first post of the (new) year (when the faun met alice)

horsemouth did four gigs last year (two solo (thank you albino, thanks max) , one with howard, and one with peter as horses of the invisible).

he recorded some songs that have been hanging around a while (and some new ones) with howard and an indian harmonium (tuned plus 40% - so the guitars had to be retuned to that). they are just finishing off mixing them. you can hear a fragment on one of them (when the faun met alice) above.

hopefully there will be more gigs this year, they will get the recordings out (on both cd and download), and move onto the next set of recordings in the summer...

the stuff with andrew minty, morven and siobhan from the start of the year has ground to a halt - perhaps temporarily (shame, horsemouth was enjoying it - he likes singing with people, he likes the repertoire).

work continues to roll on ok - horsemouth has effected the transformation into new improved electronic horsemouth (the better to ensure his survival in future decades), he’s paying into a pension (the better etc. etc.), he should probably diversify his sources of work (the better... but he probably won’t - he’s a bit lazy).

financially things are tight (but not impossible) squeezed between rising rent and stagnant wages.

his homestead (the gaff) - horsemouth remains very pleased with (it has been - so far - almost entirely hassle free).

politically horsemouth expects it all to come to a head early in the new year (and this will set the pattern for subsequent years).

horsemouth has, since the summer, been putting himself about a bit more, hopefully it will all pay off.

right, on with the year.

Duncan - of horsemouth and goatboy  has been back in touch, he too has been recording, here are some of his more recent recordings.