01/09/23: Best of August 2023

August 2023 is the reclusive month. There has been no summer; only clouds, humidity, and a gentle rain. I have finally moved house. A wedding in Spain in September awaits. No work has been done.

In no particular order:

Films:

• The Wedding Banquet (dir. Ang Lee, 1993)
• Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (dir. Kelly Fremon Craig, 2023)
• True Lies (dir. James Cameron, 1994)
• Eat Drink Man Woman (dir. Ang Lee, 1994)
• The Conformist (dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)
• Funny Pages (dir. Owen Kline, 2022)
• Inside Man (dir. Spike Lee, 2006)
• Aguirre, the Wrath of God (dir. Werner Herzog, 1972)
• An Autumn Afternoon (dir. Yasujiro Ozu, 1962)

Literature:

• ‘Introduction’ to ‘2 Post-Anthropocentrism: Life beyond the Species’: The Posthuman (Rosi Braidotti, 2013)

Music/Sound:

• ‘Place I Know/Kid Like You’: World of Echo (Arthur Russell, 1986)
• ’89: Tony Fretton (Part 1)’: Scaffold [podcast] (The Architecture Foundation, 31 Aug 2023)
• The Enchanted Sea (Martin Denny, 1959)
• Blowout Comb (Digable Planets, 1994)
• ‘Topless Dancers of Corfu’: Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman (Dick Hyman, 1969)

Food & Drink:

• Roasted vegetables — Zephyr courgettes, tenderstem broccoli, red bell peppers, and onion — in a soy-sauce and tomato glaze; with a lime, soy sauce, and parsley aioli (Homemade)
• Languedoc Grenache Vermentino 2022 (TtD)
• Jam oaty cookies and treacle malt sourdough (Number Eight Bakehouse, Darlington, UK)
• Patatas Ali Oli (The Old Yard Tapas Bar, Darlington, UK)
• Hummingbird Cake (Moon Coffee House, Scunthorpe, UK)

Misc:

• Sparta Prague 3 v 3 Copenhagen (2023–24 UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round, 15th August 2023)
• ‘Inside A Beautiful Secret Garden Landed Home Retreat By A Father-Son Architect Duo’ (Stacked Homes, 3 October 2021)
• ‘How To Cook a Cod Head’ (Fallow, 5 May 2022)
• Boston cop falling down the slide (TikTok, trappsta2, 1 August 2023)
• Poster artwork for ‘Typhoon Club’ 4K restoration (Brian Hung, c. 2023)
• ‘Nebraska police pull over man with a Watusi bull riding in the passenger’s seat’ (Twitter, @Phil_Lewis_, 31 August 2023)