arguably better sequencing - 'fucking birds'

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'I find that I am obsessed with the idea of continuing after my death, of outliving myself, of leaving behind pictures of my house and my person. but what is the use.' (edmond de gocourt, 7th july 1883)

howard has been busy (over at musicians of bremen dot bandcamp dot thingy) rejigging and refreshing musicians of bremen's offer to you.

sandstorm has been moved from off the album volume four and onto the confiding in the evening star ep. the humming has been moved in in its place. am I born to die? has been moved further down the batting order to place amarach and wonky side by side - arguably better sequencing - 'fucking birds'). 

please let us know what you think of the changes. 

the humming ep remains as it is.

horsemouth is very proud of the humming - horsemouth and howard are indebted to the commons project people at the tate gallery, especially anna and hannah catherine jones for the session they put together, a group of people humming in unison. the trumpet leaked in from a . nearby exhibit (fortunately it was in time). horsemouth is pleased that it has made it onto the album. 

this afternoon 

horsemouth goes to meet howard down by the bike shop. it is half term. howard is proposing an art gallery, horsemouth is proposing alcohol. 

the pages from the goncourt journals goes well. in the early years jules relishes the hidden miseries of the lives of the authors (and writes amusingly about it all) but edmond is made of kinder stuff, he attempts to repeat his brother's witty malice but fails, coming over as either death obsessed or merely malicious. 

horsemouth has been watching a lot of the diana athill on youtube (she really is a very sensible old stick). she is a fan of boswell and chekhov, of personalities that leak through the page. she is less bothered by stories. she discovers that she can write herself. at first she thinks she can write only for therapeutic reasons, later she has a phase where she discovers she can write for fun. horsemouth is keeping an eye out for her other works. 

elsewhere on youtube horsemouth has been keeping an eye on retirement advisors, slow living advocates, resellers, people documenting their lives as they are pushed to the margins of production. 

helpful reseller  thrift a life (horsemouth's go to vlogger, despite the unfortunate incident with the DIJ t-shirt) is selling up his stock and going on the road to live more cheaply  and get well. cottage fairy seems to have it all well sorted - she will continue to wander round the farm dressed in period frocks,