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‘Fashion First Impressions’: Rick Leach Shares His Favorite Looks from ‘The Bachelorette’ Hometowns
“The Bachelorette” is unfolding each week, and here on BachelorNation.com, we’re breaking down all the best looks from this season! “Fashion First Impressions,” a Bachelor Nation Original, recaps the top five best, most unforgettable fashion moments from “The Bachelorette” each week. For this week’s episode, Bachelor Nation star Rick Leach joins us exclusively to share his thoughts on this week’s looks.
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Top 10 Songs for the cold and flu season
It’s that time of the year again – no, not Halloween or Bonfire Night, but the cold and flu season and Getintothis’ Rick Leach has ten tunes to drive the sniffles away. As September turns into October and the leaves fall gently from the trees, casting a golden autumnal spell over everything, something else always happens. We all catch a cold. Sniffles, snuffles and sneezes. Runny noses, sore throats, blinding headaches, chesty coughs and (ugh) phlegm. It’s not a pretty sight.
Erland Cooper interview: "The skill is knowing what to leave out"
Erland Cooper, multi-talented Orcadian musician and producer, chats with Getintothis’ Rick Leach about the meaning of time, place and the best (and worst) of Orkney. We’re deep into a conversation with Erland Cooper and he sums things up in just a few words. ‘The biggest challenge is for musicians is to go louder and faster, but for me the challenge is to go quieter and slower.’ Quieter and slower. That’s what it’s all about.
RLPO Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko talks Mahler and the eternal nature of music
Vasily Petrenko (Credit: Liverpool Philharmonic Facebook page) As the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra perform the complete symphonies of Mahler Getintothis’ Rick Leach discusses with Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko the enduring power of music. Genius is an oft-used (and over-used) word as far as music is concerned. It’s something that’s bandied around so much that it has become worthless. There are, of course, many musicians and artists who we admire and treasure.
Liverpool Arts Diary: Badlands, Beethoven and the John Moore Painting Prize 2020 - February 2020
Liverpool Arts Diary February 2020 Poetry, experimental art and music at the heart of Europe as we round up a selection of the best arts in Liverpool for February. So, here we go, for the first time in most of our lifetimes we, as a nation, are cast adrift from our nearest friends and neighbours, not of their making, but ours. Brexit (and isn’t that such an ugly word?) has happened. We’ve written a lot about it at Getntothis but now reality has bitten.
When Mark E. Smith played Glastonbury - a personal reflection on a unique talent
Mark E Smith at Glastonbury 2015 Mark E Smith and The Fall played Glastonbury Festival in 2015 and in a personal reflection Getintothis’ Rick Leach looks back to the last ever time he saw them live. It’s hard to explain how much The Fall and Mark E. Smith meant to me, not just as a music fan, but as a writer and as a person. An ever-present fixture in my life since 1978, they influenced me in so many ways; from the music I listened to, the books I read, the films I watched, and so much more.
The Rise, The Fall, The Rise by Brix Smith Start - a fairytale with a grim edge
Brix Smith Start (Credit;Artists Facebook page) In a Venn diagram of compatibility it’s difficult to imagine two people with less of an overlap than that of Brix Smith Start and Mark E. Smith of The Fall as Getintothis’ Rick Leach recounts. Brix Smith Start grew up in L.A. as Laura Salenger and had what she freely recognises as a privileged upbringing; pet ponies, summer camps, liberal school education and more shrinks than you could shake a couch at.
Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Flur set to play live show in Wigan
Kraftwerk at Liverpool Philharmonic Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Flür announces a live date in Wigan, Getintothis’ Rick Leach has the scoop. Kraftwerk‘s Wolfgang Flür is set to play a super-rare gig in Wigan on Saturday February 29. Rising to fame as a member of the ground-breaking and legendary band Kraftwerk, Flür played a key part in the innovation of electronic dance music through the 1970s.
Liverpool Arts Diary: It's A Wonderful Life, Sgt Pepper's and Matisse
Christmas magic galore, The Beatles and more as Getintothis’ Rick Leach runs through the pick of the arts for December. There are some traditions that you just cannot be without at Christmas. We all have our favourites; the ones that if you miss, well, it wouldn’t be the same. There’d be a gap. Not exactly a yawning void at the heart of it all, but nevertheless, there’d be something missing. For this writer – and it’s fair to assume, for many others as well- it’s Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life.
