Kris Gruen, Coast & Refuge. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

For some, the sense of being so far inland that the water of life cannot be said to perhaps harm, drown or mistreat them, is enough to understand the world, they see it as protection from the elements, a haven in the unsinkable desert and harsh terrain. Yet by doing so they leave themselves open to seeing their retreat become a prison, their shelter removing any possibility of the pleasure that a wave crashing majestically and with full force against a fortified safe-harbour can bring as the residue of spray comes over the top and directly splashes those walking underneath.

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(472 words, 1 image, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Treetop Flyers. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

You might believe you go anywhere for the atmosphere, perhaps even for the sense of enjoyment it might bring you; but it should perhaps be argued that what you are actually doing is weaving yourself into the narrative of the day. Like the tale of the every man that The Moody Blues incorporated with so much progressive majesty in Days of Future Passed, the every person, the sense of creativity that sparks in us all is only waiting for us to imbed our soul into the closeness of the mellotron and the flyers handed out, all proclaiming that the end does not have to come.

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(408 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Fantastic Four: Civil War. Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The cost of Civil War is not one that can be solved by simply adding up the numbers and marking a line underneath where the money comes from to rectify the problem; it is a dangerous attitude to believe that wounds can heal with the introduction of a cash injection to make the public gracious to those on the opposing side of the conflict. War is war, be it a personal spat between once former friends, through to the disease of global destruction but a Civil War in the family, in the country, always seems more devastating, more personal, and as we find we cannot take a side, the fallout infects us to the point of decay.

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(517 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

A Pale Imitation Of Crippen.

 

I dipped my toe in the acid

and came out scarred

but alive, still in possession

of a beating heart,

and doesn’t that just annoy you

as you sit tapping your little

finger on the side

of your chair, despair

at your failure

to push my head in to the caustic

bubbling green-eyed material,

at least not enough to blind me;

despite the damage and the loose

appearance of my skin and dying flesh,

I am still whole, you

have never been more

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(96 words, estimated 23 secs reading time)

The 2018 Autumn Season At The Capstone Theatre Has Been Announced.

Liverpool Hope University’s Capstone Theatre is delighted to announce the launch of its Autumn 2018 Season, which runs from October to December 2018, and promises an eclectic programme rich with artistic delights.

Opening the season with performance art and storytelling, Mary Pearson’s FoMO, MoFo’s reflects on the consequences of continuous self-exposure on the psyche on Wednesday 10th October. Then on Saturday 13th October, Adverse Camber presents the funny, surreal, moving and true The Remarkable Tale of Robert Desnos, a storytelling show based on the life of poet Robert Desnos, who spent his final years in a World War II concentration camp.

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(747 words, estimated 2:59 mins reading time)

Man With A Mission, Chasing The Horizon. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The school of thought that argues you should always be seen Chasing The Horizon is arguably more enticing and infinitely more exciting than believing that life can only be fulfilling if caught staring at four walls. Home maybe where the heart is but it is to the far-flung corners of the world in which our imagination and our lust for knowledge is able gather pace, to stretch out beyond what we know is surely the point of being a human being with a mission.

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(378 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

Israel Nash, Lifted. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There have been times when people have sneered at the thought of an artist who wears the badge of spirituality on their coat sleeve, the muffled laughter and scorn behind the one hand, whilst extending the other outwards in some scene of warped lie, eager to hear the music, but reluctant, often deaf, to the message being spoken and urged.

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(404 words, 1 image, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

El Ten Eleven, Banker’s Hill. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

We have got so caught up in trying to survive the whims and demands of those to who feel we owe them thanks and penance, that we have largely forgotten that we are the masters of our own imagination. In that land we control, anything is possible and the only rules that are worth are damn is that there are no rules, no impediment to the scene you can create, no image that is not possible to float as an idea into the heart of someone you don’t know.

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(394 words, 1 image, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

Hancock And Co: One Man, Many Voices, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: James Hurn.

There have been institutions of comedy that have had either the whole country tuning in to watch the latest episode, or which have captured the imagination of the television viewer to the point where upon even hearing their last name said out loud, the programme’s introductory music or just a simple but much loved catchphrase can have them smiling broadly. The memory of these special people is such that even after 50 years since their untimely passing, they still have millions of fans who regularly tune in to any repeat on the television or radio.

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(454 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

The Illegal Eagles, Gig Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is no shame in taking it to the limit, for by admitting your love for the song, the moment in which art fuels one’s very being, it becomes the beauty in the obsession; and even if you only see that fascination come out the shadows on the very odd occasion, the only decent response is to play for all your money is worth, to take that limit and see it go beyond the stars.

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(493 words, estimated 1:58 mins reading time)