The Toad of Maldoror (1932) by Valentine Hugo.
• Old music: Thank You America (John Robie Dub Mix) by Cabaret Voltaire. Code, the group’s 1987 debut for the Parlophone label, receives an overdue reissue later this year with a substantial collection of remixes.
• At Lesser-Known Writers: Douglas A. Anderson examines the career of Hal Garrott, a writer whose novels for children feature fine illustrations by Dugald Stewart Walker and Mary-Ponton Gardner.
• The August catalogue of lots for the After Dark: Gay Art and Culture online auction. Homoerotic art, photos, historic porn, etc.
• Mixes of the week: The Invisible Collage Vol. 1, and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s Invisible Jukebox Mix at The Wire.
• New music: Modulisme Session 144. Lightning Field 01. Constraint by Philippe Petit, and Signal Loss by Paul Beaudoin.
• At Colossal: Los Angeles Public Library unveils the world’s largest pop-Up book.
• At the BFI: Craig Ian Mann selects 10 great East German films.
• At Dennis Cooper’s it’s Ed Emshwiller’s Day.
• Signaux Codes Non Identifiés (1978) by Michel Magne | Code Rays (Codex Dub) (1995) by Main | Codes (Encryption And Decryption) (2025) by Andrew Heath
It’s pleasing to see The Silent Star (1960) get some attention. Over here in the States people will only know it from the butchered, dubbed version. I’d always wanted to see the original and I just happened to be staring in the right direction during the ten minutes a Region 1, subtitled DVD was available back in 2005. There is, or was, a Region B Blu-ray but it appears to be German only. The movie is striking visually and has an unusual electronic soundtrack. Definitely worth seeing.
Eureka have been doing a lot of the DEFA films on blu-ray recently. Their SF collection includes The Silent Star:
https://eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/strange-new-worlds-science-fiction-at-defa-standard-edition/
I’ll have to give it a watch. At some point I may have enough films to make a new “Strange Adventures” post about offbeat SF cinema.
Code was the 1st post-Red Mecca album that from the Cabs them that it took me awhile to love. But damn if it doesn’t hold up. Looking forward to all those unheard remixes.
excuse the weird typos :)
I’ve never liked the Parlophone albums as much as the Virgin ones but Code still has an edge. Its follow-up is an album I’ve never really liked at all. I expect that may be reissued next.