow, Brown Bear & The Bandits, The Twilight Sad, Fluorescent Hearts, Vigo Thieves, Washington Irving, Pronto Mama, John Wean and DF Concerts.
We're Only Afraid Of NYC have released their debut album Patterns.
Scarlet Shift launch their debut album Found with a gig at Glasgow's Arches on June 1. Lead single Clouds features guest vocals from Vukovi's Janine Shilstone.
Kevin Harper is streaming two bonus tracks from the limited edition version of his debut album Kingdom Of Wires.
May 28, 2013: CHVRCHES are streaming fantastic new single Gun, released on July 15.
Kitty The Lion have changed their name to Blood Relatives and unveiled a video for Dead Hip, taken from their debut album, out in September.
Camera Obscura's fifth album Desire Lines is streaming in full via NPR ahead of its release on June 3.
Free tickets are available for the City of Stars launch party featuring Bwani Junction, Rise Kagona (The Bhundu Boys), Auntie Flo and writer John Lwanda at Glasgow's Arches on May 30 by emailing email@example.com to confirm attendance.
May 27, 2013: The SAY Award public vote runs until midnight tonight, offering the chance to pick your favourite album from the longlist of 20. The record with the most votes will secure an automatic place on the shortlist of 10, with the other nine titles being chosen by a judging panel.
New albums out today include Woodenbox – End Game, Sparrow And The Workshop – Murderopolis and The Pastels – Slow Summits.
People, Places, Maps are to split up. They will release their final batch of songs before bowing out with a hometown gig in Dunfermline on July 26.
May 25, 2013: The first wave of acts confirmed to play the Belladrum festival's GoNorth Seedlings Stage on August 2-3 has been announced – Cleavers, Prides, Roman Nose, Blood Relatives, Red Ronson, Ranald, Dylan Tierney, Crystal Seagulls, Three Blind Wolves, Garden Of Elks, The Oxides, Fat Goth, St Max And The Fanatics, Fake Major, State Of Flux, Bear Arms, Little Fire and Lionel.
Sarah Hayes' debut EP, Mainspring, is streaming on Bandcamp ahead of its release on May 28. She has Glasgow gigs scheduled for The Old Hairdressers on May 29 and The Wee Chill festival at SWG3 on June 29.
Boards Of Canada have unveiled new song Reach For The Dead, taken from forthcoming album Tomorrow's Harvest, out on June 10.
May 24, 2013: The line-up for King Tut's Summer Nights, which runs in the Glasgow venue from July 15 to August 1, has been revealed. The headliners are The Recovery!, Sunshine Social, TeKlo, Alarm Bells, Taffy, Sienna, So Many Animal Calls, Michael Cassidy, The OK Social Club, SOS, Departures, Fake Major, Prides, Waiting For Go and Arches. Other acts worth checking out include Cherri Fosphate, The Clock, The Youth And Young, Campfires In Winter, Kevin Harper, Discopolis and Father Sculptor. There's also a Pop Cop DJ set on July 25.
Quickbeam song Grace is available for free download – it's taken from the band's self-titled debut album, out on June 3.
Giant Fang has unveiled a video for Aqualung.
May 23, 2013: A Music Open Day is being held at Aberdeen's Lemon Tree on May 26 with a programme that includes three music industry panels, a soundcheck workshop and live music from Revere, Uniform, Leanne Smith and Marionettes. Free tickets to the evening show will be available to anyone who attends the free seminars during the day.
The Wickerman Festival has added Admiral Fallow, Chic ft Nile Rodgers, Dreadzone, Waylayers and Greg Wilson to its line-up on July 26-27.
Algernon Doll track Anti-them is available for free download – it's taken from second album Citalo-pop, due for release on June 10.
May 22, 2013: The Basement Coffee House in Ayr has been shortlisted by NME as Scotland's representative in a public vote to find the best small venue in Britain. The 80-capacity venue opened eight months ago.
Tomorrow's second instalment of the Dewar House Experimental Batch series sees Edinburgh's Caves host free live music from Kid Canaveral, The Last Battle and Adam Ross (Randolph's Leap). There will be 550 tickets available on the door on a first come, first served basis.
May 21, 2013: Camera Obscura song Fifth In Line To The Throne is available for free download in exchange for an email address. It's taken from the band's fifth album Desire Lines, out on June 3, and pre-ordering it will get you another track, Do It Again.
Book Group have released their debut EP, Homeward Sound.
Sparrow And The Workshop's third album Murderopolis, out on May 27, is streaming in full via DIY - one of the songs, The Faster You Spin, is also available for free download.
May 20, 2013: Garden Of Elks' debut EP, Extended Play, is available to buy and stream.
The Clock have a video for their excellent song Everything's Eventual, which is released on May 28. They have Glasgow gigs lined up at Broadcast on June 1 and Roxy 171 on June 20.
May 18, 2013: The 16-strong T Break line-up for T in the Park on July 12-14 has been unveiled - Arches, Blindfolds, DARC, Fake Major, Hector Bizerk, Honeyblood, Machines In Heaven, Michael Cassidy, Poor Things, Pronto Mama, Seams, Sunshine Social, The Merrylees, The Velveteen Saints, Vasa, Waiting For Go.
Anna Sweeney has announced she is taking a full break from music and has cancelled her scheduled appearance at Wickerman in July as she relocates to Reading for work in June. Another musician swapping Scotland for England is Plum, who is moving to Brighton in July.
May 17, 2013: The stage times have been released for the 35 acts playing Stag & Dagger across seven Glasgow venues on May 18.
Franz Ferdinand's fourth album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action will be released on August 26 – check out this brief trailer.
Frightened Rabbit recorded a cover of Best Coast's The Only Place for Australian radio show Triple J. The band release their Late March, Death March EP on June 2.
The Mouse That Ate The Cat song When I Wake Up is available for free in exchange for your email address.
The title track of Adam Stafford's forthcoming second album Imaginary Walls Collapse is streaming here.
May 16, 2013: The Discopolis remix of Bwani Junction single Civil War is available to download for free from SoundCloud.
Born To Be Wide's next seminar at Edinburgh's Electric Circus on May 30 is on the topic of goNORTH, with a panel featuring broadcaster Vic Galloway, goNORTH duo Amanda Millen and Alex Smith and Chasing Owls frontman Ben Sunderland explaining how musicians and delegates can get the most out of the annual Inverness convention. Tickets are free.
AC/DC have backed a campaign to erect a bronze statue of their former frontman Bon Scott in his hometown of Kirriemuir in Angus. Community music group DD8 Music hope to raise £50,000 via Kickstarter by June 5.
Kite And The Crane's debut EP, Found In The End, is out on Bandcamp.
May 15, 2013: Biffy Clyro have a video for their new single Opposite.
The View are playing a one-off show at Glasgow's King Tut's on June 12 for the Sunday Mail Centenary Fund.
Adam Stafford is launching his second album Imaginary Walls Collapse with a gig at Glasgow's Glad Cafe on July 5 with support from Siobhan Wilson and Robbie Lesiuk.
May 14, 2013: The Wee Chill will mark its 10th anniversary with a two-stage bill at Glasgow's SWG3 on June 29 for the West End Festival. The line-up features Malcolm Middleton, James Yorkston with Sparrow & The Workshop (collaborative debut), Aidan Moffat (spoken word), Three Blind Wolves, Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire, Miaoux Miaoux, Fake Major.
Tommy Perman, who recently left FOUND, has unveiled his new solo project ComputerScheisse – check out These Beautiful Minds, the title track of his debut EP, out on July 15 through Phuturelabs.
RockNess have announced more acts for the festival on June 7-9 including Fenech-Soler, Fatherson, Public Service Broadcasting, The Boy Who Trapped The Sun, Niteworks and Jemma Tweedie.
Too Many Fireworks Records will donate all profits from sales of Variations Of Chopin, an album of contemporary interpretations of the composer's music, to the fundraising campaign for drummer Robbie Cooper, whose cancer fight was documented on The Pop Cop.
May 13, 2013: New releases out now include Young Aviators' debut album Self Help, Eagleowl's debut album This Silent Year, and Cherri Fosphate's new Burning Youth EP.
May 10, 2013: The live schedule for goNORTH in Inverness on June 5-6 has been unveiled – it includes a Scottish Bloggers Showcase hosted by The Pop Cop, Peenko and Song, by Toad featuring a four-band bill of Garden Of Elks, Friends In America, The Yawns and Flutes.
May 9, 2013: The documentary Hunting For Remoteness details The Magnetic North's visit to Orkney – where frontman Erland Cooper is from – for the making of their debut album. It will be released on June 24 alongside a reissue of that record, Orkney: Symphony Of The Magnetic North. You can watch the trailer here.
Alphabetical Order Orchestra are streaming their first song, The Architect. The band is made up of My Latest Novel members Chris Deveney, Gary Deveney and Ryan King.
A Band Called Quinn have launched a crowdfunding campaign to support performances of their multimedia show Biding Time (remix) at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August.
May 8, 2013: Three Blind Wolves have released their new album, Sing Hallelujah For The Old Machine.
May 7, 2013: Adam Stafford's new single Please is streaming online – it's taken from his second album Imaginary Walls Collapse, out in July.
May 6, 2013: The T in the Park Roadshow is bringing free live music to Scottish towns this month – it stops at Glasgow today for The View at Kelvingrove Park (1pm) and Buchanan Street (3.30pm); Edinburgh on May 10 for Vigo Thieves at Queen Margaret University's Student Union (noon), Dundee on May 11 for The LaFontaines at Overgate Centre (noon); Aberdeen on May 12 for Sienna at Aberdeen University (noon); and Ayr on May 18 for The Redettes at Ayr Railway Station (noon).
