The Whisperer in Darkness. Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Jana Carpenter, Barnaby Kay, Nicola Walker, Mark Bazeley, David Calder, Ben Crowe, Gabrielle Glaister, Ferdinand Kingsley, Nicola Stephenson, Edie Simpson, Robert Glenister, Ben Crowe, Stephen Mackintosh, Karl Johnson, Phoebe Fox, Phoebe Francis Brown.

The enigma that is H.P. Lovecraft is perhaps lost on modern readers, for in is writing it is possible to see just how far ahead of his time he was, and whilst the notion of his own personal beliefs arguably kept his name from being investigated by readers long after his untimely passing, only the adventurous reader seems to dare go deep into the world created by the writer.

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(508 words, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

Teenage Fanclub: Nothing Lasts Forever. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Nothing Lasts Forever, even quality and heroism struggles to be remembered beyond the broken subjective details etched in stone and written in ink as decades turn to centuries, as truth becomes lost in the myths of time.

It is in this proof of burden that we turn to the dream of being in the here and now and understanding that we can embrace what may have alluded us in the past, the forgotten hit that in the moment of release we can find comfort, discover illumination, be one in the knowledge that our senses can be thrilled in our life time….the era that matters most to our souls.

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(345 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

Madness: Theatre Of The Absurd Presents Madness C’est La Vie. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Acknowledging the absurdity of life is a gift that passes by so many people, caught as they are in the stringent sobriety of emotion that they cannot see the joke for the punchline they imagine.

To relish the sense of the absurd is the privilege of those that see beyond that punchline, those enigmatic beings who seek out our souls with every desire to inform us of the generosity of the meaningful purpose of farce and logical madness.

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(507 words, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

James Patterson: Alex Cross Must Die. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision * * * *

James Patterson’s Alex Cross will go down as one of the immortal detectives of his time. His longevity in the world of fiction has been assured not least because of the number of novels and stories that have his name impacted upon the front cover, but because of who he is as a man created by a writer of instinct, one of high morals, of loyalty and integrity bound up in soul who never seems to know what it means to quit.

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(486 words, 1 image, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)

Hegarty: Tranquillity of Mind. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Peace is a state of mind that is all too fleeting; a problem solved can only be thanked for so long before another comes along to send troubles into the world. This is one of the truths of peace, that we must bask for as long as possible in the presence of the Tranquillity of Mind, the belief that we can breathe easier and not feel the pull of other’s insurrection and fierce opponent of concord and cease-fire.

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(335 words, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward. Audio Drama Podcast Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Jana Carpenter, Barnaby Kay, Samuel Barnett, Mark Bazeley, Samantha Dakin, Phoebe Fox, Adam Godley, Susan Jameson, Nicola Walker.

Everybody can name some horror writers, even if the genre alludes them, or they shy away from the experience due to the fears that grip the imagination or the heart; the ordinary passerby can confidently place a name down in the column of the masters of the frightening mass and walk away knowing they have looked into the heart of darkness and seemed knowledgeable.

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(624 words, estimated 2:30 mins reading time)

Only Child: Everything I Know. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The poet’s responsibility is to reveal the inner beauty in the uncomfortable feeling. Sadness and hurt are as vital as joy and celebration when creating a piece of art that digs deep into the heart, and even in a melancholy view can be uplifting and reverential, a pleasure of memory despite what was lost in the process.

Everything we know is down to the lessons that were given to us with a price, that of love, for in that love we know one day we will lose that special person, they will leave us; it is an inevitable as a poet’s lament or a musician’s exploration.

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(357 words, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

Montao: What In The World. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Collaboration across genres can be seen as more than acceptance, it is a quality of endeavour that pushes not only boundaries but the mind as well, it makes the soul grow in ways that can only be expressed as nurturing, understanding, and creatively beautiful.

What In The World is apt phrase when we first hear the way that a relationship between two different styles can not only work, it can be enlightening, and that is exactly what the merging of music finds as the exciting track by Montao fills the air and we understand the fruit of endeavour and the brilliance of association.

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(276 words, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)

Time: Series Two. Drama Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Bella Ramsey, Tamara Lawrence, Siobhan Finneran, Louise Lee, Alicia Ford, Lisa Millett, Nicholas Nunn, Sophie Willan, Julie Graham, Kayla Meikle, Matilda Firth, Brody Griffiths, Isaac Lancel-Watkinson, Terri Reddin, Karen Henthorn, Conor McCarry, Jackie Jones, Danielle Henry, James Corrigan, Alexandra Monaghan, Cindy Humphrey, Michelle Butterly, Maimuna Memon, Alicia Brockenbrow, Christopher Middleton, Dana Hagjoo, Louise Willoughby, Faye McKeever, Angela Wynter, Philip Hill-Pearson.

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(631 words, estimated 2:31 mins reading time)

Loki. Series Two. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson, Jonathan Majors, Ke Huy Quan, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Eugene Cordero, Wunmi Mosaku, Tara Strong, Rafael Casal, Kate Dickie, Liz Carr.

To love reading graphic novels or comic books is now socially acceptable, a medium that even finds itself part of a university curriculum, part of cinematic history, and one that the vast majority celebrate being enamoured by the absolute sense of accomplishment of the films and the surprise of how well the television serials have captured the imagination of even the least dedicated of fans and brought cool to what was once derided by teachers and cliques as being a poor substitute of reading.

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(495 words, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)