The blank page of the diary
mocks me with a gruesome
eye, more so
than a verse unfulfilled
stuck in my mind,
eager to be released and kiss
the world, fight it
if it must.
The day that is blank
just reminds me that
Time has nothing to offer me,
not this day,
perhaps not tomorrow
and in a run of a week
where nothing is planned,
that gruesome eye burns
with greed, stolen
all that is worthy.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
We all know an Attention Seeker, that one person’s hold on a group of friends or family which causes much discussion or heated debate, it may be just be down to the feeling of being ignored, or perhaps having many things to say, of being overburdened with ideas and thoughts to the point where the words cannot be contained. What might be perceived as Attention Seeking is perhaps arguably the sense of relief, of the punk ideal joining forces with the cabaret and the vaudeville in a combined theatrical performance which has the ability to hook you in right from the very start.
I first saw them together, him
in pain, her
concerned, a worried frown
etched deeply on her young face
and surrounded by
the faint whisper of hospital gowns
and nurse’s pulses quicken
as they take the temperature
of the mis-morning managed
roll call.
It was hardly the dreams
of Romeo and the girl on the balcony,
it was nothing like Taylor
and Burton, but
what love is wrapped in such gilded prose,
it is what it is,
I thought with a smile,
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The question is always asked, when will Metallica tour again, when they come and do more than one performance at a festival inside the U.K., invariably in a field somewhere as the night envelops the crowd and the memories of shows inside small venues, let alone the glory of the sell out arena start to fade into the distance. The bigger the group, unfortunately the more the world wants to share in the music, and that is of course arguably the only right way to think.
Four in the morning
telephone calls
are never moments of great news
departed from excitable lips;
come quick, the pub landlord
has said all are welcome to
drink the place dry,
you awake, good,
you have won the lottery,
come to your front door,
I have a million quid for you
in cash, blow
it all on excess, you
are being transferred to City, good
luck kid, the big time beckons;
Four in the morning shrill,
is like the fire brigade siren,
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
October in the Catskill Mountains, the autumn weather closing in on this ridge of peaks on the cusps of the Appalachians and the scene set in the eyes of the visiting traveller, would perhaps be reminiscent Sanford Robinson Gifford’s famous painting. It would bring up the images of the Woodstock festival in Bethal or if particularly versed in the myths surrounding the area, then the old Native American squaw considering the spirits that hide and shift in the mists that descend quickly would send a shiver down the spine.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
They say you can’t spend dreams, that to be a productive member of society you have to be continually clocking in and clocking off, that any aspirations, goals or hopes is not for the likes of the ordinary person in the street, the best you can hope for in troubled times is too stay alive and live for those who rule and command.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Night and Day, two opposites of the same conversation; both are illuminated and bathed by whichever radiance comes through first and is shaped by the one that loves it most. For Saskia Griffiths-Moore and her latest album, it is the influential nature of the acoustic fused with pop and folk which carries the songs through the 24 hours, the charm of the rise and fall of both the muse of the moon and the blessing of the sun.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *
Cast: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara, Eugenio Debez, Andy Garcia, Ed Harris, Amr Waked, Adepero Oduye, Robert Sheehan, Richard Schiff, Mare Winningham, Zazie Beetz, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Daniella Gracia, Richie Montgomery, David S. lee, Billy Slaughter, Gregory Alan Williams, Derek Roberts, Randall Newsome.
You can throw all the visual effects at a film production you want but if you cannot supply a script which feels as if it is being delivered by the monotone and the indifferent then the odds are stacked against you from the start. Throw in the almost regurgitated cliche after formulaic chestnuts and you have a film which may sound interesting when being offered to an audience but instead comes out as a huge contender for worst cinema offering of the year.
We dominated the arcade game
even at the end of the night
when half cut, you on Newquay Steam,
vapour trails followed your hand
as we took the Mutant Turtles
to the sound of Metallica’s
Seek and Destroy in Costermongers
every Saturday night to new extremes;
Searching seek… garbled mess of lyrics
following, yet in tandem
Dear Cousin,
we struck blow after blow
and we raised our beer bottles high
as we drove to victory
in Costermongers every Saturday night.