Fake Major have a video for Fiction, a song on their Have Plenty Of Fun EP. Fellow Comets & Cartwheels artist Finn LeMarinel has a new video for Garden, taken from his debut album Violence.
Capitals have released a sampler of all the tracks on their debut album A National Service, out on June 3.
May 3, 2013: Episode 11 of BBC ALBA's Rapal music TV programme is on iPlayer and features Cara Mitchell, Brown Bear & The Bandits, Three Blind Wolves and Anna Sweeney.
Steve Mason has accused Samsung of plagiarising the video for The Beta Band's 2004 single Assessment for their new television advert. Both show historical figures running down a beach and helicopters circling overhead.
May 2, 2013: Young Aviators' debut album Self Help is streaming on Electric Honey's SoundCloud ahead of its release on May 13.
May 1, 2013: Travis have a video for Where You Stand, the first single and title track of the band's seventh album, out on August 19.
Fake Major's debut EP, Have Plenty Of Fun, is available for download.
My Latest Novel have gone on hiatus, with three of the members forming Alphabetical Order Orchestra - look out for music from them next week.
Kobi Onyame has a video for his new single The Real Part 2.
Trapped In Kansas have unveiled new song Collapse Rebuild.
Rob St John's new AA single Charcoal Black And The Bonny Grey/Shallow Brown is out now.
April 30, 2013: Boards Of Canada will release Tomorrow's Harvest, their first new album in eight years, on June 10.
Quickbeam song Immersed is available to download for free from DIY – you can also listen to snippets from every track of the band's self-titled debut album, out on June 3.
Discopolis have unveiled the video for their new song Falling (Committed To Sparkle Motion), out on May 5.
April 29, 2013: The SAY Award will stream each of the 20 longlisted albums for 24 hours through their app, starting today with Miaoux Miaoux's Light Of The North. You can read The Pop Cop's feature here.
Panda Su's new song MAPS is available to buy now on Amazon, while Bwani Junction's new single Civil War is on iTunes.
The Boy Who Trapped The Sun has a video for new song California ahead of his May tour in Scotland.
The Pastels have a video for Check My Heart, taken from their forthcoming new album Slow Summits, out on May 27.
Frank Turner covered Frightened Rabbit's The Modern Leper for Jim Gellatly's In:Demand Uncut session.
April 27, 2013: Episode 10 of BBC ALBA's Rapal music TV programme is on iPlayer and features two fantastic unreleased songs by Beerjacket as well as The Holy Ghosts, The Merrylees and Ray McCartney.
Travis, Johnny Marr, Hurts, James Skelly, Jack Savoretti, Willy Mason, Foy Vance, Steve Mason, Milo Greene and DIIV have been added to the T in the Park line-up, which has now been separated into day-by-day splits.
Edinburgh venue The Forest Cafe, which has been banned from hosting live music due to council restrictions, are looking for acts to play their new monthly event, the Forest Big Night Out at Old St Paul's, which launches on May 23. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for details.
April 26, 2013: The Burns an' a' that! Festival will feature live music as part of Weekend in the Park at Ayr's Belleisle Park on May 25-26. Rose Parade, Little Fire, Pronto Mama and The Bluebells are among the free acts; Justin Currie + Rachel Sermanni play a ticketed gig on May 26.
Other newly-announced concerts on sale include Lana Del Rey + Kassidy at Glasgow's SECC on May 16 (replacing her two dates at the Academy on May 15/16) Bombay Bicycle Club at Edinburgh's Liquid Room on June 7, Belle & Sebastian at Inverness' Ironworks on July 1, We Are Scientists at Glasgow's Oran Mor on July 29, Kid Canaveral + Ballboy at Edinburgh's Liquid Room on August 10.
Kid Canaveral + The Last Battle + Adam Ross (Randolph's Leap) also play a free show at Edinburgh's Caves on May 23 with 300 tickets on the door on a first come, first served basis as part of a Dewar's event.
April 25, 2013: Seasick Steve, The Pigeon Detectives, Julie Fowlis, Meursault, Washington Irving, PAWS and The LaFontaines have been added to the Belladrum Festival line-up on August 2-3.
Washington Irving have released Palomides Volume 1, the first half of their debut album.
The View are streaming Kill Kyle, one of two new songs on their compilation album Seven Year Setlist, out on June 17.
April 24, 2013: The showcase list of artists picked to play goNORTH in Inverness on June 5-6 has been announced. For the third consecutive year there will be a bloggers' showcase stage hosted by The Pop Cop, Peenko and Song, by Toad. More details to follow soon.
Kilmarnock's Dirty Weekender will feature 45 acts over three venues on May 31 to June 2 including Fridge Magnets, Bwani Junction, The Ok Social Club, Ross Leighton (Fatherson) and Chris Helme.
Poor Things' new single Morgan is free to download – it's taken from their Hurricane Poor Things EP, out on June 10.
Similarly, Cherri Fosphate are giving away Wool from their Burning Youth EP, out on May 11.
April 23, 2013: Glasvegas will play Aberdeen's Garage on June 27, Edinburgh's Liquid Room on June 28 and Glasgow's ABC on June 29.
Reverieme's second album With Up So Floating is out now.
Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire have announced they will release their self-titled new album through Middle Of Nowhere Records in July.
Herculean have a video for Red Weather, taken from The Falling Thunder EP, out on June 7.
April 22, 2013: Stag & Dagger have added Phosphorescent, Rachel Sermanni, Randolph's Leap, French Wives, Fake Major, Prides, Chris Devotion & The Expectations and Donald Macdonald & The Islands to the Glasgow festival's line-up on May 18.
Episode 9 of BBC ALBA's Rapal music TV programme is on iPlayer and features Brown Bear & The Bandits, Cara Mitchell, The Open Day Rotation and John Wean.
Texas have unveiled a video for The Conversation, the title track from their first album in eight years, out on May 20.
Bronagh & The Boys have released their debut single Green, taken from A Young Heart EP, out on May 19.
April 19, 2013: Kassidy's Barrie-James O'Neill and his girlfriend Lana Del Rey have recorded a cover of Summer Wine (made famous by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood), backed with a video featuring handheld footage of the pair in Los Angeles.
My Bloody Valentine, Trash Talk, Fidlar and The VirginMarys have been added to the T in the Park line-up.
April 18, 2013: Pre-sale tickets are available for Regina Spektor at Glasgow's Academy on August 20 and Kings Of Leon at the ciry's Bellahouston Park on August 15, the latter being part of the Glasgow Summer Sessions.
The Mirror Trap have unveiled a video for Westminster Ghost Story, the first track to be taken from their second album Stay Young, due out this autumn.
April 17, 2013: Midnight Lion have changed their name to Prides and expanded to a trio with the addition of Kitty The Lion's Callum Wiseman on guitar and vocals. To coincide with the announcement, they have unveiled wonderfully addictive new song Out Of The Blue.
T in the Park have added Local Natives, Lucy Rose, Swim Deep, Theme Park, Lewis Watson and Sons & Lovers to the festival on July 12-14.
April 16, 2013: Doune The Rabbit Hole have announced that this year's festival will take place at the new location of Cardross Estate at Port of Menteith in Stirlingshire on August 22-25. The line-up features Clinic, Meursault, Rachel Sermanni, Alasdair Roberts, Washington Irving, The Pastels, PAWS, Beerjacket, Rick Redbeard, We Are The Physics, Randolph's Leap, Siobhan Wilson, Panda Su, Shambles Miller, Jo Mango and TeenCanteen. See here for full day-by-day splits.
April 15, 2013: James and Twin Atlantic will headline the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival on August 2-3. Other acts on the bill include Admiral Fallow, Fatherson, Rick Redbeard, Noisettes, The Horrors and King Charles.
April 13, 2013: Edinburgh's live music scene has suffered yet another setback with Forest Cafe having its live music licence reviewed, causing the immediate postponement of gigs there, starting with the Solas Showcase scheduled for today.
Newsnight Scotland featured a report on the music industry on April 10, prompted by the Wide Days convention in Edinburgh. Watch the segment on BBC iPlayer, with contributions from Stanley Odd's Dave Hook, Plum's Shona Maguire, Chemikal Underground's Stewart Henderson, Wide Days organiser Olaf Furniss and journalist Nicola Meighan. The interviews were conducted by Galleries drummer Andrew Black.
April 12, 2013: Episode 8 of BBC ALBA's Rapal music TV programme is on iPlayer and features Niteworks, The Holy Ghosts, Miaoux Miaoux and The Merrylees.
Eagleowl have unveiled Not Over, the first offering from debut album This Silent Year, which will come out through Fence Records on May 13.
Dear Lara, aka David Lan, has released his debut EP Plans as a free download.
April 11, 2013: Capitals' debut album A National Service will come out on June 3, with those who pre-order it (from just £5) getting an immediate download of any of the record's 11 tracks, one of which is Reliever.
The View will release singles compilation Seven Year Setlist on June 17 – the album features two new songs, Dirty Magazine and Kill Kyle.
Several Scottish acts have posted tracks from forthcoming new albums – check out Washington Irving – Wandering Wits, United Fruit – Taste I Can't Give Up and Hector Bizerk – Orchestrated Madness.
April 10, 2013: Promoters Cry Parrot will host their 6th Birthday Party at Glasgow's Glue Factory on April 26 with a gig featuring Sacred Paws, Hector Bizerk, Tut Vu Vu, Ultimate Thrush, Ela Orleans and Sad City.
Three Blind Wolves are previewing Slow Summer Deer, taken from their Sing Hallelujah For The Old Machine album, released on May 6.
