Rabbit Hole. Televison Drama Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Meta Golding, Enid Graham. Rob Yang, Walt Klink, Charles Dance, Jason Butler Harner, Alexandra Castillo, Matthew MacFadzean, Maia Jae Bastidas, Wendy Makkena, Peter Weller, Phil Burke, Jonas Chernick, Graham Harvey, Elisa Campanella, Jorja Cadence, Ishan Davé, Erin Karpluk, Jed Rees, Josetta Jorge, Stephen Bogaert, Megan Follows, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong, Lance Henriksen.

The conspiracy theory is often always proved, if not completely vindicated, then at least remarkably close to being true; or at least as many would have you believe.

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(551 words, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

Joseph Houck: Haunts & Wants. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

That which we desire haunts us, then when we finally attain that which stole our waking dreams, we arguably allow it to control us, never to seek its counsel, only to divide our soul and brain into two different factions; one which concerns itself with managing the wonder, and that which wants more, that which demands an extension of the feeling, the rush, in which it first experienced the joy at hand.

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(366 words, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

William The Conqueror: Excuse Me While I Vanish. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

We don’t truly disappear in an instant, one day we are here the next we are not; for even in the final moment between life and death the sense of self resides with hope…it is more that we slowly overtime vanish from view, what we perceive for us to be is slowly wiped away like a complex sum on a maths board that is poured over and studied and then slowly cleaned as the student moves on to more intricate methods of discerning the subject matter.

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(498 words, estimated 2:0 mins reading time)

Thom Morecroft: Waiting For Leo. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Every little thing we do is documented from the moment we come into the world, and if we are fortunate, that comes in the form of art, through the skill and performance of a person who will do anything, who will tear apart the world, just to make you smile.

A dedication on an album will give us a glow, a mention in a biography will leave a lasting impression for the generations that follow us on Time’s crazy stone paving; to be the star of the tale, the inspiration, the stimulus for the artist’s pursuit of examination will forever be the lodestone of our time on Earth, for we are the reason a piece of art, in whatever form, exists.

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

We Hunt Together. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Eve Myles, Babou Ceesay, Hermoine Corfield, Vicki Pepperdine, Dipo Ola, Kris Marshall, Babirya Bukilwa, Sharlene Whyte, Neil Stuke, Nigel Harman, Freya Durkan, Steffan Rhodri, Ayomidun Odunaiya, Anaya Beckford-Cole, Kate Dobson, Sylvie Erskine, Anthony Shuster, Perry Fitzpatrick, Kamare Abraham, Michael Bertenshaw, James Redmond.

We fear the murderer in our midst with quite rightful concern, the image of the lone slayer is one that frequents crime novels and the news with ever increasing abundance. From the insatiable to the silent and the patient killer, our screens are filled with the character to whom we see in our nightmares, whose figure is one to whom our own personal Grim Reaper leaves us dreading making their acquaintance.

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

Limelight: An Eye For A Killing. Radio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Jack Lowden, Gavin Mitchell, James Boal, Robert Jack, Helen McKay, Nicola Roy, Maureen Carr, Kyle Gardiner, Ron Donachie, Stuart McQuarrie, Simon Donaldson, Andy Clark, Jimmy Chisholm, James Rottger, Lucianne McEvoy, Paul Young.

Even after two centuries, the names Burke and Hare are enough to spark dialogue and conversation in the darkest corners of any Edinburgh public house; it is in the collective DNA of the city, the fear that persists as the cold rain hits the streets of the narrow old town that human life is considered so cheap that murder for profit is an acceptable thought within the criminal fraternity, and those to whom we entrust our end of life care to, almost always those of a professional class.

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(540 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

Calls From Far Away. Radio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Maimie McCoy, Tom Glenister, Bertie Cresswell, Jonathan Forbes Elliott, Joanna Monro, Tom Kiteley, Ruth Everett, Roger Ringrose.

There are moments which truly bring existence into sharp focus. The individual shares the exceptional with maybe just a few others in their lifetime, but what makes one person stop and think is not the same as that which is witnessed with astonishment by the collective human race when that moment sparks a revolution of thought.

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(408 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Stevie Nicks: Stevie Nicks: Complete Studio Albums & Rarities. Box Set Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Even to the adoring listener, a single will only offer what amounts to a snap shot in time of what has been consuming the artist, the influence almost transitory…unless it forms part of the larger picture, the album in all its glory which is the equivalent perhaps of an Instagram message, but more of a detailed novel which frames the length of time in which the artist has given over which might be a few months, or in some cases, years between arrangements and full release.

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(454 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic. Album Review – 50th Anniversary Reissue.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Logic often be damned, and lucidity be unquiet, for to create art we need to listen to voices in the air that speak to the inner turmoil of existence, and be prepared for the brilliance that shines from being in tune with observation, being on the same wave length as the colours that shape the images that becomes the sculptures of music, of novels, of poetry and drama…for logic only takes you so far, what we need to truly love life is the translucence of self-expression.

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(413 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

Dexys: The Feminine Divine. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Whatever you may think of Kevin Rowlands, the voice behind the exceptional Dexys Midnight Runners, there can be no doubting of his commitment to the cause to which he sets his mind, the issues that get under his skin take root and manifest into actions and words, they are absolute and honest.

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