Illustration by Frank Mechau for The Love of Myrrhine and Konallis (1926) by Richard Aldington.
• At A Year In The Country: The Delaware Road: “A surreal post-war Albion and Quatermass meets Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.”
• At Colossal: Rajesh Vora photographs the unique Punjabi tradition of adorning homes with sculptural water tanks.
• At Unquiet Things: The fragile eternity of Margaretha Roosenboom’s floral still lifes.
Illustration by Frank Mechau for The Love of Myrrhine and Konallis (1926) by Richard Aldington.
• New music: Damaged by Ghost Dubs, and Selene by Akira Kosemura & Lawrence English.
• At Public Domain Review: Allison C. Meier on The Dance of Death across centuries.
• RIP Shelley Duvall. Related: Anne Billson on Shelley Duvall: her 20 greatest films.
• At Dennis Cooper’s: Galerie Dennis Cooper presents…Félicien Rops.
• Steven Heller’s font of the month is Sisters.
• Eno Williams’ favourite records.
• Two Sisters (1967) by The Kinks | All Your Sisters (1996) by Mazzy Star | Two Sisters (2017) by Gel-Sol
One of my favorite performances by Shelley Duval is in the mid-80s remake of the Twilight Zone series. “A Saucer of Loneliness”, based on Ted Sturgeon’s terrific short story, was included in the first show of the second broadcast season.
If I’ve seen that one I don’t remember it. It’s on YT so I’ll have to give it a watch.
Anne Billson rightly chose 3 Women for the no. 1 spot in her list. Probably the strangest thing Shelley Duvall appeared in, it’s like a David Lynch film before the world had much idea of what “a David Lynch film” might be. Robert Altman had an incredible run in the 1970s.