Archive for March, 2011

Whitesnake : Forevermore

Posted: 29th March 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
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First published by Midlands Rocks, http://www.midlandsrocks.co.uk/reviews/album-reviews/cd-reviews/whitesnake-forevermore March 2011 With only two releases since ‘89’s Slip Of The Tongue, it’s been a long time since that revolving musical collective dubbed Whitesnake, have released any new product. It’s been even longer since a Whitesnake album could justifiably be called ‘great’. The huge commercial success of 1987 saw [...]

Within Temptation : The Unforgiving

Posted: 29th March 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
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First published by Midlands Rocks, http://www.midlandsrocks.co.uk/reviews/album-reviews/cd-reviews/withintemptation-theunforgiving March 2011 The Dutch orchestral metalers have come a long way since their formation in 1996. Five albums in and they have matured from a band of Celtic folk-tinged, Goth-lite troubadours to the glossy, symphonic colossus we now know and love. Each subsequent release was an exponential improvement on [...]

Dead, Jail Or Rock ‘N’ Roll?

Posted: 13th March 2011 by Harry in BLOG, CULTURE, LIFE, MUSIC
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For The Auld Yin, Joe Daly and Glenn. Because they get it… I don’t know If it’s symptomatic of my increasing decline into a state of old fartage or just some  innate irascibility and intolerance but, increasingly, the ipod generation mystify, anger and disappoint me. I think this is best illustrated by an exchange a [...]

Happy Mothers’ Day

Posted: 10th March 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFE, POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS
Tags: Bon Scott, Grief, Mother's Day, Mourning, , Princess Diana, , Suicide
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Despite living in one of the most reactionary periods for the last hundred years, we are also, paradoxically, living in one of the wettest times ever. No, I’m not talking about the weather either, I’m talking socially. We’ve turned into a nation of confessional emo bed wetters and I hate it. You can barely drive [...]

“Did the earth move for you, Honey?”

Posted: 8th March 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFE
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Day from Hell yesterday. It actually looked, on paper, like it would be a cracker and I was quite looking forward to it. As a freelance writer, with a wildly varying income, a day job is necessary to support She Who Is Never Wrong and The Spawn and so it was that I found myself [...]