Belle Chen bringing exciting mix of new music to Liverpool's Capstone Theatre
Belle Chen (Credit: Artists Facebook page) Belle Chen brings an exciting and innovative mix of classical music, electronics and more to The Capstone and Getintothis’ Rick Leach looks ahead to something unique.
Songs From Under the Floorboards #7: The Anemic Boyfriends, Camille, Jackie Brenston
Camille (Credit: Artists Facebook page) Alaskan punk, a rock and roll classic and a tune to bring a tear to your eyes as Getintothis’ Rick Leach unveils the latest picks in this month’s column.. This is the thing about music. Just when you think you’re getting bored with it, when you think you’ve heard everything then there’s something new and fresh just around the corner, something to be discovered and to treasure.
Liverpool Biennial: art extravaganza returns for 11th edition in 2020
Evan Ifekoya, Ritual Without Belief, 2018 Liverpool Biennial has revealed the artistic concept and title of its 11th edition next year, Getintothis’ Rick Leach has the details. Titled The Stomach and the Port, Liverpool Biennial 2020 will take place from July 11 to October 25, curated by Manuela Moscoso with new Director, Fatoş Üstek, and the Liverpool Biennial team. Liverpool Biennial is the UK’s largest festival of contemporary visual art.
Natacha Atlas brings Arabic-infused jazz fantasy to Liverpool’s Capstone Theatre
Natacha Atlas (Credit: Artists Facebook page) Natacha Atlas brings her unique and remarkable vocals to the Capstone and Getintothis’ Rick Leach looks ahead to a distinctive performance. Heralded as one of the world’s most distinctive voices, Egyptian-British Natacha Atlas has carved a path synthesising Western and Middle Eastern vocal traditions with mind-blowing dexterity.
Liverpool Arts Diary: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Alexei Sayle, Orson Welles
Ben Castle-Gibb as Victor Frankenstein in Frankenstein (Credit:Tommy Ga-Ken Wan) A Gothic masterpice, the greatest film ever made and shepherds as Getintothis’ Rick Leach picks the best arts happenings for November. In case you hadn’t heard, there’s an election just around the corner. A few weeks hence. An early Christmas present for all of us. Ho, ho and indeed, ho. Politicians of all colour and hues are telling us that “this is the opportunity of a lifetime.” Which I suppose it is.
Win tickets to screening of Depeche Mode film SPiRiTS in the Forest, directed by Anton Corbijn at FACT
Depeche Mode (Credit: Artists Facebook page/ Abi Raymaker) Depeche Mode’s new film, SPiRiTS in the Forest, is set for release and you can win tickets for the screening at Picturehouse at FACT, Getintothis’ Rick Leach brings the details. Across 2017/2018 Depeche Mode embarked on their Global Spirit Tour. They performed to more than 3 million fans at 115 shows across the world.
Erland Cooper set to play first UK headline tour and watch new video
Erland Cooper, multi-talented Orcadian, announces UK dates and new video Getintothis’ Rick Leach with the details. Following live shows, which included sold out London Barbican and Edinburgh performances, Erland Cooper embarks on his first UK tour this autumn on dates that will see him joined by his multi-instrumental ensemble. The tour includes a unique appearance at Glasgow Mackintosh Queen’s Cross Church, a stunning building designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in the late 1890s.
The Fall's Dragnet 40 years on: horror, disbelief and a true classic
The Fall’s Dragnet hits 40 years old and Getintothis’ Rick Leach reappraises an essential record. “Is there anybody there?” is the shouted question that opens The Fall’s second album. “Yeah!” comes the positive reply. There’s no need for an exclamation mark really. You can hear it. Forty years on, Dragnet still has that vital spark, that positivity and a sense of exploration which has the power to astound.
Bruce Springsteen new film to screen at FACT and win tickets
Bruce Springsteen (Credit: Artists Facebook page) Bruce Springsteen’s new film, Western Stars, is set for release and you can win tickets to the first showing at Picturehouse at FACT. Bruce Springsteen‘s first studio album in five years, Western Stars marks a departure for the legendary singer/songwriter while still drawing on his roots.
Kiefer Sutherland announces UK tour and watch new video
Federal Agent Jack Bauer, or rather actor Kiefer Sutherland, is set to tour the UK with his band and Getintothis’ Rick Leach has gone deep cover for the details. Kiefer Sutherland has announced that he will be returning to the UK early in 2020for a string of UK dates including a gig at Liverpool’s O2 Academy.
