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  • Album Review: SOUL OF THE SPANISH GUITAR (Pablo Sáinz-Villegas)

    By Connor McCormick | November 19, 2020
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    THE SOUL OF A NATION So, at first I thought “another Andrés Segovia for Brunch-like album”? Not that that’s a bad thing, but Pablo Sáinz-Villegas truly surprised me. He makes his guitar sing like an orchestra. Even the plucks go from a tinkle to a pounding. When supreme virtuosity is coupled with lightness of touch,…

  • Album Review: DRUNK TANK PINK (shame)

    By Connor McCormick | November 18, 2020
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    PUNK FOR ALL For those who know the band shame, then you know the UK members spent their entire adult life touring as riotous post-punkers (they’re first album 2018’s Songs Of Praise is a hoot). But what of those who like their punk adventurous, but without the feeling that an overripe drunk is distorting the…

  • Film Review: RUNNER RUNNER (directed by Brad Furman)

    By Connor McCormick | June 1, 2020
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    If you love watching gambling movies, this post is for you. Runner Runner is an online gambling movie by Brad Furman and was initially released on 18 September 2013. The film starred Justin Timberlake as Richie, Ben Affleck as Ivan, Gemma Arterton as Rebecca, and Anthony Mackie as Agent Shaver in significant roles, although the…

  • CAN WE USE MUSIC TO INCREASE OUR STUDYING ABILITY?

    By Connor McCormick | February 4, 2020
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    CAN MUSIC INCREASE OUR STUDYING ABILITY? Can music affect our ability to perceive and remember information? How does music affect our brain and psycho-emotional state? Well, we can divide all musical works into activating, tonic, and relaxing, soothing. The perception of music is closely connected with mental processes; it requires attention, observation, quick wit. Music,…

  • TV Review: BETTER CALL SAUL

    By Connor McCormick | November 6, 2019
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    BETTER CALL SAUL — POSSIBLY THE BEST SPINOFF EVER Breaking Bad is one of the most iconic TV shows recently. It is hard to find someone, especially a millennial who didn’t watch it and didn’t enjoy the adventures of Walter White and his companion Jesse Pinkman. Breaking Bad dominated a decade and set an example…

  • Film: FINDING NEVERLAND: A MILESTONE IN HISTORICAL FANTASY

    By Connor McCormick | February 12, 2019
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    Following up his critically acclaimed Monster’s Ball, director Marc Forster took on this biography of playwright James Matthew Barrie, the scribe who penned the children’s classic Peter Pan. Johnny Depp stars as the turn-of-the-century writer as the film follows Barrie as he struggles to write and have his play produced. J.M. Barrie’s Finding Neverland also…

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