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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated Right Now You're In the Best of Hands/Terrorhawk (remastered) by Bear Vs. Shsrk in Music

Nov 7, 2019

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Under-rated band gets new lease of life

Bear Vs Shark are one of those bands, too heavy for the indie kids, too indie for the hardcore kids.

This is discordant indie rock with powerchords, or post hardcore to some. Indie gone punk. And it's done brilliantly. Here their first two albums get remastered and put on one disc. The gruff gravel vocals are raw and blistering and Buses No Buses is just an anthem. Brilliant band and so underrated

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Sarah (7798 KP) created a post

Jan 18, 2020 (Updated Jan 18, 2020)

So tonight after months of being excited for it, I'm heading down to London today to go to Secret Cinema presents Stranger Things.

For those of you that don't know, Secret Cinema is an immersive experience designed to throw you into the world. You're meant to dress up (Stranger Things dress code is 80s, I'm going as a punk), and spend hours exploring the world of Hawkins and the Upside Down. I'm SO excited, and cannot wait to try a Scoops Ahoy!

I'll post a review and update tomorrow 😊

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Lee (2222 KP) Jan 18, 2020

It’s going to be amazing! Enjoy

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Ross (3282 KP) rated Synchronicity by The Police in Music

May 5, 2020

Synchronicity by The Police

1983 | Rock

8.0

(2 Ratings)

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Rolling Stone's 448th greatest album of all time

The Police's final album and you can tell that the band have started to go in different directions. Sting has largely disappeared, rectally, and the songs all show a much slower pace than their post-punk origins, showing more jazz influence and much more laid back in general. Oddly, all the recognisable singles (the massive "Every Breath You Take", "King of Pain" and "Wrapped Around Your Finger") are squeezed in at the end of the album, with not much of interest coming before those.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Terminator (1984) in Movies

Feb 18, 2018 (Updated Feb 18, 2018)

The Terminator (1984)

1984 | Action, Sci-Fi

8.5

(58 Ratings)

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Undoubted leader of the pack when it comes to post-punk low-budget SF movies is, let's be honest, highly derivative, but makes up for this with sheer inventiveness and economical storytelling; unusually grim tone helps, too.

Future warriors from post-apocalyptic future arrive in 1984 Los Angeles; one is intent on killing hapless young waitress, the other seeks to protect her. Time travel plot is cleverly retooled as the basis of gritty action thriller; performances are much better than you might expect, too - you can't imagine anyone being more perfectly suited to their role than Arnold Schwarzenegger is here (and I don't say that very often). Every other film and TV series in this particular franchise ultimately does nothing but diffuse the impact of this brilliant movie.

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Jon Savage recommended National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) in Movies (curated)

"I remember seeing it at the time and thinking it was fantastically irritating. It was the post punk period and I didn't really like that woozy American liberal culture of the time. Then I re-watched it a few years later and really enjoyed it. It's so amoral and horrible and of course there's the kind of post Vietnam thing of all the people who are against the ROTC and the militaristic guys. The end scene where they totally fuck up the parade is just amazing. It's very entertaining and now it looks really great. That American liberalism looks like an endangered species these days. Something like Animal House or Smokey and the Bandit couldn't be made now – smoking joints and breaking the law – America's gone a lot more right wing since then."

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