pastures of plenty (live from plashet park)

here we have horsemouth and howard live from plashet park having just been for a soup and tea in the cafe. (what a beautiful day)

later they will nip down to the italian pub and split a pizza and drink a little beer - 2 pints for howard, one and a half for horsemouth, they didn't want to drink too much, it was a hot day and a sunday, well horsemouth did but anyway...) but before they got to the pub they played some music. as you can see horsemouth is rocking the laramie in standard tuning (which is not ideal). 

part of this was a desire to sing pastures of plenty the woody guthrie migrant worker anthem. as horsemouth remarked to howard this sits very well with his reading of joan didion's where I was from (agribusiness in the californian valleys). to achieve this horsemouth retuned the guitar to eadgce. there's a recording. horsemouth suggested getting out the dulcimer for it. there's also a video of horsemouth chunking through the riff to babylon's burning (seemingly with howard singing magpie on top of it). 

 

pastures of plenty would of course also fit with nomadland (the old and poor driven out of their houses and into migrant work and van life). 

so what is horsemouth reading? 

he's reading the unicorn by iris murdoch (edvard munch cover). modern independent woman accepts job with strange family in remote old castle with strange neighbours. this is another book box special (powerscroft road, yesterday morning).

horsemouth and his busy social schedule

horsemouth was supposed to be going out for a wander with TG this morning (but he's cried off til tomorrow). horsemouth is trying to arrange a busy social calendar for his visit. at the moment the weather is wonderful but (of course) this can't last.  today a trip to the chemists to get something to unblock his ear.