Landscape from a Dream (1936–38) by Paul Nash.
• “I was telling a close friend recently, ‘at my funeral, please play this record…’” Yu Su on her love of Laurie Anderson’s second album, Mister Heartbreak.
• “Surrealism is more of an attitude than an art movement,” says Mark Polizzotti, talking about his new book, Why Surrealism Matters.
• New music: Spinning by Julia Holter; The Night Dwells In The Day by Jozef Van Wissem; and The River Of Light And Radiation by Ben Frost.
• The late David J. Skal, author of Hollywood Gothic and others, is remembered at Swan River Press.
• At Colossal: Dizzying gifs by Etienne Jacob infuse mathematical equations into endless loops.
• At Public Domain Review: Charles Rabot’s Arctic photographs (ca. 1881).
• At Unquiet Things, S. Elizabeth says “Help me downsize my library!”
• Drone footage of the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland.
• Mix of the week is a mix for The Wire by Kavari.
• At Dennis Cooper’s: Robert Bresson Day.
• Dance On A Volcano (1975) by Genesis | Volcano Diving (1989) by David Van Tieghem | Eye Of The Volcano (2006) by Stereolab