so horsemouth and sten went out to see adrian sherwood play - there they bumped into former bush house’ers ross and andy (cheers for the squeeze dude). let’s reform the band they all quipped. lou and mike were around (and paul loader - who horsemouth failed to catch up with). everyones kids are now taller than they are (ok at least some of them).
one person confessed to reading what horsemouth writes.
what did the band do next? : - the singer (noma) went on to win olivier’s for best supporting actress (twice now), appeared regularly in doctor who (and is rapidly moving in the direction of national treasure), the bassist (andy) went into the music industry (tour managing, now record label managing) and did well, the drummer (ross) continued working in community health provision (the day job) and played in a number of other bands, horsemouth you know about. sadly pete (the percussionist) died as a result of hepatitis contracted while travelling in india.
various other people stood in for andy on bass (when he was off touring) - nick lacey (snatch foster band) notably, various other people helped out, appeared with, sound engineered and recorded the band etc.
today is (or would have been) charles mingus’s birthday. tomorrow is the anniversary not only of the last recorded john coltrane concert but of the death of george lichtheim critic and historian of marxism. horsemouth has a lot of time for non-believers (raymond aron is another one), for people who won’t just succumb to the poetry of marxism and its vision for humanity but instead want to check the small print and the articulations.
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