Last weekend (12 October) saw the fortieth anniversary of the passing of one of the founding members of just about the funnest band to ever walk this planet. And, as a mark of respect, we are using that person as the starting link on our (very) occasional wander along Six Degrees Of Kevin Shields . As ever, if we get six links in, it will be more by luck than judgement - because it is all about the journey; the musical meandering from our starting point, along many random rou

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