having survived since february

'here we are having survived since february. the last day of work in the outside world 14th march. since then lots of staying in and avoiding crowds. has he succeeded in halving the amount of contact he has with humanity? (probably). certainly no foreign travel. no raves. no gigs. only two or three singing events. no discos. no pubs (amazing that). no second hand book shopping.' 

- horsemouth blogpost 14th october 2020.

 “we both lived in new york” “please, try again.”

once again joan didion looks incredibly stylish. even though she must be 80 or so and distinctly frail. the book gets a bad review (the“please try again.”) 

to see the banners of moki cherry in black and white (very strange). 

life continues to hit hard with a cycle of bad news. horsemouth has a theory about the phonecall. let him check it out.  and now we wait. 

last night a TV show on british rail (BBC 4, timeshift, 10 Oct 2023 - 9:00pm - 10:00pm). now late and lamented british rail (BR) was then much reviled despite being ontime (mostly), efficient and cheap to run). beeching swings the axe, engineers work for 13 years to get the advanced passenger train working - so that they can get 150mph while going round the corners on bendy tracks but in the end it is cancelled and the stop gap intercity 125 ends up in service for 40 years. 

it is an ironic moment to be discussing passenger rail and journey times to manchester for sure. 

typically BR had a film unit (continuing the great documentary tradition of grierson etc.) but once again it was rationalised out of existence.