Better Than Friday - 294
Good evening everyone, how goes?
Currently editing the next Sexual Personae installment. Will post as soon as I can.
Hope you have a very nice weekend.
1. Book to Read: Winter Light: On Late Life's Radiance by Douglas Penick (Paid Link)
Douglas Penick, one of the translators of "A Terrace in Rome" by Pascal Quignard, recently sent a kind email, and informed me about this book he'd written - An examination of the extraordinary perspective shift that occurs in old age.
I recommend reading the description, look forward to reading it.
2. Un siècle d'écrivains: Maurice Blanchot
Interesting doc, but what's particularly cool is the interview with Bataille's biographer Michel Surya talking about how he and Blanchot met.
3. Joy Division - "Digital", live 1980
Outstanding footage.
4. "Heaven" by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Recently heard this for the first time, really enjoying it.
5. "Rasputin: The Devil in the Palace" doc by the Youtube channel "Horses"
Nice introduction to Rasputin. Hell of a story.
The Spiny Backed Orb Weaver - Eerie pattern no?
Comments (6)
Cliff, always enjoy learning about what you're reading/watching/listening to. Also, very much looking forward to your next installment of commentary on Paglia's Sexual Personae!---I read this magnum opus in its entirety last summer, and it radically altered my perceptual framework, regarding how I view art, film, literature.
Thank you so much for your kind words my friend, your comment-timing could not be better. I just released the latest installment: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sexual-personae-129555189?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Hope you enjoy it! I feel the same way. It's a tremendous experience.
I always enjoy the book recommendations Cliff. The one on aging looks like it’s worth checking out. I plan to read a book in that same vein that my dad and his friends have read and recommended to me - “The book of Charlie - wisdom from the remarkable American life of a 109 year old man by David Von Drehle
Cliff, the description of the Penick book promises awesome insights. A candidate for a BTF review?
Glad to hear it sounds interesting to you too Darius. Definitely a candidate!
My favourite Joy Division song and such a great clip of it!