Hooops #3 - The Jelas, Player Piano, The Shivers - The Louisiana, Bristol

Posted in SHOFT on 10th November 2011

Having finally escaped from a difficult working day and made a very surreal trip on a bus which seem to hurtle dangerously through the dark countryside with little idea where it was really heading, I was slightly distracted by the time I arrived in Bristol. Deposited in the middle of...

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The Jorvic Explorer III

Posted in Railways on 5th November 2011

Who'd be a railtour promoter? As the difficult situation with timings continues, there is a huge amount of upheaval in the supply chain just now - with at least one Train Operating Company in the throes of sale, another seemingly keen to commit commercial suicide and a group of promoters...

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Rob St. John - Weald

Posted in SHOFT on 27th October 2011

Receiving mail always used to be an event - records from distant parts, written off for but then forgotten, finally arriving. The thrill of unpacking an LP for the first time, examining the sleeve, anticipating hearing it. All these things have changed - reasonably fast broadband means that there's very...

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