Sam Kemmer

@samkemmer.bsky.social

Parent, husband, owner & chief noisy person at Against the Grain in Edinburgh. Also like pro wrestling, fitba, punk/metal/hardcore and great food & drink.

Are Fringe audiences getting even worse? Saw the excellent Mike Wozniak put on an utterly charming show last night, only slightly let down by a pretty lifeless crowd. I know it's half ten on a Sunday guys, but try and give the guy *something*.

Thanks to the ticket exchange and a Sunday kick off, I can actually make a rare trip to Tynecastle today. Would be nice if we'd picked just one specialist defender who can actually, y'know, DEFEND, but looking forward to the chaos regardless.

Seriously, Agnostic fuckin Front, man... Feels like angry music has hardly been more vital at any other point in my life. 'Crucified' was one of the 1st songs I played with a garage band 30+yrs ago - and they're still playing wee rooms NO COMPROMISE and inspiring this old guy to go fuckin mental

This is the thing - sometimes VAR is not only correct, it's absolutely essential. Without its intervention, and with that referee, who knows how this game would have finished.

In his final test innings, Stokes puts his ego & value in his own mythology ahead of the needs of his team. No denying his talent, commitment & incredible moments over the years, but his many flaws as a leader shouldn't be ignored.

My strongest memory of Starmer will be his 2024 conference speech, where he said "every child deserves respect", a young activist said "does that include the children of Gaza?", and he laughed and said "he's obviously got a pass to the 2019 conference".

Big day in the Kemmer household as Dex heads off to Tynie High for his 3 day transition visit. Plenty of nerves on both sides but so proud of him - he's ready for it, for sure. Still working out whether I am tho.

Ask anyone close to me, I've been 100% consistent in this last season - I give full credit to McInness for what he achieved, but I never took to the guy. Shite brand of football & seemed a bit of a prick. Had a strange habit of taking against certain players without obvious reason (Wilson, Borch)

Fucking delighted if the goblin stays on at Parkheid. When we canter to the title I want him in the dugout greetin. Or better still, punted when we establish a twenty point lead by xmas.