Podcast appearances and mentions of Paul Bowles

The Arch Stanton Quartet will conclude its yearlong music-and-spoken-word series “Exploring the Sheltering Sky: The Music and Words of Paul Bowles” with a free public performance on June 19 at the Albany Institute of History & Art. The performance begins at 12:30 p.m.“Exploring the Sheltering Sky” debuted in October 2025 and has been performed at a dozen libraries for hundreds of patrons who have been transported to the world of Paul Bowles' writing and music. The series has been generously supported by a community-arts grant from the Albany County Arts and Culture program, coordinated by Advance Albany County Alliance.

Numerosi scrittori, artisti e musicisti hanno trovato ispirazione in Marocco. Potremmo cominciare dal viaggio fondativo del pittore Eugène Delacroix nel 1832, la cui eco ancora risuona nel soggiorno a Tangeri di Henri Matisse, tra il 1912 e il 1913. Con Alessandro Tamburini ripercorriamo le trame letterarie tessute da numerosi scrittori: Paul Bowles naturalmente e poi ancora Mark Twain, Pierre Loti, Edmondo De Amicis, Edith Wharton, Jean Genet, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote. Il Marocco fu spesso letto da questi autori nella chiave dell'orientalismo. Negli anni Sessanta e Settanta la Beat Generation (William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg) utilizzò invece registri diversi: esilio, marginalità, libertà, sperimentazione. Ricordiamo quella stagione con Gianni De Martino, protagonista e storico della controcultura beat italiana. E le sonorità ipnotiche della musica marocchina lasciarono una traccia nei brani di Ornette Coleman, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix. Per lungo tempo le voci marocchine hanno avuto meno spazio nella costruzione e soprattutto nella circolazione internazionale di questa narrazione, che pure li riguardava da vicino, come spiega Karima Moual. Solo in tempi più vicini a noi una nuova generazione ha fatto sentire la propria voce, proponendo una visione del Paese forse meno poetica, ma più vera. 

Numerosi scrittori, artisti e musicisti hanno trovato ispirazione in Marocco. Potremmo cominciare dal viaggio fondativo del pittore Eugène Delacroix nel 1832, la cui eco ancora risuona nel soggiorno a Tangeri di Henri Matisse, tra il 1912 e il 1913. Con Alessandro Tamburini ripercorriamo le trame letterarie tessute da numerosi scrittori: Paul Bowles naturalmente e poi ancora Mark Twain, Pierre Loti, Edmondo De Amicis, Edith Wharton, Jean Genet, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote. Il Marocco fu spesso letto da questi autori nella chiave dell'orientalismo. Negli anni Sessanta e Settanta la Beat Generation (William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg) utilizzò invece registri diversi: esilio, marginalità, libertà, sperimentazione. Ricordiamo quella stagione con Gianni De Martino, protagonista e storico della controcultura beat italiana. E le sonorità ipnotiche della musica marocchina lasciarono una traccia nei brani di Ornette Coleman, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix. Per lungo tempo le voci marocchine hanno avuto meno spazio nella costruzione e soprattutto nella circolazione internazionale di questa narrazione, che pure li riguardava da vicino, come spiega Karima Moual. Solo in tempi più vicini a noi una nuova generazione ha fatto sentire la propria voce, proponendo una visione del Paese forse meno poetica, ma più vera. 

Tangeri è una città di confine, affacciata sullo Stretto di Gibilterra, tra il Mediterraneo e l'Atlantico, sulla soglia tra diversi continenti, culture, lingue, religioni. Nel polifonico mondo marocchino, è la città dei viaggi e della scrittura, legati nell'opera del suo cittadino più famoso, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa. Per larga parte del Novecento Tangeri è stata una città internazionale, frequentata da spie, avventurieri, viaggiatori, inventata e raccontata dai grandi scrittori, a cominciare da Paul Bowles; una città dove la letteratura ha trovato rifugio e gli scrittori spesso perdizione. In tale prospettiva da qualche tempo Tangeri attira un numero crescente di turisti internazionali, che tra la Medina e il vecchio porto sono felici di lasciarsi avvolgere nella tela di ragno di queste narrazioni. Al tempo stesso la città sta riscoprendo i suoi legami con la storia e la cultura del paese al quale appartiene.Le diverse voci marocchine raccolte in questo documentario raccontano una Tangeri diversa dalla sua immagine, aperta al futuro, impegnata in una trasformazione mai veramente compiuta.

