The Japanese War Effort - Surrender To Summer

Posted in SHOFT on 12th July 2011

Summer isn't a great time for music in lots of ways. As the entire industry appears to decamp to the ever growing list of festivals and new releases dry up, somehow the general public enters a strange, collective stupor where only the most inane rubbish seems to be played as...

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The Devonian & The Riviera Rat II

Posted in Railways on 9th July 2011

Despite a relaxing week, and the novelty of being out and about much further from home than recently, I had a pretty poor night's sleep. So, as I stumbled across a surprisingly bright Doncaster town centre, my main aim was coffee. Predictably, none of the outlets at the station were...

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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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