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Archive for September, 2021

John Lydon book tour

Posted in Uncategorized on 30/09/2021| Leave a Comment »

We went to see John “Johnny Rotten” Lydon at the Tivoli in Wimborne, nearly a year after it was originally scheduled. It was really a lot of fun. An entertaining evening … and talk, not music. See the REVIEW LINKED HERE.

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The Beauty Queen of Leenane review

Posted in Uncategorized on 26/09/2021| Leave a Comment »

Martin McDonagh’s play THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE (LINKED) reviewed at Chichester’s Minerva Theatre. The production is moving on to the Lyric, Hammersmith. Booking is suggested! McDonagh is a major playwright, and his plays are comedies and tragedies rolled into one. We felt there were issues in the production about fitting it onto a thrust stage, but also on several other points, music especially. Read and see.

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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie- review

Posted in Uncategorized on 23/09/2021| Leave a Comment »

Film review of EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE (linked). It is currently showing on Amazon Prime, and it is free(if you subscribe). We thought it entertaining and enjoyable, though it suffers in comparison with Sex Education Series Three over at Netflix. It may not have been the best week to release it. Though it’s a musical, based on a stage musical there are strong plot similarities.

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Human Touch

Posted in Uncategorized on 20/09/2021| Leave a Comment »

On AROUND AND AROUND, Reviled! visits 1992 and Bruce Springsteen’s HUMAN TOUCH. This was voted Bruce’s weakest album in an online poll of fans. I agree. Usually, these albums get better as I listen and work on the article, but HUMAN TOUCH just got worse. One of the “justly reviled” category. The surprise was that until then The Boss had really done no wrong. With other artists, you expect the odd weaker album. With bruce it was a shock. I explore why.

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One Trick Pony

Posted in Uncategorized on 16/09/2021| Leave a Comment »

The latest addition to the “Reviled! Albums Critics Love To Hate” series is ONE TRICK PONY by Paul Simon from 1980 (follow link). I found I had to review the film at the same time. The album was always a favourite of mine, and the record was liked more in Europe than in the USA. 

 The film was generally knocked by critics, and didn’t get a release in the UK. Critics who had not seen the film were more generous than those who had. In retrospect though, the film was wildly under-estimated … and politics of record labels had more to do with this than quality. It’s a fascinating tale.

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The March of the Halloumi Fries: a rant

Posted in Uncategorized on 10/09/2021| Leave a Comment »

A rant added on the inexorable march of halloumi fries on menus. Follow the link to the article.

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Comedy of Errors – RSC review, 2021

Posted in Uncategorized on 05/09/2021| Leave a Comment »

At last! Back to Stratford-upon-Avon and Shakespeare in the RSC’s “Garden Theatre” created for this Covid season. The Comedy of Errors (LINK TO REVIEW) never fails to entertain, and this is a 5 star production, directed by Phillip Breen. Full on RSC at its best. What made it fascinating was that there were four actors out with tests, so EIGHT parts had to be understudied. The RSC is renowned for its understudy productions and special performances. The fruit is here. We thought two of the understudies virtually stole the show.

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