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It has always been the feel of the British Noir, the black and white stand out persona and often photographed demeanour that has always endeared Hugh Cornwell to the British public, a sense of being one of the most open, honest and insightful men to ever grace a gig, and one that has the pulse of Time firmly within his grasp.
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You don’t expect to go through life, whether it is in the hope of muddling through, or with the clear objective plan which is subject to the whims of the gods and to those who will pull the rug from under your feet without even a casual hello, without some kind of change being offered to us, enforced at us, to expect the remains to be always the same is to witness life as if you were made of Wax, an unmoving figure, blank eyed, the only expression to be ever be seen, moulded by the hands of another.
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We are drawn to those who see the world as a place to explore, not to abuse, the people who seek ways in which to go from city to town and onto the path of their own choosing, never hampered by the dusty trails, the long road, or the final destination. We take pleasure in the stories of the ones willing to break out from the confines of life because secretly, no matter how much we enjoy our creature comforts of home, the knowledge of security, we are jealous of those who have the ability to become the Wanderer, the carefree or even mysterious soul.
I want to stand under the water
that flows from the moon
and across jagged downpour rocks,
and as I stare at the once
great god of old,
now on fire, raging mishap and
cold blue accident,
I see it melt, I hear the cries
of the one that shot
the arrow into the sky
and wept as it pierced
its heart, dying
now, slowly
over rocks
and its life dilutes
as it merges with the pool.
Ian D. Hall 2018
It is one of the defining moments in recent Irish history, the point arguably when the relationship, which was always strained at the very best, broke, snapped and the call of truth, of freedom from a foreign power, became enshrined in the hearts of those who sought to fight the British Government, and those who saw history as being there to hold with both hands and create a home that could not be breached by the powers or influence of Westminster.
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Rumours are spread by the insincere and listened to by fools and the conniving, and yet some rumours, especially the ones that come with the blessing of the sound of trumpets and played in tune to the ragtime and the energetic and cool, they are the ones in which to place your trust, to phone your friends with the gossip and the tale of pleasure to come; a quick word to those you know and trust to expediate the speculation onwards; and in prospect of Rag ‘n Roll, the Dutch masters, The Ragtime Rumours are true, the mood is swinging.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Olivia Cooke, Tom Bateman, Johnny Flynn, Claudia Jessie, Michael Palin, Simon Russell Beale, Ellie Kendrick, Robert Pugh, Charlie Rowe, Sian Clifford, Martin Clunes, David Flynn, Matthew Baynton, Monica Dolan, Patrick FitzSymons, Felicity Montague, Claire Skinner, Peter Wright, Toby Williams, Elizabeth Barrington, Richie Campbell, Frances de la Tour, Mike Grady, Anthony Head, Suranne Jones.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill, Sharon D. Clarke, Samuel Oatley, Jonny Dixon, Amit Shah, Asha Kingsley, Janie Mellor, Asif Khan, James Thackeray, Philip Abiodun, Stephen MacKenna, Everal A. Walsh.
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To keep any art form locked inside its comfortable shell is to consign its soul to eventual oblivion. The masters of the painted value, its subject matter slowly fading under the pressure of light and Time, has to be eventually restored less it becomes invisible and a memory to others who would out on the flavour of the day, the poet seeks a fresher audience, a new way of delivery, the modern theatre audience wishes for nothing more than the view of the modern day in the classic; so too should music be constantly allowed to evolve, to hear a song of the listener’s youth be usurped in resolute re-evaluation keeps the songs fresh and beautiful.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: Rachel McBride.
We find ourselves constantly developing ways in which communicate with those in our lives that we love, that we occasionally get frustrated with, and every so often cannot fathom why they became cross and upset with us; communication is key, but when we find ourselves in silence, when faced with no interaction, when all we have become is mark in the credit score of life, then we find ourselves looking for other ways to express our souls, even at the cost of our lives.