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Nutz - Live Cutz by Mott the Dog ***** 5 Star Rating This album is the where for all for the creation of Mott’s column “Forgotten Classics”, because this album has definitely been forgotten as the day has not arrived when it’s had its release on CD, but let me assure you, it’s still definitely comes under the title of classic. Nutz heralded from Liverpool and should have been hard rock’s answer to the Beatles, by the time of this album Nutz had become a quintet, keyboard maestro Kenny Newton having been added to the original four of red haired vocalist and front man extraordinaire David Lloyd, the heavy metal thunder of Keith Mulholland on bass, power house drummer John Mylett and the ultimate star of the band, Mick Devonport who’s trademark guitar gave the band their own uniqueness. Mick’s capabilities were often compared to Jeff Beck, except that Mick was a better showman, more Rock ‘n’ Roll orientated, and could write better songs. If all this is possibly true, what happened? I can only surmise that the patrons of rock move in a very mysterious way. The usual problems with managers, record companies, bad publicity agents, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, punk rock, all seem to scupper these scousers. After 3 wonderful studio albums which also have never been released on CD, a tour of Britain & the U.S.A. where they were finally taken off as the headlines couldn’t follow them, an appearance at the prestigious Reading Festival amid scenes of near Beatle mania, they released this sensational live album to complete their commitments to A & M records, who then kept them under contract for three more years, not allowing them to play or record for anyone else. Just one listen to the music will make you realize what a terrible waste this was to us, “The Rock Fans”. Perennial opener “Seeing is Believing” is first up allowing all members of the band to loosen up; very similar in feel to “Jumpin Jack Flash” from the Stones “Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out”, next up is the incredibly heavy “Loser”. I just hope David Lloyd is not singing from experience. The line “Take me to your leader, I want out” has always appealed. There are certainly no fillers amongst this lot; even the drum solo number sounds like something most bands would give their eye teeth for. The best way to describe Nutz is perhaps Black Sabbath with the energy of punk and a decent lead singer. It is only when the band roars into their theme song “Wallbanger” that you realize for sure your in Rock ‘n’ Roll heaven, as the band pull all the stops and go for the jugular, 11 minutes of absolute Mayhem, with each member of the band soloing, only not soloing as their all doing it at the same time. A brilliant slab of Rock ‘n’ Roll, I just hope somebody gets it together and puts it out on CD, in fact all four albums. So everybody has a chance of listening to the wondrous roar of Nutz. The original quartet tried again as “Rage” many years later, but I shall leave that for another day. Mick Devonport - Guitar Track Listing 1. Seeing Is Believing
Movie Review: Planet of the Apes By Poppy The storyline is not dissimilar to all the other Planet of the Ape movies: it’s an upside-down world - a brutal, primal place where apes are in charge and humans scavenge for subsistence, hunted and enslaved by the tyrannical primates. The sudden appearance of one man (Wahlberg), not part of the present order and unaffected by its oppression, serves as a challenge to the status quo and a catalyst for revolutionary social change. The apes don’t just loathe humans; they consider them repulsive, even vermin. This time without the hunky Charlton Heston to represent our species, there is only Mark Wahlberg - what can I say in our defense! The gorillas, chimps and orangutans debate religion, race relations and welfare reform at dinner parties, engage in kinky mating rituals and in the case of the female chimps, display a sort of fashion sense. The disguises actually allow the power of the performer inside the ape costumes to break through, unlike the rigid masks from the original movies. Helena Bonham Carter is Ari, a rich chimp with a powerful papa (David Warner); she has a soft spot for humans and Wahlberg in particular. Heston has a brief role as Thade’s dying father which some might find quite touching. I’m afraid I have always been a sucker for these dopey movies so my opinion will probably be biased. Directed by Tim Burton Cast: Mark Wahlberg as Leo Davidson
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spent the years between 1995 and 1999 researching the book, which is set
in Burma (pre- and current Myanmar), Malaya (pre-Malaysia) and India and
follows the paths of successive members of an Indian family as they
traverse the countries, and in some cases return. The usual disclaimer is
in the front, with any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,
events or localities being accidental. You can safely ignore that advice.
Mahatma Ghandi is Mahatma Ghandi and Aung San Suu Kyi is Aung San Suu Kyi.
In the author’s notes he does say that trying to write about places as
to how they were so many years ago did mean that he produced a parallel
fictional world. This, however, is true when anyone writes of the past
from 3rd hand accounts today. It does not make the work “fiction” in
my mind.
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