Where We Lay Our Heads single Keanu Leaves is out now.
Great Cop are giving away new song Stop Hiding as a free download.
April 9, 2013: Mogwai guitarist John Cummings uploaded a photo of himself at Glasgow's George Square yesterday where more than 300 people gathered, inspired by his band's 2011 song George Square Thatcher Death Party.
Hi-Arts, which promotes arts in the Highlands and Islands, has issued notices of redundancies to all 10 of its staff in the wake of funding cuts.
April 8, 2013: Fridge Magnets will play a 'silent gig' at a secret outdoor location in Glasgow on May 15 (6pm) – tickets can be won through organisers Deezer. The band will perform inside a mobile perspex box with the 300-capacity audience able to hear them through headphones.
Kassidy have released new mini-album People Like Me.
April 7, 2013: Song Of Return have launched their Singles Club project on Bandcamp through which they'll be selling unreleased tracks. Month 1 contains Torn Between The Tides (see video) and Enough.
Cairn String Quartet, who were profiled on The Pop Cop in March, have unveiled their orchestral cover of Kid Canaveral's Low Winter Sun.
Travis have made new song Another Guy available to download for free through their website. It also has a video.
April 6, 2013: The following 16 HMV and Fopp stores in Scotland will remain open following Hilco's takeover – HMV: Aberdeen, Ayr, Dundee, East Kilbride, Edinburgh Fort Kinnaird, Edinburgh Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh Princes St, Glasgow Argyle St, Glasgow Buchanan St, Glasgow Fort, Inverness, Livingston, Stirling; Fopp: Edinburgh; Glasgow Union St; Glasgow Byres Rd.
Bwani Junction have a video for new single Civil War, out on April 29.
Rachel Sermanni and Emma's Imagination are among the acts playing the Kintyre Songwriters Festival in Campbeltown on May 24-26.
Quickbeam will launch their debut album with a gig at the disused Govanhill Baths in Glasgow on May 31. They will be supported by Fake Major whose debut Have Plenty Of Fun EP comes out on May 1.
April 5, 2013: Spotify director Mark Williamson will give the keynote speech at next week's Wide Days event in Edinburgh as part of a session on the business of streaming. The full running order is here.
Episode 7 of BBC ALBA's Rapal music TV programme is on iPlayer and features Anna Sweeney, Cara Mitchell, Discopolis and Paul McGranaghan.
Dot JR has uploaded new song Waterfalls to SoundCloud.
April 4, 2013: The Tiree Music Festival will take place in An Talla on July 20-21 with a bill that includes Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire, Washington Irving, The Youth And Young and Brown Bear & The Bandits.
Galleries' fantastic new single Midnight Rush is out now.
Casual Sex have made a video for their debut single Stroh 80. They play Glasgow's Nice 'n' Sleazy on April 5 and Oran Mor on April 7.
April 3, 2013: Comlongon Rocks have added a third day of live music to its line-up at Comlongon Castle in Dumfries & Galloway on May 17-19. The festival's line-up features Three Blind Wolves, Emma's Imagination, The OK Social Club and Saint Max.
Chem 19 are offering three days of free recording time to five Scottish acts through their Creative Scotland Demo Fund. To apply, musicians (under-25s only) should email a link to some demos and a bio to firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject Chem19 Demo Fund Enquiry before April 26. Chosen acts will also take part in a live showcase.
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Professional music journalism is dead. Discuss.
Earlier this month I was contacted by a Scottish masters student called Steven Kearney, who wanted me to answer a few questions for his dissertation on the impact of blogging and podcasting on traditional music journalism.
It's a very relevant topic of debate and I gave the issue much thought, so I've decided to share some of my views here and hopefully find out what your take on it is.
One of the first questions asked what I perceived to be the differences between music bloggers and professional music journalists. In my opinion, the only difference is that one gets paid while the other (usually) does not. In terms of writing style, blogs and printed publications overlap so much these days that the dividing lines have blurred into non-existence. Blogs are often every bit as informative, authoritative and trusted as their professional counterparts, while it is not uncommon for magazines/newspapers to go down a more traditional 'blogging route' by publishing articles written in informal/personal/first-person/diary form.
However, perhaps the most important question posed in the survey was: 'Do you feel the role of the professional music journalist has been replaced by blogging and podcasting?' You might be thinking my answer would have been a definitive 'yes', but it wasn't.
Music blogging, almost by definition, is a passion or a hobby, albeit a horrendously time-consuming one. Many bloggers may have enough clout to get perks such as promo albums, free concert tickets and interview time with artists, but if you're a professional music journalist, there's a much greater chance your work will lead to travelling to foreign lands, going on tour with bands, organising photoshoots and coming up with a 2,000-word feature at the end of it.
This commitment of time clearly requires financial backing, and right now paid-for publications are the only ones with enough money to justify the expense. The problem, of course, is that this sort of investment is becoming increasingly rare due to dwindling readerships and a lack of advertising – and that can only be bad news for music journalism.
In Scotland, The List and The Skinny can only afford to employ a couple of staff writers/editors in their dedicated music departments and therefore rely heavily on unpaid contributors to flesh out the content each issue.
Everyone who writes for Radar also does so on a voluntary basis, except for two staff members who combine the role with other (non-music) work for the Scotsman. But you have to give the Scotsman credit. Six other national daily newspapers in Scotland have a larger circulation, yet it is the only one that can boast its own music website.
In many ways, the appetite for music writing has never been greater in this country – you only have to look at the ever-growing number of blog links on the right-hand side for proof of that. However, in terms of the quality of research and writing, I've always viewed professional music journalism as the benchmark that The Pop Cop should aspire to. It may be a dying art but I certainly won't be celebrating when it's gone.
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13 Responses to "Professional music journalism is dead. Discuss."
Anonymous Says:
I see bloggers and podcasters as aspiring journalists going down the DIY route which works perfectly with all the DIY music going around. As with big money music, both parties can help each other make names for themselves to move up (if they're good enough and it's what they want). It's kind of like a 2nd division music industry. Before the web people would pass around mixtapes and write fanzines – some of which were amazing, but had little reach outwith a local scene. Bloggers are (mostly) doing a great job, but I dont see them taking over from professional journalists any time soon. There's nothing stopping them becoming pros though.
Michael Says:
I'm not sure about Professional Music Journalism being dead
but,I can tell you that Journalism in The M$M (Main Stream Media) is sadly dead..In the US at least..Love the Beatles,thanks..
Mavis Treacle Says:
I still prefer mags like Stool Pigeon and (in Scotland anyway) The Skinny to a lot of blogs, which typically become insular and inaccessible by dint of cliquey readerships whilst throwing so much shit at the wall that they create a false economy of 'good' music. Just my opinion.
John D. Says:
Hmm, you could easily argue that the Skinny is every bit as cliquey as your average music blog… I do agree that some blogs try to pretend to like too much – the Pop Cop himself has railed against this trend.
Grave Maurice Says:
The sad thing is that music journalism has become completely mainstream. In the 70′s there were four national weekly music papers. The NME as we have it now is a poor parody of Smash Hits or Jackie. However music journalists going way back have always been cliquey with favourite bands. If a paper wanted to give a duff review they just allocated it to someone who didn't like the band. I just feel that reviews are too biased either way and rarely genuinely objective and neither the bands or the reader benefits from that. The only way to find out is to get out and see it for yourself and make your own judgement.
The Pop Cop Says:
The issue of reviews and partiality is an interesting one and was actually part of the original dissertation questionnaire. I didn't want to overdo this post but since you mentioned it, here's what I wrote…
In terms of record reviews, the role of a professional music journalist has certainly lessened in importance. Someone is unlikely to purchase an album or single solely on the strength of a written review, when they could use MySpace, LastFM, Spotify and Hype Machine to 'try before they buy', while Twitter and Facebook are also useful for gauging a consensus of how a record is being received by the general public.
Because most music bloggers do not have an employer or superior you would assume that they would also be more likely to write from an impartial point of view. However, I believe the opposite is true. There is much more pressure on a professional to conform to the expectations and possible 'agendas' of the publication they are paid to write for. One pertinent example would be the new Prince album 20ten, which was given away free in the Daily Mirror and Daily Record. Both newspapers called it Prince's best album in 23 years. You could look at this and jump to the conclusion that those reviews were not balanced. However, you could just as easily question the (im)partiality of negative reviews from rival newspapers. An independent music blogger would be more likely to give you a fair assessment of the album's merits.
Matthew Says:
I agree, I think if you're looking for impartiality or objectivity in a music review then you really should look to a blogger. I find the pretense of 'journalistic objectivity' in reviews to be a pretty laughable conceit, to be honest.
I also think it's worth mentioning that for a large amount of music journalism, blogging is actually the most appropriate form, hence the popularity of Radar, the Guardian blog sites and many individual blogs themselves. It doesn't matter if it's professional or not, but that conversational blog format works better for delivering reviews, news and all sorts of other aspects of music journalism.
However, I must agree with you on what we will lose if genuine, professional, in-depth music journalism goes. Whilst I would confidently assert that I can write reviews (and to a certain degree editorial, as long as it's relatively superficial) as well as any professional journalist at my level of experience (only about six years, remember), neither I nor any other blogger can realistically compete with the in-depth, more academic stuff which requires access, time and investment. That kind of stuff requires so many resources which are just not available to bloggers, as well as a greater depth of knowledge and experience, that it would be silly to expect it to be feasible on an amateur basis.
