She Drew The Gun, Revolution Of Mind. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The only way that a revolt, an uprising, will ever happen in this country is when we admit that we were all kept that little bit too comfortable to worry about rebelling. What is needed more than the unquiet death hallows of a bitter riot, a mutiny in which so many believe they can make political gain out of, what is actually required is a Revolution of Mind, a well thought repel of all that has been taught and regurgitated across the last couple of centuries in British classrooms.

She Drew The Gun, Revolution Of Mind. Album Review. full post

(387 words, 1 image, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

Holygram, Modern Cults. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

We look upon the modern world with either eager anticipation, or with the prospect of finding a black cloud hanging above our heads, we search in vain for the appearance of the dust bowl grime that beset the Peanuts character, Pig-Pen, the calling card to which our lives our reduced to nervous agitation about the state of the world and our own personal future in it.

Holygram, Modern Cults. Album Review. full post

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

Doctor Who: Kerblam! Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill, Claudia Jessie, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Lee Mack, Callum Dixon, Leo Flanagan, Matthew Gravelle.

It is the scream of vile objectification, of trying to make someone feel superiority over you, no matter what situation you find yourself in, especially when it is concerned with the arts, there will always be someone who snidely looks down upon your choices, and shouts viciously, “Why don’t you get a proper job?”

Doctor Who: Kerblam! Television Review. full post

(600 words, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)

Cut And Dried.

 

There are still tinges of red

dotted

here

and there

as my ruffled feathers mourn

the reflection I now bare

in the mirror,

cut to the bone, shorn

down, worn down Samson

strength, is it just age after all

as I approach the start

of a sixth decade here

on Earth, that self-inflicted

hair loss is congratulated

and applauded like shedding

of comfortable stones,

a woman’s hair is a crowning glory,

in the age of equalism

cannot I not lament

Cut And Dried. full post

(96 words, estimated 23 secs reading time)

Mischief Theatre’s West End Smash Hit Show Will Open The Spring Season At Chester’s Storyhouse.

Following the phenomenal sell-out success of its multi award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre’s Olivier Award nominated West End smash hit The Comedy About A Bank Robbery opens the new spring season at Storyhouse in Chester.

The show’s U.K. and Ireland Tour opened in Birmingham in August 2018 and will now continue touring until early June 2019.

The Comedy About A Bank Robbery comes to Storyhouse from Tuesday 29th January to Saturday 2nd February 2019. There are matinees on the Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm.

Mischief Theatre’s West End Smash Hit Show Will Open The Spring Season At Chester’s Storyhouse. full post

(555 words, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)

The Time Machine, Theatre Review. The Studio, Atkinson Theatre, Southport.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Stephen Cunningham.

It is all about Time, how we attempt to understand it, how it tempts, teases, and controls us, Time punishes the wary and the inquisitive alike, it finds ways to deceive us, to humble and humiliate us, get too close and it leaves scars, stay away from investigating it, from immersing yourself within its non-corporeal hold and it will tear you layer from layer, it will chew down on your soul and ravage you. Time is a beast, a friend, a lawyer, an advocate and one that must unravel slowly, the tick and the tock always reminding us that if we see into our own futures, that of our own species, the result could drive us mad.

The Time Machine, Theatre Review. The Studio, Atkinson Theatre, Southport. full post

(429 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Folger, Johnny Depp, Zoe Kravitz, Callum Turner, Kevin Githrie, Ezra Miller, Claudia Kim, Cornell John, Carmen Ejogo, Wolf Hall, Derek Riddell, Rosie Corby-Tuech, Ingvar Eggert Sigursosson, Andrew Turner, Alfrun Rose, Janie Campbell Bower, Brontis Jodorowsky, Hugh Quarshie, Keith Chanter.

Some actions undertaken in life require no justification for their existence, and regardless of what you may think of the whole Harry Potter Universe and its ever-growing list of additions and supplements, what cannot be denied is the way in which J.K. Rowling has endeavoured to bring audiences together, either through the volumes of pages, or through the effect of the cinema screen.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. Film Review. full post

(441 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

At Night, I Look The Opposition In The Eyes.

 

I can feel my breathe

diminish,

go thin,

even before it leaves

my body,

exhaling out of control

as it insanely tries to justify

the war I go through,

a soldier never quite alone

in this jungle wilderness,

a beast

camouflaged

in plain sight, standing out

as death rolls the dice

with a grin that bares rotten, stunted baby teeth

and a certain foul essence that passes

for conviction, assuredness,

a firmness of plan

as jungles collide

and bitter battles

At Night, I Look The Opposition In The Eyes. full post

(124 words, estimated 30 secs reading time)

24 Kitchen Street To Host Unique Performance By Pioneer Of Minimalism, Terry Riley.

24 Kitchen Street continue to diversify their music programme with a bold foray into the world of classical music, presenting one of the key innovators within the minimalist movement, Terry Riley, performed by the composer himself and his son, Gyan Riley. The pianist and pioneer of minimalism performance will be the first classical Concert in the venue and will take place on Wednesday 10th April.

Riley’s music is intricate, utilising improvisational structures and melding elements of minimalism, jazz, ragtime, and North Indian raga, the combination of which have defined Riley’s diverse and prolific career. He will be performing on piano along with his son on guitar.

24 Kitchen Street To Host Unique Performance By Pioneer Of Minimalism, Terry Riley. full post

(308 words, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

24 Kitchen Street welcomes Syrian Wedding Singer And Electronic Musician, Omar Souleyman To Liverpool Saturday 2nd February.

24 Kitchen Street continue to develop their live programme, inviting Syrian wedding singer extraordinaire, Omar Souleyman, for a live performance and Liverpool debut, Saturday 2nd February 2019. An icon in both world and electronic music, he’s established an international following touring major cities across the world, with recent performances at Glastonbury, Bonnaroo, Pitchfork and Roskilde all becoming talking points.

Having established his career from humble origins circa 1994, he quickly became a household name across the Middle East. He’s now recorded hundreds of live albums at Syrian weddings, which were then reproduced and sold at local kiosks. His first studio album, Wenu Wenu was released in 2013 to high critical acclaim.

24 Kitchen Street welcomes Syrian Wedding Singer And Electronic Musician, Omar Souleyman To Liverpool Saturday 2nd February. full post

(222 words, estimated 53 secs reading time)