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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 17h

Another set of much delayed photos, this time from the Nocturne event staged by Kiya Ashton and Hollie Thorne with Alex & Her and Ash Jarman - you can find the full gallery at flic.kr/s/aHBqjCy7Z7

#music #livemusic #musicphotography #livemusicphotography #gigphotography

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 19h

ICYMI my review of Monster: The Ed Gein Story… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/m...

#tv #television #streaming #netflix #monster #theedgeinstory #monstertheedgeinstory #edgein #horror #tvreview #televisionreview

Monster: The Ed Gein Story (2025)

While, at time of writing, I haven’t yet seen the Menendez Brothers series produced by Ryan Murphy under the Monster banner following the first series, which focussed on Jeffrey Dahmer, I came to M…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 1d

My review of the director’s cut of Spawn from the new Arrow Video release: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/s...

#film #movie #filmreview #moviereview #Spawn #horrormovie #comicbookmovie #spookyseason #shocktober #arrowvideo

Spawn – The Director’s Cut (1997)

In the wake of the success of Tim Burton’s Batman in 1989 the 1990s became a time for mass experimentation in the field of comic book movie adaptations with undeniably mixed results and, following …

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 1d

Three years ago L’Islet Records presented a night of Alt-rock with Coastal Fire Dept and Lula & Gene - I’ve finally got around to sorting through my photos from the night www.flickr.com/photos/20312...

#music #livemusic #newmusic #lisletrecords #guernsey #musicphotography #livemusicphotography

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 1d

It’s always a treat when you see a new band for the first time and they turn out to be very good, that’s what happened tonight with Vessels at The Vault while Sleep Thief put in a great showing too!
#music #livemusic #newmusic #musicphotography #livemusicphotography

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 2d

Another slight twist on the usual ‘spooky season’ offerings - my review of the latest in Ryan Murphy’s Monster series for Netflix, The Ed Gein Story: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/m...

#tv
#television
#monster
#theedgeinstory
#mostertheedgeinstory
#horror
#truecrime
#spookyseason
#shocktober

Monster: The Ed Gein Story (2025)

While, at time of writing, I haven’t yet seen the Menendez Brothers series produced by Ryan Murphy under the Monster banner following the first series, which focussed on Jeffrey Dahmer, I came to M…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 2d

So after three years I’ve finally gone through my photos from the Gig For Andy with The Risk, King Rat & The Soul Cats and Sons Of The Desert: www.flickr.com/photos/20312...

#music #livemusic #guernsey #musicphotography #livemusicphotography #gigphotography #mod #powerpop #ska #soul

TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI my review of the Sound Guernsey ‘Class of 2015’ Reunion show in The Pit at St James with Sarnia, New Place, Rosemary, Bloomfield, Ellie Amber and Hanging Pieces last weekend… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/s...

#music #livemusic #newmusic #musicreview #gigreview #livemusicreview

Sound Guernsey Class Of 2015 Reunion: Sarnia, Rosemary, Bloomfield, Ellie Amber and Hanging Pieces – The Pit at St James – 10/10/25

Ten years ago Sound Guernsey held its first event at The Venue at Fermain (now Buho restaurant) giving youngsters aged between 11 and 18 a place to experience a range of live music at a time when n…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 4d

My review of the Sound Guernsey ‘Class Of 2015 Reunion’ in The Pit Guernsey at St James Guernsey with Sarnia, Rosemary, Bloomfield Band, Ellie Amber and Hanging Pieces is here: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/s...

#music
#livemusic
#newmusic
#guernsey
#soundguernsey
#musicreview

Sound Guernsey Class Of 2015 Reunion: Sarnia, Rosemary, Bloomfield, Ellie Amber and Hanging Pieces – The Pit at St James – 10/10/25

Ten years ago Sound Guernsey held its first event at The Venue at Fermain (now Buho restaurant) giving youngsters aged between 11 and 18 a place to experience a range of live music at a time when n…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 5d

ICYMI my review of Alien Earth… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...

#tv #television #alienearth #alien #horror #scifi #tvreview #televisionreview

Alien Earth: Season One (2025)

Going into FX’s new TV series, Alien Earth, coming less than a year after the most recent movie in the franchise, Alien: Romulus, and with talk of that film’s sequel already on the horizon, I have …

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 5d

Rolling on with a slight twist on spooky season things with my review of Season One of Alien Earth: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a...

#tv #television #scifi #horror #Alien #AlienEarth #TVreview #televisionreview

Alien Earth: Season One (2025)

Going into FX’s new TV series, Alien Earth, coming less than a year after the most recent movie in the franchise, Alien: Romulus, and with talk of that film’s sequel already on the horizon, I have …

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 7d

ICYMI my review of I Only Trust Rock ‘N’ Roll, the new album from The Living End… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/t...

