books, films, gigs, events april 2024

books 

- joan didion where I was from 

- the white review no.12, foreword by george szirtes 

- ltc rolt landscape with machines

- m. john harrison viriconium

- maxwell fraser welsh border country (dips) 

- franz kafka diaries, 1915 as and when.

- antonia white, diaries 1926-1957

-  t.s. eliot the waste land.

- isabella tromboli resonances on carla lonzi in nlr sidecar and in feminism and art in  post-war italy: the legacy of carla lonzi  ed. francesco ventrella and giovanna zapperi

- mario tronti a message from the emperor, nlr sidecar (reread)

- art forum review of annie ernaux and david ernaux-briot's the super 8 years, 2022 by kit duckworth

films

-  captain sensible being serenaded by a table full of portuguese ladies on his 70ieth birthday

- billy connolly telling rishi sunak to fuck off

- outlaw bookseller, bookpilled/ thrift-a-life, spain speaks, novara media, gary's economics

- 3 youtube video of an architect restoring a house in a french fishing town and his film on françois breton outsider artist in brittany

- steve albini on record company deals (and why not to take them)

-  ken sanders, rare book dealer, tells the story of rough play in the book trade. mark william hofmann american counterfeiter, forger, bomber, murderer.

- jon snow on portugal's 1974 revolution, radio 4. 

- solar panels: are they really worth it? C5 alexis conran

- syd barrett documentary (sky arts)

-  the john hurt (2010) version of 'whistle and I'll come to you' (talking pictures). 

gigs none

events 

met mike and becky at gordon's wine bar on st. george's day, AGM of the communal endeavour, abbey locking and unlocking rota duty, bell-ringing, visit the abbeydore work houses, planting out of six of the broad bean plants (he will do more when they come up) and the potting up of more seeds (basil, coriander). anniversary of lenin at the finland station, RIP loren goldner, RIP drummer albert "tootie" heath of the heath brothers. RIP john sinclair,  anniversary of musicians of bremen recording sessions 2022, horsemouth's 2000th blogpost.