All Hail Failsafe!

After touring around the UK, their music acclaim has been saluted everywhere. Preston-born band Failsafe came back to their hometown and poured all of their
being, literally, in to their performance.

The gig took place at the Mad Ferret opposite 53 Degrees. Their live performance had a storming presence which graced Prestonians and fellow folk with an unforgotten and truly missed Preston band.

"Have you seen the state of us? It’s like a blood bath…but of sweat" Jim Norris, lead vocals, said as he pointed out to the small puddles of sweat dotted all over the stage floor from their constant head jerking. Jim also didn’t mind getting up close and personal to the fans at the front line and blessed the random lucky fans with his own brand of holy water by jolting around the stage.

Over the last few years their musical talent has long stretched past the boundaries of Preston; and it may not be too long until they break out of the country completely.

There is no doubt that this band demands a lot of physical as well as mental strength to carry out their relentless and amazing performances that never disappoints.

They have shared the limelight with other bands such as Paramore, Gallows, Beat Union and many others. If you haven’t seen them or even heard of them, you must see them; they won’t be too hard to find as they are constantly headlining shows around the UK. Just be prepared for an attack of tinnitus on those of you who stand too close to the speakers.

Twilight Book Review

Twilight is the must-see film and indeed the must-read book.

Stephenie Meyer delivers a thrilling romance, which embraces the concept of enduring love between a teenager and a vampire. The story engages elements of old myths and tales about vampires and brings unlikely stories that have surfaced to exist in the modern day world.

These two young beautiful souls, which on both sides were somewhat bored in their very real but dull world, become a drug to each other. Edward Cullen is a blood-drinking vampire, but that holds no obstruction to how Bella Swan feels. Blood-thirsty or not, she is completely and utterly in love with this not so ordinary vampire; and Edward, mystified by this particular human, feels the same. Their literal thirst for each other becomes stronger. It’s too late to stop falling in love, but this unconventional love story must remain a secret if they are to stay together. It seems that even someone as strong as a vampire can’t separate himself from a strong human emotion such as love.

Edward’s family history extends in to an intense account of how his family survive without a single drop of human blood, bringing a whole new level to mental strength and physical concentration in the lives of vampires.

The romance tests all boundaries of teenage love and a vampire’s control. But how long can their romance last if physical attraction becomes too much, and how will other vampires resist an easy temptation? A love such as this must live forever, right?

Meyer’s prose incorporates consistent intensity, depth and complexity that link these two unlikely characters together in a modern day world. An exciting and inspirational tale which grips you with every line; and every page lingers with more intensity. Readers will undoubtedly want to be catapulted in to the bodies of the main characters in this very contemplative and dream-like story.

This is definately a book you will want to read over and over again...well, maybe not until you have at least read the next three incredible installments of Meyer's novels: New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.