I
wouldn’t be surprised
by anything at all
in this world, its plunder
of the depths of barbaric
and turning it into light entertainment,
I imagine them bringing
stoning back as a way of life
if the audiences could be found
and sponsors chomping
at the bit to bring
all the latest technology
to the event and a championship table
being shown on the news every
half hour as the latest twists and turn
and insightful ramblings of a manager’s
team are played out
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 5/10
Cast: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Ben Foster, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Ana Ularu, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Ida Darvish.
If there was ever an example in the world of cinema of a truly superb idea being driven down the wrong street then unfortunately Inferno would have to be one of the most disappointing examples of them all.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The gaze of the music lover as they stare into the image, the dramatic pose of the Rock musician as they ply their trade on stage may leave some baffled, bemused by the adoration and respect dished out as songs about sex, abandonment, alcohol and heroism are played out before an arena’s audience; no band perhaps has caused that bemusement more to manifest in the eyes of eyes of a large percentage of the population than Nickelback.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Delicate by name, hardy by nature, Lyndsey Gillett covers the bases with her latest song of the elusive and seemingly fragile and yet within the framework of the song, within the power that leads you by the hand into a realm, a world of the faint and the tantalising, there is no room, no hidden crack in which Delicate becomes flimsy, out of control or desperately insubstantial; this is the voice of the gracefully robust and the balanced. Delicate by name but as tough as a Chicago Cubs fan doggedly hanging onto the possibility of seeing their team finally making the World Series one year in their lifetime.
I had wanted to go home,
my day, not what I
had planned for myself,
had consisted of feeling the bitterness,
of remaining
in my bed with no radio
to soothe the soul,
instead it culminated
with being outside,
the soft sounds of Jonathan Walker fighting
in the cold
and the strength of wind
biting chunks of my resolve,
of the vestiges of my tormented will,
as the snarl came from behind me
thick and strong
but not to my face,
There is a danger of meeting a hero, even if it is one dressed in flamboyant oversized dress, a huge wig that would not be out of place in a revival of a Georgian period comedy and the sound of laughter forthcoming across the various parts of the Epstein Theatre as they wind down on a day in which their Pantomime cast has run a mock and been interviewed to within an inch of their lives.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
When an international star makes their debut appearance in the city it is the duty of all who profess to love music to get to the venue and bathe in the splendour of the moment; especially when that star has been credited as one of Elvis’ favourites and who has thrilled millions for decades.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Such is the hypocrisy embedded in the national psyche that it allowed the dichotomy of the 60s to be one where the flowering of the nation started to really take great strides forward in terms of art and enjoyment but it allowed the self appointed harbingers of supposed moral supremacy to flourish unchecked and take down those they found to be objectionable; it is always a pleasure therefore surely to watch a singer who upset the blue rinse guardian Mary Whitehouse.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
In a world that is slowly being preserved in amber, from a period when a hit single truly meant something and was as precious as a polished gem, to have three members of the same band not only on stage and singing with the serenity of a bird that is free to look down from edge of space and see nothing but the Universe’s wide mouth expectation above it, but also doing it with ease, friendliness and smiles, it is enough to give hope to an audience that has seen so many of its traditions fall aside and be swept away by the modern age.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
There are moments that you are sure that music will live forever, it might change, it could evolve, the cycle of what is sexy and what is indescribable nonsense will change, it will revolve and switch across the generations and the genres but one thing is undeniable, that great music that defined the beat of a generation, that a voice that can make a person swoon and another’s heart race faster even after 50 years is apt to be a bit special.