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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 11h

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 · 16h

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 3d

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 · 4d

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 · 5d

‘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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 7d

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 · 8d

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 · 9d

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 · 10d

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 · 11d

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 · 12d

Rik Mayall - Bigger Than Hitler, Better Than Christ

John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 12d

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

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 12d

My review of the new EP from mountain peaks, what could have been (i could have been more): tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/m...

#music
#newmusic
#mountainpeaks
#whatcouldhavebeenicouldhavebeenmore
#emo
#screamo
#altmetal
#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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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 13d

Continuing my run of horror movies for October with the new 4K release of Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu The Vampyre from the BFI: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/n...

#film #movie #nosferatu #nosferatuthevampyre #wernerherzog #klauskinski #horrorfilm #horrormovie #filmreview #moviereview

Nosferatu The Vampyre, aka Nosferatu – Phantom Der Nacht (1979)

Back at the beginning of 2025 (or the end of 2024 depending where in the world you are) Robert Eggers released his version of the supposed original vampire movie, Nosferatu, but his wasn’t the firs…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 14d

ICYMI my review of last weekend’s Fête Des Bêtes at St James Guernsey celebrating a range of folk and roots music with a twist… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/l...

#music #livemusic #newmusic #folkmusic #neofolk #modernfolk #guernsey #lafetedesbetes #musicreview #livemusicreview #gigreview

La Fête des Bêtes – St James Guernsey – 27/09/25

Having originated as a two day Weekender in Sark back in 2021, La Fête Des Bêtes aimed to champion folk and traditional music with a modern twist but after that first happening seemed to disappear,…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 15d

My review of last weekend’s La Fête des Bêtes at St James Guernsey: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/l...

#music
#livemusic
#newmusic
#folkmusic
#neofolk
#modernfolk
#folkpop
#folkrock
#lafetedesbetes
#guernsey
#musicreview
#livemusicreview
#gigreview

La Fête des Bêtes – St James Guernsey – 27/09/25

Having originated as a two day Weekender in Sark back in 2021, La Fête Des Bêtes aimed to champion folk and traditional music with a modern twist but after that first happening seemed to disappear,…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 16d

A busy (and rather noisy) evening for the folk session at The Drunken Duck this evening - as ever lots of great songs and tunes from quieter pieces to full pub singalongs…
#music #livemusic #folkmusic #folksession #tradsession

TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 16d

Kicking off spooky season with Wes Craven’s classic post-modern millennial slasher, Scream… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/s...

#film #movie #scream #wescraven #horrorfilm #horrormovie #slasher #slashermovie #filmreview #moviereview

Scream (1996)

Back in the early 1970s Wes Craven first made his mark with The Last House On The Left, one of the defining films of the late Vietnam-era horror cycle that also gave us The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 16d

My first few of the Lego Spider-verse minifigures… not too bad getting Spider-Gwen!
#lego #spiderman #spiderverse #minifigures #spidergwen #webslinger #prowler

TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 17d

As ‘spooky season’ begins in earnest here’s my review of Wes Craven’s era-defining slasher, Scream: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/s...

#film
#movie
#horrormovie
#slasher
#scream
#wescraven
#filmreview
#moviereview
#spookyseason

Scream (1996)

Back in the early 1970s Wes Craven first made his mark with The Last House On The Left, one of the defining films of the late Vietnam-era horror cycle that also gave us The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 18d

ICYMI my review of Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/m...

#film #movie #masterandcommander #masterandcommanderthefarsideoftheworld #filmreview #moviereview

Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003)

After Waterworld largely ended the idea of large scale productions set at sea in the mid-90s (with the undeniable exception of James Cameron’s Titanic in 1997), it was 2003 where the idea of anythi…

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TommyGirard @tommygirard.bsky.social · 19d

ICYMI you can find all the info and how to listen to my latest BBC Introducing in the Channel Islands radio show with Apothis, Hollow Youth, Bloomfield, Calico, Dribbler, PAVÉ and more… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/b...

#music #newmusic #bbcintroducing #channelislands #radio

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