we are half way down the long dark tunnel already

it is the night of the demon. 

and it is the 45th anniversary year of john carpenter's halloween. horsemouth listened to some youngsters on the FT podcast fail to understand it (you know you are old when the financial journalists sound young to you). 

horsemouth missed the anniversary of his joint dj session with howard on the 24th (but here it is anyway). 

soon we will have reached halloween (samhain) the celtic quarter day half way to the winter solstice (from the autumn equinox). we are half way down the long dark tunnel already. he watched some of gogol - not high art but reasonably enjoyable, gogol as supernatural detective. 

there was a nice set of sound recordings from białowieża - the primeval forest (in existence since the last ice age). 

horsemouth will show you a picture of his daypack. this is what he often takes up onto the common. it contains his diary, the book he is reading, and a water bottle. 

his mum has slept poorly.  the sheep are here (that will annoy her). 

in previous years horsemouth was preparing for gigs or reviewing his efforts in films. no kafka quotes now until november the 1st.