I need my next fix.
I need the needle to come gently down
and give me an escape route out of what could be
a boring existence,
if not for my not so-secret vice.
The odd burning cigar still lingers here.
Long gone is the bitter recrimination of a pint savoured and destroyed
and the gentle relaxation of something intangible
has not been taken for a while
as my friend in Oxford I haven’t seen.
I need my latest fix.
I first visited the dealer on my own far too young.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Helen Carter, Michael Fletcher, Lindzi Germain, Hayley Hampson, Michael Ledwich, John McGrellis, Michael Starke, Ross Higginson, Jack Humers, Emily Linden, Alex Smith.
The Antarctic: A place where a person from Liverpool can be at one with Penguins, Polar Bears, a sarcastic snowman with a not just a carrot on his nose but a chip on a shoulder and a cob on his mind and where a man’s underpants can signify that you are truly the master of all you survey. Life it seems can be serene and peaceful as the Scouse of The Antarctic.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Perhaps more than any other art form, the wheels that turn band memberships and the off shoots that see music evolve and prosper is a by-product of the artistic and perhaps more combustible association of having so many diverse personalities within a tight and fruitful combination. Fallings out, bust ups, natural progression or just the urge to do something new away from the people that you have fought alongside is enough to spark the motor of creativity and force a long dead sense of freedom from out of exile.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5 out of 10
Styx: Master of Shadows is a third-person stealth based action adventure game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS4. The game is a spin-off of the RPG game Of Orcs and Men which was released in 2012 having also been developed by Cyanide Studio as well as another fantasy inspired game in the form of Blood Bowl which pits a variety of species from humans to orcs, elves, dwarves and more in a no-holds barred game of American Football in huge stadiums.
For whom do we blame when we finally admit that the Devil is dead
and that God stopped caring after all.
There is no fire laden pit in which the cackle of a billion tortured lives
are heard screaming in agony and the taste of lingering sulphur
is a dietary supplement in which
to atone for the lack of space provided by a misdirected deed,
the ramblings of a sad lonely woman or the heresy of the scheming miser.
The Devil is dead…
he died a brutal death, in agony and with his forked tongue
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
If you ever needed more substantial proof that the lands that make up Scandinavia are the rightful kings and queens of Metal in the last few years, then you need look no further than the excellent Swedish group, Spiders and their latest album Shake Electric.
The tangled, layered web of Ann-Sofie Hoyles dominating vocals playfully tease the listener with a fascinating intrigue, a perspective and a look into the world in which for many have left behind by the time they hit their 30s or when the fickle finger of parental responsibility comes crashing into view like a ten tonne truck out of control on the M6.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
The uncharted territory of being unsure of how an album will be received is always in the thoughts of a band as they, hopefully with great care, hand over the exchange of long, tiring hours, a few near nervous exhaustive breakdowns and spirited highs in which the world was a prospect of gleaming towers and expectant green fields. It is the moment in which an artist is beset with pride and optimism whilst battling fatigue and bouts of serial negativity.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
There is always a school of thought that suggests to take what is essentially a classic album, something that has been painstakingly upheld as a pinnacle of a musician’s life work and re-master it is somehow akin to robbing the memory of what went before, for both the artist and for the audience. It sits there like a re-make of a much loved film or a different interpretation of a favourite play in some people’s eyes and thoughts as having somehow desecrated the past.
After all, it is my own stupid fault.
I certified you to live, breathe; fester like a germ in a blocked sink,
inside my head and was never surprised when you drew across the bolt
and tunnelled your way to where you grandstand at what I think.
Your expertise, I applauded, for who could not admire the sense
of purpose you showed in whispering in my ear,
of living with easy contempt with every pound, shilling and pence
worth of damned words at my chosen life and career.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Tim Chipping, John Banks, Andrew Dickens, Fiona Sheehan, Glynn Sweet.
A year seems far too long to wait for the dulcet, attention-grabbing tones of Colin Baker’s incarnation of The Doctor to play with the listener’s ears in a way that would have cat’s purring contentedly and theatre audience’s gripped. Even in the calmest moments, the time between time, the resonance of his delivery is nothing short of exquisite and somehow it still rankles that the B.B.C. at the time were so short sighted in their appraisal of his era in Doctor Who.