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Running with a Timid Deer
An absolutely spellbinding new electronica jazz-blues single out this week, of which I’d expect nothing less from what I believe to be one of Wiltshire’s most underrated bands, Salisbury’s Timid Deer, and produced by the brilliant Jason Allen. With a grand piano opening, their evocative part-indie-part-trip hop ambience is accomplished to a new standard here,… Read more
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Can We Stop Boxing Day Hunts?
Make no mistake, there’s a civil war under our noses, which comes to an apex when blood-thirsty predators triumphantly parade their wrongdoing on a day when most of us struggle out of bed to reach the fridge. Judge for yourselves who’s the goodies and who’s the baddies here, but pray tell me you’re not party… Read more
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A Right Christmas Carry-Con at The Vaults
Sunday saw Ian Diddams reading his Christmassy self-penned yarn at The Vaults, which over the past few years has become something of a decidedly anticipated yuletide tradition among Devizes socialites, not to mention raising wonga for local charities. Directed downwards to, what is fittingly described as a vault, within the Vaults, a communal gathering amassed.… Read more
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Why Did the Gazette & Herald Single Out Trowbridge Takeaway with Zero Rating?
Working five years or more as a delivery driver for a local butcher, you witness some pretty awful hygiene practises while passing through numerous commercial kitchens. Yet via this experience I conclude, bad hygiene is not confined to any particular sort of eatery or of any class of establishment. I delivered to everything from greasy… Read more
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Monkey Bizzle Supports Boot Hill Xmas Bash at The Southgate
Not as greater deal of options for entertainment as recent weekends gone, I still had a double-booked dilemma. As much as nipping to the Sham for Train to Skaville appealed, I can rest assured this gig would go off based on past experience. Similarly, though, whenever those crazy canal-type Boot Hill All Stars are chalked… Read more
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Song of the Day 43: Lollipop Lorry
As promised/threatened (delete as appropriate) I’m continuing on with the pledge to relaunch the Song of the Day feature, and today proves ska is universal. From Yekaterinburg in Russia, Lollipop Lorry have worked their way to the top of the international ska scene over a twelve year period, getting kudos through a tour of Mexico… Read more
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