Single Ticket #1 - Poor Things & Edinburgh School For The Deaf

Posted in SHOFT on 1st June 2011

Along with most of the rest of the world of music, I've been confidently and rather pompously predicting the death of the single format long while. For me, this is a great shame as I look back on a misspent youth chasing handfuls of vinyl singles imported from the USA...

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The Curnow Irrupter

Posted in Railways on 28th May 2011

I could have spent a little extra time in bed this morning, but old habits die hard and I found myself heading for the 05:48. This, at least, allowed time for breakfast and coffee before picking up today's tour at Bristol Temple Meads. It's rare I manage to do a...

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Missed Connections #4 - Kitchen Cynics - Wooden Bird

Posted in SHOFT on 26th May 2011

I spend quite a bit of time trying to convince myself - and indeed the small group of people who read this - that this isn't a Scottish music blog. It certainly didn't set out to be - after all there are plenty already, and some of them are very...

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