Image of the Month — MARCH 2026

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FILMS — FEBRUARY 2026

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(Lee 1956) A Town Like Alice
(Sax­on 2025) The Leg­end of Ochi
(Kar­dos 1953) Small Town Girl
(Tier­ney 2025) Heat­ed Rival­ry: Ep.5 ― I’ll Believe in Anything
(Hall & Tay­lor 1983) The Wind in the Willows
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.1
(Miyaza­ki 1978) Future Boy Conan [未来少年コナン]: Ep.2 ― The Journey
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.2
(Tier­ney 2025) Heat­ed Rival­ry: Ep.6 ― The Cottage
(Wise 1971) The Androm­e­da Strain
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.3
(Zil­balodis 2024) Flow [Straume]
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.4
(Lester 1963) The Mouse on the Moon
(Kim 2015) Detec­tive K: Secret of the Lost Island [조선명탐정: 사라진 놉의 딸]
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.5
(Con­nor 1987) The Return of Sher­lock Holmes

First-time listening for FEBRUARY 2026

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26996. (Miloslav Kabeláč) Mys­tery of Time, Pas­sacaglia for Large Orches­tra, Op.31
26997. (Miloslav Kabeláč) Ham­let Impro­vi­sa­tion for Large Orches­tra, Op.46
26998. (Miloslav Kabeláč) Reflec­tions, Nine Minia­tures for Orches­tra, Op.49
26999. (Miloslav Kabeláč) Meta­mor­phoses II, for Piano and Orches­tra, Op.58
This Is Reg­gaetón 2023 – Part 1 [Spo­ti­fy Playlist]:
27000. (Justin Quiles & Myke Tow­ers) “Whiskey y coco”
. . . . 27001. (Anit­ta) “Envolver”
. . . . 27002. (Lenny Tavárez & Justin Quiles) “Le pared 360”
. . . . 27003. (Queve­do & Myke Tow­ers) “Playa del inglés”
. . . . 27004. (Ovy On the Drums & Ozu­na) “Chao Bebe”
. . . . 27005. (Micro TDH & Piso 21) “Te vi”
. . . . 27006. (Blessd, Ryan Cas­tro„ SOG & El Clooy) “Qué rico [remix]”
. . . . 27007. (Piso 21 & Maluma) “Más de la una”
. . . . 27008. (Justin Quiles) “Fuego forestal”
. . . . 27009. (Reykon & Maluma) “Lati­na”
. . . . 27010. (De La Ghet­to, Dad­dy Yan­kee, Ozu­na & Chris Jedi) “La fórmula”
. . . . 27011. (Zion and Lennox & J. Balvin) “Otra vez”
. . . . 27012. (Piso 21) “Nadie la controla”
. . . . 27013. (Tia­go PZK & Myke Tow­ers) “Tra­duc­tor”
27014. (Lou Rawls) You’ll Nev­er Find Anoth­er – The Very Best of Lou Rawls
27015. (Clan­nad) Mag­i­cal Ring
27016. (Tom Waits) For­eign Affairs
27017. (My Chem­i­cal Romance) Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
27018. (Gabriel Fau­ré) Vio­lin Con­cer­to in D Minor, Op.14
27019. (Toru Takemit­su) From Me Flows What You Call Time
27020. (Toru Takemit­su) Twill by Twilight
27021. (Toru Takemit­su) Requiem [instru­men­tal]
27022. (Óla­fur Arnalds) Impro­vi­sa­tions [record­ed in Ghent, Belgium]

READING — FEBRUARY 2026

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25536. (Amnesty International)Torture and Enforced Dis­ap­pear­ances in the Sun­shine State ― 
. . . . . Human Rights Vio­la­tions at “Alli­ga­tor Alca­traz” and Krome in Flori­da [report]
25537. (R. F. Fos­ter) Foster’s Ency­clo­pe­dia of Games, Includ­ing All the Indoor Games Played 
. . . . . at the Present Day [1897]
25538. [3] (Jerome Bix­by) It’s a Good Life [sto­ry]
25539. (David Wen­grow) The Ori­gins of Civic Life ― A Glob­al Per­spec­tive [arti­cle]
25540. (Michael Moor­cock) The Jew­el in the Skull
25541. (Ian Hod­der) Things and the Slow Neolith­ic: the Mid­dle East­ern Trans­for­ma­tion [arti­cle]
25542. (Jerome Bix­by) The Whip [sto­ry]
25543. (Arthur B. Evans) Anoth­er Verne Man­u­script Trans­lat­ed [arti­cle]
25544. (Madi­son Charl­ton) The Chil­dren of Martha March into Neg­a­tive Space [man­u­script]
25545. (Bede) The Sto­ry of Cæd­mon [excerpt from An Eccle­si­as­ti­cal His­to­ry of the English 
. . . . . Peo­ple]
25546. [2] (William Brei­d­ing) The Sen­su­al World [arti­cle]
25547. (Jacques God­bout) Hail Galarneau!

