Lonely Tourist
Posted in Railways on 15th February 2012
I don't usually write much about my wanderings in Scotland. Mostly because these are my holidays - properly relaxing breaks away from home, and away from the usual high-speed dashing around the rail network even. When I'm up here, it's a case of being somewhere unreachable, immersed in place and...
Wounded Knee, Ian Nagoski, The Family Elan - 13th Note, Glasgow
Posted in SHOFT on 15th February 2012
I arrived in Glasgow yesterday to find a city in chaos - a rail strike, the impending financial implosion at Rangers FC, and perhaps worst of all a city in the grip of Valentines Day. Also, the sudden realisation of the impact that devolving licensing of free events to Local...
Delifinger, Withered Hand, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - The Fleece, Bristol
Posted in SHOFT on 5th February 2012
Many, many years ago I wrote a sort-of-review of a Lambchop gig at The Fleece which I suppose was the beginning of the kind of inconsequential-wittering-leading-to-a-review style I seem to have adopted here. Having been involved with their very earliest UK releases - something I was fairly proud of, but...