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Archive for April, 2022

Le déjeuner sur l’herbe 

Posted in Uncategorized on 23/04/2022| Leave a Comment »

At AROUND AND AROUND The Art of the LP sub-pages tidied up, and  Le déjeuner sur l’herbe  added with three LP sleeves all inspired by the same Manet painting.

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The Unthanks, Poole 2022 review

Posted in Uncategorized on 18/04/2022| 1 Comment »

After two years off stage, at last The Unthanks are back LINK TO MY REVIEW OF POOLE. The eighth time I’ve seen them, and probably the best too. This is a long tour, stretching till August. It will probably come near enough to most people. I will be amazed if this is not the best concert with the best sound I’ll see this year.

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The Taxidermist’s Daughter- review

Posted in Uncategorized on 16/04/2022| Leave a Comment »

Review of The Taxidermist’s Daughter by Kate Mosse at Chichester Festival Theatre. It’s based on her best-selling Gothic novel, and adapted for the stage by the author. I found several faults, unusually for Chichester, but there are enough staging ideas for it to worth seeing.

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Death on The Nile (2022)- review

Posted in Uncategorized on 13/04/2022| Leave a Comment »

Directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. DEATH ON THE NILE (link to review) is streaming on Disney Plus and on DVD / Blu Ray from next week. The cast includes Tom Bateman, Sex Education’s Emma Mackay, Wonder Woman Gal Gadot, Arnie Hammer, French and Saunders. It’s the second big budget Poirot film from Branagh, with more on the pipeline. It’s enjoyable and entertaining … and you don’t find out who done it in the review.

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Cartoonists

Posted in Uncategorized on 11/04/2022| Leave a Comment »

Cartoonists is a new sub-page under the Art of LP at AROUND AND AROUND. It’s focussed around the Private Eye / Punch cartoonists, working for BBC Records on the Goon Show series initially. Some great sleeve illustration by Honeysett (below), Bill Tidy,. Ed McLachlan, David Langdon, Hunt Emerson, David Machell.

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Wednesday Morning 3 a.m.

Posted in Uncategorized on 05/04/2022| 1 Comment »

Wednesday Morning 3 a.m. – Simon and Garfunkel. 1964. The Reviled series at AROUND AND AROUND. Their first album wasn’t so much reviled as ignored. It wasn’t even released as an LP in the UK until four years later, though there had been an EP with just the four best tracks. The critics then and later were fond of calling their harmonies ‘syrupy’ and ‘sugary.’ I think the critics got it wrong. Much better than the critics said.

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The Bootleg Beatles 2022

Posted in Uncategorized on 03/04/2022| Leave a Comment »

The act you’ve known for all these years, by which I mean The Bootleg Beatles, now in their 41st year … the review added of THE BOOTLEG BEATLES at Bournemouth (linked). With comments on The Beatles in general. They’re more than a tribute band.They are a band you need to see.

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House of Gucci- review

Posted in Uncategorized on 02/04/2022| Leave a Comment »

Review added of HOUSE OF GUCCI (linked). Now on DVD and streaming. It’s a long film about the machinations in the Italian fashion house which ended in murder. Lady Gaga stars as Patrizia Reggiani (a real person) and it is a stunning and compelling performance. Add Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Jared Leto. Much more entrancing than I expected it to be.

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