I saw the new Pixar film ‘Cars’ last night, and despite the general panning it has received from the critics, I thought it was superb. With Pixar you really do set your sights high. The original Toy Story broke new ground in animation and set the bar for others to jump. The second Toy Story [...]
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds – live I was fortunate to see Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds on its first live tour in Birmingham last night. The musical masterpiece, the closest adaptation so far of the original HG Wells novel has, amazingly, never been performed live in its entirity [...]
Well, it’s that time of year again… when the bigwigs of the music industry encourage us to all vote with our wallets for the record that will form part of Christmas Compilation albums for years to come. I will get around to writing my top 10 Christmas #1′s soon, but first a look at what [...]
One of my favourite comedians of all time is Jasper Carrott, so when he was bringing an updated version of his “christmas cracker” to the N.E.C., I had to go along. Rock With Laughter is a variety show of music, dance and comedy, compered by Carrott himself. Carrott opened with his usual “Oggie Oggie Oggie” [...]
Went to see Amy Wadge live at the Marr’s Bar in Worcester last night. We haven’t seen her live since she played the Birmingham Jam House last year. She played a lot of tracks from her new album (out in January), including the single “Usa? We’ll Wait and See”. Strange title, but not a bad [...]