Storyhouse at Chester: full homemade theatre season details
Storyhouse at Chester has announced an eleventh season of homemade theatre and Getintothis’ Rick Leach has the full details of a wide-ranging and exciting programme. Season 11 will stage six productions between October 2019 and June 2020 at Storyhouse, Chester’s award-winning theatre, cinema and library.
Neil Tennant: Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Neil Tennant appeared at the Manchester Literature Festival and Getintothis’ Nick Davidson heard tales of irony, writing for Smash Hits and Spandau Ballet lyrics. Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant appeared at the Manchester Literature Festival to cheers and applause to talk about his book One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem, the Pet Shop Boys universe and poetry of the mundane.
Saint Etienne - top 10 tracks ahead of their much-anticipated Liverpool date
Saint Etienne (Credit: Artists Facebook page) With Saint Etienne due to play a sold out show in Liverpool, Getintothis’ Mike Hill selects ten top tracks from their extensive back catalogue. There may never have been a group who love music as much as Saint Etienne. The band’s Bob Stanley even wrote the most ambitious and, arguably, the finest history of popular music.
National Museums Liverpool 2020 events revealed - what’s on and listings guide
Co(AI)xistence (Credit:Justine Emard / Adagp, Paris 2018) AI More than Human National Museums Liverpool have announced twelve months of outstanding exhibitions and new permanent displays for 2020, Getintothis’ Rick Leach has the full list. National Museums Liverpool are set to enter 2020 with a wide-ranging and exciting year of exhibitions and new permanent displays.
Pink Kink, Think Pretty, Ill, Queen Zee, Sexdream, Perkie: Don't Drop the Dumbells, Liverpool
Beastie Boys covers, boppy shouty music and kazoos! Getintothis’ Rick Leach was blown away by Pink Kink and more at Don’t Drop the Dumbells Pink Punk Party. It might have only been a gig in what was a former pub, now a creative space by the docks, but as we wandered back into what had probably been the lounge (or the snug; it was hard to tell) of The Bull, there was something different going on.
Capstone Theatre lines up stellar jazz season for Autumn
Marius Neset (Credit: Artists Facebook page) Capstone Theatre anounces up a season of exciting jazz this autumn and Getintothis’ Rick Leach has the details. Jazz is back. To be honest it never really went away, but in recent years it’s been winning over a whole new wider, and younger audiences, right across the UK and further afield.
Parrjazz moves flagship sessions underground to new home
Treppenwitz (Credit:Artists Facebook page) Parrjazz, Liverpool’s premier jazz night, moves to a new home and Getintothis’ Jelly Roll Parker has the details. London’s 606 club and Bass Clef, Edinburgh’s Jazz Bar, Liverpool’s Cavern Club and La Cave du 38 Riv in Paris are icons of the jazz world. Jazz music has traditionally had a natural home below street level.
Red Rum Club, The Mysterines, Ali Horn: O2 Academy, Liverpool
Red Rum Club return to Liverpool for a massive homecoming show and Getintothis’ Rick Leach was there to see something special. Red Rum Club are back in Liverpool. Summer seems to be well and truly over and it’s getting dark earlier and earlier. For the past week we’ve had a near-constant diet of rain. If Winter isn’t quite here yet, then it’s definitely coming.
Shellac announce UK tour including Manchester date
Shellac (Credit:Artists Facebook page) Shellac announce a UK tour including a date in Manchester and Getintothis’ Simon Kirk has the news. Post-hardcore veterans, Shellac, have announced a December UK tour which includes a Manchester date at Academy 2. This is no Christmas cash grab that many nostalgia bands tend to pedal out year on year.
Red Rum Club interview: "We've still got that Tarantino edge"
Red Rum Club set to play a massive Liverpool show and release a new single Getintothis’ Rick Leach chats with them about playing America, 70’s disco music and the joys of working flat out. When you listen to a lot of music and see a lot of artists, you get a certain feeling, an instinct if you will, for when something special is on hand. It doesn’t happen that often to be honest, but when it does, you just know.
