are we so bored by the coronavirus pandemic (as a measure of ruling class incompetence) that we can switch back to brexit again?

or will starving kids over the holidays have to take its place? 

‘this mad riddle that no-one knows what it is’ - so danny dyer (in a strange moment of access to shakespearean genius) described brexit. and indeed no one can know what brexit is (in its full horror and mad glory) until it has happened, and is happening day-by-day. but that dread hour is coming. (and now we find out that the software will not be ready in time). 

in the early stages of the coronavirus epidemic the government was indecisive and locked down too late resulting in tens of thousands of extra deaths (march, april, may). but later on the government had clearly learned its lesson because it was indecisive and locked down too late resulting in tens of thousands of extra deaths (november, december, january, february...). oh well no one can blame them for not learning the lesson of the earlier part of the pandemic on the need to lock down early. 

to horsemouth’s recollection what actually happened is that people stopped going into work before the government called a lockdown. people could see what had happened in italy (and to a lesser extent china) and took the appropriate action. people started wearing masks before it was required by the government. he’s not sure there’s anything the people can do to forestall brexit in the same fashion except to refuse to be sundered from europe in word and deed. 

‘horsemouth, creating and editing notes will be unavailable after 31 october. we know that your posts are important, so any published notes will remain published on your profile. however, any unpublished drafts will be deleted.’ - facebook 

over samhain (when the witches are out and the dead come close) something strange will change with facebook and, come the morning, horsemouth will no longer be able to leave his thoughts with you in this fashion. he migrates the best of it over to his blogspot account (ah you're already here).

but it is not a diary, a daily ritual. horsemouth is unsure how he will handle this side of it.

horsemouth missed the anniversary of this his mixcloud mix of influences. thanks to Ze for introducing him to the john surman piece that starts it off, thereafter we are off into more familiar horsemouth territory for nearly two hours. Skip James, Washington Phillips, Obray Ramsey, witchi tai to and more.

the cover photo is from the bbc m.r. james ghost story lost hearts. (which horsemouth also recommends).