Single Ticket #4 - Mogwai and King Creosote & Jon Hopkins
Posted in SHOFT on 28th September 2011
One of the side-effects of the computer catastrophe here has been the inability to buy music. Given that times are tight, and it's difficult to squeeze another notch on the belt, this isn't all bad - but it did delay my access to two eagerly awaited releases. King Creosote...
Sweet Baboo, Slow Club - The Cooler, Bristol
Posted in SHOFT on 25th September 2011
It had been a surprising sort of day in all kinds of senses, and having set out for Bristol in the ubiquitous and mundane fashion of catching a slow, lazy sunday afternoon train but ended up completing the journey in a sports car driven by a attractive young woman, I...
When Transport Integrates...
Posted in Railways on 24th September 2011
There are a whole range of preserved railways I used to consider impossible targets. The idea of integrating infrequent rail and bus services, and spending the entire visit worrying about getting back on time used to paralyse and attempt to go in the first place, unless of course they decided...