Antigone

This is so good. A 1972 TV broadcast of a play - Jean Anouilh's retelling of Antigone. I can imagine seeing this and totally not understanding it as a kid, only to commit certain key details to the subconscious: Stacy Keach as the urbane sexually ambiguous chorus, outdoor scenes filmed in the glass and concrete new atlantis of Lincoln Center, the lovely Geneviève Bujold getting arrested on a hillside by gestapo motorcyclists?!? I love that this is on Netflix.

Figure Geometriche

Children, Clay and Sculpture

by Cathy Weisman Topal. Church sale last weekend.

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

1969 edition of Selma Lagerlöf's The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. Photo montage by Hans Malmberg. This is a traditional Swedish children's story about a boy who in his mischief is shrunken to the size of an elf, and how he befriends a tame goose who wants to be a wild goose. They fly all over Sweden, conveniently passing through every province, so that the story doubles as a kind of tourist brochure. "Oh look, we are flying over Skåne, which boasts many amazing vistas as well as a thriving economy and many amenities for people who live there..."

Un p'tit fond de rouge

I've been slowly accumulating birdy num nums for this album, and while I still don't have them all, much less own the vinyl, I thought I would "drop" the seven songs I have so far as I haven't seen the album posted elsewhere. If you haven't heard this one, it's worth a listen. Un p'tit fond de rouge is a privately-released French folk record from 1978 recorded by glowing forest spirits. It sounds a bit like Book of AM or Brigitte Fontaine, or maybe Jeff's Rue du moulin rompu. Reader, please put out your feelers and see if you can find the missing tracks!

My better half found this tea towel the other day.

Happy Halloween!

Tonight's after s'ghoul special: Watcher in the Woods. Happy Halloween!