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Return of Comic Cons
With the recent announcement of two Comic Conventions both hopeful for a date in September 2022, I’m wondering how the comic industry has been affected by the pandemic and what the future of these crucial events for the industry might look like. Pre-lockdown comic cons became quite the trend, with elements of cosplay aside workshops… Read more
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REVIEW – Jon Amor/ King Street Turnaround – Southgate – Sunday 3rd October 2021
Busy Day For The Hometown Boy Andy Fawthrop Sunday saw me drifting up Long Street once again to The Southgate. Dave & Debs have been doing a fantastic job to make everybody welcome over the last few weeks since Lockdown ended, not only by getting their garden into shape with umbrellas, gazebos, and marquees, tables… Read more
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REVIEW – Jimmy Carpenter – Long Street Blues Club – Saturday 2nd October 2021
Long, slow sax in the evening Andy Fawthrop I think we’re all partial to some casual sax when it’s on offer, so it didn’t take much persuasion to get me back up Long Street to the Con Club for the next date of Long Street Blues Club’s winter season. Tonight it was the turn of… Read more
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The Evolution of Kirsty Clinch
“The only thing disappointing about Kirsty Clinch’s Evolution is, it ends.” It’s a generation X thing, I’m suggesting, which levels me to downloading an album as the last port of call to actually “owning” something anywhere near physical, against this era of streaming music, sourly missing the fondness of holding a piece of vinyl for… Read more
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Sonny Vincent’s Snake Pit Therapy
Here’s me doubting using the phrase “traditional punk rock,” because wouldn’t punk castoff anything deemed traditional? Yet I feel the term punk is loosely thrown about these days, compared to its original ethos. Much of the sneaker and drainpipe crowd-surfing youngsters barely relates to the sound and attitude of the Pistols or Ramones. While… Read more
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Arts in Calne; October sees the Calne Music and Arts Festival
Calne Music and Arts Festival (CMAF) is a community celebration of music and the arts, which takes place during a ten-day period at the beginning of October each year, and this year is of no exception. The festival aims not only to provide entertainment for the people of Calne and surrounding villages, but also to… Read more
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