how I became horsemouth and decided living as a cartoon mule was better than my earthly life

Subject : merry christmas one and all
Posted Date: : 25 Dec 2006, 19:25

horsemouth wishes his many fans merry chistmas from his family demesne in the frankly frighteningly green herefordshire - soon, 12th night, it will be time to take down the christmas tracks and replace them with something more workaday and less seasonal. horsemouth will be back to work at the beach  with the fat children. in the meantime he's got to get on and do some reading. horsemouth's brother has given him a son house session with the 1941 recordings on it - which have appalling sound quality... and even a session with a band with a mandolin.

Subject : never look a gift horse in the mouth

horsemouth was hoping to see his disclaimer cloned across myspace like a rash but antifamily who promised solemnly to put it up have instead opted for some opaque modern art type strategy /.../.../ or some such. horsemouth is feeling the season gringe - but truth be told (armed children, crazed cockney vigilantes, being more celibate than morrissey aside) he has little to complain about. He worries about the effect of being able to watch video footage of amon duul II and pentangle on myspaceyoutubehighfiveportalportalportal (or whatever it's called). Another one of horsemouth's friends left the party early this year, he wishes her peace wherever she is, a good reincarnation, to be fondly remembered like she deserves Another Truman show product placement  - basket of light by pentangle - part of horsemouth's parents record collection. horsemouth finds jaqui mcshee's voice a bit 'pure' for his taste but for him it's the jazz double bassist/rock drummer rhythm section  against bert jansch/john renbourne guitar that does it, that and the choice of material - it's a gatefold album (and probably the source of the dark/brown tonalities horsemouth favours)

Subject : the first picture of you
Posted Date: : 14 Dec 2006, 23:50

Horsemouth has just spent the last 2 day choping up and fiddling with a lost gem of 80s guitar music -The lotus eater's 'the first picture of you'  a disgustingly cheerful (and hideously overproduced) jangly guitar epic - horsemouth's flatmate Howard has suggested that the next co-op cd they produce (and they've produced 2 so far of musicians in the housing co-op) be a covers cd. These cd's they give away free with the co-op magazine to all 150 or so members in the sure knowledge that most of them will use it as a drinks coaster. ok off to wave tim n' dar goodbye - they're off to india too, but not horsemouth.

Subject : how I became horsemouth and decided living as a cartoon mule was better than my earthly life Posted Date: : 07 Dec 2006, 16:33
So tell me about the different parts of your being that have been reincarnated as horsemouth?

 Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace - one of the finest ever reggae drummers, star of Rockers, an absolutely ludicrous Jamaica set caper movie. So again I'm not actually watching the item I recommend for your consumption below...

The picture?
Horsemouth looks like Goya - in fact he looks like no.41 of the caprichios 'ni mas ni menos' which seems to argue that the law is 'no more no less' than an ass (and is having its portrait painted by a monkey). Goya was influenced by Hogarth and Blake - As an engraving it was designed to be printed, to be reproduced mechanically.

The seven souls?
Horsemouth sems to remember, in a past life, taking a dim puritan view of the sometimes rare, sometimes profligate moments of art and beauty in our lives. He seems to remember spending a long time in cargo cults waiting for either the pelican of revolution or the record company egret to descend from the sky and feed him. He is nostalgic for this. Why is living as a cartoon mule preferable to horsemouth's life in the real world? It must be... otherwise why are all these other fools on myspace... it is a mistake to believe this technology is about communication... it is about a more perfectable less material self.

Subject : a hole in my shoe
Posted Date: : 06 Dec 2006, 14:16

horsemouth has a hole in his shoe that is letting in water - he needs to go get new shoes. Horsemouth would frankly rather go to the dentist. Today is a beautiful sunny day, seeing as it's december it is a little nippy and horsemouth is wearing his horseblanket. He's just put up loads of 'candid' 'unposed' photographs of himself from a recent photoshoot - go look! He's a little perplexed that they're not in the slideshow yet (but hey) ... other sources of perplexity include the fact that the other donkeys who work with the fat children have not been told about their armed nature, meanwhile the fat children donkey ride controller has gone on holiday. Horsemouth only hopes no-one gets stabbed in the meantime. The product which horsemouth  would like to bring to your attention today, like a character in the truman show, is john fahey's 'dance of death and other plantation favourites'. Ok- that's it horsemouth has just been offered beans on toast for breakfast.