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Anyone But England (Redux)

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As Scotland hosts England at Hampden Park tonight to celebrate the 150-year anniversary of the first International football match, I’ve unearthed an article I wrote for a short-lived periodical during the 2012 European Championships in Poland and Ukraine. Rewritten for… Read More »Anyone But England (Redux)

On Wearing Good Shoes

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Cons. Chucks. Hi-tops. Gutties. Whatever you call them, Converse Chuck Taylors have long been my favoured flavour of footwear, beating Adidas Samba to the finish by the width of only a shoelace. While great footwear for hanging around a record… Read More »On Wearing Good Shoes

Top 5 Tour Films

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I first head Bob Dylan’s My Back Pages on the Byrds’ 1967 masterpiece Younger Than Yesterday. Roger McGuinn’s 12-string Rickenbacker chiming across the recording. While the version cut by the Byrds in the winter of 1966 will always be my… Read More »Top 5 Tour Films