The problem is that free, amateur publications have pulled the rug out from under so much of what music publications actually do – news, glib commentary, reviews, hype – that we are left with the remaining aspects having to justify their existence entirely on their own terms, which is often unrealistic. Even the presence of the longer articles often works best as part of a broader publication, but if that breadth is undermined, the more in-depth stuff is left on a pretty precarious pedestal. I, like you, would be sad to see it go.
Michael Says:
I guess a lot of the issues I perceive are common to all forms of journalism, not just music. The death of so many newspapers, for instance, has left a real gap in local media coverage of anything. I'm also shocked at the decreasing quality of journalistic writing, and that can bother me a lot in certain blogs… the inability to string two sentences together or the writing in a kind of shorthand can be annoying. Having said that there are certainly blogs that are well written and well thought out pieces… so that definitely does blur the line a lot between a professional writer and amateur blogger.
I am also curious about all the changes in how we interact with all media and how we expect to access the media. Add in the fact that many seem unwilling to pay for reviews, articles, music, or video and that changes the market place completely. What will the long term impact be?
Tim London Says:
Not all bloggers are as honest as you, Matthew, when you make a point of stating on your own blog that you will only review stuff you like and note any personal interest you have in the artist.
Bloggers, who are TOTALLY unaccountable, are far from impartial or objective and much more prone to support whoever they think will boost them up the blogging pole. The big exceptions are the specialist sites (like http://www.blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/) where the knowledge and commitment rivals paid journalists.
Bloggers are that bloke at the bar with an opinion (like me). In times of unrest they become important. When the music biz has settled down (if it does) there will be Pitchforks and Brooklyn Vegans, making dollars from ad's and 'sponsorships' and the Hype Machine and Elbows aggregators will have the relevance of myspace friends lists. I think.
Matthew Says:
Aye Tim, there are definitely a lot of bloggers who are nothing but hit-whores, pure and simple. Maybe I'm being too hard on the journos, but I still see their motives as a lot more conflicted. Not the individual writer, I must emphasise, more how the whole organisation filters a record into an article, which does frequently fuck things up.
I agree with you about the industry settling down, too. It's all over the shop at the moment, but inevitably certain stable business models will start to emerge and then we'll probably see a period of consolidation and the big players will once again become rather entrenched.
Fictionscoutsanonymous Says:
I honestly wish that more journalists told me what bands they thought were shit and why I should avoid them. Maybe you should start a section on the site?
Mavis Treacle Says:
LOL at the Toad's pompous patter.
Anonymous Says:
The blogging community isn't always as gracious and supportive as it makes itself out to be. Many bands find that they get big national press before they get featured on local blogs, or 5* reviews nationally and struggle to get a positive mention locally. The PopCop can be very guilty of (rather unprofessionally) slagging off bands that don't deserve it (or rather aren't to his taste) whilst promoting it's friends (all the trappings of the most sleaziest of journalism no?)…
I always thought the difference between the two was a sense of responsibility…


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Neemee ho negepue' nepuey 'o puelekw weet 'ue-weno'omehl kohchewech noohl ho k'ee cherwerseek' 'w-e'gor, kwelekw hegee' mocho 'oohl weesh kee nep' k'ee nepuey kwelekw kue 'ue-meworoyek' kue 'ue-pekoyek. K'ee nuemee muueweemor 'emsee pegerey wo'hl tue' chpee weesh kee nepee'mehl, kwelekw nepuey wee chpee mehl son' kahkah ke'ween keges 'emsee kwo'ror' kwelekw k'ee kwen kee nepue'. Noohl Tmery 'We-Roy ho reeegor tue' wee'eeet noohl 'o gee' Pewolew. Tmery 'We-Roy kwelekw kue 'woogey soo hegonee Requea 'emsee kue 'oohl soo neke'y Rek'woy 'enuemee wogee 'we-raayoy. Mocho Tmery 'We-Roy hehlkue 'o sootokw' nepuey kwelekw ko' nepue' k'ee kwen cho hehlkue no'moye'wey' tue' wee'eeet chpee nepue', kue pa'aahl 'we-tmenomen kwelekw neemee nepue'. Mosee 'w-egoyhl k'ee Rek'woy 'emsee Wehlkwew nee 'oole'monee keemee nepee'mehl nepuey; kwelekw kue puelekw wee' chpee 'o kwahhley. Kue Tmery 'We-Roy 'we-heepech kwelekw nee kohchewee' noohl keekee chue wee 'o nepee'm. Kohtoh hegor neema tmoh noohl poy me hee' kue 'ne-psech, Kwelekw skewokseyem' kee k'r-nergery kee hehlkue 'we-nekue' k'ee nepe'woo. Hewonee 'o ge's, paas wo hegokw', kwelekw 'eekee chue hehl, Cho' nue megee'repe'm. Neekee kue weet 'o no'ohl 'emkee 'w-ohkepek', mos weeshtue' noo nep' kue maageen nepee'monee. Neemuech 'ok'ws 'w-rkwterks 'eeko'hl 'ue-wesepek' keneemee chee rekwoh pa'ah 'ohlkuemee kue 'ue-kegoh chpee rekwoh. Nepuey, kem hee', Kowecho nepe'm. Koypoh 'emsee kee 'o chmey' 'o nerrger's. Hewon ko chpega'roy' kue meweemor ho kue 'we-romech 'w-egolek', To's nee mokw' sonolewkwe'm? 'O gam' Paa', noohl 'o gee', Kel' kee nergerykerr'm; ke'l kee pemem' k'ee hewon koh k'ee nepuey. Kue roowo's megetohl wo'oot kochpok's 'w-esek' wek kee cho rohsee' kue nepuey. Noohl weeshtue' 'o sergerrhl hohkuem weektue' 'we-legehl noohl 'o tegeruem' kue roowo's. 'O gegoyhl kue roowo's, Neemee chpaa ko' nepee'mow' nepuey, meweeshtue' 'wo-'ohpelehl kue nergery 'ue-knerperyerk. Cherwerseek' koma choomoyhl noohl 'o gee', Cho wohpeyem', kue nek 'ne-psech, so Wehlkwew. Merueh chego'onep puuek 'ue-'wers weeshtue' 'ue-ka'. 'O gee', Wee' kee chpee negemem' 'emsee k'e-roowo's 'emsee k'-ohkuem. 'O gee' cho', Knokseemem' kue 'woogey son k'e-slekw; kolchee wohlkechee' tue' ko' 'o nerrgersem', weet kee chpee 'o nepem' kue meweemor 'we-romech 'ue-pewomek', 'ohlkuemee wok kem neeko'hl 'w-ohkepek' tue' wok kee chpee pew mehl kue nee'eeyen pegerk. Chmeyonen 'o gegol' so heekoh kue 'ne-psech. 'O gam' kue meweemor, Cho' nuemee chpe'royom' cho 'enuemee wee' sonowom' k'ee nek kee shoo hekchoh. Noohl 'o gee', Kerrcherh 'O Legokw' cho 'o nerrgersem', mee' weet 'o guenem' stowstek', maageen k'ee 'oohl kwelekw weesh neemee hegohkuemehl stowstek' 'ue-'weskwen neemee mehl hego'omah 'o 'r'gerrch. Noohl 'o gam' kue meweemor, Wee'eeet 'ee 'ne-mehl megelok', mee' kel' kee mehl komchuemem' kee nuemee chue k'e-skuey' soo hoh. Kohchew koma choomoyhl kue kee 'we-rohseyek' kue nepuey 'o gam' kue meweemor, 'O we'yk'oh cho ko tenpeyom' 'ohlkuemee 'owook kwelekw kee chpee kohchee ko nepem', keekee chmeyonen kesee kol' 'o nepe'm. Tue' kue 'ne-psech 'eemee nuemee wo tenpey' kue wee'eeet 'we-chmeyonen. Kue keech 'o go'ohkohleen noohl 'o gam' kue meweemor, Cho now le'mow' 'o kue 'r'gerrk; nekah kee chpee 'o ko nee'ee'yoh. Kue wee 'o negookchenohl 'emkee weeshtue' le'mehl kue Shchekwehl 'O Chaahl 'o tek 'er'gerrk 'o Wehlkwew. Kue 'we-nahksemoyhl kue meweemor 'emsee 'ne-psech noohl 'o gohkuemehl 'we-laayekw so kue nuemee 'ue-pa'aahl 'we-rek'woy. Neekee chue now lehlkenee', mos taa kol' kem ko 'oyhl pecheykwsehl kue nuemee 'we-chey kem now lehlkenee'. Na'mee mechkah toomok's kue laayekw tue' mos cheetaa kol' sook kee nee 'oyhl. 