Paul Cowdell
@paulcowdell
I research, write on, & talk about folklore. Happy to have been variously described as an 'expert in morbid eschatology' and a 'cannibalism celebrity'.
Another delight of my trip to Southampton was discovering a café catering to the @hagenilda.bsky.social trade
Got over to Southampton City Art Gallery again today - 3rd visit to Emma Richardson's wonderful Levitate Me show, which makes me rather swoony & delirious. For its last month you can see it in conjunction with British Surrealism & Beyond--one room, but some good stuff, including this wonderful Agar
Sitting at my desk, working. Turned to look over my shoulder and this was on the window ledge right outside. Its only response to me walking up to the window was some freakish neck-twisting. It's still there, just watching. Its shadow is falling on my desk. Weird outweighed by sinister.
A great end to my @ventnorfringe.bsky.social, watching a superb #storytelling show by Holly Medland. Absolutely terrific.
Absolutely terrific #storytelling show by @merlfluin.bsky.social at @ventnorfringe.bsky.social last night. 'Tarot Tales' deservedly sold out, and it was a real treat.
Went to a nice storytelling gig tonight at @ventnorfringe.bsky.social. Always good to be back in the lovely Ventnor Library, with its exemplary model of book classification.
In MoMA years ago I saw a kid walk past this and spin the wheel. Room guard leaped over immediately yelling 'Hey! That's not for playing with!' I couldn't stop laughing.
Sometimes local charity shops turn up a raft of rather good CDs that are as refreshing as they were unexpected. (The Mickey MacConnell was a particularly nice surprise) Then I get all hopeful that they're only the tip of the iceberg, and they never are. But I keep hoping.
Updates from the show. Apparently this piece has attracted some adverse comments. I choose to believe it has nothing to do with nipples but reflects local hostility to asteroids. What I laughingly call the 'preparation' for my talk tomorrow turns out to be remembering the actual names of games,
And we'll have a session from Slush Machine Fire in a couple of weeks...