Lews Castle College UHI, The Musician’s Nest. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We don’t place enough emphasis on the young, that in this day and age is an intolerable act that will come back to bite other generations hard, by reducing vital services down to the bare minimum we are sending out the message that they mean nothing to us, that we don’t want them to succeed and pass on their knowledge in years to come. We are not considering their welfare, we are not contemplating the knock on effect and it is a powerful enemy we as children of the Baby Boom years and the so called Generation X have allowed to sit and fester in their own brooding shell.

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

The Sharpeez, Wild One. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is never the possibility of taming the Wild One, the person that leaves you breathless with anticipation, that leads you down paths you know you shouldn’t venture but you know in your heart it will be the best of times that you have, that the Wild One will enthuse your lust for life as well as sing you songs in which you will remember till you finally discard the leather jacket and bid a regretful farewell to the vehicle that served you well.

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(402 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

The Poozies, Punch. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It takes a distinguished personality to be a Poozie, to able to reconcile the individual style to the distinctive sound that inhabits the soul of one of Scotland’s much loved folk bands, a trait that is hard to come by, one that is hard to muster and ask to be perfect at the same time and yet when it does so, the Punch that the listener feels is warmth, surrounding exquisiteness and pleasure.

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(364 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Jill Jackson, Are We There Yet? Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It is the cry of the incessantly bored child, eager for the adventure to begin, impatient for the journey to end and the destination to appear, the sound from the back of the car getting louder, more edgy and irritated, and by the time the goal is in sight, the temper has got to the point where those around the child wish for nothing more than the day to end, never realising their own dreams and wishes.

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

Sponsored Silence.

 

It felt right

to sponsor you

anonymously, your walk

from fresh as a daisy point A,

soldering past every stopping

post that the letters held to

bone tired destination z,

and I wished you well in my head

even though

in the next minute I saw someone else

then take claim and oh gosh

I meant to put it under mine, silly

Me, I said nothing, I let it go,

and as much as I dared you to succeed,

I hoped they tripped over their ego

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(98 words, estimated 24 secs reading time)

Liza Pulman Sings Streisand, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

“A little bit of Babs, a whole lot of brass”, is how Liza Pulman cheekily described the evening, the sparkle in her eyes giving the game away from the very start and the polished brass of The Brighouse and Rastrick Band giving the evening the absolute beauty that an appreciation of Barbra Streisand deserved.

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

Anthrax, Kings Among Scotland. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There will be those that remember with absolute fondness and the Heavy Metal spring in their step, the times when one of the American big four of the Thrash genre came to Britain and almost stole the show of the band they were supporting, pulling the rug out from underneath their feet and catching them in their fall, only to pull back at the last moment and defer with grace in their hearts to the main reason why the fans had made their way to the various arenas and venues in the first place.

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

The City & The City. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: David Morrissey, Mandeep Dhillion, Christian Camargo, Roon Cook, Robert Firth, Lara Pulver, Maria Schrader, Paprika Steen, Danny Webb, Lee Bagley, Cokey Falkow, Michael Moshonov, Amélie Chantrey, Barry Aird, Morfydd Clark, Corey Johnson, Kasia koleczek.

There was once a view point that there were books that just could not be filmed, regardless of cost, the story-line was just too complex or even off the scale in its imagination to hold a television or film audience’s attention, at least not without confusing them and losing interest. View points are subjective, The Lord of the Rings would have been considered impossible, Terry Pratchet’s work would have been consigned to this particular undead realm, and books such Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, and ideas such as Alien would have long been left on the shelf.

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(475 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Avengers: Infinity War. Film Review.

 

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Josh Brolin, Zoe Saldana, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Elisabeth Olson, Sebastian Stan, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Holland, Idris Elba, Chadwick Boseman, Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Pom Klementieff, Danai Gurira, Benico Del Toro, Paul Bettany, Kerry Condon, Bradley Cooper, Carrie Coon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Peter Dinklage, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Mackie, Terry Notary, Winston Duke, Benedict Wong, Don Cheadle, Marija Juliette Abney.

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(517 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

Metallica, The $5.98 E.P: Garage Days Re-Revisited. 2018 Reissue. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

When the band were fresh faced and riding on the high of three hugely successful, and later considered dramatically influential, albums, Metallica could do no wrong, they were the epitome of the new breed of American Heavy Metal that had come to teach the cousins on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean that they had had their time in the sun and now was the time for the San Francisco Bay to become the epicentre of this new home, this heavier and demanding sound that struck gracious fear into those that lived and told the tale of the four horsemen of the hammer, anvil and foundry apocalypse.

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(520 words, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)