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ist in Leicester, 6th June

Just to remind y'all, ist will be retaking the stage for the first time in far too long, this Friday, June 6th at Sumo, Leicester. If you're around or can be around, please drop by and give us a good ...
Posted by ist on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:42:00 PST

Multiples (formerly known as Singles).

Hello my snood-wearing chums.I thought it only right to keep you fed with the random thoughts of ist while our resident Chief Blogger is off on his jolly jaunt in Italy, rubbing limbs with the collect...
Posted by ist on Thu, 29 May 2008 04:53:00 PST

Outstanding Contributions

On Sunday morning, I head out to my second Italian writing retreat as hosted by young Mr. Christopher Henry Difford, and mentioned, if I recall correctly, in a recent WORD podcast. It's quite an expe...
Posted by ist on Fri, 23 May 2008 04:50:00 PST

National Security Blanket

Not only can I "say Saskatchewan without starting to stutter" but I was born there. It's a flat, strange place, surrounded entirely by wheat and its smaller towns and cities, like my hometown of Estev...
Posted by ist on Wed, 21 May 2008 03:58:00 PST

Are You Free?

Over the last few months, we've seen yet another spate of so-called "revolutionary" promotional ideas cropping up in the world of music, largely, it would seem, as attempts to either stem, or perhaps ...
Posted by ist on Wed, 14 May 2008 04:58:00 PST

New ist website

http://www.istianity.co.uk A spangly update of the official ist website launched today. Please do drop by, leave your love on the forum and let us know what you'd like to see more or less of...  ...
Posted by ist on Mon, 12 May 2008 05:21:00 PST

Working Class Heroes

When I first moved to England from my native Canada, *cough cough* years ago, I had been brought up in an environment where the only real musical arguments that ever ensued were over exactly HOW Canad...
Posted by ist on Mon, 12 May 2008 05:20:00 PST

I’m With The Fan

One of the most mystifying elements of being involved with music, as a performer, a writer or, indeed, a listener is the concept of fandom. Now, I admit freely that I have been a fan, with a fair deg...
Posted by ist on Sun, 11 May 2008 04:24:00 PST

Both Kinds of Music

Last night, as is often the way with me, I found myself pondering. It's activity fraught with peril, as it is basically an internalised version of pontificating down the pub, without the benefit of a)...
Posted by ist on Fri, 09 May 2008 04:27:00 PST

The Girls Nearby The Man

There appears to be an unwritten rule that demands, when one is expecting children, that all one's friends and relations must gather to tell horror stories regarding their own and others' bouts of bir...
Posted by ist on Thu, 08 May 2008 05:05:00 PST