• The Midian Books Occulture catalogue launched this week sporting a cover that I pieced together for Midian’s Jonathan Davies. The design pastiches the look of the Process Church magazines of the early 1970s; inside there’s a haul of Process material on sale together with COUM/Throbbing Gristle ephemera (that’s Cosi Fanni Tutti on the right, as seen on her modelling business card), Kenneth Anger ephemera (that’s Bobby Beausoleil on the left) and much more.
• More occulture: Lost Envoy: The Tarot Deck of Austin Osman Spare launches on 11 May at Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Road, London NW3 6DG, from 7–9pm. All are welcome.
• Out this week: Close To The Noise Floor – Formative UK Electronica 1975–1984: Excursions in Proto-Synth Pop, DIY Techno and Ambient Exploration.
• Mixes of the week: Spin Doctor’s All Vinyl Prince Tribute Mix, and the Rum Music Mix by Russell Cuzner.
• David Gentleman’s illustrations for New Penguin Shakespeare books, 1967–1977.
• More electronica: Walberswick by Jon Brooks is now available in a digital edition.
• Blown up: Steve Rose on how cinema captured the dark heart of the swinging 60s.
• Six Quietus writers choose favourite Prince songs. Related: The A–Z of Prince
• A Timeline of Slang Terms for Male Homosexuality by Jonathan Green.
• Berenice Abbott’s views of New York streets then and now.
• Jan Svankmajer is crowd-funding his next film, Insects.
• Laurie Anderson on the creation of O Superman.
• Blood Ceremony: The Great God Pan (2011) | Oliver Haddo (2011) | Ballad Of The Weird Sisters (2013) | Let It Come Down (2014)