on the re-introduction of the vulture (a most useful and sagacious bird) and the recent popularity of sky-burial

posted recently a 2012 video drone composition for ebow, zither, monotrons, oboe and percussion with location footage from the brixham - torquay ferry.

well today has sunshine ladies and gentlemen (so it is already a major step up on yesterday).

ladies and gentlemen we are witnessing (and to a greater or lesser extent participating in) an event. the kind of thing that irrupts into history texts and gets a sentence (or two) before we return to the problems of kings and matters of trade. the concerns of prior times now seem strange inappropriate ghosts - a bill to add two additional floors to tower blocks without the involvement of the planning office for example.

presumably this little wheeze was all ready to go three years ago (but then grenfell happened) and so (with regret) had to be delayed.

the theory of disaster capitalism is that when the disaster man comes knocking the neo-liberal politician, in search of new ideas, reaches into his brief case and pulls out a report from a neo-liberal think tank roughly predicated on the withdrawl of the state from some area of social life and the handing over of that function to the wisdom of the market (by means of government contracts with large lawyered up organisations). in the normal course of events such proposals would get scrutinised and amended and watered down but under the pressure of events all sorts of 'radical' proposals get nodded through.

the opponents of disaster capitalism put their faith in their booksales,the democratic process and a green new deal (something like medicaid only bigger - come to think of it wouldn’t that have been really useful in the current... oh never mind) but horsemouth fears that events will get in the way (as did brexit).

and so to the re-introduction of the vulture (that useful and sagacious beast) and its incorporation into various flags and crests in place of the lion. you thought they would replace the rarely seen and frankly reclusive unicorn? a beast many people (whisper it) view to be a complete fabrication and fantasy? not a bit of it - it is the old-fashioned patriarchal lion that must go while the savage though perhaps imaginary beast of the scots gets to stay.

the sun is shining horsemouth will therefore hide in plain sight in the sunshine ladies and gentlemen. he is still waiting for his sector to evapourate online and into work-from-home. normally he would be struggling to keep working but this year he has decided to up stumps and back to the pavilion early.