'Enuemee won' ho kue kohchew 'we-choomoyhl 'o weykohl; noohl kue meweemor 'o 'ekso' kue keech laayekw. Kwelekw 'o tenem' 'oohl 'o Wehlwkew heekoch so Rek'woy so wohpeyem', 'ohlkuemee weet 'eenee merogey' kee 'we-hloohl 'we-'yoh 'emsee 'ue-pa'ah 'ohlkuemee keech wee' laayekw keech 'o chahchew kee 'we-hloyek' 'yohlkoych' 'o puelekw. Kue ho meerwernernee wee'eeet noohl lekwseg. Kue pegerk mehl Wehlkwew kue skewoksemeen kue 'we-na'awok' hasee heenoyks laa'y 'emsee pa'aahleeks neekee ma laay' 'o kue meerwernernee; soo hasee' paas wonue laay' kue keech ho laahohkue' kue laayekw, mee' kwahhley 'oohl wonues kee 'we-laayek' 'o kue laayekw. Wenchokws kwelekw neemee nahchelehl puelekw ko 'o 'w-oole'mek'. Noohl 'o gam' kue meweemor ho kue 'ne-psech, Nek kee muech rohseemek' kue nepuey, kem kee kel' wee 'o negemem' so 'o'lep. Wee'eeet 'ee now mehl ho lehlkenee' cheeekol' sook, mee' kwahhley wonue k'e-naametek' kol' sook. Cho 'enuemee neee'nowom' kue teekwohl; wee'eeet kee no'ohl noohl negemem' kue nepuey 'o k'e-nekomewet. Mocho keech 'o newoom' kue teekwohl, noohl 'emkee k'e-kesomewet nekem' kue nepuey, kem kee neekee k'e-soo negemek' neemoksue kem won 'o ko nekue'. Kue kohchew 'we-choomoyhl, 'o 'owook kee ko rohsee' kue nepuey 'eme gam' kue meweemor, Cho now le'mow' 'o kue nuemee 'o'lehl; kwelekw nekah keech chpee ko nahkseyoh. Kue weet 'o 'w-o'oh 'eemee 'uema chkeem' kue 'ne-psech 'emsee kue meweemor, neekee wook noohl tegeruem' kue 'we-roowo's kue meweemor. Wooyhl noohl ho'op' mehl 'wo'hlp'ey' tue' weeshtue' keech nee soo swoo'melehl kue 'er'gerrch kem neekee so'n. Noohl weeshtue' 'o gam', Kos'ela tenowonee cheeek, keekee skuey' soo hoole'm 'oohl, nerhpery tue' kee tegen' ko teno' k'ee kwen cho kee nepue', 'emsee paas teloge'mo'w. Kue woneek 'we-rohpek' kue 'wo'hlp'ey' 'ue-meraa 'o gam' kue meweemor, Kwelekw kue roowo's weesh 'we-sewepek'; kwelekw wee'eeet keekee koosee rom' tue' 'eemoksue ko teloge'mow' mehl heeko'ch'uek ho 'wes'onah. Kue weet 'ue-koypoh wonews 'o sootokw' nue 'we-nerrgersek', noohl 'ap ho'omah. Kue keech 'ue-mechewolo' noohl lekwseesh 'o le'mehl 'emkee weeshtue' 'ee kmoyhl, keet 'o ko saawelehl, noohl 'esee me wegesah. Kuey' 'we-no'ohl Rek'woy wonew 'ela neeen' 'o newee' kwelekw keech ta'anoy'hl. Che'mekw keech 'o huemonepehl, noohl 'o gam' kue meweemor, Nek kue hlook' kue ma'ahskehl; keech 'ee 'we-son kee 'n-egoo'loh; nek kue hlook' kue k'e-ka'. 'O na'an' hlom', tue' smechoy weesh 'ue-mehl hlook'. Noohl 'r'gerrch 'o le'mehl. Noohl 'o gam', To's keech 'ee 'we-son kee 'n-egoo'loh? Hela' wey' k'e-smechoy; k'e-to' kee laa'y. Wee' kee 'oyhl kue k'e-srahkwoh; k'e-roowo's cho chpee negeme'm. Kue meweemor negem' wohlee weyew keyom; tue' weektue' 'okw' kue 'we-roowo's 'emsee 'w-ohkuem. Noohl 'o ko chuerp'ery, noohl nepe'weeshneg 'ue-'wers 'emehl ma'epoyew kue 'we-'lep. Nek kee negemek' kue 'ne-keyom noohl ko myootek' 'ne-ka'. Kel' cho kenuemee sonowom', 'emkee kwelekw kuey' 'ue-pahtuen kue k'e-smechoy kue k'e-nekomewet kee so 'okw', kue 'ue-werhl k'e-kesomewet kee so 'okw', 'emsee k'e-roowo's kwelekw nuemee k'e-yaahl kee 'ok'w. K'ee nuemee 'o'lehl kue we'yon kem 'ee nuemee sho'n; nows nek' 'wr-skery woogeen wohlee weykonee skery 'o myoot'. Perey wee 'okw' tue wo'oot nuemee ham', Wek kee shonowo'm. Noohl weeshtue' 'o gam' kue meweemor, Cho nuemee chpe'royom' k'ee nekee' soch. Heenoy cho 'orogoo'm. Kwelekw wee' keech 'oyhl k'ee ma'ahskehl. Kue k'e-nekomewet cho 'olonemem', cho skuey' soo 'ekonemem' 'ohlkuemee neemoksue won kem ko soo 'ekoneme'm. Keekee nuue'moh wee' kee soo 'ekoneme'm. Noohl 'o ko hlom' kue 'ue-keyom 'enuemee poy wenok'w. Noohl kue 'ne-psech woneeks 'o son' ma'ahskehl, noohl puelekws 'o newom' kyue' nee 'ue-ko'oh kol' 'we-so'nk'enuue'm. To' neemee heeme'mehl, mos cheetaa koleen chweenkep'. Kue keech 'o nuue'mehl ho puelekw, noohl 'o gam' kue meweemor ho kue 'ne-psech, Cho nuemee skuey' soo skelee neke'm; k'ee ma'ah pechue kee no'moye'we'y. Noohl kue laayekw 'we-rewon 'o chyuuek'wen' kue meweemor, noohl 'o gam', 'Ne-kesomewet cho 'o chekcheye'm. Noohl wee 'o wenokw' pegerk kue meweemor 'we-heenoy 'ema 'oolo' noohl 'o gam', Nekah kwelekw kahkah 'emsee ke'ween kegoh. Noohl weet 'o soo chween meweemor 'w-egolek', Koweecho noo kegohchewo'w kahkah; ke'ween cho' chpee kegoh, cho' neee'nowow' mehl nepuey. Hewon 'we-newoyk' nepuey cho 'o hegoosem', noohl nek kue 'o ma'ahskuemek'. Cho 'eekee chue weykow' kol' k'e-so'nk'enuue'mow' noohl cho 'eekee chue kemeye'mo'w. Cho puelekw neekee chue ho 'r'gerp k'-egolek' wek keech so'n. Noohl 'o kwomhlechol' kue pegerk weesh 'ee nuemee so'n. Maageen 'eekee 'ue-wey, maageen kyue' 'ee 'o goole'm. Mos chpegaak no'ohl kem 'o chweenkep' kue meweemor. Noohl 'o ko ska'ehlken' hohkuem so pueleek 'emsee so hehlkew 'emsee so wohpewk 'emsee so perwerh. Nuemee kue 'we-rek'woy so neee'nowohl kue weesh 'o 'we-rek'eeen. Keech maay' chomee's 'we-roo, 'o newee' keech sega'awor' 'o kue 'o rek'eeen; kwesee weet keet 'o weno'ee'mehl kue lemoluue'monee. Noohl 'o kom' keech 'w-egoo, Nepe'woo! Noohl 'o mene'mehl so heer, noohl 'o ko hlom' kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl kue meweemor reeek'ew 'eekee laay' so puelekw. Tmenomee newee' wee weno'omor' 'enuemee; skuey' soo neee'now' kue 'ne-psech. 'Enuemee poy weno'omor' kue nepuey. Noohl 'o gam' kue meweemor, Hl'o'ronep'es! noohl kolo 'eekee mee' wo ko pahchew. Noohl heenoy 'o so na'mee naamet' ho kue 'we-nekomewet noohl 'o gam', Sela ro'onep'es! kem 'o pahchew kue nepuey. Kem 'o gam', Hl'o'ronep'es! Merueh chee weesh serrhlerp', tue' kue kem 'w-egolek', Hl'o'ronep'es! noohl 'o ko hlom' kue ma'ah 'eekee ner'erserne'm. 'O na'mee woneek son' noohl 'o gam', Cho hl'o'ronepem' k'ee kwen cho ko regaayo'repem', k'ee kwen cho 'ohkween m-ekwol cho 'emehl knokseeme'm k'e-peesh'on. K'ee wek 'we-raayoy 'ue-mer'wermery cho noohl ho noowo'repe'm; cho 'ela ro'onepe'm. Kue 'ue-wey 'we-chween weet 'o soo newee' kue nepuey kolo neekee ko'see ko'mo'y. Noohl 'o menechokw' noohl weeshtue' 'enuemee shon' kue hegonee Kee sonowo'm. K'ee kwen cho 'o tektonee m-ekwol kem 'emehl knokseem' 'ue-peesh'on, 'enuemee wo'n ho mo'okw' 'ue-peesh'on; 'esee noowor' ho k'ee wey' 'ue-mer'wermery. Keech k'ee kwen 'o ro'op' kue nepuey. Noohl 'o kwomhlechol' kue meweemor, skelee 'ap nek' kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl, weeshtue' 'ap 'o key kue 'ne-psech 'o key. 'O gam', Cho' yokmokee negeee'nowom' mocho kee hase'm. Kue so newonee keech chyuuek'wen' kue meweemor neekee 'ue-kwomhle'mek' kue pegerk ko'l 'we-so'nk'enuue'm. Keech 'o chpaaneek' noohl; weesh 'o rek'eeen, 'o ko'moy' keech hegoo, Nepe'woo! mehl pueleek. 'Ikee chue weesh soo hegoosehl, noohl 'o ko hloohl kue 'ue-ke'ween noohl heenoy 'o le'mehl. Noohl 'o gam' kue meweemor ho kue 'ne-psech, Cho kem noohl puelekuek ho neee'nowo'm. Kenuemee wee 'o son' kue meweemor 'o kue hewonee newonee nepuey kue 'we-newoyk'. Merueh chee terguem' 'o gam', Heenoy lenewk'wes! Sela ro'onep'es! Hl'o'ronep'es! 'O ko hlom' kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl yue's 'o sootol' kue weno'omor' kue nepuey. Weesh 'enuemee son' kue nepuey kue sonoyew. 'O choona'mee kolo 'we-rohseemek', kue merueh 'we-chee woneek soon' kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl 'eekee 'ue-ma'ahskek'. Mos cheetaa wo pahchew, kolo heer nee lenekw. Kue so heer sootoh kue meweemor kolo 'eme lekwo'hl 'ue-meykweluuem' 'o Rek'woy, kue keech 'o kohchewonee kue nepuey. Kue hehlkue keech 'o soononee, noohl nows 'o nek' kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl. Pechue no'moye'wey' kue nepuey. Noohl kue 'ne-psech 'o key 'ap nek' kue 'ue-ma'ah, 'o 'lepoyewt' kue 'we-'lep. Kue nepueyohl wonue 'o nekue' kue nepe'weeshneg 'ue-'wers. Noohl 'o pegah 'we-tuuek kue nepuey, noohl 'o hlom' ha'aag 'ue-mohl 'ela kohtoo. Kue pa'aahl 'we-lootek' kue ha'aag, wonue 'o legaayo', noohl pechkue 'o so kelomoh, noohl 'o menekw. Hasee perwerw 'o so koo'op' 'o kue nepuey noohl 'o gam' kue meweemor, Ch'uemey' 'ne-tewomehl keech 'ne-kohchewochek'. Kel' kwelekw kee tenem' k'e-nowonemek' nepuey 'o k'ee wek 'we-raayoy. K'ee sega'ageyowonee 'emsee k'ee wa'soy keekee chue weesh mehl tewomehl. Kel' kwelekw kee shoosem' k'ee kwen cho kee yuenowonee kee skuene'm; ke'l kwelekw wee' kee shoosem' kee nuemee chue skuey' soo 'oo' kee toomenee 'we-nepue'. Kolchee tergerw kem tue' 'o goyhlkep' 'we-tuuek kolo 'we-nooloochek' kue nepuey. Noohl now 'o nek' kue nepe'weeshneg 'ue-'wers kue 'ue-keyom weektue' 'o nek'. Noohl ska'ehlken' hohkuem ho puelekuek ho pecheek ho perwer'k'uek 'emsee ho wohpewk. Noohl 'o gam' ho kue 'ne-psech, Cho koo'opem' neka'ahl soot'os. Cho 'rlermerkerhl kue k'e-ka' skelee lekomeyt'es k'e-chewes. Noohl now 'o nek' kue 'ue-ka' noohl 'o gam', Hl'os kue nepuey 'o kue werhlery. To's keech skuey' soo 'ekoneme'm? Cho' nuemee chpuerkoom' woneek k'e-soonek' weet nuemee 'o kwoytemel' cho 'oloneme'm. Hl'os k'e-kergerwers mehl kue koleen k'e-chewes mee' kee shemee keychek. Cho k'e-nekomewet so kelomo'opem' koweecho heenoy so ko neee'nowo'm; koweecho nek ho neee'nowopa', koweecho ho kol' hee neee'nowo'm. Mocho weet keech ho neskwechoom' kue k'e-kesomewet 'o nekom kue k'e-ma'ah kue puelekw 'ne-le'moh, cho noohl kue k'e-kesomewet 'o lootem' kue nepuey. Koweecho kwehl ke'yoneme'm! Cho wee'eeet 'emkee neekee mehl chechomeyo'r. Kue raayor' so Pewolew k'ee 'oohl 'eekee toom' 'w-egolehl, Kos cho 'ela tene'mehl k'ee nepuey 'ne-peeshkaahl, hehlkue tue' kee nee tenem' hoore'mos, kee tenoo cheee'sh! K'ee kwen cho skewokseemehl, Kos'ela tenoo kolo 'o luuekwo'hl kue 'w-egoose'm. Kue keech 'o noowor' ho Pewolew noohl weeshtue' 'o son' kue keech ho 'we-laayolew. Noohl kue 'ue-kesomewet 'emehl hlohlpep' kue 'o'lepeek 'we-sootok'. Keetkwo mee 'ue nohpew' ho kue nuemee 'oole'mo'w. Noohl nows 'o loot' kue nepuey. Wee' no'ok's 'yohlkoych'enee 'lahpsew nahpchueh 'o ro'oh tue' wogee 'enuemee ho'omah 'o kue 'o'lehl. Tue' kue 'we-rohsek' mehl kue nepuey skelee 'o lehlkoo' kue nahko' 'enuemee wonue lekon' kue nepuey. Tue' wee 'o rek'eeen wenchokws, koleen kue we'yon kue ho nergerykermeen tue' wo'oot neekee 'ue-myah 'o 'rlermerkerhl kue 'ue-kery nows 'o nek' kue nepe'weeshneg 'ue-'wers wonues 'ap nek' kue nepuey 'oyhl. Weesh 'ee 'oolo' kue 'ne-psech 'we-chpeenah kue meweemor. Noohl 'o newom' 'w-esek' kue 'o'lehl kwelekw kem wee' 'enuemee ho soo sloyhlketee' kue kwelaakws ho sonkohl kue laayekw. Kue pontet kem wee 'o lehlkenee'; mos cheetaa kol' sook ko 'oyhl chpee chkeno' soo ho'omah. Kue 'we-neskwechok' kue meweemor 'o gam', Chue so 'o'lepeek. 