The Replacements Don't Tell A Soul thirty years on: beauty, transcendence and chaos
The Replacements (Credit:Artists Facebook page/Dewey Nicks) The Replacements Don’t Tell A Soul turns thirty years old and Getintothis’ Mark Walton praises an overlooked classic. “Don’t Tell a Soul was our least honest record,” says Tommy Stinson now. SPIN magazine was even more succinct at the time: The Replacements‘ sixth album “completely sucks”.
The Kids are alt-right: don't put your life in the hands of a rock and roll band
Iggy Pop, John Lydon, Roger Daltrey and countless more as Getintothis’ Nathan O’Hagan explores the right wing and very conservative perspectives of many rock stars. Since its very inception, rock’n’roll has been synonymous with, if not defined by, the idea of youthful rebellion.
Liverpool Arts Diary: Fleabag live, Don McCullin exhibit, Everyman & Playhouse comedy season - September 2019
British Musical Fireworks Championship (Credit: BMFC Facebook page) Musical fireworks, a film with the greatest tracking shot in cinema and comedy galore as Getintothis’ Rick Leach argues for the artistic merits of understatement. Small and simple moments. That’s what makes art significant and meaningful.
Prince 1999 set for deluxe reissue, three albums to be issued on vinyl and NPG to play UK dates
Prince’s 1999 album to be reissued plus new vinyl releases and NPG live dates, Getintothis’ Rick Leach with the latest from Paisley Park. A reissue of Prince’s 1982 commercial breakthrough album 1999 is to be released this year, it was revealed in a statement about the future of Paisley Park.
John Peel at 80: raising a glass to a broadcaster like no other
John Peel (Credit: Radio 6 Facebook page) John Peel would have celebrated his 80th birthday on Friday and Getintothis’ Rick Leach celebrates a broadcaster whose influence remains undimmed. John Peel would have turned eighty years old on Friday August 30. It’s quite staggering to think that someone who was born in the 1930’s still has such an influence within popular culture to this day. In many ways, John Peel is as relevant now as he was twenty, thirty or forty years ago.
Fetty Wap to play Liverpool Olympia and win tickets in our competition
Fetty Wap to play Liverpool this September and you can win a pair of tickets as Getintothis’ Conor Baxter reports. Fetty Wap is finally landing in the UK for to begin his UK and European tour. The tour was rescheduled to allow time for Fetty Wap to finish recording King Zoo. A record which his fans have been waiting on for some time. As his management point out, it’s definitely best to wait and get these things right.
Hannah Peel announces live shows, Emmy nomination news and watch new video
Hannah Peel (Credit: Paul Heartfield) Hannah Peel will play her latest album live with poet Will Burns and Getintothis’ Rick Leach looks forward to the prospect of something special. Long-time Getintothis favourite Hannah Peel is set to play her Chalk Hill Blue album live in a number of shows this autumn. Chalk Hill Blue, which we rightly gave our Album of the Month accolade in March, is a collaboration between Peel and poet Will Burns.
Pedro Almodóvar's Pain and Glory- a mature and reflective masterpiece
Antonio Banderas in Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory (Credit: Pain & Glory Facebook page) Pedro Almodovar goes introspective for his 21st feature film and Getintothis’ Jane Davies navigates a semi-autobiographical masterpiece. Pain and Glory portrays the life of a film director in decline.The pain being his past regrets and his current poor physical health and the glory being his successful career in film.
Transgressive Records: celebrating 15 years at the top of UK music and listen to exclusive playlist
Transgressive Records are celebrating 15 years at the top of the business with a Reading and Leeds Festival takeover as Getintothis’ Lee Grimsditch reports. Trangressive Records, home to Foals, Julia Jacklin and Mystery Jets are taking over at Reading and Leeds Festival 2019 with exclusive live sets, DJ slots, and other birthday surprises from 9.30pm until late.
FORQ, Sleeping Dragon: Phase One, Liverpool reviewed and chatting about the future of jazz
FORQ turned up at Phase One to play a set of stonking jazz as Getintothis’ Lee Grimsditch reports while Getintothis’ Jonathan Butters chatted to the band about working in different cities, the future of jazz and more. It never fails to amaze us what you can experience on a typical Wednesday night in Liverpool these days.
Jazz: breaking down boundaries and forever innovative - a personal journey
With jazz on a seemingly unstoppable rise Getintothis’ Jonathan Butters takes us on a personal journey through the music that inspries. Jazz is back centre stage, in cities and at festivals. Sons of Kemet, Kamasi Washington, Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia, Snarky Puppy, The Comet is Coming, FORQ and Liverpool’s The Weave. Lots of talented new artists and bands.
