As  a lot of you know that read the Blazing Minds Blog from time to time I like to announce events that support local bands, artists, actors and film makers etc. This is one of those times.

This is for a local event, in my neck of the woods, and is brought to you by Ocean Jam Productions, so without me banging on about the event, let me give you some details about the event first:

Ocean Jam Music Promotions are proud to present…
Dirty Static with support from
Portlights,
Vevars,
The Bluebottle Veins
and Secateurs.

Doors open at 7.30 pm on the 26th May.

Tickets cost £5 and it will cost £6 on the door.They will be available from Friday the 27th April
If you sell 10 tickets for us then you will get yours for free

Text or call 07414876536 for local tickets and they will be available elsewhere as soon as possible.

Come along and support your local music scene and have a blast while you are at it!

ANY ONE WELCOME! 16+

The night of music is being held at Connah’s Quay Labour and Community Club and it should be an amazing fun filled night with some great music, I get to go myself, but sadly I’m working that night, but hopefully local music lovers will make up for my absence

If you like the sound of a night of music then stop by the Event Page on Facebook and show your support that you’ll be going on the 26th May and most of all, have loads of fun

So It’s now official Vue has acquired Apollo Cinemas for the massive some of £20m, meaning that Vue will now have 85 cinemas across the country. The news spread across several newspaper websites such as The Financial Times, The Independent to name but a few the other day.

Vue Acquires Apollo Cinemas For £20m

Apollo Cinemas is smaller than some of the bigger cinemas franchises such as Odeon, Cineworld and Vue. Apollo Cinemas are also equipped with State of the art Sony 4K digital projection, 3D and some amazing Dolby Digital 7.1 surround systems.

Simon Gregg From Apollo Cinemas said: “I believe that the sale of my late mother’s company to Vue will place the circuit in good hands. We are very proud of what we have achieved and wish all our employees even more success in the future. Being part of Vue allows them new opportunities to progress their careers with the UK’s leading cinema company.”
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So as a lot of you who have read Blazing Minds since day one, you will probably know that I have worked in to the twilight hours with many posts including the music reviews.

A little while back my good friend Dan (@danmillerr) who I met at @ApolloCinemas kindly took a lot of the weight from my shoulders, by becoming the Resident Music Reviewer here on Blazing Minds and believe me when I say it’s very much appreciated.

Today I’d like to introduce you to Dan and let you know just how you can get your music and band reviewed by Dan here on the blog.
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A bit of a short post from me today, it’s really a public announcement for all you  film fans out there that are in the vicinity of my local haunt, @ApolloCinemas Rhyl.

Myself and the cinema have got together for  fun night for all of you who do adore movies and would like to meet up, talk about films that you love or hate, have a laugh, meet new friends and more.

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The event will be held on 1st May at the Apollo Cinema in Rhyl in the sea-view bar, you will have a chance to grab yourself a drink in the licensed bar, with 20% off your first drink, while chatting with everyone.

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So last night was the night that I had tweeted, facebooked and generally shouted about from the roof tops, the night when David Bolton would be performing live on stage at The Apollo Cinema in Rhyl.

All I can say is to those that refused the invitation to come to the show, seriously missed out on an amazing show from David Bolton, as he hypnotised members of the audience to do some really funny things, such as rowing a boat, being a super spy and even a nit nurse!

David Bolton Performed HypnoMagic Live @ApolloCinemas Rhyl

So the night kicked off at about 7:45 with David Bolton explaining to everyone a little bit about hypnosis and what he does in his show and the safety aspects on who can and shouldn’t come up to the stage to be hypnotised.

Then after a little coaxing of the audience several of them took the plunge and took to the stage for the night of fun to begin.

Now I do have to say that I was little sceptical at first, as I am probably one of the few people who can’t be hypnotised and believe me I have tried it to help with the habit of biting my nails, but nothing,  so I wasn’t really sure that this was going to be a good show or not, oh how wrong I was.

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Hey folks, as you may have read the post title, this is the announcement of a special one night only show with David Bolton the hypnotist featured on Ant and Dec‘s Saturday Takeaway, he will be performing live at the Apollo Cinema in Rhyl on the Sunday 25th March at 7:45pm.

David Bolton Live at @ApolloCinemas Rhyl For One Night Only!!

If you are looking for a great evening’s live entertainment full of audience participation then look no further as the David Bolton show is one of the most amazing audience participation shows around.

You’ll have loads of fun as David takes you on a magical journey into your own wild imagination using only the power of suggestion to entertain you for the night.

Even More Great News For Blazing Minds Fans!!!

Yes folks if you book your tickets before 5pm this Saturday, 24th, at the Apollo in Rhyl and mention “BlazingMinds” you’ll get a BOGOF offer, yes buy one ticket and you’ll get one free, now how cool is that!

So simple stop in at the Apollo Cinema in Rhyl and when you book your tickets, just mention “BlazingMinds” you will then get two tickets for the price of one, but hurry, you’ll have until 5PM Saturday, after that the offer won’t be on anymore, so get your skates on and grab your seats before they are all gone.

Grab a friend and grab those tickets, remember quote “BlazingMinds” when you book for your Special Buy One Get One Free Offer, all seats £10.

See you there and enjoy the show

It’s been a while since the last Classic Film Friday post, so as I mentioned last week, I’ve decided to bring the series back, in the Classic Film Friday series I bring you a film that you may have seen or may not seen, some will be very old and some not so old.

Ok let’s get on with this weeks film, for the return of the Classic Film Friday series of posts I have chosen “Screamers” starring Peter Weller and based on the short story “Second Variety” by Philip K. Dick.

I’ve always been a fan of the short stories by Philip K. Dick, yes I did read his stories before Blade Runner was made in to a film, so I was intrigued when Screamers was released in 1996 to see how it adapted to the screen, specially seeing how “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” was brought to the screen with Total Recall, enough said their really
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