{"id":31740,"date":"2026-10-03T19:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/?p=31740"},"modified":"2026-10-03T16:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:40:13","slug":"weekend-links-850","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2026\/10\/03\/weekend-links-850\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend links 850"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artuk.org\/discover\/artworks\/peacock-mandala-17004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/drury.jpg\" alt=\"drury.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Peacock Mandala (no date) by Judith Drury.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A few links related to my own activities this week. Firstly, the mix of the week is <a href=\"https:\/\/theinvisiblecollegehastings.wordpress.com\/2026\/10\/01\/guest-mix-john-coulthart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a guest mix<\/a> I put together for The Invisible College. I haven&#8217;t made a properly mixed mix for a while. This one was made with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacityteam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audacity<\/a>, an application that&#8217;s free, open source and multi-platform. Secondly, there&#8217;s the news that <a href=\"https:\/\/swanriverpress.ie\/srp-title\/ghosts-on-the-cam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Ghosts on the Cam<\/em><\/a>, another collection of spectral tales compiled by Robert Lloyd Parry, will be published by Swan River Press in December. I&#8217;ll have more to say about my cover art for the book at a later date. And on the subject of cover art, my cover for <em>The Legend of Charlie Fish<\/em> by Josh Rowntree is being reused by Planeta9 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planeta9.cz\/pribeh-charlieho-ryby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Czech edition of the novel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Halloween approaches. At Wormwoodiana <a href=\"http:\/\/wormwoodiana.blogspot.com\/2026\/10\/the-first-modern-ghost-story-anthology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Valentine<\/a> looks at the first modern ghost story anthology, <em>The Ghost Book<\/em> edited by Cynthia Asquith, which was published 100 years ago this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 At Smithsonian Magazine: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smithsonian-institution\/the-icebergs-is-one-of-frederic-edwin-churchs-most-spectacular-paintings-for-decades-no-one-knew-where-it-was-180989587\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Icebergs<\/em><\/a> is one of Frederic Edwin Church&#8217;s most spectacular paintings. For decades, no one knew where it was.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 New music: <a href=\"https:\/\/aliaszone.bandcamp.com\/album\/passage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Passage<\/em><\/a> by Chris Meyer\u2019s Alias Zone featuring Robert Rich; <a href=\"https:\/\/zoku-zoku.bandcamp.com\/album\/window-to-askoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Window To Askoy<\/em><\/a> by Strugatsky Brothers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 RIP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2026\/sep\/28\/mighty-sparrow-obituary\">Mighty Sparrow<\/a>. Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/wfmu.org\/playlists\/shows\/169134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two hours of Mighty Sparrow&#8217;s music<\/a> at The Explorer&#8217;s Room.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 At the BFI: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/lists\/10-great-south-korean-sci-fi-films\">Josh Slater-Williams<\/a> chooses 10 great South Korean science-fiction films.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 At Nautilus: This obscure 1960s guide to LSD holds up. <a href=\"https:\/\/nautil.us\/this-obscure-1960s-guide-to-lsd-holds-up-1285476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristen French<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 At Colossal: The painted mandalas of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/09\/mu-pan-acrylic-paintings-drawings-mandalas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mu Pan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Strange World of&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/thequietus.com\/interviews\/strange-world-of\/steve-reich-best-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Reich<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/bastardica.mitpit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bastardica<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=js0AhQ9dyec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mandala<\/em><\/a> (1973) by Stomu Yamash&#8217;ta&#8217;s Red Buddha Theatre | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tFuKArnsuVE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mandala<\/em><\/a> (1980) by Fondation | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mXr7pHspWSg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sand Mandala<\/em><\/a> (1997) by Philip Glass<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peacock Mandala (no date) by Judith Drury. \u2022 A few links related to my own activities this week. Firstly, the mix of the week is a guest mix I put together for The Invisible College. I haven&#8217;t made a properly mixed mix for a while. This one was made with Audacity, an application that&#8217;s free, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2026\/10\/03\/weekend-links-850\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weekend links 850&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New blog post: Weekend links 850","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,42,4,851,7,22,3,44,20,10,23],"tags":[14802,14801,14806,7655,14799,13971,14798,12541,124,2903,14804,14805,3131,14800,11000,4315,5223,10543,14155,8228,14779],"class_list":["post-31740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-books","category-design","category-drugs","category-film","category-horror","category-music","category-painting","category-science-fiction","category-typography","category-work","tag-chris-meyers-alias-zone","tag-cynthia-asquith","tag-fondation","tag-frederic-edwin-church","tag-josh-rowntree","tag-josh-slater-williams","tag-judith-drury","tag-kristen-french","tag-lsd","tag-mark-valentine","tag-mighty-sparrow","tag-mu-pan","tag-philip-glass","tag-planeta9","tag-robert-lloyd-parry","tag-robert-rich","tag-steve-reich","tag-stomu-yamashtas-red-buddha-theatre","tag-strugatsky-brothers","tag-swan-river-press","tag-the-invisible-college"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pq7rV-8fW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31740"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31747,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31740\/revisions\/31747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}