The Empty Mask (1928) by René Magritte.
• A Walk Across Northampton: Iain Sinclair and John Rogers wander the streets in search of significant historical locations before ending up at the home of the local magus, Alan Moore. I recently illustrated a new piece of writing by Iain Sinclair but can’t talk about that just now. Later.
• New music: The Invisible Road: Original Recordings, 1985–1990 by Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz, and Through Other Reflections by The Soundcarriers.
• At Wormwoodiana: Mark Valentine reviews Joseph Hone’s The Book Forger: the true story of a literary crime that fooled the world.
• At Colossal: Across rural Europe, Ashley Suszczynski photographs remarkable and ancient masked traditions.
• Among the new titles at Standard Ebooks, the home of free, high-quality, public-domain texts: Poetry by WB Yeats.
• At Unquiet Things: Maggie Vandewalle’s enchanted autumns.
• Richard Norris’s favourite albums.
• Preludes For Magnetic Tape (1966–76) by Ihlan Mimaroglu | Tape Hiss Makes Me Happy (1995) by Stars Of The Lid | Those Tapes Are Dangerous (1997) by The Bug
John, if I may…
1.Jordan Belson’s estate has added one of his last films, Bardo, to Vimeo. Link at the artist’s site –
Jordanbelson.info
2.Criterion has announced pre-orders for a two-in-one Blu-Ray release of what are arguably Val Lewton’s two finest films, I Walked with a Zombie/The Seventh Victim. Release in October. Hooray! There was a DVD box set back in 2008 which is out of print and goes now for whimsical prices. Criterion has been slooowly dribbling out Blu-Rays of the others ever since but these are the two I’ve been waiting for .
Thanks, Stephen, that’s good to hear on all counts. Here’s hoping the Val Lewton films get a release over here, I think they’ve been unavailable for a lot longer as a result of region restrictions.