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As the dust of our recent 'civil disturbance' settles I wonder whether it's time to start asking why some people got very upset with the way things were and why they needed to take to the streets in a fit of anger. Well, I don't think anyone knows. What really amazes me is how news channels and papers always want to find a 'quick fix' or an 'easy cause'. "The 'rioting' was caused by gangs", they say. And they can say this with certainty because there were plenty of gangs out on the streets, smashing and grabbing, shouting and punching, and, probably most importantly swearing at the authorities. "Fuck da police!", the gangs wrote on a wall in 10 foot high graffiti as a camera shot pictures for the BBC news at 10. "It must be them". Well, actually yes and no. Nothing this complex has such an easy cause. It's like trying to predict the weather in a couple of week's time by using the ideal gas equation (t...

"We only live for so long, and then the moment's gone". I couldn't have put it better myself. The line is from Boa, the B-side of Pegasus Bridge's last single release, and it really helps to explain why the band are sadly deciding to break up. I think the most unfortunate thing about their final single release is that the two songs are by far the best that Pegasus Bridge have ever done. And that's not saying their other works left a lot to be desired; I loved their music from the very start. Between Succubus, cricket clubs and teenage angst way back in 2003 all the way through to receiving a free copy of Endscene at Poulton-le-Fylde station as I said goodbye to my ex-girlfriend three years later, I followed them excitedly. Then even after that, I couldn't stop listening to We Can Go Back and I'll Let You Know while I was lost at university, feeling alone and stupid on my degree course. I even got asked to play I'll Let You Know in Blackpool,...