Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Julian Rhind-Tutt, MyAnna Buring, Russell Tovey, David Wenham, Orla Brady, Ewen Bremner, Ryan Corr, David Dawson, Ned Dennehy, Brooke Harman, Joseph Millson, Nicholas Moss, Adam Nagaitis, Genevieve O’ Reilly, Joanna Vanderham, David Walmsley, Bianca Rudman, Jordan Patrick Smith, Tim McCunn.
The teachers, the tutors,
the staff, the head, the unpaid support workers
all bend their head in silent prayer,
know that the God of school simply doesn’t care
about their plight
their lot in life,
their unsaid collective fear
that there will never be a person to emerge from any year
who will make the school stand out
give the badge and crest some polish and stout
who they can hold up as a shining example,
the one person for whom they can, with gushing pride, let new pupils sample
Oh dear God, we are back here again
on a Monday morning, the routine the same
put that fag out, get ready for gym
who’s kissing who, the chances of an A received so slim.
Dear God, the pupil’s friend
to whom unbreakable excuses you do send,
give us this day our daily bread
and let not the science teacher ruin our hard fought street cred,
let not our own personal bully, be it fellow pupil of sadistic teacher
see us today, let them not use us as a bottom feeding creature.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Paul Broughton, Michael Starke.
The humble British Shed, so loved by many, so bemusing too many more. A place where sanctuary is sought, where peace can reign and Time can be seen not to ravage but to almost stall, decay at a slower rate, to inspire growth and let thoughts take hold in a way that the outside world, almost insistent on the answers being forthcoming at the speed of knots, cannot comprehend. The shed is last refuge, be it six foot wide in all directions or built in the fashion that some might as well retire and spend their remaining days locked within and practise for the ultimate last days of potting and cutting dead leaves of a much valued plant.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
When the vibe is good then it rocks the house down and your neighbours, normally two feet from the wall and banging with ever sinew and muscle flexing and a small amount of foam dribbling down their unhappy chin, suddenly come round and ask you to turn it up. Then the music fan delights in the mayhem they have caused, and the small victory of the right music played at the right time makes the heart beat a little faster.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
It has long been said that if you poke the Russian bear, you are likely to get mauled. Unless of course you do it with a drum stick and point out the electric guitar and the impressive female vocalist waiting to get started, then the Russian bear, a polarising designate which isn’t worthy of the paper it is written upon for the Russian people are just as astonishing as the British when it comes to all things music, the Russian bear jams harder, beats faster and splinters more drum sticks in search of the perfect Metal rhythm than any other creature growling in the forests around the Steppes.
In all the adventures a man can have, surely
the last they can have in the modern age,
one devoid of dying in battle, sword carried high, noble steed
between his legs; the final brush with an opposition
much respected, perhaps in a way adored, the sweat and humidity
of the final swansong as the owner’s sword is impaled on himself
fully sheathed,
and the opposition goes on to conquer the next in line
like a domino pushed over, perhaps to enslave and terrify;
the last resting post of the humble shed, hiding away in the crevice afforded
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10
Cast: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, John Leeson, Geoffrey Beevers, Mark Frost, Olivia Poulet, Damian Lynch, Pat Ruins.
The renegade Timelord from Gallifrey is fighting for his life in a trap. Considered to be lethal, dangerous and with a personality that can be abrasive and charming, the Universe’s greatest bounty hunters are in for a slice of the reward money placed temptingly before them, for after all would rank so high in the list of most wanted criminals than The Master.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Havoc is downloadable content for the first-person shooter game available from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. Havoc provides downloadable content for the multi-million selling Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare with the addition of the much requested Exo Zombies game mode and expanding the roster of multiplayer maps.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
When audiences first heard about this gig, the pairing of Paul Simon with Sting was one that may have struck many as not being an obvious combination and having seen the gig, for many it arguably still doesn’t – they’re an odd couple of monumentally iconic proportions but together they delivered a very special night indeed.
The stage was jam packed with musicians of the very highest quality – the session guys worked in shifts – some with Paul, some with Sting, including the legendary drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and some with both, which gave the whole night a real feeling of unity but what nobody could have expected was three gigs for the price of one.