King Creosote - I Learned From The Gaels
Posted in SHOFT on 29th May 2012
This is the first new King Creosote solo material to be widely released since 2009 - which apart from being a criminally long gap in releases, is surprising since the "Diamond Mine" effect means I can now have meaningful conversations with work colleagues about him without blank looks or nervous...
The Calm Before The Storm - A Last Pre-Olympic Walk
Posted in London on 26th May 2012
Just now, the whole world seems to be on pause. Events are grinding to a halt to accommodate the twin national patriotic rallying points of the Diamond Jubilee, and more disruptively the 2012 Olympiad. I've written copiously about this, fact and fiction, and I risk painting myself as an obsessive...
Martin John Henry and Human Don't Be Angry - The Louisiana, Bristol
Posted in SHOFT on 22nd May 2012
There are days when, even as someone who seems to be a source of technical support for everyone around me, technology defeats me. Today it was even more annoyingly totally out of my control, as vandals destroyed vital bits of the railway system turning travelling into a slow, hot and...