One day these waves that toy with me,
their foam crested tops that hit me in the face
but refuse, for now, to drown me,
refuse to take me to a place where the quiet
seekers dwell, those that have finally
silenced the nagging sheer doubt live,
those crested waves will drag me down
with white pulsed fingers
and when it does,
don’t be surprised if you open the door
to me and I ask for help
and forgiveness
in a world that spits on such actions.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Vengeance is a dish best served slightly less chilled than its more unnerving half sibling Revenge, for vengeance reeks of slaughter on a bigger scale, it doesn’t just require the two spades that revenge insists be carried, it asks for a dumper truck, a blind eye and a concrete mixer big enough to fill in a new section of motorway. For vengeance takes down all who get in the way and for Harley Quinn, getting in the way is a hobby that crosses boundaries between the good, the bad and the psychiatrist chair are all too strewn with Vengeance Unlimited.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
The age of the travel documentary is far from dead just because Michael Palin has stopped wandering the globe and giving fascinating insights to a world beyond the window and the clear glass of apathy that stops some from going past what they know and wish to experience. The genre hasn’t even begun to creak at the knees and suffer from the first signs of premature ageing and won’t do whilst there are people such as Joanna Lumley willing to back to the U.S.S.R and take the viewer on a trip through three countries and whole lot of miles in Joanna Lumley’s Trans-Siberian Adventure.
The troops on the ground on British streets
are there solely to protect us,
so the rhetoric goes
and the decision to have armed forces
supplied by an outside firm
is to save the taxpayer the expense of one solitary
Pound being used for what is effectively
Marshall Law, a crack down on the Militant extremists
in our midst.
Our protection, if it was for our protection,
If it was indeed to keep us safe,
to be able to wrap our arms in comfort and joy
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
MotoGP 15 is a motorbike simulation racing game available from retail stores and for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. Milestone has a great pedigree of not only developing great racing games, but priding themselves on the authenticity of the racing experience which is what has forged their history of exceptional sports games, although they have been especially prolific with multiple iterations throughout various forms of motorbike racing from SBK to MotoGP to Motocross, but how does Milestone’s latest offering in their MotoGP series stack up in comparison to what has went before?
Dexters at Liverpool Calling 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
If the day needed just that little more encouragement to get in tune with the occasion and the season’s demands, then the appearance of the highly rated Dexters at this year’s Liverpool Calling was enough to make the sun finally smash away at the clouds that had threatened at times to spoil the sanguine nature of the day. This allowed it to pop its loving caress over the iconic turrets of St. Luke’s and give the audience the resolution to keep enjoying the flavour and texture of sound that Dexters supply.
Silent Sleep at Liverpool Calling 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
There are some bands that just seem to have a natural affinity with both the venue they are playing in and the day in which is being represented. For Silent Sleep the venue never seems to make a difference, for the sound of the remarkable and the giving always jostle for the attention and capturing of elegance no matter where they perform, whether at Leaf on Bold Street, the austere and imposing nature of the ancient court of Liverpool or indeed the iconic St Luke’s Church, steeped in history and arguably one of the most important buildings in the city; the sound is one in which the ceaseless chattering in the head takes a back seat and the gentle approach of collective beauty reigns supreme.
The Jackobins, Liverpool Calling 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
The sound of thunder, the presence of future greatness and the unswerving, undeniable attraction of truth, theatre and showmanship; not the harking back to the early days of British Rock in which the likes of Queen, Genesis or countless others played their days out to adoring fans inside tightly packed, smoke filled rooms but to the inside of St. Luke’s Church and the arrival of The Jackobins to the stage.
Vynce at Liverpool Calling, 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10
Into the arena must come the one who the Gods decree must be the seen as the fortunate and the brave, the audience acting upon the very whims of their Caesar and his ready to poise and give proclamation with a single turn of his thumb; it is the scene of many an epic battle, the young rubbing shoulders with the vastly experienced and the local favourites who carry the crowd with every move…it’s almost as if time never truly moves on.
Gold Jacks, Liverpool Calling. 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
When Manchester based band Gold Jacks performed at Liverpool Calling in 2014 the result was a scene of effortless joy. The no nonsense approach thrilled the crowd and the day took on extra resonance.