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When Alan Met Ray. Radio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Paul Whitehouse, Harry Enfield, Don Gilet, Lee Ross, Tony Gardner, Mika Simmons, Simon Greenall, Phil Cornwell, Toby Longworth, Andrew McGibbon, Ian Pearce, Karen Bartke.

Out of adversity comes genius, from hardship come friendship that lasts a lifetime, and When Alan Met Ray in a T.B. sanitorium in post war Britain, when neither 18-year-old were expected to live much longer thanks to the disease the world called White Plague or Consumption ravaging their lungs and body, what came out of this terrible situation was a comradeship for Alan Simpson and Ray Galton that transcended disease and saw the pair became two of Britain’s much loved providers of comedy thanks to their working with Tony Hancock on radio and television, and the irreplaceable Harry H. Corbett and Wilfred Brambell on the sheer delight that was Steptoe And Son.

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(466 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

David Lee Roth: The Warner Recordings1985-1994. Box Set Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

David Lee Roth - The Warner Recordings (1985-1994) [New CD] Boxed Set - Picture 2 of 2

There are frontmen and women, and there are icons, the latter being the special kind which do more than just perform and maintain the relationship between band and the audience, they spread a musical infection which borders on delirium, they find a way to tap in to the fever and the euphoria of the occasion that sends waves of chaos across the largest venue, the stadium, or even the nestled and modest local scene and hang out; they are more than the face of the band, the voice of the moment, they are the larger than life symbol that a generation clings to as they search for expression and meaning.

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(588 words, 1 image, estimated 2:21 mins reading time)

Dorothy Bird: Dream With Me. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

We have become separated by the noise, the disconnection between former friends, allies, even family members has come about through a variety of divisive factors, each amplified to a point and a peak where opinion overrides fact and detail, the emotion of our loss is magnified by the constant barrage of updates, one-sided statements, and the feeling of information to our inner circle…but it doesn’t have to be that way, we can, rather than create war with each other and throw constant blows of verbal statistics, dream together, use our imagination to invent, design, and give hope where others lay waste.

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(380 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

STUD: Under Silver Sky. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Under Silver Sky we find a meaning, the land below reflecting in the glow of precious colours, far and away from the bleak dark hues that dog us, unscorched by the orange and yellows of a blistering sun; that meaning is that of tranquil repose, of a calm composed of serenity and possibility, and one to whom the sound of melodic rock is always a welcome addition.

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(339 words, 1 image, estimated 1:21 mins reading time)

Captain America: Brave New World. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Shira Hass, Carl Lumbly, Tim Blake Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Xosha Roquemore, Jóhannes Hauker Jóhannesson, William Mark McCullough, Takehiro Hira, Harsh Nayyar, Rick Espaillat, Todd Allen Durkin, Dustin Lewis, Rachael Kubacki, Alan Boell, Ava Hill, Marissa Chanel Hampton, Katerina Eichenberger, Mark Pettit, John Mark Bowman, Katina Rankin, John Cihangir, Eric Mbanda, Koji Nishiyama, Davis Atkinson, John N. Dixon, Josh Robin, Sharon Tazewell, Pete Burris, Sebastian Stan.

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(503 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

Chris De Burgh: Gig Review. (2025). Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The appeal of Chris de Burgh thankfully never wavers, the consummate professional on stage, the twinkle in the delivery between songs, the genuine affection of his fans as they elevate the mild mannered star to the threshold of immortality…this is no glib statement, but an observation as the singer songwriter returns to Liverpool on the first night of his latest tour, and seeing him work the sense of the common man into an artform; and he endeared himself to the crowd, you could feel the drama of his songs play out, as he intends, as the audio cinematic touch overwhelms and passionately throws hearts into a flutter.

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(476 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Manic Street Preachers: Critical Thinking. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The world is full of sound bites and opinions, and they are often delivered with the kind of sickly tone that borders on nauseating and covets the attention of condescending; it is almost as we have lost the crucial ability to not only think true, but to express it in a way that is unique, the often repeated mantras somehow finding a way to remain in the public vocabulary as if insisted upon by some second rate George Orwell.

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(463 words, 1 image, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

John Lodge: Love Conquers All. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Love Conquers All

One of the heroes of the original Birmingham music scene, a man to whom was part of the classic line up of one of the Midland’s most progressive voices in the flowering 60s, has been strangely absent from the studio; admittedly Time as is always argued, plays a part in such things, but in honoured circumstances the audience is once more freely given access to one of The Moody Blues most inner thoughts, and it is with special delight that Love Conquers All marks the return of John Lodge to the forefront of the music fan’s mind.

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(370 words, 1 image, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

Superman & Lois. Season Four. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Alex Garfin, Michael Bishop, Erik Valdez, Inde Navarrette, Wolé Parks, Tayler Buck, Sofia Hasmik, Chad L. Coleman, Dylan Walsh, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Michael Dudlitz, Mariana Klaveno, Yvonne Chapman, Paul Lazenby, Ryan Jefferson, Rebecca Staab, Elizabeth Henstridge, Michelle Scarabelli, Laara Sadiq, Natalie Moon, Samantha Di Francesco, Adrian Glynn McMorran, Douglas Smith, Tom Cavanagh, Nikolai Witschl, Dean Redman, David Giuntoli, Dominic Fugere.

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(579 words, estimated 2:19 mins reading time)

Dexter: Original Sin. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Patrick Gibson, Christian Slater, Molly Brown, Christina Milian, James Martinez, Alex Shimizu, Reno Wilson, Patrick Dempsey, Michael C. Hall, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Brittany Allen, Aaron Jennings, Raquel Justice, Sarah Kinsey, Eli Sherman, Jasper Lewis, Xander Mateo, London Thatcher, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Issac Gonzalez Rossi, Chandler Lovelle, Roberto Sanchez, Amanda Brooks, Carlo Mendez, Randy Gonzalez, Roby Attal, Brayden Gleave, Caryle Tamaren.

Serial killers rarely display or grasp the idea of empathy, and we the onlookers to their crimes are often surprised by the notion that they attract a huge fan base during their lifetime once they have been placed behind bars.

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(576 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)