Inspector George Gently, The Lost Child. B.B.C.Television Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media Aeptember 9th 2012.

Cast: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Helen Baxendale, Alison Steadman, Mark Gatiss, Simon Hubbard, Andrew Frame, Faye Castelow, Katie Anderson, Tony Haygarth.

It is every parent’s worst nightmare, the sudden disappearance of their child and the awful truth that can be associated with it. For Bacchus and Inspector George Gently is perhaps was one of their most harrowing cases.

The Inspector George Gently series has never been shy in looking at some of the more destructive and heart-breaking sides of 1960’s northern life and this episode The Lost Child was absolutely no exception.

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(502 words, 1 image, estimated 2:00 mins reading time)

Cat Power, Sun. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 8th 2012.

Normally an album can leave you feeling as exhilarated and insanely happy as almost anything you have ever experienced, sometimes the opposite is true, the melancholy that is there parading through every track on the album, doesn’t necessarily make you despondent but it will grab your attention and the mixture of melancholy and joy is a mix that very few artists manage to pull off.

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

Like Father Like Son, An Interview With Dweezil Zappa.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 8th 2012.

The very name of Frank Zappa still feels like an enigma, somebody that was never really understood except through his music. When the musician passed on in 1993, the world lost one of its great musical eccentrics, most prodigious, prolific and all round good guys. With more than 60 albums to his name, whether solo recordings or with his band The Mothers of Invention, he had created music that was as diverse and difficult to categorize as any musician alive. The self- taught musician’s taste for the eclectic was marked him out as a true superstar and when he passed on, it seemed that the music may have died with him.

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(909 words, 1 image, estimated 3:38 mins reading time)

Living With Macbeth, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 8th 2012

L.S. Media rating ****

Cast: Kevin Brannagan, Paul Braithwaite.

How do you live with yourself if you can’t live with one of the greats? Kevin Brannagan and Paul Braithwaite explore this premise in the first play of the new season at the Unity Theatre, the enticing Living With Macbeth. 

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(430 words, 1 image, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Rush, Hold Your Fire. 25th Anniversary Retrospective.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 8th 2012.

Two albums in a matter of days by the some of the kings of Progressive Rock may have had fans of the genre in apoplexy, a state of progressive nirvana that would see them upbeat about the state and nature of Progressive rock towards the end of the 1980’s. For some the disappointment of Pink Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reasonwas coupled with how Progressive Rock would fare in the brave new world of resurgent electronica music and soap stars becoming music personalities.

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(990 words, 1 image, estimated 3:58 mins reading time)

Doctor Who, Dinosaurs On A Spaceship. B.B.C. Television, Review.

Cast: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Mark Williams, Rupert Graves, Riann Steele, David Bradley, Sunetra Sarkur, David Mitchell, Robert Webb.

Liverpool Sound And Vision Rating ****

Cruelty, genocide and wading knee deep in Ankylosaurus and vicious raptors, just your average job for the Doctor but just that little bit beyond the ordinary for viewers of series seven of Doctor Who.

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(439 words, 1 image, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Pink Floyd, A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. 25th Anniversary Retrospective.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 7th 2012.

A Momentary Lapse of Reason was the first Pink Floyd album since Roger Waters had left the band in 1985 and it didn’t nearly happen. Originally intended as a David Gilmour solo album, Momentary… suddenly became a vehicle for David Gilmour to show that the Pink Floyd name wasn’t dead and buried, “a spent force”  as Roger Waters had suggested. Joined by drummer Nick Mason, the only member of Floyd to have played on every album, Momentary… was for the new look Floyd as The Final Cutwas for the band as they started to disintegrate and ultimately go their own way.

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(894 words, 1 image, estimated 3:35 mins reading time)

Pet Shop Boys, Actually. 25th Anniversary Retrospective.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 6th 2012.

It is considered amongst one of the finest of the band’s long recording history and for fans of the Pet Shops Boys it is regarded as almost near perfect as is possible for them to have achieved.

On the 25th anniversary of the album’s release, Actually still stands as almost required listening, not just to the huge fan base that the Pet Shop Boys have garnered and kept over the period of time but to any historian or lover of music genres.

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(1074 words, 1 image, estimated 4:18 mins reading time)

An Interview With Ricky Ross Of Deacon Blue.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 6th 2012.

Deacon Blue, one of the iconic pop bands of the 1980’s and beyond, are making their way back to Liverpool in October as part of tour that spans 15 nights in support of a brand new album. Their songs have inspired many and loved by millions. Time before a tour is hectic, there is so much planning to be done, arrangements to be finalised and of course the odd interview to be done.

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(1507 words, 1 image, estimated 6:02 mins reading time)

Michael Clarke Duncan, Star Of The Green Mile, Dies Aged 54.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 4th 2012.

To his fans he was the gentle giant who found fame long after he really should have done; a professional in everything he attempted and one of the greats of modern cinema. It was announced late on Tuesday night that Michael Clarke Duncan, star of the Stephen King film The Green Mile and the man bought the Kingpin to life in the film Daredevil,had passed away aged 54.

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(599 words, 1 image, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)