Yes Minster

Posted in Railways on 5th February 2011

It's become something of a custom that before my jaunts to Scotland, I head south - if only for the personal satisfaction of having travelled almost the entire length of the country in a week or so. This week, I'd booked tickets through to Dover - a journey I'd done...

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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...

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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?...

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