Mushroom Lady poster (1967) by East Totem West.
• “I want to be able to hear the process happening throughout the sounding music.” Composer Steve Reich talks to Flora Willson about his long career. More Reich: live performances from 1976 by Steve Reich and Musicians of Six Pianos and Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices And Organ.
• At Aeon: Eric Leas on toadstools and toxins. “When I found the mushroom Amanita muscaria being sold in candy wrappers, I uncovered legal loopholes, dangerous dosages and more.”
• At Little White Lies: Nicolas Winding Refn on his return to cinema—and from the dead—with a neon-hued fable about a father-daughter relationship from hell.
• At Bandcamp Daily: Faust reunite without reuniting. The surviving members of the group return with four solo albums.
• New music: Noon by Richard Skelton and Lawrence English.
• Mix of the week: a mix for The Wire by Kaja Draksler.
• Winners of Bird Photographer of the Year 2026.
• At Dennis Cooper’s it’s Luchino Visconti‘s Day.
• Wyrd Daze relaunches with a new issue.
• Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow (1967) by The Strawberry Alarm Clock | Amanita Kingdom (2014) by Moon Coven | Amanita (2025) by Huong Federkeil