avoid getting into the reviews of the year too early

'the heat is stopping me having ideas at half past one.' - note to the final line of stendhal's memoirs of an egotist.

rainy evening in the wolds. horsemouth has been snoozing most of the afternoon. 

rain and a buggy internet connection. he's waiting for it to go dark so he can go and lock up the chickens and call an end on the day.  

he's just done it 15 chickens and all's well.

 

he's finished reading stendhal's memoirs of an egotist. yes it ends as it does above. he has some other stendhal's here. he can start on the non-fiction (he's not sure if he can face plot and character development and physical description). 

bands

in 2023 horsemouth saw lankum and triple negative at opposite ends of the year. these are the two he would name - lankum  because they are a class act, triple negative because they are the only band that matter. 

in 2024 he saw alula down,  jacken elswyth, charlie parr and two white cranes, lou and leo, the water chorus, 'three chants for women's chorus' by ruth crawford-seeger, minny pops, triple negative, evan parker, bill nace, the renaissance music festival in  crystal palace (killercorp, concrete age, die|kur etc.), stick in the wheel and laura cannell. 

as he remarked last time in 2025 he saw alula down, blue oyster cult, jazz jamaica cunning folk, okinawa shamisen, bity booker, gemma khawaja, carragher academy of irish dance and the  channel one sound system. 

he must avoid getting into the reviews of the year too early. he must leave himself with something to say in the time around the winter solstice.