'O no'oh hlom' cheek'war weeshtue' 'o rek'eeen 'o myootehl kue 'ue-ka'. Noohl 'o gee' kue we'yon, Cho k'ookwsoom' kue nepuey. 'O kue 'we-nekomewet laayekeen weet laatekwsom' mehl kue 'ue-mer'erx so kue 'we-tuuek; noohl 'o tekwsee' kue 'we-terr, noohl kue 'we-tuuek. Noohl 'errwerh mehl muehlsom' 'emsee 'we-chewes now mehl lohpeen' pekoyek. Noohl 'w-aawechohl wogee 'o tekwsee' noohl kue 'we-yaahl 'o tmenomen tekwsom', weeshtue' k'ookwsee' 'o kue nahko' kue nepuey lekonee. Noohl 'o koo'op' kue meweemor 'emehl hlom' kue 'wo'hlp'ey' mecheeks 'o nek'. Noohl 'o tegeruem' kue roowo's 'o gam', K'ee meraa kwelekw kelew wee k'e-sewepek'; keekee chue ro'm. K'ee 'oohl wee 'o key kwelekw kelew kee naahl nepue' k'ee nepuey. Kue keech 'ue-wey 'w-oktketoy kue we'yon kue 'errwerh 'emehl mewolete'w. Kue keech 'o 'oo' 'we-lo'og kue 'wo'hlp'ey' noohl 'o hlom' skueyenee koweesh 'o goolehlken' mee' kee shoo mechewolo'. Noohl 'emehl hlom' kue nepuey 'we-yah mecheeks 'o nek'. Noohl se'rechonee koweesh 'emehl choonen' 'o tekwsom' noohl kue 'ne-psech 'o key poy 'ema nek' kue 'lahpsew. Noohl 'enuemee chpuerkom' soo chyuuek'wen' 'o mechee. Noohl 'o gam' kue meweemor, K'ee keech no'omuen' k'ee 'wes'onah tue' nekah keech noohl wee' segonkee'. Cho' neee'nowom' k'ee kwen cho hasem', Kee nepek'. Noohl 'o gam' kue 'ne-psech, Kue 'ue-'weryken kee nepek'. Kwelekw mep kegom' 'w-egoyek' mocho kee nahksemee cheykuem' keekee 'o markue'm kwelekw wee'eeet kee nuemee sega'age'y. 'O gam' kue meweemor, K'ee kwen cho' keech noohl reeegohsonee nepuey tue' chpee kor' 'oohl neekee markuem' kue nahche'leesh kee 'we-nepek' k'ee nepuey. Noohl 'o ge's kue 'ne-psech, Kwelekw kee heemenomee meek'oluemek'. Kwesee 'eemee wo gohkuem' kee 'we-na'mee meek'oluemek' mee' nuemee skena' 'ohlkuemee 'wo'hlp'ey' chpee mehl pemue'. To' 'elekw weet 'ee nuemee 'we-chahchew kee 'ue-meek'olew mee' kwelekw neekee mehl sega'agey' 'oohl. Keech chmey' lekwseesh 'o sootol' kue meweemor, heenoy 'o 'orogo' kue 'ne-psech. Noohl 'o gee', Cho' kem nue nerrgerse'm. Kue wonekws 'we-sootok' noohl wek 'ee lehlkoo' 'ue-mey; soo ha's, 'Aawokw keech 'ne-muech newook'. Soo ha's, Keech newook' muech kue segonkonee kue hehlkue 'we-neeekue' kue nepuey. Hewonee kwelekw nee mok'ws weesh nuemee mehl ho soo's. Weeshtue' weesh soo wa'sok 'w-esek' kwesee weet ho soo hoolem' 'oohl tue' kwelas keech ho noo weeshtue' ko hohkue'm. Kue 'we-neskwechok' 'ap ho'op' 'o 'r'gerrk kwesee yem' kue meweemor, Kues cho soneenepe'm? 'O gam' kue 'ne-psech, Kue keech no'ohl ho nepoh kue nepuey tue' 'o cherperhl soneenepek'; keneemee cheeweyek' 'eemee che'looksek'. 'O wooyhl noohl he'woneehlehl tue' 'o tegeruem' 'ue-mes kue meweemor; noohl 'o huemerhl. Won' keech son' keet 'ue wook kem 'o gegokw' kue 'ne-psech kue 'we-nerrgersek'. Noohl koypoh 'o'lep 'o le'mehl kegoh 'emsee che'lonee nepuey chpee nepee'mehl. 'Imee cheewey' kue 'ne-psech 'ohlkuemee keetkwo 'o kaamewet' nee 'we-luehleek mehl kue ho nepeen nepuey. Keech wey kol' ho 'we-nepee'mehl 'emkee 'r'gerrch 'we-lekw 'ee rek'eeen. 'O gam' kue meweemor, Mocho keeto chkeyem' we'yk'oh kechoyn cho' ko 'o chkeye'm. 'O gam' kue 'ne-psech, Paa, mos keeto chkeyek'. 'O gam' kue meweemor, Nek soo kwelekw kel' kee chkeye'm. Noohl 'O Chaahl 'We-Repokw me'womechokw' 'oohl 'eme gam', Pekwsue hes keech kee wohpeye'moh 'o kue laayekw? 'O gam', 'Ey, kue meweemor, Kem kee hasue', Kee ko'l so'nk'enuue'moh 'o puelekw. Kem kwelekw merueh kee choomoyhl kee noohl mechee chpee 'o pemue' kahkah 'emsee nepuey 'emsee ke'ween. Mocho keech 'ela k'ookwsee' kesee 'o kohchemee tekwsee' laawogee. Koweecho kwehl che'lohtemew. Pee'eeh kem kee nuemee shonkee' keekee wee 'ue-pemue' koweecho kwehl che'lohtemew. Noohl 'o'lehl cho chpee kol' nee nepue' 'emsee kue raayoy kee chpee 'o 'ahspue'. Cho neekee chue so hechah. Nekah kwelekw komchuemoh k'ee segonkonee 'o yoh, kwelekw pechue muehlcho' neemee soo komchuemehl. Noohl 'o gam' kue meweemor, Kee na'mee wehlowaa choomoyhl kee noohl nerrgersem' kem kee 'eekee k'e-wey. 'O gam' kue 'ne-psech, Mos kwelekw wee'eeet kol' mehl son' mee' kue 'ne-too'mar komchuemehl kue sootol. Kohchew keech 'o choomoyhl 'o neskwechokw' 'ue-me'loh mehl kue Heewow 'o tek 'o'lehl 'o Rek'woy nue 'we-chpegar', To's wee 'no-'o'hl keech kee 'na-'ahspee'moh 'emkee weet kee 'ne-soo 'e'gah? Noohl 'o gam', 'Ey kwelekw cho weet soo k'ookwsow' kue nuenepuey noohl ko 'o che'lohtemew. Cho' 'wo-'o'lomah 'ap 'emehl 'r'gerp, cho noohl 'o 'r'gerp 'o kue 'wo-'o'hl kue me'womecho'leesh k'-egolek', To' skuey' soneenep'. Kolo mos cheetaa kues no'ohl keech kee no'ohl 'ue-kemeyek' kue 'ne-psech kwesee soo neemee wo chpaaneenep'. Tue' kneweteek' kem 'o ko choomo'ol' noohl 'esee kemey' so Rek'woy. Noohl weeshtue' kem 'ap 'o nerrger's tue' 'o kohtoh hegor noohl weeshtue' so'n 'w-ohkepek'. Noohl 'o chpega'roy' kue 'ne-psech ho kue meweemor 'o gam', Kues sonkee' kue maageen kue nepuey? Nekah kwelekw wonue lekomey' 'o 'o'lep kue ho pemue' mehl 'wo'hlp'e'y. Mocho keet mo'okw' 'n-ohkuem 'emsee 'ne-'wo'hlp'ey' chegeychekw kue nepuey kue che'lonee 'o 'o's'o' kue roowo's. Kue 'ue-mer'erx 'emsee 'ue-'wa'alox 'emsee kue 'w-aawech 'we-terr 'we-tuuek neekee koosee neemee wo pemue'. Tue' we'yon weesh ho tekwtekwsom', noohl puelekws kue laaregor 'ema ho swoyhlkweyet'. Mocho kue kego'sneg 'emsee k'err' weesh mehl pelomeyehl kwelekw 'eemoksue tenem' kue nepuey kue weet 'we-loksee'hl. Kwelekw mocho weesh neenee rek'eeen 'eemee nepehl kwelekw weet kee 'we-tene'mek' nepuey kue weet 'we-loksee'hl. 'Imee wo pelep' mehl wee' tue' 'enuemee ho tenem' nepuey 'o weet 'o no'ohl. |
This is the story of the taking of salmon ashore. This was done before any salmon is eaten. My father was the last person to assist at this kind of rite. He ate the salmon. The man who performed the ceremony was the grandfather of Charlie Williams' mother, and was called the Old Man of Pewolew. There were two houses at Wehlkwew and the pipes were kept in them. The third person present when the salmon taking ceremony was performed was the girl. She was the old man's niece, and was older than my father. She was unmarried and was called the Daughter of Pewolew. The pipes were called the Pipes of Pewolew. I think it was called Pewolew because each pipe was made of soapstone (pe'wol). There were two of them, and so each was called the mate of the other. Each was buried in one of the houses; there was a stone (box) with a lid inside. I do not know whether it was with the female or the male pipe that the medicine was made. The man who kept the pipes was the head of the house. Every month he opened the box and scattered angelica root inside. When white men were first seen there were two of them walking along the sands, and at that time one of the houses was burnt down where the pipes were kept, and one pipe was broken in two places. The old man who looked after the pipes was a connection or perhaps the grandfather of the man who made the medicine and whom my father helped. He was afraid that the other pipe might go away because its mate had been broken. So he made another pipe just like the one that was broken; it was a foot long. It was just like the other, but he made two ridges round its mouth so that he should know that this was the one that he had made. In former times no one used pipes like this for smoking. But after the arrival of white men the Indians began to sell them, though my father never liked that sort of thing. It was in the seventh month that the salmon was first speared there. During the season from the first to the seventh month salmon was not eaten at the mouth of the river, and it was said that if anyone did eat it his blood would flow away. Only very old men and very old women could eat salmon then; but this only concerned salmon; and sturgeon, eels, surf fish, and candlefish could be eaten all the