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Rose Tattoo: Beats From A Single Drum. Remastered Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The sound of a single drum can bring more visual interpretation to mind than that of the pulse of a thousand of its compatriots in full flight, the difference might be in volume, the thousand creating a sense of bulk, of inevitable destruction, but it is to the feel of the two sticks on a snare or medium tom, the kick on the bass, or even the cymbal high above that can bring the depth of fear in its tone, the concern of the repetitive tap quietly playing in the vicinity will bring a greater reveal than almost anything the mind can conjure with.

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(467 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Hounded. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Samantha Bond, Malachi Pullar-Latchman, James Vance, Hannah Traylen, Nick Moran, Nobuse Jnr, Ross Coles, James Faulkner, Larry Lamb, Louis Walwyn, Duncan Casey, Heather Tracy, Chris Porter, Matt Addis, Katrina Syran.

What serves as an inspiration on screen can be found to have come from a source of truth, and whilst that can be seen readily in an action film, a love story, even a political drama, to witness such a film based within the horror genre is perhaps a deeper mystery to fathom; and yet if you move away from the sight of ghouls, ghosts, unmentionable beings, then you can see where the true monsters lay…the image of ourselves staring at us from on high on the silver screen.

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(451 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

John McCusker: John McCusker – The Best Of. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

In the blink of an eye, that is how life can suddenly appear to have to slip through our fingers, the sands of Time running unnervingly, mechanically fast, as if spurred on by clockwork, and if we are not careful all we have to show for our lives is empty promises, the empty vessels of what could have been.

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(424 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Beats & Pieces Big Band: Good Days. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We rightly applaud the solo performer in their pursuit and dedication to portraying their truth on stage, the sweat and perspiration on the brow of solo artist of the crowd focusing all their attention on the weapon of choice, the guitar, the voice, any instrument in which the Good Days and melancholic wonders can combine in time to fill the void left by silence.

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

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Mark Gatiss, Nicholas Farrell, James Backway, Angelina Chudi, Joni Ayton-Kent, Zak Ford-Williams, Aoife Gaston, Edward Harrison, Sarah Ridgeway, Joe Shire, Christopher Godwin.

We must put the time of year into perspective, we must understand the reasons, or even accept that there are none in which seem logical, that Christmas as a holiday has become one of division and brimming with its own sense of dogma.

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(576 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

Avenue 5. Series 2. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods, Rebecca Front, Suzy Nakamura, Lenora Crichlow, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ethan Phillips, Himesh Patel, Jessica St. Clair, Kyle Bornheimer, Andy Buckley, Daisy May Cooper, Ada, Pålsson, Neil Casey, Lucy Punch, Justin Edwards, John Finnemore, Sacharissa Claxton, Leila Farzad, Jonathan Aris, Arsher Ali, Kelly Coughlin, Julian Ovenden, Priyanga Burford, David Fynn, Julianna Kurokawa, Joanna Scanlan, Amanda Lawrence.

To be given the opportunity to study the craft of a genius, that is surely all any writer or observer of life can ever hope to be gifted, and to be involved with one of Britain’s foremost political satirists and writers of modern farce, even in a viewing capacity, must be at the very least, sheer heaven.

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(427 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Graham Mackenzie: The Dawning. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Every country has its selling point, the one that is actually not for sale, but which can inspire those who love it to the point where they act as reference for the tourist board and see their work framed as a reason for the visitor to choose the area as a place of existential worship.

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

Christine & The Queens: Redcar Les Adorables Étoiles. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To be in the company of those that refuse to be placed in comfortable boxes for the benefit of others, is to acknowledge that life is beautifully varied, and we all have the right to have our own truth, if not celebrated, then at least acknowledged for their truth to be heard.

We are fluid, in the eyes of who know us we are not the same person, it comes down to perception, and perceptions are unclear, they are assortments of the larger picture, and it is the same in art, for what one person finds unrealistic, perhaps confusing in one album, they can find demanding and pleasurable in another…and often by the same artist.

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(384 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Jude Law, Eddie Redmayne, Mads Mikkelsen, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Jessica Williams, Ezra Miller, Callum Turner, Richard Coyle, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Maja Bloom, Paul Low-Hang, William Nadylam, Victoria Yeates, Manuel Klein, Aleksander Kuznetsov, Oliver Masucci, Valerie Pachner, Dave Wong, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Lucas Englander, Fiona Glascott, Matthias Bremner, Peter Simonischek, Katherine Waterston.

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(531 words, estimated 2:07 mins reading time)

Ghosts: It’s Behind You. Christmas Special 2022. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lolly Adefope, Matthew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond.

Making plans and celebrating special occasions is a staple of humanity’s need for order, and Christmas is perhaps the time when those plans, carefully drawn to the minute with military like precision, are likely to come apart at the seams, fraying at the edge, causing upset and damage to the one so immersed in believing that to be perfect is the least that is acceptable.

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(592 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)