horsemouth has started on the clark ashton smith the dark eidolon and other fantasies. the first tale in one of two hyperborean thieves who set off to rob tombs in the cursed city etc. etc. ... the tale of satampra zeiros. curiously enough it was completed 16th november 1929 - the anniversary of this it today (and you now how horsemouth likes anniversaries).
there is a nice footnote about the naturalist ernst haeckel positing the existence of lemuria, the atlantis of the indian ocean that in sinking beneath the waves hid the land bridge and thus the explanation of why there are lemurs in malaysia and madagascar.
thereafter the tales get better (the last incantation, the devotee of evil). the devotee of evil is in a straightforward lovecraftian mode.
horsemouth likes the cottage industry element to ashton smith, who manages to support himself (in poverty granted), by writing pulp fiction. this helps fund his poetry, his painting, his sculpture. he awaits the revival of romanticism (he doesn't know he will have to wait until the hippies).
sten has some jah wobble for him - I could have been a contender (discs 1 and 3) and the rough guide to the music.of the hungarian gypsies.
this morning horsemouth goes to discuss the social housing decarbonisation fund bid. the consortium is assembled (even if all the legal work isn't quite done). the bid will soon be submitted and then we wait to hear if it has been successful. but just because they have all the pieces of the mechanism doesn't mean they have enough houses required by the government to carry them all the way through the process. the question then becomes how the consortium functions then.
while the government money isn't a deal breaker for horsemouth's lot, it may be for some of the other people who are having to borrow this money to do the works. (anyway fuck it. time will tell). .
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