Electric Floor, Bluedive. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Take a dive to earn a few quid but never be trusted again and let your inner peace be shattered beyond repair or stand up to the fight, the possible knockout blow that can be landed and with it respect and kudos from all angles, all those who listen and take notice. For the Electric Floor it is a symbol of everything they have done so well and continue to be part of that makes them championship heavyweights rather than the lightweight loser who is defeated by their own insecurities and misplaced loyalty to their current circumstances than their promise of what is too come.

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(347 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

Ian Cawley, Gnosis. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

How much of the world is actually real, how much of it is just a by-product of our own consumption and greed? The problem lays with our own perception of what is good for ourselves rather than what is beneficial for the planet. Over commercialised, de-sensitised to the true scale of the issues that are laid out in stark reality before us, Earth is choking, suffocating and throwing up so much bile and yet people are more concerned about profit, the year on year increase of the bottom line and making a fortune out of the world’s misery; it is something to really get angry about, however those that do are still in the minority.

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(487 words, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)

Stormy Waters.

Trade in new Sloops,

Dinghies and Yachts

has sky rocketed this last

quarter,

yet

a downturn is predicted

to hit growth

as there is no forecasted wind

to hit our shores this summer.

A spokesman

said

today, that sails

are likely to be down

for the foreseeable future.

 

Ian D. Hall 2017

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My Inner Guide.

My inner guide

refuses to use anything

but the Ordnance Survey,

not content to update

to Google Maps,

on the basis that anything

so up to date has no historic value,

that having a folded out plan

of the area

and the walk ahead

is filled with status

by having it blow

inside out

at the worst possible moment.

 

Ian D. Hall 2017

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Rab Noakes, The Treatment Tapes E.P. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The resilience and fortitude in the human soul is at times the most amazing and outstanding thing that anyone can ever be privileged to witness. It is an honour at times to see the spirit of the race carry on in the face of untold dangers and come through it, as individuals or as a collective, with courage and resilience so intact that the next thing they do is even more remarkable. To put down on paper, to record feelings that might never have been thought of if such hardship has not been faced is something very special and unique, the framing of the human condition in its most wonderful, so fragile and yet inspired; it is something that Rab Noakes has captured with great sincerity in The Treatment Tapes E.P.

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(382 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Midsomer Murders: Crime And Punishment. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Neil Dudgeon, Fiona Dolman, Nick Hendrix, James Atherton, Frances Barber, Neil Morrissey, Sam Troughton, Manjinder Virk, Philip Bird, Phoebe Campbell, Marty Cruikshank, Emilio Doorgasingh, Susan Fordham, Ty Hurley, Vicki Pepperdine, Sara Powell, Katy Cavanagh, Joe Sims, Clive Swift.

When those who watch become all powerful, is it any wonder that those under the microscope start to wreck a little havoc of their own, to tip the balance back in the favour of common sense rather than authoritarianism, the pettiness of the small minded that can lead to people in rural villages falling out with each other.

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(409 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

The Shell Of Former Glory In Bootle.

Disused, broken shell,

no sign of work, no indication

of what you are meant to be, just

sitting in cold winter sun

for the last three years

and a symbol of everything that the town

has become, left to rot,

shame of the county,

the once fine building

is our children’s first place

to let off fireworks like cannons

in battle, for this is a war within itself

and the stakes are higher

than at any time;

you were once resplendent, towering glory,

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(110 words, estimated 26 secs reading time)

Ben Granfelt, Another Day. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Should we all be so fortunate to see another day, to do over, to Mulligan the bad parts in which mistakes were made and in which hearts possibly were broken, taken apart by the inconsiderate word or the misplaced thought, nothing that should ever lead the virtually innocent to any Hangman’s Tree, not for just the smallest offence, not for the largest indiscretion.

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(427 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Tarnished Brass.

Your doorbell has never worked

so I knocked harder to try and rouse you,

to no avail, either sleeping

or just not in the mood to give me shelter,

your indifference at answering the door,

to give me access for a while

as the rain falls down around my head,

causing clouds to gather, to become storms

that grumble and fork lightning deliver

internal solitude but become the reason for others

to avoid the sparks; I will not knock

upon your door any longer,

I see your doorknocker is but a novelty

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(104 words, estimated 25 secs reading time)

Chris Wood, So Much To Defend. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Seldom is the man who conveys around a camera and reality close to his eye, many forget one, some always deny the other, their choice, their take on truth and certainty; life is after all what we ourselves see and believe and whilst we might disagree with other’s perceptions, there is still So Much To Defend.

Chris Wood, So Much To Defend. Album Review. full post

(411 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)