A View From The Brigg
Posted in Railways on 19th March 2011
It's the second week of my brief run of self-arranged outings. I've grown to look forward to these, as while the round of railtours and Premier Inn's is usually entertaining, there is something of a back-to-basics challenge in the out-and-back-in-a-day trip to somewhere fairly distant. These trips stopped scoring me...
You Already Know - Petrol Money
Posted in SHOFT on 15th March 2011
It must be difficult following a frankly stunning debut. I recall back in the 1990s when I still pored over the music press in the hope of hearing about new things, there was a running joke in the NME about the 'difficult second album'. It's hard to know whether it...
Lonely Tourist, Port Erin, Admiral Fallow - The Cooler, Bristol
Posted in SHOFT on 13th March 2011
I received an email a few days back suggesting that I was neglecting my local music scene in favour of events much further away. It wasn't that polite, but you get the picture. I replied as I have before, that when things locally began to move away from the years...