There are very few reasons to be cheerful on a Monday morning. The soul-sapping purgatory of the five-day span that links the weekends has only just started and most of us labour under its soul-crushing weight. Today, however, is a little different as perfectly formed golden nuggets of good news, from a variety of sources, [...]
Archive for October, 2011
New Disorder Music Festival : MFN, Shipley Gate 17-09-11
Posted: 14th October 2011 by Harry in MUSICTags: Art of Deception, Captain Horizon, Deprevate, Evil Scarecrow, Grand Ultra, Hell To Pay, Imperial Circus, JD & The FDCs, Mordecai, New Disorder, Signify, Spirytus, Toxic Federation
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First published by Nottingham Live http://www.nottinghamlive.co.uk/live/2011/09/live-review-new-disorder-festival-the-m-f-n-17911/ September 2011 Photos reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography www.suepaterson.co.uk At the end of the festival season, you’d be forgiven for thinking that what Imperial Circus singer, Leigh Dickens, described as “Unsigned Download” might struggle to pull in the punters. Well, you’d be wrong. Christ, would you… With a [...]
Black Veil Brides : Keepin’ It Real?
Posted: 13th October 2011 by Harry in MUSICTags: Alice Cooper, Black Veil Brides, CC, Jake, Jason Flom, Marilyn Manson, Midlands Rocks, Motley Crue
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On course for being one of the biggest bands on the planet, the phenomenon that is Black Veil Brides continues to inspire Beatle mania-levels of adoration and loyalty among teenagers worldwide. Covering their recent set at Rock City, for Midlands Rocks, and interviewing both drummer, CC, and guitarist, Jake, afforded me the opportunity of seeing [...]
The Sun Always Shines On TV
Posted: 8th October 2011 by Harry in BLOG, CULTURETags: Bedlam, Jeremy Kyle, Marx, TV, X Factor
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Not if you’re a victim, sorry; ‘guest’, on the Jeremy Kyle Show, it doesn’t. Or one of the thousands who audition for the X Factor. If there is a more loathsome and repellent individual on TV than the sneering, sanctimonious and judgemental Mr Kyle, I’ve yet to make their acquaintance. How watching some nasty, smug-faced [...]
Toxic Federation : Emms walks
Posted: 2nd October 2011 by Harry in MUSICTags: Beth Windsor, Mitch Emms, Toxic Federation
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Toxic Federation Press release Emms walks 2nd October 2011 With immediate effect, Toxic Federation and front man, Mitch Emms, have parted company. While the news will undoubtedly come as a shock to the band’s fans, the development has about it a certain inevitability as Emms’ increasing unhappiness has become ever more apparent. While rueful chuckles [...]