same old man the ides of march

horsemouth is hiding out at his parents' in the countryside. now read on...

horsemouth has been fiddling about on the internet and not really doing any reading. he watched george clooney’s vanity project the ides of march (george clooney as fantasy sensible democratic candidate).

there’s an album of karen dalton’s lyrics (with some chords indicated) that people have recorded - the two horsemouth can find online are a glitch piece and a spirited but slight tune. it’s her voice that does (both on the early material and on the late material) it not the songs themselves (horsemouth opines).

there’s a photo of a young karen (presumably with her first husband).


howard has done a mix encroaching on horsemouth’s jangly guitar area (but with more up-to-date practitioners), the only oldster horsemouth recognises so far is karen dalton singing same old man. horsemouth has been taking the opportunity to listen to music online. he’s brought a guitar (the nashville). ok the sun is shining horsemouth should get out and have a wander.

a friend has recommended a man vanishes (1967) as being similar to close-up the kiarostami film horsemouth just watched - it is about (ostensibly) a man who walks out of his life (and the search for him). horsemouth is reminded of robert johnson (as depicted in peter guralnik’s searching for robert johnson) who, as described by the musicians who travelled round with him, would just up and walk out without warning .

this wandering sickness seems genuinely incomprehensible to horsemouth (he likes his creature comforts too much), this is why he’s much more of a hoarder