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Gary Maginnis And The Like, Waiting On The Flood. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There are times when you look at the world of art and you wonder why nobody picks upon the ideals or the imagery laid down by American poet and philosopher Henry David Thoreau; the natural world, a place where the scene of the pastoral and the thought of unexplored sexuality and regret can go hand in hand but not be seen as overbearing or tasteless, instead like Thoreau be seen as gentle, the quivering in the stanza reflecting a need to have a simpler life, one where beauty is celebrated but not overtly pushed or alienated.

Gary Maginnis And The Like, Waiting On The Flood. Single Review. full post

(362 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Behold The Brave, Great American Challenge. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The Great American Challenge has changed, it has become more sophisticated, less about humanity finding themselves in the great unknown and the partially unmapped, now the signposts have all been but removed and nobody truly knows where this great country is going, not those looking in with regret to a former nation of enlightenment and hope, not even those to whom the country represents their heritage and their dreams.

Behold The Brave, Great American Challenge. Single Review. full post

(405 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

The Impotency Of Intimidation.

You have no power        not now,

veiled threats perhaps

sly digs in which my name

spits

off your tongue, the kind of fascist

remark,     I expect from you

but only missing a number,  tattooed

on my skin.

Would you prefer I sank to my knees,

saying

 Oh lordy master, please

don’t torture me so, don’t serve up me up

as example of your impotent rage,

for I see you for the weak and pathetic boy

that you are,                      ineffective

capitalist front, happy

to screw a person over

The Impotency Of Intimidation. full post

(101 words, estimated 24 secs reading time)

John Finnemore’s The Wroxton Box. Radio Comedy Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: John Finnemore, Michael Palin.

The trouble is with the 20th Century, there are just too many candidates for the title of most destructive human to walk the Earth. Some merit their position purely by being in a position of power, by sending their armies into invade and cause annihilation of a particular people, of lives wiped out and their history’s erased purely out of suspicion and greed. For some though the misery they cause comes down to public arson, of dismantling the nation’s heritage all in the name of so called progress; Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher undoubtedly belongs in the column, and so too does the murderer of the Railways, Dr. Richard Beeching.

John Finnemore’s The Wroxton Box. Radio Comedy Review. full post

(476 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Pons Aelius, Captain Glen’s Comfort. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The feel of Scotland without stepping over the border, caught as it were between two lands, between two ideologies and yet with a passion that resonates inside one beautiful heart and a single burning desire to deliver upbeat instrumental Folk to an audience that quite rightly never seems to tire of hearing a sound that is voluptuous, absolutely spirited and so cascading that it surges out of the blocks quicker a traffic warden noticing a row of meters are about to expire. This is the world of Newcastle’s Pons Aelius and their offering of Captain Glen’s Comfort.

Pons Aelius, Captain Glen’s Comfort. Album Review. full post

(401 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

And Here I Am, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Ahmed Tobasi.

It is perhaps possible to watch the news and see an item, a report on a camp somewhere in the world, and feel more than moved, beyond horrified at the images of the refugees caused by war, famine and any number of natural and man-made disasters. For a while you feel their pain, you write social media messages of support, tweet angry messages which all boil down to the same thing, something must be done, and then you move on, you don’t forget entirely but human existence as it is, it just goes to the back of the mind and stays there till the next humanitarian disaster comes along.

And Here I Am, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(503 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

Seconds Out.

Seconds out,

round one,

her alarm goes off

and there is a groan of bitter regret

that for the working woman,

the work never seems

to get any simpler,

that the clock,

fascist timekeeper, harsh task master

is always an hour too soon,

just an extra hour,

one day to wake up refreshed and bunny like enthusiasm

as the dawn of a day missed is noticed;

till then, the silent anger of sitting

and talking Government speak

is the reason

she hates the clock.

Seconds Out. full post

(91 words, estimated 22 secs reading time)

The Crows Plucked Your Sinews, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Aisha Mohammed.

Time is perpetually offering the same kind of scenario to people, to humanity, it is just the view point and the way it is observed that changes, History doesn’t so much as repeat itself but has the hallmarks of constant rehashing and frightening ability to make us understand that as a species with so much going for us, so much potential to grow and bond, we keep making the same mistakes and wondering why our planet is ultimately doomed.

The Crows Plucked Your Sinews, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(419 words, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

Cobblers!

My favourite boots, feeling worn

out underneath, a little tired but loved,

the cobblers

will always find a way to preserve

them for a while;

dropping them off at closing time

and with pair of bulk standard

trainers to sneak home in

standing by as replacement,

I got them to mend them once again.

Next day, the clock chiming Ten

in the market square,

I walked in to the shop

just in time to see

the cobbler ringing the till

and his fingers red from the pressure

Cobblers! full post

(159 words, estimated 38 secs reading time)

Edguy, Monuments. Album Review.

 

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Every anniversary should be looked upon as a chance to take stock, to reflect and see Time as something more than the clock with fast moving hands, especially when what you are remembering is the colossal and the personally historic, reflect, celebrate and play the music loud because for all of Time’s faults and annoying quirks, when it comes to Monuments of a life, celebration of achievement is a true passion of Time spent well.

Edguy, Monuments. Album Review. full post

(418 words, 1 image, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)