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Fake it 'Til You Make It
... centre of the piece, was a mime to the jaunty background music of the Carpenter’s “Why do birds suddenly ...
Reasons why you should proceed with caution
... ‘Hollywood’ about this series that is inescapable. The music is all too dramatic, the scenes of characters crying ...
Exploding with fiery intelligence
... had a bath-time ritual – he’d light candles, play music through a little speaker, add various oils to the ... positive to say about romantic love, or intoxication, or music, dancing and the arts in general – all of which ... or at its best the Ecstatic . . . It...
‘Closed doors, closed files, hard, closed hearts’
... by filmed portraits of five survivors, and live music by Mary Coughlan accompanied by Johnny Taylor. The ...
Norman Wetherick 1929-2022
... as a love for theatre and opera he retained a love for music hall and comic song, an echo of his east-end origins. ...
Changing senses
... slide, points to an opportunity for expansion, in both music, and life. The film has a rare authenticity when it ...
What I seek… when I want a busman’s holiday
... and the small screen, I look for insight and escape in the music of Massive Attack. More drugs. - By Dr Sally Marlow, ...
Two reflections on the blackest of mirrors
... describes as subjective. She even opens beer and plays music to help stimulate memories, which has parallels of ...
Fear, confusion and dark humour
... in her illness. Throughout there is immersive, haunting music, performed live on stage, and this accentuates the high ...
Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
... by crashing waves? Did the layering on of powerful music from Carmen and La Traviata alongside Tom Waits, Bruce ...
Joseph Duffy (1957–2018)
... and among his many interests and pastimes he included music, drama, food and wine. He was a very well-rounded ...
Mary (nee McGill) Tyson 1951-2018
... She had a great interest in art, literature, theatre, music, travel, fine food and wines, and world affairs. She ...
Basquiat – ‘hauntingly relevant to today’s world’
... were more like electric magnified pages of his notebooks. Music also was an important influence, and it can be argued ...
When words are not enough
... it likes. Ultimately, it’s like trying to describe music. It is essentially visceral: like the experience of ...
Fatalistic tone ultimately helps nobody
... people of my age now resistant to listening to once-loved music from the rock band Lostprophets, after frontman Ian ...
Anthony (Tony) Sanford (1944-2015)
... a fan of jazz, the guitar, and the contemporary classical music produced by ECM Records. Tony also had a passion for ...
Amy
... absorbing and at times shocking. Whether you liked her music or not this is a film not to be missed. - Reviewed by ...
Unafraid of conflict or its consequences
... chance to hear her sing (P J Harvey wrote the original music for this production). In the film version, there are ...
Hope, resilience, and mental toughness
... and not seek help for mental health problems. Sabrina’s music choices included ‘Girl on fire’ (naturally), and ...
Craig against the machine
... us something about what substances were ingested or what music was playing as the text was keyed in. Something of the ...
Damon Albarn's 'Everyday Robots'…
... very simply rendered, and often mournfully sung. The music uses samples of voices and sounds, sewn together with a ... that influence how we shop, atmospherics (e.g. lighting, music played in shops), and brand ‘priming’. He writes in ...
‘It’s an unusual type of therapy’
... – from the gleaming tabernacle, to the menacing organ music, to the priest’s green vestigial gowns – is ...
Ewart Hood 1949-2020
... expand his skills. He continued to pursue his passion for music and was a founding member of North East Socialist ...
A gothic mystery
... – a safety poster that says ‘Don’t be a victim’. Music is also used to great effect, never playing behind a ...
Morag MacLean 1955-2020
... of work her passions included travel, cooking, gardening, music, Scotland and cats. Some of these were shared through ...