Tangeri è una città di confine, affacciata sullo Stretto di Gibilterra, tra il Mediterraneo e l'Atlantico, sulla soglia tra diversi continenti, culture, lingue, religioni. Nel polifonico mondo marocchino, è la città dei viaggi e della scrittura, legati nell'opera del suo cittadino più famoso, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa. Per larga parte del Novecento Tangeri è stata una città internazionale, frequentata da spie, avventurieri, viaggiatori, inventata e raccontata dai grandi scrittori, a cominciare da Paul Bowles; una città dove la letteratura ha trovato rifugio e gli scrittori spesso perdizione. In tale prospettiva da qualche tempo Tangeri attira un numero crescente di turisti internazionali, che tra la Medina e il vecchio porto sono felici di lasciarsi avvolgere nella tela di ragno di queste narrazioni. Al tempo stesso la città sta riscoprendo i suoi legami con la storia e la cultura del paese al quale appartiene.Le diverse voci marocchine raccolte in questo documentario raccontano una Tangeri diversa dalla sua immagine, aperta al futuro, impegnata in una trasformazione mai veramente compiuta.

Tangeri è una città di confine, affacciata sullo Stretto di Gibilterra, tra il Mediterraneo e l'Atlantico, sulla soglia tra diversi continenti, culture, lingue, religioni. Nel polifonico mondo marocchino, è la città dei viaggi e della scrittura, legati nell'opera del suo cittadino più famoso, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa. Per larga parte del Novecento Tangeri è stata una città internazionale, frequentata da spie, avventurieri, viaggiatori, inventata e raccontata dai grandi scrittori, a cominciare da Paul Bowles; una città dove la letteratura ha trovato rifugio e gli scrittori spesso perdizione. In tale prospettiva da qualche tempo Tangeri attira un numero crescente di turisti internazionali, che tra la Medina e il vecchio porto sono felici di lasciarsi avvolgere nella tela di ragno di queste narrazioni. Al tempo stesso la città sta riscoprendo i suoi legami con la storia e la cultura del paese al quale appartiene.Le diverse voci marocchine raccolte in questo documentario raccontano una Tangeri diversa dalla sua immagine, aperta al futuro, impegnata in una trasformazione mai veramente compiuta.

Un jeune fermier.Une nouvelle épouse.Un miroir. Et peu à peu… la réalité qui se fissure. Dans Sur le Grand Miroir, le conteur marocain Mohammed Mrabet dicte à l’écrivain américain Paul Bowles une histoire troublante de jalousie, de sang et de dérive mentale. Un récit brut, presque hypnotique, entre tradition orale et tragédie psychologique.

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par Benoit Basirico Cinezik Radio sur Cinezik.fr A l'occasion de la rétrospective que lui consacre la Cinémathèque Française du 8 octobre 2025 au 11 janvier 2026, voici notre plongée dans l'univers sonore d'Orson Welles, un véritable architecte du son, au fil d'une carrière faite de génie et de conflits avec les studios, autour de chefs-d'œuvre comme “Citizen Kane”, “La Soif du Mal” et “Falstaff”. Des partitions conçues autour de motifs récurrents et d'orchestrations sombres (Bernard Herrmann), d'ambiances jazz vénéneuses émanant des juke-box (Henry Mancini), de thèmes mélancoliques remixés et fragmentés par le réalisateur lui-même (Paul Misraki), de musiques torturées pour exprimer l'oppression (Jean Ledrut dans Le Procès), de nappes sonores vibrantes et nerveuses (Angelo Francesco Lavagnino) et de jazz espiègle ou atonal (Michel Legrand). Se croisent la révolution du film noir (Citizen Kane, La Dame de Shanghai), l'adaptation radicale des tragédies shakespeariennes (Macbeth, Othello, Falstaff), le cauchemar bureaucratique kafkaïen (Le Procès) et les essais-documentaires vertigineux (Vérités et Mensonges), témoignant de la quête perpétuelle de contrôle artistique de ce géant du cinéma. Programme des B.O : De l'autre côté du vent (Orson Welles, 2018) - Michel Legrand Vérités et Mensonges (Orson Welles, 1973) - Michel Legrand La Soif du Mal (Orson Welles, 1958) - Henry Mancini Le Procès (Orson Welles, 1962) - Jean Ledrut Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) - Bernard Herrmann La Splendeur des Amberson (Orson Welles, 1942) - Bernard Herrmann Le Criminel (Orson Welles, 1946) - Bronisław Kaper La Dame de Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947) - Heinz Roemheld Macbeth (Orson Welles, 1948) - Jacques Ibert Othello (Orson Welles, 1951) - Angelo Francesco Lavagnino & Alberto Barberis Dossier Secret (Orson Welles, 1955) - Paul Misraki Falstaff (Orson Welles, 1965) - Angelo Francesco Lavagnino Le Troisième Homme (Carol Reed, 1949) - Anton Karas It's All True (Orson Welles (reconstruit), 1993) - Jorge Arriagada Too Much Johnson (Orson Welles, 1938) - Paul Bowles

