My double-page spread on a documentary by DAM Productions on George Daniels and Roger Smith, “The Watchmaker’s Apprentice”, on p. 28 & 29 of Gallery Magazine. http://www.gallery.co.im/
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Magic at Motown
Posted: December 13, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: jane mcdonald, progressive rise, time favourites, uk audiences, vocal capabilities
Never before have I seen an audience at the Villa Marina so enlivened! Over 60 pepped up Magic of Motown patrons furnished the dance floor on Thursday 1st December with the enthusiasm of true uncritical groupies. With their wide-ranging vocal capabilities, flamboyant, harlequin costume, striking dance moves and gaudy stage presence, the performers gingered up [...]
Reblogged from Ritournelle: Every time I travel to Paris, I always buy a Diptyque candle at Le Bon Marché. And this past year I’ve been lucky enough to win a few through the brand’s contests on Twitter. Needless to say my nightstand is invaded by the heavenly-fragranced jars. To my great pleasure, the Diptyque store [...]
Reblogged from Ritournelle: This week the Elizabeth Taylor collection will be auctioned away by Christie’s in New York, benefiting a cause that was so dear to her heart, AIDS research. Thanks to my generous friend Lani, I had the chance to admire this impressive collection of jewelry, fashion and other precious items along with Sarah [...]
TONY Christie showed a Villa Marina audience the way to Amarillo on Friday 18th November on a tour celebrating 50 accomplished years in music. Our Tony Christie barnburner started, appropriately enough, with a young Manx talent. There’s nothing more absorbing than an enchanting local warm-up act. Joey Wylde began with his own songs, bringing them [...]
The story has beguiled audiences for over a century. The Venetian gondoliers who became the revolutionary, republican Kings of Barataria. The Gondoliers is the twelfth collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan, following the successes of The Yeomen of the Guard in 1888. The operetta embarks upon a characteristically comic use of a disjunction between appearances [...]
She calls it CasaBlanca. It has a kaleidoscopic, rich, spirited and vivacious quality reading full of vim and vigor that wildly records a dreamy and abstract reality. Faye Halsall is a dynamic Manx Artist, born and bred in Douglas. Faye’s talent lies safely in watercolours, but her work with oil pastels has created pieces [...]
Come On in My Kitchen – Robert Johnson I’m So Free – Lou Reed Sovay – Andrew Bird Screwing Yer Courage – Team Dresch The Magic Number – De La Soul Sublime – Santeria Mincer Ray – Guided By Voices Cinderella’s Big Story – Sonic Youth Let’s Run – Le Tigre The Moneyground – The [...]
Unkept: A secret film by Emily Cook and Reel Vision Film Solutions
A man, well dressed, sporting a casual charm and graceful masculinity reveals a secret fear of the chicken. How peculiar. Unkept is an Isle of Man film, made by the Island’s own Emily Cook, Director of Reel Vision Film Solutions. From visualisation, to the big screen, Unkept took 5 months to produce. Emily had to [...]
