“The aesthetic experience is a simple beholding of the object . . . you experience a radiance. You are held in aesthetic arrest.” - Joseph Campbell
Aesthetic Arrest is our weekly dip into the Epicurean pleasures we’ve been enjoying lately. Cheers to that!
This Week’s Apéritif: The Bitter Pompelaretto (Amaretto, Schweppes Pompelmo, Schweppes Bitter Lemon)
Ryan Wildstar’s Recommendations:
Reading: The Forgetters: Stories by Greg Sarris
Listening: Under Milk Wood narrated by Dylan Thomas (original cast recording from May 14th, 1953 at the Poetry Center of the YM-YWHA in New York)
The first broadcast of Under Milk Wood – archive, 1954 (via The Guardian)
Looking: The Art of Josep Tapiró Baró (1836 - 1913)
Viewing: Celebrating the Life of Roger Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) with our personal favorites from his “Poe Cycle” - House of Usher (1960), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) & The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It Before: Roger Corman (1926-2024) (via RogerEbert.com)
Tasting: An Invitation to Indian Cooking: 50th Anniversary Edition: A Cookbook by Madhur Jaffrey
Ryan Elston’s Recommendations:
Reading: A Wilderness Station: Selected Stories, 1968-1994 by Alice Munro (July 10, 1931 – May 13, 2024)
Alice Munro, Nobel Winner and Titan of the Short Story, Dies Aged 92 (via The Guardian)
A Life in Quotes: Alice Munro (via The Guardian)
Listening: Remembering David Sanborn (July 30, 1945 – May 12, 2024) with one of the greatest shows of the late 80s: Night Music (1988-1990)
Watch full episodes of Night Music via Youtube! Playlist #1 & Playlist #2
David Sanborn Obituary (via The Guardian)
Saxophonist David Sanborn, 6-time Grammy winner, has died at age 78 (via NPR)
32 videos of Hal Willner’s ’80s series ‘Night Music’ that display his gift for weird, amazing collaborations (via Brooklyn Vegan)
Looking: The Art of Omar Victor Diop
Official Site of Omar Victor Diop / Instagram / Works for Sale (via Artsy)
Beautiful Struggle: Black History Reimagined – In Pictures (via The Guardian)
Time Traveller: One Senegalese Man’s Journey to the Past – In Pictures (via The Guardian)
Viewing: Viewing: Celebrating the Life of Roger Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) with our personal favorites from his “Poe Cycle” - House of Usher (1960), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) & The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
“The House Is the Monster”: Roger Corman’s Poe Cycle by Geoffrey O’Brien (via Criterion)
Tasting: An Invitation to Indian Cooking: 50th Anniversary Edition: A Cookbook by Madhur Jaffrey
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That’s it for this week! What are your reading, listening, looking, viewing and/or tasting recommendations?
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