Vänner, bekanta eller totala främlingar. Resesällskap kan skifta, men hur vi betraktar dem kan förändra hela resandets natur, menar Henrik Nilsson. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Likt solrosor som vänder sig mot ljuset står resenärerna med sträckta huvuden under skärmen på flygplatsen. Blicken letar efter rätt avgång, och sedan försvinner vi åt olika håll. Om jag har en stund över går jag inte direkt till gaten, utan slår mig istället ned bland människor som väntar på ett helt annat flyg. Där njuter jag av att befinna mig i början av en resa som aldrig kommer att göras, på ett sätt som påminner om när jag var barn och drömde mig bort till avlägsna länder. Det händer att jag letar jag upp avgången till en stad som spelat en särskild roll i livet, som Lissabon eller Bukarest. Andra gånger väljer jag istället en destination som är helt okänd för mig. Ibland tar jag då fiktionen ett steg längre, och börjar småprata med någon intill mig om platsen dit jag egentligen inte ska: Har du hört hur vädret är i Tirana? Det ska bli skönt att komma tillbaka till Marseille!Innan förklädnaden faller återvänder jag till mitt riktiga liv. Men det korta mötet dröjer kvar, och väcker tankar om samtal och sällskap längs vägen. Att resa ensam eller tillsammans – det är ett av de första besluten som måste tas innan man ger sig av. Med ett resesällskap kan man dela intryck och skapa minnen att gemensamt återkomma till efter hemkomsten. När man reser på egen hand för man istället en dialog med sig själv; lägger ibland märke till andra saker, hamnar kanske i samspråk med andra människor.För det finns också en annan sorts resesällskap – människorna som man träffar under färdens gång. Dessa sammanträffanden kan vara korta och till synes oansenliga, men påminner om Hjalmars Gullbergs rader: ”Om i ödslig skog ångest dig betog, / kunde ett flyktigt möte vara befrielse nog … Byta ett ord eller två / gjorde det lätt att gå.” I andra änden av spektrumet finns bekantskaperna som förändrar livets gång, kanske början på en lång vänskap eller kärlek. Efteråt återkommer vi då till slumpens roll. Tänk om vi inte hade hamnat i samma tågkupé, eller fått bord långt ifrån varandra på restaurangen?Med tiden har möten och samtal under resans gång kommit att bli minst lika viktiga för mig som berömda katedraler och museer – just eftersom de inte kan förutses och inte står med i några guideböcker. Frågan är om man inte kan se sådana oväntade bekantskaper som de sista vita fläckarna i en värld som redan har kartlagts i minsta detalj.En som förstod värdet av tillfälliga resesällskap var Franz Kafka. I dagboken kan man läsa om den semester han åkte på mot slutet av sommaren 1911 med vännen Max Brod. Knappt har tågresan västerut börjat förrän en hatt ramlar ner från hyllan, vilket blir en förevändning för Kafka att tala med den flicka som senare dyker upp i inledningen till den oavslutade roman som de båda vännerna arbetade på efter resan. Så fort Kafka hamnar i en tågkupé skildrar han medresenärernas alla förehavanden och personligheter, och när han och Max Brod färdas till Zürich, Milano och Paris kommer de i kontakt med allt från en judisk guldsmed och grekisk läkare till en handelsresande i vykort och ett ungt kyssande italienskt par.Världslitteraturen rymmer också många fiktiva resesällskap. Vad vore Dante utan Vergilius? Och Don Quijotes äventyr utan hans vapendragare och resesällskap, den fattige bonden Sancho Panza, som med jordnära humor och ironi balanserar husbondens storslagna visioner? Nog hade det varit sorgligt om Don Quijote var ensam om att få se havet för första gången när de kommer till Barcelona. I slutet drabbas riddaren av svårmod och klarsyn. Tårarna Sancho Panza fäller vid hans dödsbädd påminner läsaren om att detta, bland mycket annat, är en roman om en mycket speciell vänskap. Och om att resa tillsammans.Resesällskapet kan också fylla berättartekniska funktioner i litteraturen, som ett sätt att öppna en intrig eller introducera romangestalter. Den ryska 1800-talsprosan vimlar av möten i tågkupéer eller på ångbåtar som hjälper handlingen på traven. I den indiska författaren Anita Nairs roman Kvinnor på ett tåg fungerar en nattlig resa från Bangalore till landets sydspets som en förevändning för sex olika kvinnor att berätta sina dramatiska livshistorier för varandra och läsaren.I reseskildringar finns två diametralt olika sätt att närma sig människor man möter längs vägen. Många författare använder sådana möten och samtal för att teckna ett större skeende; illustrera den politiska situationen i ett samhälle eller den kulturella egenarten hos ett land. Själv tilltalas jag av en annan, något mindre vanlig sorts reseskildring, där författaren avstår från att göra sina resesällskap till verktyg och istället låter dem framträda i sin egen rätt. Som i spanjoren Julio Llamazares bok Trás-os-Montes, där författaren under några dagar reser i den glesbefolkade portugisiska regionen med samma namn. På ett anspråkslöst sätt talar han med en äldre barberare i staden Bragança och fruktförsäljare vid landsvägen. Han överger sökandet efter huset där upptäckaren Ferdinand Magellan eventuellt föddes, och hamnar istället i samspråk med några brandmän som vilar i skuggan utanför stationen. Det enkla men känsligt tecknade mötet gör att de under en kort stund överskuggar betydelsen av sjöfararen som gjorde den första världsomseglingen för över fem hundra år sedan.Liksom romankonsten har resan dödförklarats många gånger. Den amerikanske författaren Paul Bowles menade att resan tynade bort samtidigt som ångfartygen försvann, och att snabbare transportmedel bara resulterade i en ytlig form av turism. I weekendresornas tidevarv, då vi regelbundet får ta del av listor över årets hetaste och mest överskattade resmål, kan det vara lockande att hålla med honom.Men även om resan som en väg till fördjupad förståelse av världen och det egna jaget är hotad, påminner författare som Julio Llamazares om att det aldrig är för sent att skärpa blicken på främmande platser och länder. Kanske skulle en renässans för att resa på djupet kunna gå genom en omvärdering av resesällskapet som fenomen. En sorts kopernikansk revolution, där destinationerna och sevärdheterna inte längre är det viktigaste – utan där medresenären som utan förvarning dyker upp längs vägen står i centrum. I så fall är en sådan renässans inom räckhåll för var och en av oss – bara några ord och en människa bort.Henrik Nilssonförfattare och essäist

