Whoever said sunlight was the best medicine? Someone, probably - sounds like the sort of thing somebody might say. Anyhow, whoever they are, they're a fool and I hope they choke. Sunlight is awful, and something ought to be done about it.
I may feel differently in a few days, but right now the daystar and I are not on speaking terms. For the first time in a long. long time I got up the energy to venture out of my room, laptop and microphone in tow, and made a nice little recording nest for myself by the window. Twenty-six minutes and thirty-two seconds later I realized that I had nearly baked myself to death, and barely managed to drag myself back under cover of darkness. Cue three full days of nonexistence and several more of miserable lethargy. In fine: I'm later about uploading than I intended. The best laid mouse-plans, etc.
Anyhow, this installment is a charming little number from 1818. Extracts From Gosschen's Diary, No. 1 - there are no further extracts, at least not that I've been able to turn up, but perhaps they're being released on a bicentennial basis. If so, stay tuned for the next installment in August year-after-next. This one ought to be a special treat for fans of both knife-wielding maniacs and Robert Browning; it was only after recording that I realized this gory gem must have been the inspiration for 'Porphyria's Lover'. As to whether the unhappy protagonist also inspired Bobby B's bit about opening hearts and looking inside them, I am not scholar enough to judge.
Read it for yourself here: Extracts from Gosschen's Diary No. 1
I may feel differently in a few days, but right now the daystar and I are not on speaking terms. For the first time in a long. long time I got up the energy to venture out of my room, laptop and microphone in tow, and made a nice little recording nest for myself by the window. Twenty-six minutes and thirty-two seconds later I realized that I had nearly baked myself to death, and barely managed to drag myself back under cover of darkness. Cue three full days of nonexistence and several more of miserable lethargy. In fine: I'm later about uploading than I intended. The best laid mouse-plans, etc.
Anyhow, this installment is a charming little number from 1818. Extracts From Gosschen's Diary, No. 1 - there are no further extracts, at least not that I've been able to turn up, but perhaps they're being released on a bicentennial basis. If so, stay tuned for the next installment in August year-after-next. This one ought to be a special treat for fans of both knife-wielding maniacs and Robert Browning; it was only after recording that I realized this gory gem must have been the inspiration for 'Porphyria's Lover'. As to whether the unhappy protagonist also inspired Bobby B's bit about opening hearts and looking inside them, I am not scholar enough to judge.
Read it for yourself here: Extracts from Gosschen's Diary No. 1
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