Adam Stafford - Build A Harbour Immediately

Posted in SHOFT on 17th August 2011

In my wilderness years where I was almost entirely out of touch with much in the way of contemporary music, I'd often find myself wandering around Glasgow and spotting that Y'all Is Fantasy Island were playing somewhere - everywhere in fact, as they popped up in every corner of the...

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A Lost Week

Posted in Railways on 14th August 2011

Regular readers, should any remain now the music stuff has headed elsewhere, may recall the 'Lost Weekend' series. Occasions when planned trips didn't happen but advance fares and hotel bookings had to be used. In fairness, I've had some fairly interesting trips in the past off the back of these...

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Newspaper Joe, Brown Brogues, Rae Morris, Mazes - The Mad Ferret, Preston

Posted in SHOFT on 12th August 2011

The reasons I ended up in Preston today are complicated - suffice to say it was never my intention to be at a loose end in Lancashire, and searching for something to do on a Friday night. Having wandered around town a little earlier, and experienced the usual sense of...

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