May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The book is progressing… I thought about doing yet ANOTHER vlog post today because – I feel exhausted. The thought of writing felt draining but I knew I’d get lost through myriad tangents if I recorded a vlog post and veer off course too much. Also, I’d have to show my hideous and drained face…
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As I look at the calendar on my desk I see that the screening of Everything Is Possible on Paramount+ UK is just TWO WEEKS away! And, yes, I am a little excited at the prospect of seeing it. I do hope it’ll be a great watch. At 75 minutes, I’m a little worried that…
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WARNING: POTENTIAL “SPOILERS”. Where to begin with this review? It’s hard to get a handle on Brett Morgen’s objective is with this … documentary? Film? I’m not even sure how to refer to it officially. I guess it is a documentary by the definition being it is based on factual information and not a work…
I went to see Last Night In Soho yesterday – the latest feature film by Edgar Wright, the man behind The Sparks Brothers. I had no intention of really reviewing this film. Film reviews here I want to keep to music documentaries. And it won’t be a big review by any means, but I enjoyed…
I think this documentary ended up posing more questions than it answered. Firstly, it doesn’t sugarcoat the notion of Lou Reed being….well…actually perhaps they DO sugarcoat it. Because what became obvious was that to label Reed “troubled” is somewhat of an understatement. I actually started to wonder how anyone managed to work with him. Certainly…
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UPDATE: Oct 5th – saw a review in the latest Rolling Stone. Thought I’d post it here. Looking into what was coming up for viewing at the Glasgow Film Theatre, I spied this! When I was at the Living Proof screening last week, I decided to secure a ticket for one of the screenings of…
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I ventured out on Thursday evening to see the second “World Premiere” (Edinburgh actually pipped us to the post the night before) of the documentary Living Proof. It dealt with looking at Scotland’s growth under Capitalism over the past 150 years, but concentrated on the rate of growth from post-WWII. Also the way Scotland has…
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As usual, I’ll give a preamble to what happened with watching the film. That spark of spontaneous conversation that only ever seems to happen in Glasgow. It happened AGAIN today. We arrived (myself and my OH) outside the Glasgow Film Theatre, located on Rose Street, around 1.20pm. Me doing my usual “I MUST NOT REFER…
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Of course, the “Best Photographer” award for 2020 COULD go to someone for their work that had to wait 40 years to be seen – Mr Ronald Gurr…and the offering below…. But I jest…at least on offering up the award – but the photo is still just absolutely fabulous! In response to his post today…
Please do not be fooled by the blurb you see attached to the video! There really isn’t too much talk about the then imminent Scottish Independence referendum. It really is all about the remarkable Alasdair Gray. A man I wish I had been aware of, learned about and began to have some kind of –…
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