#music #newmusic #punkrock #rockabilly #punkabilly #australia #thelivingend #ionlytrustrocknroll #musicreview #recordreview #albumreview

The Living End – I Only Trust Rock ‘N’ Roll

While they started out as a band combining elements of punk rock and rockabilly (‘punkabilly’, if you will), over the last 25 years stand-out Aussie trio The Living End have shifted their sound, on…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 8d

‘Do you like scary movies?’… ICYMI my look at the Scream film series from movies 1 to 6… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/t...

#film #movies #scream #scream2 #scream3 #scream4 #scream5 #scream6 #wescraven #horrormovies #slashermovie #filmreview #moviesreview #spookyseason #shocktober

The Scream Franchise

Do you like scary movies? Ghostface, Scream, 1996 After making his name with a series of previous iconic horror movies, Wes Craven reinvented the genre for at least a second time in 1996 alongside …

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 8d

My review of the new one from Aussie rockabilly-punks The Living End, I Only Trust Rock ‘N’ Roll: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/t...

#music
#newmusic
#thelivingend
#ionlytrustrocknroll
#punkrock
#rockabilly
#punkabilly
#musicreview
#recordreview
#albumreview

The Living End – I Only Trust Rock ‘N’ Roll

While they started out as a band combining elements of punk rock and rockabilly (‘punkabilly’, if you will), over the last 25 years stand-out Aussie trio The Living End have shifted their sound, on…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 9d

Continuing spooky season today with a look at the whole Scream series to date: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/t...

#films
#movies
#Scream
#horror
#slasher
#spookyseason
#Ghostface
#filmreview
#moviereview

The Scream Franchise

Do you like scary movies? Ghostface, Scream, 1996 After making his name with a series of previous iconic horror movies, Wes Craven reinvented the genre for at least a second time in 1996 alongside …

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 10d

ICYMI my review of A Place To Call Home, the new single from Faolán Griffin… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/f...

#music #newmusic #faolangriffin #aplacetocallhome #singersongwriter #guermsey #musicreview #recordreview #singlereview

Faolán Griffin – A Place To Call Home

It might be something of a cliché to say good things come to those who wait but, in this case, it rings true as two years on from their debut single, One Day More, Faolán Griffin has dropped single…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 11d

My review of the new single from Faolán Griffin, A Place To Call Home: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/f...

#music
#newmusic
#singersongwriter
#faolangriffin
#aplacetocallhome
#guernsey
#musicreview
#recordreview
#singlereview

Faolán Griffin – A Place To Call Home

It might be something of a cliché to say good things come to those who wait but, in this case, it rings true as two years on from their debut single, One Day More, Faolán Griffin has dropped single…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 12d

ICYMI my review of The Toxic Avenger Unrated… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/t...

#film #movie #thetoxicavenger #thetoxicavengerunrated #troma #horrormovies #spookyseason #shocktober #schlock #filmreview #moviereview

The Toxic Avenger Unrated (2023/2025)

Back in the heyday of VHS in the 1980s and 90s one studio stood above all in its apparent mission to pump out the crudest, most offensive and, in some cases, funniest, splatter and ‘schlock’ known …

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 12d

My review of the new(ish) remake of Troma’s top superhero, The Toxic Avenger Unrated: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/t...

#film
#movie
#troma
#thetoxicavenger
#thetoxicavengerunrated
#horrormovie
#spookyseason
#shocktober
#schlock
#filmreview
#moviereview

The Toxic Avenger Unrated (2023/2025)

Back in the heyday of VHS in the 1980s and 90s one studio stood above all in its apparent mission to pump out the crudest, most offensive and, in some cases, funniest, splatter and ‘schlock’ known …

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 14d

ICYMI my review of What Could Have Been (I Could Have Been More), the new EP from mountain peaks… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/m...

#music #newmusic #emo #screamo #altmetal #norwich #mountainpeaks #mountainpeaksband #musicreview #epreview #recordreview

Mountain Peaks – What Could Have Been (I Could Have Been More)

While the name of Norwich based trio Mountain Peaks (usually stylised in all lower case, along with all their song titles) is one that’s been vaguely familiar for a while as it has appeared on vari…

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Patrick W. Reed @patrickwreed.bsky.social · 15d

Rik Mayall - Bigger Than Hitler, Better Than Christ

John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 15d

Best titles of autobiographies?

Starting with:

- Vic Reeves, Me: Moir
- Dennis Waterman, Reminder (thanks @whenisbirths.bsky.social)
- AA Gill, Pour Me
- Gene Simmons, Kiss and Make-Up
- Julian Clary, A Young Man's Passage