a piece of work

'what a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god, the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals.'  

and yet we die and then all of that is gone. 

horsemouth's brother has made no progress with either practicalities or christ stopped at eboli (which is a pity because they are both very good books).  horsemouth has finished high rise so now he has to find a new book to read. there are plenty of books in the house but few are to his taste. he has read a few pages of the xavier de maistre. 

horsemouth is intrigued by the woman who played tanpura (tamboura) at the percussion maestros of north and south india 18th may1996 gig at masonic auditorium, SF, CA, with pharoah sanders (reeds), william henderson (harmonium), zakir hussain (tabla) and ustad sultan khan (sarangi). 

more on ustad sultan khan tomorrow. 

fazal qureshi (kanjira, tabla) is listed on the gig but never seems to be in shot in these clips (perhaps he played another night/ another set). 

the woman who played  tanpura is not named but by detective work horsemouth thinks she could be  jane chaudhuri or lynn taussig  both of whom have played  tanpura on a swapan chaudhuri recording (or played other indian instruments either with pharoah sanders) or it could be or loveleena labroo who has played tanpura with ustad sultan khan). horsemouth guesses there is a whole san francisco/ berkeley indian music scene descending from ali akbar khan. 

he wondered if lynn taussig would be related to harry taussig (sometime american primitive guitarist, and tarot card designer) or michael taussig. 

what does decarbonisation mean? 

it means more pylons because it means a vast expansion of the electricity grid.  in the uk the problem is that the site of production (the north sea - offshore wind) is far from the site of consumption (the prosperous and populated south).  

'in june, the national audit office found that a shortage of installation technicians was impeding the government’s introduction of smart meters, which was supposed to have been completed in 2019.'

beyond this there is a problem with the lack of qualified installers for solar panels, heat pumps and even smart meters.

will we (the UK) get to net zero by 2050? horsemouth's sources are doubtful. 

horsemouth does not have to go down to the abbey this morning (it being a sunday they are having some kind of a service). he will go down to lock it up this afternoon (just in case). his mum went down to lock it up yesterday afternoon together with sally his brother's wife.