'I'd probably start with you'

so horsemouth has  just dropped john off at the 242 (it turned the corner at precisely the right time).

last night they watched kill list (which was most enjoyable but horsemouth will not spoil it for you by recounting the details of the plot). 'I'd probably start with you' (as one of horsemouth's friends remarked). 

earlier horsemouth listed his new NLRs and tried to plan a campaign of reading. he has started with the jan/feb 2020 edition - so just before the pandemic really hit. part of the idea of it is to see how well radical debate has fared when confronted with the actual events that came after it.  

almost immediately he defected to read a little of julian cope's head-on: memories of the liverpool punk scene and the story of the teardrop explodes (one of horsemouth's bookbox finds yesterday). the other was derek bailey's  improvisation: its nature and practice in music (now that really was a bit of a find). horsemouth used to own a copy but he passed it on to a contact (together with ben watson's book on bailey). 

yesterday horsemouth was doing surprisingly well with the sight and sound list of the 100 best films (slightly less well when you discounted the ones he had heard of but not seen and even less well if you only included the ones where he could recite the plot). john bridled at the low showing for african movies (only one ousmane sembene) and for once upon a time in the west (joint 99th). there was an engaging discussion (on the LRB) about what makes a good movie and a favorite movie, and how best of.. lists get constructed. 

anyone care to construct a best of the musicians of bremen list?

horsemouth has had his coffee and he's had his toast. the rest of the day will be devoted to more reading (he guesses)