six more weeks of winter says punxsutawny phil

'this evening we had our fourth penny reading.'  says kilvert. this was a great success with people crammed into the room and even trying to listen in at the windows. 

six more weeks of winter  says punxsutawny phil (the famous groundhog). winter in america to quote gil-scott heron. here in the wilds and the norths we are up to a 9 hour and 10 minute days. 

robert lawson has just released a new album recorded live in  la polivalente malaga in january 2025 (saturday the 18th horsemouth believes) with antonio dobon on double bass and jerome tagher on percussion. 

today a journey to the forge (and back). 

yesterday dystopian dialogue (adam roberts). horsemouth still professes an interest in utopias (but not their ugly and badly behaved cousin). on substack horsemouth shared afro-blue impressions by the classic john coltrane quartet on pablo live records.

this was an album horsemouth got out of hereford record library (and he's sorry to say taped) when he first lived in the wilds of herefordshire back in the early 80ies (his parents had moved there). it's the classic quartet blazing their way through the material, opening with a tough version of ‘lonnie's lament’ and later, in particular, a stonking version of ‘afro-blue’ (mongo santamaria).

this caused horsemouth to look out mongo santamaria’s original version and later to try a guitar version of it (to no great success).