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Film review: PHIL LYNOTT – Songs For While I’m Away

Break Out/ Eagle Rock Productions [Release Date 30.10.20] Autumn 2020 is one of those times when the Thin Lizzy legacy is getting one of its periodic dusting downs. Alongside a bumper budget compilation and a 6 CD box set of … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, DVD REVIEWS, FILM REVIEWS
Tagged DVD, film, hard rock, Phil Lynott, review, Songs For While I'm Away, Thin Lizzy
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DVD review: SUGGS – My Life Story

Cadiz Music [Release date 23.11.18] Whether you are a fan of Madness or not, if you have read either of Suggs’ books (“Suggs and The City” and “That Close”) you will know he can tell a story, and here he … Continue reading
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Tagged 2Tone, DVD, film, Madness, Madstock, memoir, My Life Story, pop, review, ska, Suggs
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Album review: EXTREMES – CD/DVD (Supertramp, Arc)

Gonzo Multimedia [Release date 30.06.17] Ah, those heady early 1970s. Flower power, the permissive society, long hair and … dangly bits. There are a lot of them on show in this fascinating social snapshot. Heady times indeed. “Extremes” was a … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, DVD REVIEWS
Tagged 1970, Arc, CD/DVD, Extremes, film, Isle of Wight festival, Michael Lytton, pop, progressive, rock, soundtrack, Supertramp, Tony Klinger
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News: TIM ARNOLD Scores Single For New Iggy Pop Film

‘Money Kills Love’ is the new single from UK solo artist Tim Arnold. The track is taken from forthcoming movie Blood Orange starring Iggy Pop, for which Arnold also wrote and produced the theme music. The movie will be screened … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Orange, film, Iggy Pop, Money Kills Love, music, rock, Tim Arnold
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DVD review: THE ECSTASY OF WILKO JOHNSON

Cadiz Music [Release date 21.12.15] This is a work of bizarre genius. What was presumably conceived by film and music director Julien Temple as an epitaph for Wilko Johnson has turned out to be an uplifting story of life-affirmation. Not … Continue reading
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Tagged Canvey Island, Dr Feelgood, DVD, film, Julien Temple, review, The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson, Wilko Johnson
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Backstage Hero: MARK STAY

Mark Stay is an author and has had his first script make the big screen, ‘Robot Overlords’, which he co-wrote with Jon Wright, who also directed the film. It is also a novelisation which you can find out more about … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Backstage Heroes
Tagged classical, Dave Gilmour, film, Gollancz, Mark Stay, Orion, Pink Floyd, progressive, Robot Overlords, rock, sci fi, SF
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Gig review: LEVELLERS – Opera House, Buxton, 5 March 2015

Walking up to the majestic Buxton Opera House it was noticeable that the crusty old tour vans of years gone by have been replaced by posh tour coaches but were Levellers still true to their roots? Well tonight we were … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 March 2015, A Curious Life, Buxton, documentary, film, gig, Levellers, Opera House, review
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Gig review: THE LEVELLERS – A Curious Life

In the coming months The Levellers are taking to the road for a series of live acoustic gigs along with the screening of ‘A Curious Life’, a documentary covering the band’s 27 years of folk rock mayhem. The film opens … Continue reading
News: New film ‘VINYL’ hits cinemas on 15th March 2013

‘VINYL’ hits cinemas on 15th March 2013 Starring Phil Daniels, Keith Allen, Perry Benson and Jamie Blackley Leicester Square Premier 12th March 2013 PHIL DANIELS AND KEITH ALLEN TO STAR IN NEW FILM BASED ON THE ALARM’S MUSIC INDUSTRY SCAM … Continue reading
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Tagged 45 RPM, film, Keith Allen, Mike Peters, movie, Phil Daniels, The Alarm, Vinyl
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