Blu-ray: Gardens of Stone (1987) Set in 1968, Sergeant Clell Hazard (James Caan in magnificent form) is disillusioned with the Vietnam war and sees America as being in an unwinnable situation. Based at Fort Meyers’ Arlington Cemetery, Hazard sees far too many young bodies arrive for burial and despairs at the waste of life. When idealistic […]
DVD: Till Death… (1981) The Thoughts of Chairman Alf (1998) With the rantings of the titular Alf Garnett still ringing in my ears from reviewing Till Death Us Do Part, it was time once again to hear what the bigoted ‘Hammers’ fan had to say about the world in 2 more stages of his life. […]
DVD: Plugg (1975) In a similar bawdy Australian vein as The Adventures of Barry McKenzie and Pacific Banana, Plugg has more than its fair share of boobs, bums, and 70’s bush on display, as private detective Horatio Plugg (Peter Thompson) is hired to watch over the exploits (sexploits!?) of the Pussycat Escorts in order for […]
Blu-ray: Man About the House (1974) Another 1970’s movie adaptation of a British television comedy, Man About The House features the exploits of flatmates Robin (Richard O’Sullivan), Chrissy (Paula Wilcox) and Jo (Sally Thomsett), as they try to save the street they are living in from being demolished by shady property dealers. Landlords George (Brian […]
Yngwie Malmsteen will release Blue Lightning globally on March 29th via Mascot Records / Mascot Label Group. To call Yngwie Malmsteen a ‘maestro’ or ‘virtuoso’ is to state the obvious. But such terms don’t do sufficient justice to either his talent or impact. There are innumerable guitarists who have copied a small part of the […]
The world’s fastest growing independent record label, Golden Robot Records, continues it’s upward trajectory into 2019. Starting the year off with a bang, the label is honored to welcome to the family, the guitar icon Gilby Clarke! Gilby recently signed a GLOBAL deal with Golden Robot Records which will see a brand new solo album – The […]
Blu-ray: Dave Made A Maze (2017) Imagine if Terry Gilliam made a movie with the loose premise of the 1997 hit Cube, and did it in the style of the video game Tearaway. Well if that fever dream fuelled thought has ever passed through your head, then writer/director Bill Watterson has come to your rescue with […]
Blu-ray: R.P.M. (1970) Prof. F.W.J. ‘Paco’ Perez (Anthony Quinn) is a liberal college professor during the late 1960’s when student activism was prevalent. A group of radical students have taken over the college and the president resigns. In an attempt to win their favour, the school board appoints Paco with the role of president of the […]
Your host Chris is joined by Adam, Ben, and Dave to chat about what they’ve been doing, what they’ve been playing, and what video games they’re looking forward to in 2019. Make sure to listen to the very end for a little insight into the pre-show chat! The games chatted about on this episode are: Astro […]
The ‘regular’ Soundcheck shows return and Dave chats about the KISS album Music from “The Elder”. Find out why this episodes recording date, the band, the album, and the music video of ‘A World Without Heroes’ are all so important to him. Thank you for listening and if you enjoy any of the songs played in these […]
