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Poster for The Phantom of the Opera, 1925. The first Universal horror film, and the best screen adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s novel, was released 100 years ago this month.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 “Evolution seems to have a thing for mind-bending molecules here on planet Earth. Psychedelics are more widespread in nature than you might think. These remarkable compounds, which can profoundly alter consciousness, arose repeatedly across evolutionary time, stretching back at least 65 million years. To date, some 80 species of fungi, at least 20 plants, and a species of toad have been documented to produce psychoactive molecules. And scientists continue to identify new ones.” Kristin French<\/a> presents a trip around our surprisingly psychedelic planet.<\/p>\n \u2022 “There was no condescending sense with Potter \u2014all too present today as then\u2014that the public were idiots who needed to be intellectually housetrained, by their enlightened \u2018betters\u2019. […] Television was not treated as a particularly serious medium, something Potter upended not by performing \u2018seriousness\u2019 but by bringing out the possibilities few had believed it contained.” Darran Anderson<\/a> on the television plays of Dennis Potter.<\/p>\n \u2022 At Public Domain Review: AD Manns<\/a> on a possible origin for the occult lore presented in Charles Godfrey Leland’s Aradia, Or the Gospel of the Witches<\/em>, a founding text for the witchcraft revival of the 20th century.<\/p>\n \u2022 New music: Implosion<\/em><\/a> by The Bug vs Ghost Dubs; Herzog Sessions<\/em><\/a> by Mouse On Mars; VHS Days Vol. 1<\/em><\/a> by Russian Corvette.<\/p>\n \u2022 At Wyrd Britain: A link to a video interview in which the great Ian Miller<\/a> about his long illustration career.<\/p>\n \u2022 At the BFI: David West<\/a> selects 10 great Hong Kong action films of the 1980s.<\/p>\n \u2022 Mix of the week: DreamScenes \u2013 November 2025<\/a> at Ambientblog.<\/p>\n \u2022 At The Wire<\/em>: Stream the new album by Ann Kroeber & Alan Splet<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Seb Rochford<\/a>\u2019s favourite records.<\/p>\n \u2022 RIP Tatsuya Nakadai<\/a>, actor.<\/p>\n \u2022 Phantom Lover<\/em><\/a> (2010) by John Foxx | Phantom Cities<\/em><\/a> (2020) by The Sodality Of Shadows | Phantom Melodies<\/em><\/a> (2018) by Cavern Of Anti-Matter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Poster for The Phantom of the Opera, 1925. 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