Armenian postage stamps for this year’s Sergei Parajanov centenary.
• At Criterion.com: David Hudson on 100 Years of Sergei Parajanov. The director is honoured with postage stamps and endless plaudits but when do we get blu-ray releases of more of the films that created all this attention in the first place?
• Steven Heller helps round off a noir-themed week with a look back at New York, the city where letterers never sleep. See also Berenice Abbott’s Changing New York.
• New music: Natur by KMRU; Associated Tone Services by Associated Tone Services; The Berklee Sessions by Scanner & Neil Leonard.
• At Spoon & Tamago: Hyper realistic pencil drawings of metallic objects by Kohei Ohmori.
• At Dennis Cooper’s: You are there: Les Cabarets du Ciel et de l’Enfer.
• Chris Corsano’s favourite albums.
• Signs by Daniel McKee.
• RIP Robert Towne.
• Ciel Ouvert (1985) by Yello | Ciels Ténébreuse (1990) by :Zoviet*France: | Monter Au Ciel (1994) by Transglobal Underground
In a perfect world the soundtrack to Parajanov’s ‘Ashik Kerib’ should be released as well. A lot going on with weird electronics, percussion etc.
That might happen if the films were more widely seen and available. I also like the soundtrack for Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors, the way it varies along with the visuals for each period of Ivan’s life.