'as april ends and may begins (a change in the season)'

joan didion, blue nights (repunctuated). the blue nights seem like they will never end. but they do.

we have reached the weekend and in the chronology of the devil rides out.we have reached sunday with the witches sabbat on may eve (the goat of mendes in attendance). yesterday the duc de richleau and rex van ryn went to simon's house only to discover a coven of 13 gathering there to perform a black magic ritual - they knock simon out and take him away but he escapes. they return to simon's house but an 'infernal creature' has been left to trap them. they escape.

in the morning they will  decide to follow tanith  (nike arrighi) hoping she will lead them to simon (or lead them to the sabbat). 

we face the dark passage over may eve but on may day itself further obstacles must be overcome. 

nike arrighi subsequently went on to have a career as an artist - the painter of somewhat worrying paintings . 

yesterday horsemouth read (further researches into blok's italian poems, the  timing of blok's visit compared to the dates when the poems were written, some background reading on how blok fits into the pattern of russian literature). tomorrow horsemouth begins his account of blok (and his wife)'s italian journey when they arrive in venice. horsemouth has brodsky's waterline round here somewhere (which would prove useful) but he hasn't found it. 

later howard showed up. they retreated to horsemouth's room and drank (a couple of small bottles of peroni each, two bottles of supermarket beer) and played or listened to music. there was some discussion of the superiority of the vinyl album (the record) as an artefact over the CD or teh digital download. howard is exhausted (but he sang well). horsemouth sang enthusiastically (but not well). he walked howard down to the tube and on his way back found a copy of arianna huffington's book on picasso.

horsemouth has no real plans for the sunday or the bank holiday monday. hail may day! hail the workers' movement! but he will probably be staying in. 

it is cold but bright out and the birds sing.

ah shit he's just remembered he's going for a walk with ayesha AM. good job he's up early.