Mythology and Curios

I was doing a survey on the trains between Gatwick and Reading yesterday and had some time to kill in Reading. Found a second hand bookshop and bought "British Folk Tales And Legends A Sampler" by Katherine Briggs (Paladin paperback reprinted 1980) for £2. It is a superb collection of tales split into sections such as fables,fairy tales,nursery tales,novelle,black dogs,bogies,devils,dragons,ghosts,fairies,giants,supernatural,local legends,saints and witches.A book to dip in to which i did on the last journey when i finished my work. I took the fast First Great Western to Paddington and walked down to Notting Hill to look for record goodies.

Only one item i found interesting that day . Dredd Foole "In Quest of Tense" (Iretones 1994 CDR) home made free folk jams in lovely home-made cardboard sleeve with photo of Dan Ireton on the inside and a stuck-on piece of abstract art on the front. An amazing find for the slightly higher price of £10.Most of these CDR's from the acid-folk brigade are always in limited quantities so to find one of these in a UK shop is a delight. Shades of Pelt,Sunburned,Scorces and Jandek - esp. Jandek in the weird vocals.

I decided not to stay too long as i needed to get back to Brighton earlyish and as i arrived home it just turned to dusk.

Faust night

I am looking forward to the Faust event at the Old Market as i missed them last time they visited Brighton. Played some Faust music today esp. the Box set from ReR and "Nosferatu".

Dipped into the folktales book i bought the other day last night in bed and a bit this morning when Tiggy my cat wanted her food. She laid on top of me nudging the book i was reading. It got too much, esp. when she clawed my face gently, so i wa forced to arise and feed her.