an entirely written in the morning blogpost
on the birthdays of leroy 'horsemouth' wallace, john lee hooker, and claude debussy
this birthday is shared with two people he knows (let's see if they remember) and many others.
(myk is always doing this sort of thing)
meanwhile horsemouth is up and the air is distinctly nippy. he has been out to check the chickens (they are still there) and water the tomatoes (their redness is increasing).
yesterday he collected some windfall damsons. he went for a walk on the common and brought the bin back up the drive.
he listened to musicians of bremen's volume four pretty much all the way through (ok a prize if you can guess which two tracks he missed out).
he remains very pleased with it - particularly now that, for the online version at least, the humming has been swapped into the middle spot.
he's proud of his playing on that tune in particular.
it's not that is perfect. horsemouth could recommend 'nips and tucks' and turning things up or down for hours. it's very much how he likes to work - get something down that's fresh, edit it to sound well thought out.
he did something (other than just offer his opinions) on all bar three tracks. indeed there's one that is entirely him playing (pagodas - ok, ok, the parts were written by claude debussy).
with amárach, broadbury down, the humming, dark was the day, and blindspot, he is responding to what howard brought. (though with the humming he did also say that it would make a good track).
horsemouth looks forward to getting back into this playing and recording lark.
today a visit to the village by bus.
autumn arrives. is what it feels like in the air. but that is not due to happen officially until the equinox (september 21st). until then a kind of phony war in the seasons. ratty will watch the swallows and swifts flit, he will get antsy, then he will meet a sailor rat and want to leave to sea. soon enough howard is back to work for another year.
interesting. after eating beetroot last night horsemouth's urine was discoloured (pinkish/ redish). this makes him part of the 10-14% of the population who don't fully metabolise the pigment betanin.
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