let mermaids flirt with me

so goes the song by mississippi john hurt. horsemouth is listening to the american music show acoustic blues special.

as a bonus last night horsemouth discovered that michael hurley (the original writer of the werewolf) is a) still alive (79 and still going strong) and b) has a documentary about him (presented by a somewhat annoying sock puppet). he still in good voice too and horsemouth can’t knock his picking.

Snock 'N Roll: Adventures With Michael Hurley (Complete Documentary Short) from Marc Israel on Vimeo.


online also there is an account of an abortive attempt to tour late era john fahey round britain - trust breaks down right at the start, mysteriously fahey arrives early at the airport, he’s sick, old and mean. fahey announces he is going home (and then goes on to play several of the gigs with a rival promoter). in doing so he makes an enemy of the original promoter - a texas lawyer with a side career in americana. the lawyer hounds him till his death.

when mississippi john hurt dies he wants to be taken to the sea and given to the mermaids - we see hylas being dragged down to a watery doom by nymphs (lots of nymphs) in john william waterhouse’s painting recently on display/ not on display in manchester.

yesterday horsemouth did some shopping - 5kg rice to the gods of the apocalypse (chris grayling et al.), lots of tins of beans. and cooked a chickpea and swede curry.