Image of the Month — FEBRUARY 2026

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FILMS — JANUARY 2026

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(Lopez 2025) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.140 ― A Cli­mate of Death
(Bell 1981) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Ep.1 ― Fit the First
(Chung 1991) Æon Flux: Ep.1–6 ― Six-seg­ment Pilot
(Asquith 1952) The Impor­tance of Being Earnest
(Mox­ey 1972) The Night Stalker
(East­man 1979) The Lit­tlest Hobo: Ep.1 ― Smoke
(del Toro 2025) Frankenstein
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First-time listening for JANUARY 2026

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26978. (Bill Haley) The Dec­ca Years & More [disc 1]
Nige­ria 70 – No Waha­la: High­life, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973–1987:
. . . . 26979. (Odeye­mi) “Oni Suru” 
. . . . 26980. (Prince Nico Mban­ga & Rocafil Jazz) “Sick­ness”
. . . . 26981. (Felix­son Nga­sia & The Sur­vivals) “Black Pre­cious Colour”
. . . . 26982. (Sina Bakare) “Africa”
. . . . 26983. (Sax­on Lee & The Shad­ows Inter­na­tion­al) “Spe­cial Secret of Baby”
. . . . 26984. (Osay­omore Joseph & The Cre­ative 7) “Obonog­bozu”
. . . . 26985. (Inter­na­tion­al Broth­ers Band) “Onu­ma Dimnobi”
. . . . 26986. (Don Bruce & The Angels) “Kin­uye”
. . . . 26987. (Rogana Ottah & His Black Heroes Int.) “Let Them Say”
. . . . 26988. (Etubom Rex Williams & His Niger­ian Artistes) “Psy­che­del­ic Shoes”
. . . . 26989. (Vic­tor Uwaifo & The Titibitis) “Iziegbe [Ekas­sa No.70]”
. . . . 26990. (M.A. Jaiyes­i­mi & His Cres­cent Bros Band) “Mundiya Loju”
26991. (George Shear­ing) George Shear­ing on Stage!
26992. (Chet Bak­er) The Ital­ian Sessions
26993. (Erroll Gar­ner) Con­cert by the Sea
26994. (Rug­gero Leon­cav­al­lo) Gli Zin­gari [com­plete opera; d. Bon­com­pag­ni; Galli, 
. . . . . Bot­tion, Scor­soni ‑1970]
26995. (Bud­dy DeFran­co) Bud­dy DeFran­co en Argentina

READING — JANUARY 2026

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(William Brei­d­ing) Leavings:
. . . . 25501. (Phil Paine) Intro­duc­tion [pref­ace]
. . . . 25502. (William Brei­d­ing) The Sen­su­al World [arti­cle]
. . . . 25503. (William Brei­d­ing) Out Into the Woods [arti­cle]
. . . . 25504. (William Brei­d­ing) Coups d’etats of Child­hood [arti­cle]
. . . . 25505. (William Brei­d­ing) Beyond the Mask [arti­cle]
. . . . 25506. (William Brei­d­ing) Ron­nie Daw­son “Rockin’ Bones” [arti­cle]
. . . . 25507. (William Brei­d­ing) Patron Saint of the Honky Tonks [arti­cle]
. . . . 25508. (William Brei­d­ing) Dead Pop Stars [arti­cle]
. . . . 25509. (William Brei­d­ing) Pop Mat­ters [arti­cle]
. . . . 25510. (William Brei­d­ing) Craw­dad Train [arti­cle]
. . . . 25511. (William Brei­d­ing) Crate Dig­ger [arti­cle]
. . . . 25512. (William Brei­d­ing) Julia Elliott [arti­cle]
. . . . 25513. (William Brei­d­ing) Armis­tead Maupin [arti­cle]
. . . . 25514. (William Brei­d­ing) Leav­ings: 2015 [arti­cle]
. . . . 25515. (William Brei­d­ing) You’ll Be Dead [sto­ry]
. . . . 25516. (William Brei­d­ing) A Tale of Romance [arti­cle]
. . . . 25517. (William Brei­d­ing) What’s Up With Led Zep? [arti­cle]
. . . . 25518. (William Brei­d­ing) Mis­fits in Milan [arti­cle]
. . . . 25519. (William Brei­d­ing) Nasty Boy What Went Wrong? [arti­cle]
. . . . 25520. (William Brei­d­ing) San Fran­cis­co and the Big Beat [arti­cle]
. . . . 25521. (William Brei­d­ing) How To Go Deeply Into Debt [arti­cle]
. . . . 25522. (William Brei­d­ing) The Lar­ry Chron­i­cles [arti­cle]
. . . . 25523. (William Brei­d­ing) Down Among the Lau­rels [arti­cle]
. . . . 25524. (William Brei­d­ing) The Skele­tons of Win­ter [arti­cle]
. . . . 25525. (William Brei­d­ing) My Sister’s Fake Hus­band [poem]
. . . . 25526. (William Brei­d­ing) Page From a Fucked Up Diary [poem]
. . . . 25527. (William Brei­d­ing) About To Begin [poem]
25528. (Andrew Ross Sorkin) 1929 ― Inside the Great­est Crash in Wall Street History 
. . . . . and How It Shat­tered a Nation
25529. (Lau­ra Diet­rich, et al) LBK Out­posts of Eil­sleben: Hunter-farmer Encounters 
. . . . . in the Bor­der­lands of Ear­ly Neolith­ic Cen­tral Europe [arti­cle]
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Image of the Month — JANUARY 2026

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FILMS — DECEMBER 2025

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(Mack­endrick 1955) The Ladykillers
(Booth 1900) Scrooge, or Marley’s Ghost
(Lean 1947) Great Expectations
(Jew­i­son 1967) In the Heat of the Night
(Mar­rin 1938) A Christ­mas Carol
(Ban­gu­ra 2025) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.137 ― The Devil’s Work
(Clements, Hall, Musker & Williams 2016) Moana
(Izatt 2018) A Christ­mas Carol
(Wilkin­son 2025) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.138 ― Book of the Dead
(Roley 1965) Lost in Space: Ep.9 ― The Oasis
(Zemeck­is 2009) A Christ­mas Carol
(Gib­son 2025) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.139 ― Claws Out
(Hall 1941) Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(Spiel­berg 1993) Juras­sic Park