time. Waves came up as far as Cannery Creek, and this was then called Pewolew. Cannery Creek is the creek between the place white men call Requa and the place the Indians call Rek'woy. If a salmon came ashore at Cannery Creek people could eat whichever part faced away from the water, and this alone was eaten, the half that was toward the water was not eaten. It was not meant that the inhabitants of Requa and Wehlkwew should not eat salmon; it was only forbidden at the mouth of the river. What was caught upstream from Cannery Creek everyone could eat. A month and a half in advance my father was told, You are wanted to help in the taking ashore of the first salmon to run. At first he thought, No, he was not going, but everyone said, Go and perform it there. So from then on at that time he went into training, and did not eat what other people ate. He had his own drinking basket, and was constantly cleansing himself, and did not even drink water, as he drank only his own acorn soup. He was also told, Do not eat salmon. In the morning and evening he gathered sweathouse wood. First the old man questioned his niece and said, Is there anything in which you are sexually unclean? She said No, and then he said, You will help; you will cook the first salmon that we catch. The keeper of the pipes thought it over and decided that the salmon should be speared like this. And then he regularly made tobacco, and scattered it inside the box, and spoke to the pipes. They were told, Soon you will eat salmon, because they were given what was left over by the assistant. Seven days before my father was told, Cross over to Wehlkwew. The hide of a five-point deer was his blanket. He was told, You will carry only this, and your pipe and your tobacco. He was told, Leave behind your white man's type of clothes; every morning you will gather sweathouse wood, and you will only eat the old man's niece's cooking, because she too was always in training and she alone cooked for the two men. In the evening my father went across. The old man said, Listen carefully, and do just as I am going to tell you. Then he was told, Go and gather sweathouse wood at Krrchrh 'O Legok'w, because small fir trees grew there, but other people did not pick their branches and did not use them for making fire in the sweathouse. Then the old man said, This is why I am coming with you, so that you will know how to do everything properly. It was six days before the spearing of the salmon when the old man said, Eat plenty today, because tomorrow you will only eat once; it will be evening before you have anything to eat. But my father did not eat much that evening. And when it became dark the old man said, Leave the sweathouse all of you; we two will be here alone. Those who usually sweated there then went to the sweathouse at Schekwehl 'O Chaahl in Wehlkwew. On the third day the old man and my father built a path down to the water's edge at the river mouth. Everything was cleared away, and nothing lay on the path; even the smallest bit of gravel was cleared away. The path was two feet wide and nothing at all lay on it. They were finishing the path right up to the sixth day, and then the old man closed the path. And then there were a lot of people who crossed over from Wehlkwew to Requa, as it was easier there for them to get their wood and their water now that the path was finished and it was difficult for wood to be fetched at the river mouth. The path ran down to the high water line there. A man from Wehlkwew who wanted to catch surf fish went inside of the path and then into the water at the high water line; so strictly was it intended that one should not pass over where the path had been made, because it was forbidden for anyone to walk on the path. Women were not allowed to go down to the river mouth. Then the old man said to my father, I shall spear the salmon myself, but you will carry it to the house. This is why everything was cleared away, because you are not allowed to tread on anything. Look carefully for where there is a low gap; that far you will carry the salmon on your right shoulder. When you see the low gap, then you put it on your left shoulder, and from then on you carry it like that and it must not be put in any other position. On the sixth day and the next day the salmon would be speared, the old man said, Go away all of you from the main house; we three shall be here alone. That night the old man and my father did not sleep, and the old man spoke to his pipe until morning. All night he made a fire with angelica root and so they both smelt of it and the sweathouse did as well. Then he said, May there be lots of money, and the people will fare well, and may there be lots of berries and lots of all that can be eaten, and may there be no sickness among the people! As the smoke from the angelica root drifted upward the old man said, This is the breath of the pipe; it will spread everywhere and there will be no sickness from here to the heavens. In the morning he went up to gather sweathouse wood, and then they made a fire. When it had burned down they went outside and lay down, and began to cool off, and then they went to bathe. Later they looked over to Requa and saw that the sun was shining. They warmed themselves a little, and then the old man said, I will fetch the spear; now we are ready to go; I will bring your blanket. Then he brought two, and deerskins were what he brought. And then they went into the sweathouse. Then he said, Is all ready for us to go? Here is your deerskin; it must pass around your hips. Your loincloth will stay here; just carry your pipe. The old man took a newly made dipper basket; in it were his pipe and tobacco. Then he combed his hair, and then his hair was tied up with an otterskin. He said, I will take my basket and put on my blanket. You do just as I do, and then the neck of your deerskin will be on your right, and its tail will be on your left, and your pipe will be right over your belly. In the main house the girl was doing the same; she took off her dress and put on another newly finished dress. There was an old woman there and she said, This is what you will do. Then the old man said, Listen carefully to what I say. Follow behind me. The spear is lying here. Carry it in your right hand, and get a good hold on it because you will not carry it in any other position. You will carry it like this until we arrive. Then he took his basket and went ahead. Then my father picked up the spear, and he saw people standing at the mouth of the river fishing. They did not hurry, and neither spoke a word. When they arrived at the river mouth, the old man said to my father, Put the spear down carefully; it must point upstream. Then the old man sat down at the end of the path, and said, Sit down on my left. Then a man came and stood behind the old man and said, We are catching sturgeon and eels. Then the old man said, Stop catching sturgeon; catch eels only, and watch for salmon. When a salmon is first seen shout, and I will come and spear it. Then you must all finish fishing and all go home. Go and tell them all at the river mouth that this is happening. Then the man went back and did as he was bidden. Some of them stopped fishing at once, and others stayed around there. Soon afterward the old man spoke again. Then he scattered tobacco to the north, to the east, to the west, and to the south. They were looking right at the river mouth where they sat. Midday passed, and shadows were seen moving where they sat; it was the eel fishers coming. Then they heard people shouting, First salmon! Then the men went away from the water, and the old man took his spear and went down to the river mouth along the shore. It was half visible and was coming in; my father watched it intently. The salmon came on forward. Then the old man said, Stop! and it seemed that it did not move. Then he took two steps to his right and said, Run on! and again it moved. Again he said, Stop! He did this five times, and when he said, Stop! he took his spear and grasped it in both hands. He lifted it twice and then said, Stop at each place you pass, and wherever there is a fishing rock leave some of your scales there. Go right to the head of this river; run on there. When he finished speaking the salmon seemed to have heard it all. Then it vanished and did just as it had been told You shall do it. Wherever there was a fishing rock built it left some of its scales, right on until it had no scales left; and then it went on to the head of the river. The salmon went right ahead. Then the old man went back