The Well Liverpool's DIY music and arts hub set to close
The Well (Credit: The Well Facebook page) Ultra DIY Liverpool arts space The Well is set to close, Getintothis’ Rick Leach outlines the story of another victim of gentrification. There have been too many times in recent years that we’ve mourned the loss of music venues across the city. The Magnet and Buyers Club are just two recent examples of venues that have had to close. Only last month we covered the imminent threat to one of Liverpool’s best and most loved venues, Sound Food and Drink.
Liverpool Arts Diary: new Almodóvar film, a trip to the Moon and Unity Autumn season - August 2019
Antonio Banderas in Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory (Credit: Pain & Glory Facebook page) A brand new film by Pedro Almodóvar, a cutting-edge exhibition from an Italian master and a trip into space as Getintothis’ Rick Leach makes a late New Year’s resolution. Sometimes- a lot of the time really- we take things for granted. Familiarity may not always breed contempt, but rather a sense of indifference.
Exit Music (For A Film) #4: Knife+Heart, Booksmart, We the Animals and the best streaming picks
Knife+Heart, Booksmart, We the Animals A horror thiiler with a difference, a whipsmart coming-of-age comedy and a film to be cherished as Getintothis’ Chris Leathley picks the best films of the month. The summer months can yield strange fayre for the seasoned cinema attendee. Bar the usual slew of summer blockbusters designed to spare parents (I include myself amongst them!) the trauma of 24/7 engagement with their insatiable brood, the cinematic slate for July/August can appear somewhat bare.
DJ Shadow teams up with De La Soul for single with new album due later this year
DJ Shadow (Credit: Derick Daily) DJ Shadow is back with a new single featuring De La Soul and forthcoming album, Getintothis’ Rick Leach has the details. DJ Shadow returns with his first new music in over two years dropping a new single Rocket Fuel, featuring De La Soul. This is the first new studio music that the producer and DJ has released since his 2017 EP The Mountain Has Fallen, which was the appropriately titled sequel to his 2016 full-length The Mountain Will Fall.
Bluedot Festival 2019 review, best bands and what we learnt from Jodrell Bank
Bluedot 2019 (Credit: Scott Sinclair) Bluedot is a festival not only of music but somewhere to expand your mind as Getintothis’ Lily Corke-Butters discovered. Bluedot 2019 had a soggy start, with fairly frequent showers greeting most people on arrival. Despite this, British humour was enough to keep morale high in the campsite, including widespread cheering and applause when the rain finished.
PRIDE: 10 years on and still people ask why?
As Liverpool Pride celebrates its 10th birthday Getintothis’ Sean Weaver argues why we still need it more than ever. For some it comes as a shock when they learn Liverpool Pride has only been going for 10 years. How could this European Capital of Culture, this city of love, peace and acceptance not have a celebration of all things LGB&T? After all some of our most famous sons & daughters are out, loud & proud, from the pioneering April Ashley, to the vivacious Pete Burns and Marc Almond.
Elvis and me- a personal reflection through 40 songs
Elvis’ belt and Getintothis’ Lauren Jones Elvis Presley was lost to the world 40 years ago and in a personal refection Getintothis’ Lauren Jones picks her top 40 Elvis songs. How can anyone begin to describe what it’s like for someone who has shared your life with you and meant so much but never met you? I mean, how can you even describe a ‘hero’ who you’ll never have a chance of meeting and mourn without knowing. Elvis has always been this godlike being for me. Omnipresent.
Hannah Peel wins Emmy Award nomination for Games of Thrones documentary
Hannah Peel has been nominated for an Emmy award and Getintothis’ Rick Leach has the details of a much-deserved success. Long-time favourite at Getintothis, Hannah Peel has been nominated for an Emmy award. Nominations for the 71st annual Emmy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning and Peel has been nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) for her score for the HBO Games of Thrones: The Last Watch documentary.
Janelle Monae: Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Janelle Monae kicked off the Manchester International Festival, Getintothis’ Kris Roberts witnessed a star performance. Chock-full of independent films, concerts, and talks from legends like David Lynch and Yoko Ono, Manchester International Festival is one of the more eclectic festivals that you could find yourself at this summer. And Janelle Monae was sure to set the bar high with a show just as passionate as the fans that adore her.
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