Dan Patlansky, Introvertigo. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

It doesn’t seem five minutes since Dan Patlansky was wooing a new audience with his outrageously delightful debut album, Dear Silence Thieves, but life in the modern era doesn’t allow the fortune of resting upon one’s laurels and the carefree wish of finding solitude for a while, a sort of peace in which to hit the audience again with wisely chosen words and sublime guitar is lost.

She Drew The Gun, Memories Of The Future. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Memory is what keeps us unique, the powers that be, in whatever shape and form they may take, will always try to change that, they will find a way to make what you believe happened somehow wrong, incorrect, obsolete; they will do this to make your memory questionable and dishonest. By holding onto your memory it makes their job harder to change you as a person and if there is one individual you don’t want to change, that you want forever to stay unique and matchless, that is Louisa Roach and She Drew The Gun.

Brakin’ Pad, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Donna Lesley Price, Richie Grice, Mick Colligan, Shaun Fagan, Tony James, Craig McGrath, Barry Mason.

The local garage, a realm in which to enter is arguably at your own risk, a place where language seems to change and the understanding of how life works can immediately be thrown out of the arena, a place in which perhaps certain modes of behaviour still exist and in which to find female company should not only be applauded but one that might bemuse in some way.

Bugger The Brandy.

I gave up the drink

because I found

I was too good at it,

in the end no amount of Scotch

could take me down

but a small sniff of Brandy,

could truly screw my head apart

as I found one afternoon

in Oxford.

I could dive bomb with Dublin

water and sink the black

on the pool table all night long

but a sniff of Brandy would lead

to all sorts of problems.

Richard and I could drink Gin

whilst playing snooker, one night we barely

Jeff Lynne’s E.L.O., Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

It might have been shock, it was more than likely reverential, but the early applause for some of rather ear catching songs played by Jeff Lynne’s E.L.O. was certainly building up to the cascade, the utter crescendo of wall to wall sound that would eventually come pouring down upon the Echo Arena, would be one that would have justified completely the decision by the much loved man from Birmingham to bring back his version of E.L.O. to the arenas and venues of the country.

The Feeling, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Opening up for legends might be the finest double edged sword possible, not so much a weapon of Damocles, the weight of the movement swaying precariously and with a semi inclination towards amusement, but one that comes out of the lake held aloft by a woman with excellent lung capacity and with all the drama of Camelot at her disposal; The Feeling may not have been anointed Kings of Pop in Liverpool for the night but they did a damn marvellous job of opening for the regal elect inside the Echo Arena.

Battles In An Unused Kitchen.

A dash of cinnamon

injures the air and the coal black

taste of Parsley, a green

and pleasant memory

of white sauce dancing,

now lays sterile, dead

upon the plate where mouldy

residue starts to grow, reach maturity,

the sweet lament of honey

and the poison tip of angry ochre

sweats in the glass jar, awaiting Time

and thyme again

to carry out the nefarious deed

of putrefying the steak, of leaving dissatisfaction

with the entrée and the mode of entry

for the serrated knife;

Preview Of The 82nd Masters Tournament from Augusta National in Georgia, U.S.A.

With the patrons, guests and fancy free golfers coming from beyond the gates of Augusta National, each one of the many thousands coming to see glory’s first shot, the battle is already taking place between the horns of the hopefuls that are looking to put on the green jacket and win the Masters at the special place of American golf.

Jane Lee Hooker, No B!. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Should you choose to fall for the charms, the determination and the blistering Blues of Jane Lee Hooker, should the infectious demands of gravel toned vocals obliterate any doubts placed in the way of just what is in store as the groove and blues start to delve between the ribs and cause the heart to pound, then you know just how superb the feeling of nostalgic punches to the musical gut are, just how dominating Jane Lee Hooker are with their debut album, No B!

Ged Wilson, Tonight At Noon. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Arguably one of the most important things to be able to posses in life is a sense of humour, without it you are doomed to wallow in either your own misfortune or the downfall of believing your own hype, of taking yourself so seriously it causes the soul pain or not understanding just what it is you mean to other people; a sense of humour makes all the talent you posses so much beautiful and allows clarity of spirit to shine through. It is in that clarity of spirit that makes Ged Wilson’s Tonight at Noon such a wonderful piece of Blues interaction and one that you cannot help raise a smile to, even on the most harmonious of moments available.