It started out as a whisper,
a small national joke
at the expense of our once
blighted, blind devotion,
to a game, a pastime,
we believed with arrogance
that should always be ours
to hold aloft the greatest prize.
Like conquest, of Empire,
of taking what wasn’t ours,
we demanded it and we became
barbaric.
The whisper turned,
not out of self-importance
or crass, dogged egotism,
but out of hope,
that we might once again
be civilised about such things,
Seasick Steve, fresh from a fantastic performance at London’s Hyde Park (6th July), has announced the release of his new album, Can U Cook?, on the 28th September 2018.
Can U Cook? has been Steve mixing up all of his much-loved ingredients to deliver a fresh new record that’s full of sunshine, as well as being a good ol’ Seasick mix of boogie, blues, rock, Americana and folk-music.
Steve said, “Just seems there’s all kinds of sunshine and colours on this record. Maybe it’s because we made most of it down in Key West, Florida? Or maybe it had somethin’ to do with the happy hours at Conch Republic?…I swear!”
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The power of 3, a number that cannot be divided by the whole, it is a symbol of strength, of divinity and legend, the three-fold person to which we all see in the long mirrors that adorned tables of old and into each face there were the reflections of glory, of inspiration and of beauty; Just 3, there is no need to crowd the room with more, there can be no greater affection bestowed.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
If we cannot see the wood for the trees, then how may we be able to see The Room In The Wood, how may we feel at the thought that there is no place to step into that isn’t natural, that all around is the synthetic and the over polished, no gnarls, no knots, no rings in the tree which indicate growth, no notches on the bedpost which suggest evolution and gained knowledge.
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Whether it is by looking across the marshy end of the Atlantic Ocean that surrounds New Jersey’s Benny’s Landing, the quiet splendour that engrosses the seasonal visitor to the once colonial outreach of Cape May, the thought of Wild Wood or the cacophony of noise that bombards the breakers and the casino halls of Atlantic City; what comes across all the time, is the sheer honesty that made the state culturally rich when it comes to music. Whatever the genre, whatever the time in which it lays downs its line of intrigue, New Jersey is arguably the state to visit if you want music to dig deep down into the roots of your soul.
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If you can’t play the hand that your God gave you, then the least you can do is acknowledge that the Devil holds all the aces and only allows a select few to witness them and play the Blues in return. However, if you are going to go all the way, the only logical place to see the Blues at such close quarters, where you can feel the rhythm of the saints urge on any almighty card shark, and the Devil slyly hold his own deck under the table, is to Tennessee, to listen to the Memphis Song that shines against the light above the table and the reflection of the Queen of Hearts breathing in excitement is held in the dealer’s visor.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp, Kevin Rahm, Johnathan Fernandez, Michelle Mitchenor, Chandler Kinney, Dante Brown, Thomas Lennon, Hilarie Burton, Tony Plana, Andrew Patrick Ralston, Andrew Creer, Kristen Gutoskie, Rex Linn, Peter Coventry Smith, Chase Magnum, Sophia Woodward.
If there is an American drama that frames the modern situation on the streets of its major cities, then perhaps Lethal Weapon is the one that in the future television and society psychiatrists might look to as being the one that understands the dichotomy of its relaxed gun laws and the mess in which such lives are quite often driven into.
The desert, when in full swing
of parching you dry,
will always compound the problem
as you seek to stay alive
reckless, thirsty for some meaning
as the words of the day become stagnant
you wait for the Earthquake and dream
of French fries, a bowl of cooling
ice cream or a thick, headache inducing
milk shake, or just a snowflake
to drift down from the heavens
and make you feel like Superman,
or at least give you hope…
compounded and complex,
Kinky Boots, the winner of every major Best Musical award, is set to tour the U.K. and is coming to the Liverpool Empire 25th March – 6th April 2019. Kayi Ushe will play the role of Lola, Paula Lane, known for her role as Kylie Platt in Coronation Street, will play Lauren and Joel Harper-Jackson will play Charlie.
The tour will open at Royal & Derngate in Northampton on 19th September 2018, returning to the home of this heart-warming British story, whilst the West End production continues at the Adelphi Theatre until 12th January 2019.
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Addie Brik is resolute in her delivery, but then that truly should come as no surprise, an individual driven, not by the joy of success, but by the calm need to understand all that comes before her, to feel the answers being considered, reflected and pondered upon, in what is an impressive mind, and then with her discoveries mused upon, the thoughts giving way to the experience of writing.