Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
Every generation believes itself to be the lucky ones, the ones that have been able to have everything thrown from the past and with the prospect of changing the future; in many respect they could be considered right, just in their belief that their take on the unspoilt riches of My Universe is one to grapple with and shape in their will.
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In between each song we sing out loud there is either emptiness or delight, the applause associated with finding our own groove or the bleak vacant response that comes with not understanding that the silence is also a gesture, one of defiance and the urge to let peace take hold; it is a trait, a mystery, a calmed hush that often precedes a glory in spirit. It is in that preceding hush that SheBeat, a captivating soul at all times, brings forth her latest E.P. into the world and it is one in which the noticeable change in demeanour is overwhelming and marvellously exciting to hold onto.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: Adraina Ugarte, Emma Suárez, Michelle Jenner, Daniel Grao, Rossy de Palma, Inma Cuesta, Dario Grandinetti, Nathalie Poza, Pilar Castro, Susi Sánchez, Augustin Almodóvar, Blanca Parés, Mariam Bachir, Tomás del Estal, Joaquín Notario, Ramón Aguirre.
We may make the decisions that guide us, or at least we may think we do, but ultimately at the end fate may have other ideas and no matter how much try, we cannot be in control of what happens to us or those we hold close.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10
Cast: Jessie Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Ken Stott, Blake Lively, Sheryl Lee, Jeannie Berlin, Todd Weeks, Paul Schackman, Richard Portnow, Sari Lennick, Stephen Kunken, Corey Stoll, Edward James Hyland, Anna Camp, Parker Posey, Howard DiMaria, Kat Edmondson.
Life is built upon scandal and gossip, it requires no payment, it needs no encouragement, like a whisper in the dark, rumour and the chit chat between people is enough to send misinformation around the world quicker than a click of the send button on a keyboard; it is what the world skates around the universe upon and everybody at some point in their lives actively takes part.
The eternal scriptwriter
has already written the lines
and knows that at some point
you will do your best to change them,
add perhaps a colon or an emphasis
somewhere into the laid out plan,
your interactions with the other players,
grease painted, mask of tears
and joy painstakingly rehearsed
in the scriptwriter’s mind but
with only a single chance
to get your cue right, remember
that cue, one shot or else
you fall behind and then your lines
fall behind and the eternal scriptwriter
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Cast: Geraint R Williams, Cameron Steen, George Trier, Geraldine Moloney Judge, Josephine Dalton, Lily Almond, Vicky Lodge, Nigel Goodwin.
It is all about being true to yourself, even when pretending to be someone else; if you can master that illusion then those around you will only see what you wish them to see, they will see the truth in the elaborate pretence and relish the opportunity to feel the sincere and intense emotions that it brings up; there is nothing better than understanding The Importance of Being Earnest as being part of life’s beautiful farce.
Slightly broken,
I walk on
the egg shells
that surround
the subject
of you,
careful not to breathe,
think
or murmur
your name,
for you
dear egg shell
are nothing to many now
that your inside was proved
to be the reason
that people’s
hearts broke.
Ian D. Hall 2016
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The sound of Vienna, the last days of grand empire in a city that would remain forever associated with fine music and beautiful venues in which to play them, could not sound more opulent or desirable than being able to relish in the alternative Folk Rock guitar sound driven by The Good Host. The whirl of Vienna, the mood of the Danube slowly winding itself down through Europe and the psychological musings of Freud as the ghosts of the Habsburgs looked on; none of that splendour matches being in the company of the band that makes music just something you yearn for the company of a fine port and a roaring Christmas fire for.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The last time Matthew McGurty performed in Studio 2 to such a loyal and intensely proud audience the winter of 2015 was in full blast and the cold was such that that the music of the man was not just a welcome glow in the corner of some good old fashioned public house, the type where they won’t let you leave for home without checking that you are safe to do so and if walking, pouring you the fortifying aid of a hearty whisky, it was the shine of the sun on a near broken spirit and the smouldering of a dusky maiden kiss.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Winter may be coming, the sound of the first crunch of ice hangs in the northern air and the sense that the darkness will, as always, be consuming and the lights that flicker mournfully will only stretch so far in their guidance towards the new dawn, the dark season may be approaching but for Paul Dunbar & The Black Winter Band Barely Holding On is not an option, in fact it is with tender relief and liberation of spirit that Paul Dunbar is back to doing what he does best, making incredibly beautiful music.