and put down his spear, and sat down where my father was sitting. He said, Look round about if you feel like it. When the old man was seen to be sitting down the men came back to their fishing. It grew late; they were sitting there, and he heard them shouting, First salmon! from the river mouth. All of them were shouting like this, and then they took their eels and went back. Then the old man said to my father, Look down the river. The old man did just as he did with the first salmon to appear when this one appeared. Five times he spoke to it, and said, Drift back! Run on! Stop! He took his spear and went over to where the salmon was coming in. The salmon did just as it was told. After making as if to spear it four times, the fifth time he lifted up his spear and then speared it. It made no movement, but seemed to drift to the shore. When the old man went away from the water the air seemed full of wailing over at Requa, now that the salmon was caught. When the salmon had been lifted out of the water, he put down his spear. The salmon lay with its head pointing up the river. He put down the spear where my father was sitting, and unbraided his hair. The otterskin was put on top of the salmon. The salmon moved its tail, and he took a stone and hit its head with it. When he threw the stone into the water, it ricocheted up, turned upstream, and then disappeared. The old man stood to the south of the salmon and said, I am so glad that I have caught you. Many are the salmon you will bring to this river. Rich and poor will all rejoice at it. You will see to it that all that grows will grow well; you will see to it that it will all grow well to be eaten by every sort of person. Every time he spoke its tail wagged as if the salmon were answering. Then he put the otterskin away in the basket. Then he scattered tobacco to the north, to the east, to the south, and to the west. Then he said to my father, Stand up and come to me. Untie your blanket and lower your hands. Then he took his blanket away and said, Pick up the salmon by its tail. Have you got a good hold of it? Lift it up very carefully, and carry it like this right on your shoulder. Hold your wrist with your other hand so that you do not get tired. Turn to your right and do not look back; do not look at me, and do not look at things round about. When you come to where you put your spear on your left shoulder when we came down to the river mouth, then throw the fish on to your left shoulder. Do not drop it! Now run straight on from here at a trot. When he made his way to Pewolew the people all shouted May there be many salmon in our sea, and many animals on land, and many woodpecker scalps! The air seemed full of their shouting, May there be much of whatever they all wanted. When he reached Pewolew, he carried out his instructions. With his left hand he lowered himself into the house. He did not yet enter the main part of the house. Then he threw down the salmon. Two wooden plates stood there, on the far side, and they had made a fire right in the middle. When he threw it at them, the wooden plates fell down and it fell right on them. Two women were sitting there, and one was the girl who was helping, and she jumped up and untied her hair tie, and took off the otterskin and put it on the salmon where it lay. My father stood there waiting for the old man. And then he saw that the house too had been swept as they had done the path. The ashes had been cleared away; nothing lay there, and there was only a small fire. When the old man came he said, Let us go into the house. He took two chairs, and they sat down and put on their blankets. Then the girl was told, Split the salmon. She cut it along the line on its right from its gills to its tail; then its head was cut off, then its tail. Then she wiped it with grass, and scraped out the blood with her hand. Then the salmon was cut across the middle of its back, and finally she cut it in half at its belly, and so it was cut up on the platters where it lay. Then the old man stood up and took angelica root, and put it on the fire. Then he spoke to the pipes, and said, This smoke is your breath; it will spread everywhere. The person sitting here and you will share in eating the salmon. When the girl had finished cutting up the fish, she wiped her hands with the grass. When the embers of the angelica root were left, she took out a stout stick and heaped them up so that they would glow. Then she took the salmon's belly and put it on the fire. Then with a sharpened stick she cut four pieces and put the plate in front of where my father was sitting. Then she sat down carefully by the fire. The old man said, As long as the heavens have endured this ceremony has been performed by us. Look for whatever you think you would like to eat. My father said, I will eat the part between the fins and the gills. He had often heard tell that if a man could take three bites and swallow it all he would be very rich. The old man said, All the time that salmon have been speared, only one man has eaten all the salmon he was given to eat. Then my father thought, I will gulp it down quickly. But he could not manage to take two bites because it was very bitter as it had been cooked with angelica root. Well, it was difficult for anyone to swallow just because a man got rich by doing it. In the evening the old man went out, and my father followed him. He was told, Go and gather sweathouse wood again. As he went up his weeping could be heard; he thought, Ah, now I have seen for myself. He thought, Now I have seen for myself what is done when the salmon is taken ashore. Formerly there was nothing about it that he had thought of much. And so he was full of pity that this was how they the people had lived and now he himself had taken part. When he returned he made a fire in the sweathouse, and the old man said, How do you feel? My father said, Since I ate the salmon I feel strong from it; I am not hungry and I am not thirsty. They were awake all night, and the old man made his medicine; then they sweated. Before daybreak even it happened that my father went out to gather sweathouse wood. Then in the morning they went to the house, and ate only acorn soup and dried salmon. My father was not hungry because he still had a bitter taste in his mouth from the salmon he had eaten. They finished eating and sat outside the sweathouse. The old man said, If you feel sleepy, sleep now in the day. My father said, No, I am not sleepy. The old man said, Well, I think you will sleep. Then a man came from 'O Chaahl 'We-Repokw and said, May we not now cross over the path? The old main said, Yes, and you may decide to fish at the river mouth. For five more days sturgeon, salmon, and eels must only be cooked on a fire. When the fish has been split then it is to be cut once down the middle. It is not to be dried. Mussles are to be treated in the same way; they are to be cooked at once and not dried. During this time you are to eat at home only, and to drink from the river only. Go and send word to everyone. We know what has been done here, but up the river perhaps they do not know. Then the old man said, For twenty days more you will gather sweathouse wood, and then you will have finished. My father said, This does not matter to me, as my friends know where I have gone. Six days passed and a relative of his came from the house at Hiwow in Requa, and asked, May we now drink at home, and eat as we usually do? He said, Yes, cut up fish in the usual way, and you may dry it. Go and tell them this at all their houses, and then go to the house of the one who left, and say, 'He is doing well.' It seemed no time at all before my father could go home, so little had the time dragged. He stayed nine days before going home to Requa. Then he gathered sweathouse wood and kept himself in training for one month more. Then my father questioned the old man, and said, What was done with the rest of the salmon? (He was told) It was put away by us in the house up in the roof, cooked with angelica root. When I have no tobacco and no angelica root, I give the dried salmon to the pipes in little pieces. The gills and the guts, the back, the head, and the tail of the salmon was none of it cooked. The girl cut this up and scattered it at the mouth of the river where the waves break along the shore. If the seagulls and crows fight over it there will not be much salmon that year. But if they sit around and do not eat, it means that salmon will be plentiful that year. There was no fighting over it, and salmon was very plentiful that season. |