THE HIFI PIG SELECTION BOX – DIVERSIONARY STRATEGIES FOR THE MODERN WORLD MAY 2023

Inspired by the seventies children’s television program Why Don’t You, HiFi PiG is putting together a monthly digest of links to music, literature, film, and more to inspire, motivate and stimulate you into exploring beyond your typical sensory comfort zone.

Every month we assemble a selection box of links to things we have unearthed and found interesting, fascinating, thought-provoking, or just balls-out entertaining.

PLEASING NOISES

BUBBLEGUM – DAWN RICHARD (Merge Records)

I HAVE A LOT TO SAY – 7EBRA (PNKSLM Recordings)

AYLESBURY BOY – BAXTER DURY – FT. JGRREY (Mint/BMG)

TEETH AND NAILS – TORONTO BLESSINGS (Serial Bowl Records)

THE MONTREUX YEARS: MICHEL PETRUCCIANI – TAKE THE A TRAIN (BMG/Montreux Sounds)

INTRIGUING ARTICLES +

‘I WAS DECADENT, I WAS STUPID, I WAS A FOOL’: THE DARK DAYS OF DONNA SUMMER (The Guardian)

THE ART OF DJING: CARL COX (Resident Advisor)

TOLKIEN’S MIDDLE-EARTH WASN’T A PLACE. IT WAS A TIME IN (ENGLISH) HISTORY (Big Think)

WHAT IS A STUDIO RUNNER? (Abbey Road Studios)

BLEEP IT OUT! THE BOWEL-QUAKING DANCE MUSIC OF LATE-80S YORKSHIRE (The Guardian)

GRIPPING FILM, TV, ART & EVENTS

ADD FUEL – ITER (Galerie Itinerance, Paris, until 17th June  2023)

ROADRUNNER – A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN (Netflix)

JASON LEE: SELECTED AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHS 2008 – 2020 (Leica Gallery, London, until 11th June 2023)

3 DAYS OF DESIGN (Copenhagen, 7^th – 9^th June 2023)

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Amazon Prime/DVD)

Dip in or binge – the choice is yours!

What’s been diverting you? Let us know and we may well include it!

Missed the previous issue? Get the HiFi PiG Selection Box April 2023 here!

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