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 [...]
Dear Mr. Stallone, It was with great dismay that I read in this article that you are indeed planning to make a sixth installment in the Rocky saga. As a lifelong fan of the series, I implore you to reconsider. From a story arc point of view, a sixth installment makes no sense. Rocky rose [...]
I’ve never rated Russel Crowe. I thought Gladiator was over the top, and that put me off him. However, when visiting an art exhibition of a friend’s work inspired by terrorism, I was struck by a quotation that was on one of the pieces of work: “Man is capable of as much atrocity as he [...]