Has it really been 50 years since the most successful Folk/Rock Duo of all time recorded their first no1 hit single The Sound of Silence?
Following its West End success at the Leicester Square Theatre, London, The Simon and Garfunkel Story is currently the biggest and the most successful No 1 International touring theatre show celebrating the lives and career of Folk/Rock sensation Simon and Garfunkel. It is a show coming to Warrington’s Parr Hall on Sunday 10th September.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There are some artists who give off the impression that they are the epitome of the wolf, an easy guise to adopt in a world which seeks out the characteristics of such an animal, mean, moody and magnificent, loyal and one that will stop at nothing till the quarry has been tracked down and exhausted. We celebrate such attributes because they are the rock staple, the never say quit attitude, the song they sing is both terrifying and beautiful; sometimes though we listen to the wrong song and we find that the wolf we have embraced is actually covered in wool,
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
We are often too concerned with looking at the lives of others, of commenting on their situation, the way they act in a given moment, their dress sense, their beliefs and we make fun of them, we say we are giving them advice, when all we are doing is looking at the steps in front of us and not liking our own perceived path. To hold their hand and not comment on their lives is improve our own vision; that you can both look to the Horizon and witness that it is a truth worth clinging to.
There is no shark on the freeway,
yet there is a monster lurking,
under the depth, just always
out of sight till it rears its head
and its jaws come crashing down on
your torso,
you’re tore so
you believe all the lies
and it is not helpful;
for the beast under the water
picks us off one by one,
it glories in its belief,
the despicable dogma,
this is the monster under the rising water
and as we drown, we cling
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Nothing is truly pure, nothing is as lily white as people think, there is always a trace or a tint of impurity in even the most honest of actions and the simplest of deeds; for in the Off White comes truth and sanctuary, the harbour safe from invasion because it is more demanding to storm than those naturally guarded and tough to break down.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Seth MacFarlane, Katherine Waterson, John Eyez, Dwight Yoakum, Jeff Gordan, Sebastian Stan, Farrah Mackenzie, Rebecca Koon, Charles Halford, David Denman, Jim O’ Heir, Jack Quaid, Brian Gleeson.
It feels awkward to pull upon a thread which involves Channing Tatum, an actor who can spellbind an audience as Burt Gurney in Hail, Ceasar!, and show absolute aloofness and brilliant cinematic reserve when required in Foxcatcher, and yet to whom will willingly fall back to alleged type on films such as Magic Mike, Jupiter Ascending and White House Down.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Caleb Landry Jones, Jesse Plemons, Jayma Mays, Connor Trinneer, William Mark McCullough, Benito Martinez, Jed Rees.
I used to know every word
to all the songs
that I loved,
now
there are just too many,
they flutter like butterflies
and when I try to hold one
in my hand,
they hover
just out of reach, not wishing
to land on my palm
or feel my fingers stroke their fine wings
and restore memories, of times
spent with you.
They believe
they are sparing me from despair,
the chance to howl, to be
in pain and live in bliss,
The notch marks and splinters give it away,
another symbolic nick, a gash
in the rhythm and the hit me
in time with the cow bell,
the drummer looking down,
a single gestured tapping
and the guitar goes silent,
only the hum of the audience
joins in the anticipation
of the beat, suddenly rising
Hell is unleashed and the drumsticks
crash though arteries, a legion of sweat
ready to pounce and scratch
at the bleeding eyes of those in love.
The heat is blinding, Buddy Rich intense,
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
It doesn’t have to be big to be clever, it doesn’t require the sense of razzmatazz, the three ringed circus, over blown sense of production or the hype to be the best; all anything needs to be to stick in the mind of the viewer of art, of sport, of life, is to be honest and forgiving, the sense of knowing that the time on stage is the most important feeling and to give it all in the pursuit of natural, beguiling magic.