Monthly Archives: August 2014

shednotes10 – A FILOFACTS ON RECORD SHOPS

More work to be done on this, no doubt, but here are some surviving indie record shops, as listed by Guardian and its readers in 2014, with a couple of additional notes from The Shed … Birmingham – Swordfish Records … Continue reading

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shednotes9 – AS IF YOU WERE SHORT OF SOME OPINIONS

Like every other British institution, The Shed is wary (for which read scared stiff) of saying anything in defence of those who turned a blind eye to the sexual exploitation of schoolgirls in Rotherham (and Rochdale and Dewsbury and Keighley … Continue reading

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SHEDNOTES 8 – ONLINE SHEDMANSHIP

One of my great ideas which never got anywhere was to set up a register where scrapyards could post information on cars they were breaking. Anyway, some things like it have now been done, of course. The Shed was in … Continue reading

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SHEDNOTES7 – BRUTAL SECT DETAILS FOLLOW

Shed activity has been on tickover for a few days, in humility and with thanks to our stars, after a little accident with a hedgecutter and its own power cable. More on that later. Meanwhile, The Shed bulletin board includes … Continue reading

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NOTES FROM THE SHED – JAMBOREE BAG EDITION

Despite Google and all that, The Shed continues to run its own filing system, tailored for Shed personnel and kindred spirits. Recent additions include … QUOTES * MODESTY Sunday Times recalls: “When Blackburn Rovers won the Premiership in 1995, the … Continue reading

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