Rambles about the wonderful world of wrestling.
It says a lot that the latest Alice in Chains release will not be getting compared to their classic material, but instead their latest release Black Gives Way to Blue. The seemingly impossible task of replacing Layne Staley has been done ably by William DuVall and The Devil Puts Dinosaurs Here has a lot of expectation resting on it’s shoulders.
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Slightly late but all the better for it.
Le Weekend is a romantic comedy directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill) and written by Hanif Kureishi making it the fourth collaboration between the two of them.
The world of the Premier League is one of the most bonkers places on the planet. With the Sky Sports hype machine behind it, it has managed to convince many that it is genuinely the best thing since sliced bread. However, a look between the surface shows just how ridiculous it is.
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White Wizzard burst onto the scene back in 2009 with their debut album Over The Top, which saw them nominated for a Metal Hammer Golden God among other things. With a very simple goal of bringing heavy metal back to it’s roots and away from the emo and screamo genres that they felt had taken over, they were a straight up metal band in the vein of Iron Maiden and Manowar. A string of line-up changes that has seen bassist Jon Leon as the only original member led to a loss of this momentum which they will be looking to regain with latest release The Devil’s Cut.
The story of Julian Assange and Wikileaks was one of the biggest events of recent years. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that The Fifth Estate followed closely behind, with director Bill Condon (who directed the final two Twilight movies) tasked with taking the story to the big screen.
Queens of the Stone Age were once one of the most exciting bands in modern rock music. A couple of dodgy albums however has led to many feeling cold towards Josh Homme and his gang of merry men, so latest release …Like Clockwork is beginning to feel like a last chance for these suave Americans to stop their decline from rock and rolls consciousness.
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The transition from Dr. Who to the big screen hasn’t come easy for many. Even the normally unconquerable David Tennant has struggled to make any real impact in the world of movies. None of that has dissuaded Karen Gillan however, who makes her first big post Who appearance in Not Another Happy Ending a film which came to life due to crowd funding through Indiegogo.
So England have qualified for the World Cup, admittedly through an incredibly easy group that they should have walked, but that’s not what I’m here to talk about. I’m here to talk about the fact that after only two days the English media have already begun to undermine the team and attempt to ruin any of the good work they did in the last two qualifying matches. Now I want to go into journalism so to sit and slag off the press may seem strange, but the English press and their football team have one of the strangest relationships in the world. While other countries seek to help their team by holding off on information until after match days and so on, publications like The Sun appear to do the exact opposite. They decide to run with some daft racism story about something said at half time in the dressing room which the player himself has dismissed. So why do they do it? Do they want to destroy the confidence of the team? Do they not think that far ahead? God only knows.
The American Scene seem a strange band to open proceedings to a packed King Tuts. Their rather dull indie doesn’t really get anywhere and never manages to grab the crowds attention. There is no doubting there will be gigs where The American Scene go down great but tonight is not that night and while they walk off the stage to polite applause it is nothing compared to what is to come.
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