[O]dyssey

'It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.' - james a. baldwin

‘... 1832, the zadkiel of that time had predicted that the electrical condition of the clouds in the political hemisphere would produce unusual perturbations in organic existence.’ - in george eliot, felix holt: radical.

yesterday horsemouth went up to howard’s (chateau bremen) to discuss the cover design for the CD and to check through the text - it all looks good. they also need to launch it on bandcamp. (and at some stage they will need to play some gigs to properly launch it).

meanwhile... er. they went up out for a pizza (a rare treat) and then er.... up the pub.

initially they were thinking it was too hot to be drinking but then (sad to relate) the beer (and in particular a few whiskey and coca-colas) convinced them. the music held them there too - a tribe called quest, mf doom etc. for horsemouth peoples instinctive travels and the paths of rhythm, the later low end theory and the jungle brother’s done by the forces of nature were part of a second flowering of hip-hop, genius records made when it was possible to sample old funk and jazz records (and then get ron carter in to play bass on it). a little later again digable planets, the fugees...


now, of course, horsemouth feels remorseful. he really can’t afford to do this ‘day in the pub’ thing and so after this weekend coming (field day) he will be knocking it on the head for a bit (well at least until the leigh folk festival, oh ok there’s also stick in the wheel and the unthanks in barking before that). mid-july he’s off to cork when he will be comparatively sober (howard is off to oz).

eliot takes us back in time - and through space as well, the space of the journey, a space that will teach us - O (instantaneous travel as if by vacuum tube) will teach us nothing (but an Odyssey will).