First-time listening for MAY 2026

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27053. (Fid­lar) Fidlar
27054. (George Fred­erik Hän­del) Vio­lin Sonata in F, Op.1 #12, Hwv.370
27055. (Palm­bomen) Night Flight Europa
27056. (Mat­teo Man­cu­so) The Journey
27057. (George Fred­erik Hän­del) Vio­lin Sonata in A, Op.1 #10 [doubt­ful attrib.]
27058. (H. P. Love­craft) Live, May 11 1968
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READING — MAY 2026

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25571. (Michael Arvaar­luk Kusug­ak & Robert N. Mun­sch) A Promise Is a Promise 
25572. (Gigi Tevzadze) Trans­fer of Roy­al Fish and the Non-evo­lu­tion­ary His­to­ry of Black Sea 
. . . . . Stur­geons [arti­cle]
25573. (Domi­t­il­la Sagramoso & Akhnet Yarlykapov) What Drove Young Dages­tani Mus­lims to 
. . . . . Join Isis? [arti­cle]
25574. (Dominique Foufelle & Isabelle de Couli­boeuf) Cahi­er de colo­riages Gus­tav Klimt, le 
. . . . . fon­da­teur de la séces­sion Viennoise 
25575. (Esmond W. Non­ter­ah et al) Vit­a­min A Sup­ple­men­ta­tion and Nutri­tion­al Sta­tus among 
. . . . . Chi­dren 6–36 Months in North­ern Ghana [arti­cle]
25576. (Robert Sheck­ley) The Game of X
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Image of the Month — MAY 2026

Posted by on May 1, 2026 No comments

The town of Boucherville, fac­ing Mon­tre­al from across the St. Lawrence. In the dis­tance can be seen Mont Saint-Hilaire, an extinct vol­cano with a crater lake on its sum­mit. To the left of this, and just at the hori­zon, is the tiny vil­lage of Sainte-Madeleine, where my moth­er was born. Beyond the hori­zon are the Mégan­tic Moun­tains, an exten­sion of the Green Moun­tains of Vermont.

FILMS — APRIL 2026

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(Hamer 1954) Father Brown [aka The Detective]
(Ros­mer 1934) The Secret of the Loch
(Mankiewicz 1963) Cleopatra
(Neill 1944) The Scar­let Claw
(Dono­van 2022) Three Pines: Ep.1 ― White Out, Part 1
(Neill 1944) The Pearl of Death
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First-time listening for APRIL 2026

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27042. (Bill Mon­roe) The Essen­tial Bill Mon­roe & The Mon­roe Brothers
27043. (Bernard Her­rmann) Jason and the Arg­onauts Filmscore
27043. (Howl­in’ Wolf) The Chess Box, Disc 1 – 1951–1955
This Is Reg­gaetón 2023 – Part 3 [Spo­ti­fy Playlist]:
. . . . 27044. (Blessd, Mzi­ol­ly, Mike Bahía & Beéle) “Ropa interior”
. . . . 27045. (De La Ghet­to, L‑Gante & LIT kil­lah) “Ku’”
. . . . 27046. (Micro TDH & Yan­del) “Las Olas”
. . . . 27047. (Big Soto, Jer­ry, Micro TDH, ADSO & Akapel­lah) “En solidad”
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READING — APRIL 2026

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25560. (Michael Arvaar­luk Kusug­ak) The Lit­tlest Sled Dog [ill. Vla­dyana Krykorka]
25560. (Oliv­er Wen­dell Holmes) The Path of the Law [arti­cle]
25561. [3] (Andre Nor­ton) Storm Over Warlock 
25562. (Benoît Cursente) Les cagots, his­toire d’une ségrégation 
25563. (Nick Sikkuark) The Name of This Book Is What Ani­mals Think
25564. (T. E. Page, E. Capps & W. H. D. Rouse –ed) Remains of Old Latin, Vol.1 – Ennius and 
. . . . . Caecilius 
25565. (Walt Kel­ly) The Best of Pogo 
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Image of the Month — APRIL 2026

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Yel­lowknife, North­west Ter­ri­to­ries, some­time in the 1960s.

FILMS — MARCH 2026

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(Larkin 1942) Qui­et Please: Murder
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.6
(Wise 1976) I, Claudius: Ep.1 ― A Touch of Murder
(Gar­land 2020) Devs: Ep.7
(Briese­witz 2021) The Wheel of Time: Ep.1 ― Leavetaking
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First-time listening for MARCH 2026

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27023. (André Gagnon) Nel­li­gan [com­plete opera — d. Lacombe; Lavois, Côté, Fortin (2005)]
27024. (Bob Moses) The Silence In Between [elec­tron­ic duo, not the jazz drummer]
This Is Reg­gaetón 2023 – Part 2 [Spo­ti­fy Playlist]:
. . . . 27025. (Ela­dio Car­rion & Justin Quiles) “Guc­ci Fendi”
. . . . 27026. (Casa de Leones) “Shorty”
. . . . 27027. (Anit­ta & Maluma) “El qye espera”
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READING — MARCH 2026

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25548. (Thom Har­mann) The Last President
25549. [2] (Dou­glas Rushkoff) Sur­vival of the Rich­est ― Escape Fan­tasies of the Tech 
. . . . . Billionaires
25550. (Matt Clay­ton) A His­to­ry of Denmark
25551. (Peter McGe­hee) Boys Like Us
25552. (Susan Avin­gaq & Maren Vse­tu­la) The Pen­cil [ill. Char­lene Chua]
25553. (Gau­ti Krist­manns­son) Oss­ian in the North [arti­cle]
25554. (Celi­na Kalluk) Nagling­narniq­paaku­luk [orig­i­nal Inuk­ti­tut ver­sion of Sweetest 
. . . . . Kulu]
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