Kid Canaveral - SHOUTING at Wildlife

Posted in SHOFT on 4th July 2011

Before I started writing here in earnest, there were a number of things which seemed to urge me to shout about how great they were in the hope of convincing others, just like old times. In some ways, you can probably blame several of those records for making me want...

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The Severnsider

Posted in Railways on 2nd July 2011

It's been something of a low key month for a number of reasons, but getting to the station for the 08:16 just felt plain wrong! For years now, it's always been about squeezing every last bit of value out of the day's travel - and escaping if not physically as...

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Boxcar Aldous Huxley and The Dust Busters - Benjamin Perry Scout Hut, Bristol

Posted in SHOFT on 28th June 2011

It's a rare luxury to get out to see music locally nowadays, and especially rare that something comes along which grabs my attention quite like this did. Picked up via a brief mention on the Fence Records beefboard, this show was billed "A Night of the New Old Time". Beautiful...

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