Single Ticket #14 - Adam Stafford & Rick Redbeard - Split 7

Posted in SHOFT on 2nd July 2012

Things have been a little quiet hereabouts lately, which is no reflection on the quantity or quality of music which is around. It's more to do with the inevitable intrusions of real life and the ongoing crisis of confidence which besets me when I try to put fingers to keyboard....

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Several Bridges Too Far - The Storm Begins To Break...

Posted in London on 30th June 2012

Dear reader, I lied to you. Not deliberately. I swore myself off London until after the Games. I didn't want to endure the crowds, the indignity of queuing for trains, the ever increasing paranoia as the perception of a threat ratchets up uncontrollably, and bored security guards itch to act....

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Nick Papadimitriou - Scarp

Posted in Reading on 26th June 2012

It's a long time since I felt the need to write about a book I'd read on here, at least as directly as this - but perhaps it's something I should do more often. The irony of reading "Scarp" in the middle of Glasgow, while the city moved quickly to...

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