Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin

Posted in SHOFT on 6th April 2011

I'm not sure whether music has a way of finding its way to me at the right time, or whether I'm just unconsciously adapting to what I'm hearing - but this record landed on just the day it needed to for me. So, defeated and wondering quite why I bother...

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Routes and Branches 2

Posted in Railways on 2nd April 2011

Only weeks after my last jaunt, I find myself trudging London streets early in the morning. This weekend hadn't gone as planned, and with the overnight trip which would have meant saving a night's accomodation postponed, I'd wedged myself into a tiny Travelodge room near Kings Cross once again. No...

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Missed Connections #3: Lonely Tourist - Sir, I Am A Good Man

Posted in SHOFT on 29th March 2011

Regular readers of this blog - should such creatures exist - will remember that I stumbled across Lonely Tourist as a support act at a recent Bristol show. Despite his assurance that we could get the album free online, I paid real cash to the man himself for a CD...

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