Missed Connections #1: Male Pattern Band - Junkyard Pop EP
Posted in SHOFT on 4th February 2011
This is probably destined to be an all-too-frequent series of posts where I very publicly catch up on something I should have heard a long time back. Often, things will crop up on the various blogs and podcasts I peruse, and I'll end up thinking I should have followed that...
The Pictish Trail - In Rooms
Posted in SHOFT on 1st February 2011
I've written about music intermittently for the past ten years or so, and during that time I've read a fair bit about it too. I've been constantly amazed how often people reviewing things, and I include myself in this, use the phrase 'indescribable'. Is it the ultimate get-out clause perhaps?...
The Rother-Don Rambler
Posted in Railways on 29th January 2011
I felt out of practice at this railtour business as I pondered the walk over to Temple Meads for today's festivities. In 2010 I'd done more tours than ever - perhaps even more than was strictly sensible, and it had become almost an everyday occurrence to wake up at a...