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Mark Arm recommended Black & White by The Stranglers in Music (curated)

"I just love that record. I love the early Stranglers. The bass always sounds so good. It just drives everything. It's almost the lead instrument. The Stranglers were such a weird band. They've got this sort of Rick Wakeman-esque classical keyboard going all over the place but sometimes, like on Black And White, it's more synthesiser stuff which is cool. It's got my favourite Stranglers songs on it culminating in the last song 'Enough Time'. I think that's just a brutal and great song. I love 'The Tank', 'Toiler On The Sea', 'Do You Wanna', 'Sweden (All Quiet On The Eastern Front)', 'Outside Tokyo' the whole thing about the watches with a strap to sell is really funny. 'Nice 'N' Sleazy' has a really great groove. The bad pun bugs me a little bit but it's still pretty great. Rattus Norvegicus was a great record too, but No More Heroes, of the first three albums, seems the weakest. Or maybe it's the one I haven't listened to as much. Black and White just feels more brutal than the first two records."

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Fred (860 KP) rated Enola Holmes (2020) in Movies

Oct 8, 2020

Enola Holmes (2020)

2020 | Adventure, Crime, Drama

6.7

(25 Ratings)

Movie Rating

The beginnings of an interesting new character

I'll be honest. From what I heard about this movie, I was expecting to like it more than I did. That's not to say I didn't like it. I did. But I was expecting more. I was also expecting Enola to be more like her brother, Sherlock Holmes. But what we got is a new character, with enough differences from Sherlock himself, that the character feels totally original as well.

The story has a simple premise. Enola's mother goes missing & she goes looking for her. She's always a step ahead of her brother & using hints left by her mother, she goes on an adventure that brings her closer to her goal.

I found the movie fun & love when Enola breaks the 4th wall to talk to us. Millie Bobby Brown is great as Enola & feel like they should keep these films going.

That being said, I do wish the movie flowed a little better. It dragged here & there and seemed sometimes like we cut away to a different movie.

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_RainAllTheTime (17 KP) rated Farm Together in Video Games

Jul 12, 2019

It's a nice easy, casual game. Good for relaxing. (0 more)

Sometimes the waiting on crops can be annoying. (0 more)

Farm Together is a casual farming game on the PS4 *also available on other platforms*

You can customize your farmer, you unlock different hair styles, outfits etc as you level up. You can even customize your pet which follows you around your farm. You can have a dog, cat or parrot.

You are given quests, for example to plant so many of a certain crop, and for completing the quest you earn ribbons and/or experience.

You can have animals on your farm which, when ready to harvest, give you things like eggs (chickens, ducks, turkeys etc), milk (cows, goats), wool (sheep), or truffles (pigs) and also different types of fish available.

It's a nice relaxing game with cute animals and soothing music. The only slight con would be the wait on some of the crops/animals/trees etc but they do earn you alot of money and it is very easy to gain alot of money and experience in a short amount of game play.

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Deviant (Blood & Roses, #1) in Books

Sep 5, 2019

Crikey! This book has kept me entertained on my train travels today. My cheeks were on fire (because I blush--a lot!--and for no apparent reason sometimes) for a long time as I read the sex scenes between Zeth and Sloane.

I'm not a huge fan of erotica normally, I get very bored with sex scenes unless I really like the characters. I cant say I liked them at the start but there was something about Zeth from that first chapter in that dark hotel room, some magnetism he possessed as a character that drew me to him and what he was doing. He was naughty but gentle.

As for Sloane, I have to say I wouldn't quite know what to do in her situation either...but Zeth? I think she's crazy to even think of turning him down. His dirty mouth and his attractiveness, his tattoo's... *sigh*

I cant wait for the second book in the series to find out what happens next with these two!

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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Peaky Blinders - Season 4 in TV

Sep 22, 2019

Back on form

After the rather bonkers and confusing Russian madness in series 3, I’m very pleased to say that series 4 does not follow in 3’s footsteps and is instead a rather welcome return to form.

The threat faced in this series seems very real, and it brings an entirely sinister feeling to the entire show. The Shelbys have always come across as being bulletproof and able to overcome any obstacles or gangsters in their way, but this series shows an entirely different vulnerable side which is good to watch. As always, there are some wonderful performances in this and some great twists and turns in the plot. I felt like Adrien Brody’s Luca Changretta was a little too stereotypical and over the top, but I’m guessing that was how Italian gangsters were (or perceived to be) during those times, so I won’t hold it against him too much. I do sometimes think that some of the twists and turns get to be a little too much but overall this is a rather wonderful series as a great return to form.