on horsemouth's further bargainings with time

horsemouth was discovered. there had been a misunderstanding and horsemouth had been admitted. the books (gifts) to the two little girls were discovered to have been purchased second hand, there was a letter in one - the eldest was already too grown up for the book (and none too pleased with the gift). the books themselves were reddish and probably about historical matters. horsemouth was on maximum charm (he was handling the situation well). 

such was the dream and now it is on with the business of the day (to be a rainy horrible day by all accounts). 

a young adam curtiss tells us about the problems with new system build housing estates (and the failure of oversight in their construction). the key example given is ronan point - there was a gas explosion and the whole side of the tower block collapsed like a house of cards. 

it is an early documentary, one not burdened with excess media ontology. it pretty much all repeats the great inflammable cladding and tower bloc fires scandal  of our times. in the 80ies cladding was proposed also. the cladding was designed to insulate the properties (because  no-one can afford to heat them with electric and were not allowed to  heat them with gas because of the risk of explosion and collapse) but also to keep them dry, to stop exposed metal ties rusting and dropping huge panels of concrete on the people below. 

but when they tested four new systems of cladding - they failed even to keep water out. 

the guy from hackney council is at the trowbridge estate (it's falling down, falling down) he says that the architects and structural engineers are very persuasive when they sell him the remediation strategies but that they were just as persuasive when they were selling him the now failed system build in the first place. the regulator is some kind of a business itself and claims to have no enforcement powers. 

so what have you learned about horsemouth in the last year? (in other words - why should you continue to read this blog?)

that horsemouth is a pessimist 'however bad things are (they can always get worse)' he opines (but he does celebrate the solstice). 

and that his pleas for privacy are somewhat undermined by his willingness to tell you about himself. 

tomorrow he goes to meet richard, billy and stass.(and all at wildhare mansions). soon enough he is back in the wen (john will be visiting and then it's on with the business of the year). 

mixcloud are changing their business model, they propose charging the DJs, hence the end of the golden glow (probably). this affects dying for bad music also (they put their excellent compilations of american primitive guitarists up there). for this reason they are releasing the current mix as a zip download (it looks most excellent).