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[21 May 2008 | 6 Comments | ]

Wow – what a fucking week this has been.
Finished my last exam at Edinburgh University ever last Monday and it has been pretty much brutal since then.
The eggs, flour, ketchup, beer, cider, honey, sandwich fillings and pretty much any other liquid substance you can think of came out in force…mmm…tasty.

Yup – good times
But I couldn’t get through a post on here without some relevant music, so here you go:
LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
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Justice Vs Simian – We Are Your Friends
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The first major night came …

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[18 May 2008 | 2 Comments | ]

On Friday night I saw Sam Amidon and Valgeir Sigurðsson at St. Barnabas’ Church in Soho; unobtrusively nestled into the dirty back-streets – from one angle it is disguised as a town house – it provided a beautiful and interesting setting for the music.
 
Sam Amidon was the big draw for me, and he rendered beautifully his reworked traditional American folk songs. He was accompanied by four other musicians, including Valgeir on bass, the others sharing duties on bassoon, cello, violin, accordion and banjo. They expertly played the sensitive arrangements written …