in which 'the tone alternates between bawdy comedy and tragic gloom'

46000 Fibres /Lol Coxhill · Concert 20 Red Rose Club "The Crying Hair"

last night horsemoth dreamt of troilus and cressida (despite the fact that he has never heard the poem or seen the play performed nor in fact knew what the plot was). what a pseud he is! (even in his dreams).

so troilus and cressida are 'star-crossed lovers' divided on either side of the trojan war (that can't help). it was being performed at the stately home of horsemouth's dreams (you know, the one with all the murders).  'the tone alternates between bawdy comedy and tragic gloom'  says wikipedia - there is a problem assigning the play to a genre, is it tragedy? is it comedy? it is a problem play. 

later he dreamt of a party at howard's workshop (no such place yet exists).it got  filed up with over-lively revelers even though it was a school night). there was another bit of the dream that will not be (re)called. 

yesterday horsemouth went for a quick walk on the marshes - there were the windchimes at the monastery, there was a crow sounding like a trimphone. 

in the evening he watched the news, farted about on the internet, cooked - sweet potato/red kidney beans and pasta. he read south of nowhere antonio lobo antunes - a survivor of the angolan war reminisces in a bar in lisbon. an heir to lowry. a drunk and a talker. again  'the tone alternates between bawdy comedy and tragic gloom' . 

he listened to an improvised track with howard on it the crying hair (46000 fibres and lol coxhill). lol coxhill is amazing.the rest of the band are less skilled at responding to what he throws out - there's a great synth pad, there's some interesting strings (towards the end), the guitar and the drums don't quite pull it in the directions they wish to go. 

later today horsemouth is due over at catastro/FILLE's to play some guitar. it's unclear which tunes they will attempt. he stayed in and was good exactly to facilitate such an adventure. he liked drinking (but he'd rather play guitar). 

later still the regular weekly phonecall from his mum. the weather is cold (and due to get colder). the house is none too warm. to horsemouth it only feels warm when he comes in from a walk.