good morning! good morning! this is horsemouth live from the secret laboratory. he is pursuing piers corbyn's theory that hot weather is caused by sunspots and solar flares. to be fair this theory may have been popular at one time because it forms the basis of the giallo macchie solari (staring mimsy farmer, soundtrack by ennio morricone).
the scientific consensus (ah that thing jesus) seems to be that sunspots can affect global temperature (just not as much as other things). it adds about 0.5C to average temperatures. there is apparently an 11 year cycles of high to low sunspot activity. anyway someone mentioned it.
yesterday horsemouth returned to the homestead as part of a planned meet up with howard.
howard had tasks in hackney in the morning. he has tasks there again this friday.
mid-afternoon howard came round with some beer (estrella)...
ok shit no horsemouth is supposed to call him torsten saar ffrom now on for some reason (there was an earlier period you may remember when he was called john smith.
and horsemouth cooked him dinner (fakemeat pasta in a tomato and pesto sauce) which howard pronounced most tasty. horsemouth's plan had been to drink very little (if at all) because it was hot but he allowed himself to be persuaded. they finished off the last bottle of horsemouth's cheap supermarket beer together and then went to walk down to the tube.
on the way there (ahem) torsten proposed going to the pub er... and so they did. horsemouth won the second round by correctly identifying sylvester's do you wanna funk (having suggested to howard that it might be edwin starr's contact). horsemouth owns both records (and indeed used to mix between them). the third round horsemouth had to borrow a £20 from him to pay for (but then he had just paid him £80 for his 12 string guitar. there's a photo. the light is good and horsemouth doesn't look too mashed. thereafter it was belatedly suggested that they might call it a day (against horsemouth's opposition).
the tube was out (for some mechanical reason) and horsemouth had to direct him to the 388.
so horsemouth now owns a 12 string (woop woop). you can probably hear it most clearly on the demo version of horsemouth's new song jai guru. the singing isn't there yet with it (but it will come). it can also be heard on no name resonate (soon to be renamed guitar piece (for pier marton) behind horsemouth's resonator guitar. demos of horsemouth's new tunes can be heard over at soundcloud, horsemouth would be interested in hearing people's opinions of them.
he doesn't think he has a photo for you of the 12 string but he will look.
horsemouth should now has a guitar for every season. (for god's sake horsemouth - how many guitars do you need?) he has too many classical/ nylon strung guitars and could probably do with giving at least one of them away.
horsemouth is not blessed with a resolutely optimistic cast of character. he has a tendency to get anxious (particularly about things he cannot solve) and catastrophise. a good book is often sufficient cure.
today he goes to compete his cat sitting duties (and to hide out from the high temperatures caused by sunspot activity) up in the cloud forest. monday a mancom on zoom and the anniversary of pharaoh sanders second 1971 gig for ORTF. tuesday horsemouth returns to the homestead (through the heat).
the week after next more cat sitting in the cloud forest but at his usual location. horsemouth is off to his folks midway through august.
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