Film: Thoughts on UP
I almost feel guilty for the fact that I only ever praise things when I write for The Scoundrel. Almost. But if I am to start sounding off about the things I hate in modern film, it certainly won’t start with the new Disney Pixar flick, UP.
UP is beautiful in its simplicity in the way [...]
Music: Thoughts on The Cubical – Come Sing These Crippled Tunes
I am not going to beat around the bush here, The Cubical’s new album, ‘Come Sing These Crippled Tunes’ is nothing short of fantastic.
From the first track right through to the last it never loses any of the excitement that the band seem to carry around with them in abundance. I was fortunate enough to [...]
The Rest: The Forbidden Corner
Yorkshire is often referenced as being ‘God’s Country’. I know I deliberately make a point of saying those two words in a deep Yorkshire accent every time I reach the peak of the M62. Still, Aa’m allow’d t’say it, cos I y’am a bloody Yerksherman! But there is one burrow, just outside Middleham in North [...]
Read moreMusic: The Cubical
Our band are on tour at the moment (PLUG) and we have the wonderful fortune to be joined by the up-and-coming-up Scouse band known as The Cubical on several dates around the country. Not really having heard of their music I didn’t really know what to expect, but it only took their opening number to [...]
Read moreFilm: Cowboy Bebop + Keanu Reeves = Epic Failure!
So. They are “making” a new Bad Boys film. Fantastic news! I really do enjoy the comedy coupling of Smith and Lawrence. They bring a sense of relativity to the otherwise White American ‘talking-in-a-gruff-voice-at-a-crime-scene’ type action flicks that dominate the Hollywood market. Well, you know…as much as a young, twelve stone, white boy can relate [...]
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