Annemieke Bosman praat met regisseur Nordin Lasfar over zijn film Mohammed & Paul: Once Upon a Time in Tangier, die in première gaat op documentairefestival IDFA in Amsterdam. Mohammed & Paul: Once Upon a Time in Tangier biedt een onorthodox portret van Mohammed Mrabet, de enige auteur die niet kan lezen of schrijven. De documentaire volgt zijn bijzondere vriendschap met schrijver Paul Bowles, schetst een kritisch beeld van de Amerikaanse kunstenaarskolonie in Tanger en verkent het grensgebied tussen het imaginaire en het reële. Fragmenten van Mrabets verhalen, opgenomen op tientallen cassettebandjes, worden aangevuld met magisch-realistische AI-beelden: een gigantische vis, een meloen die een paleis herbergt en andere poëtische visuele scènes.       Opgegroeid in Nederland als kind van Marokkaanse ouders, raakte regisseur Nordin Lasfar geïnspireerd door de schrijver Paul Bowles, die hem kennis liet maken met de literatuur en verhalen van Marokko. In de jaren '60 en '70 was Tanger een levendig toevluchtsoord voor westerse kunstenaars en schrijvers van de beatgeneratie. Midden in dit artistieke landschap stond Mohammed Mrabet, een jonge visserszoon en meesterverteller uit de Marokkaanse mondelinge traditie. Zijn verhalen kregen wereldwijd bekendheid toen Bowles ze opschreef, wat leidde tot een innige maar complexe vriendschap tussen de twee mannen, gevormd in een tijd van artistieke vrijheid, sociale ongelijkheid en verborgen taboes. Nu, op hoge leeftijd, kijkt Mrabet terug op die jaren en op zijn unieke manier van verhalen vertellen. Lasfar volgt hem via archiefbeelden, interviews en sfeervolle straatbeelden van Tanger en onderzoekt de balans tussen Mrabets stem en die van de schrijver. Tegelijkertijd stelt de film een fundamentele vraag: wie is de eigenaar als het alleen gehoord wordt via de stem van een ander?

The Arch Stanton Quartet (ASQ) will present a series of upcoming free performances of music, readings, and reflections inspired by Paul Bowles' celebrated 1949 novel “The Sheltering Sky.” Performances will be held at libraries throughout Albany County, supported by a community arts grant from the Albany County Arts and Culture program, coordinated by Advance Albany County Alliance.On its surface, Bowles' novel follows an American couple, Port and Kit Moresby, and their friend Tunner on a journey of post-WWII North Africa. Enigmatic and philosophical, the richly layered novel ultimately explores the depths of the human psyche, and its descent into despair and alienation. Less known is Bowles' work as a composer of music.

Jeff Greenwald, author of the brilliant travel memoir "The Size of the World: Once Around Without Ever Leaving the Ground" was today's guest.In the course of the conversation, he discussed:-What the ideal travel companions are-What it's like to travel by freighter-The mysteries of the Dogon people of Mali-A moving encounter with novelist Paul Bowles in Morocco-The many meanings of pilgrimage-The Lhasa Valley in TibetAnd much more. The Frommer's Travel Show was named one of the 13 best for travel by the New York Times. It is a weekly podcast, hosted by Pauline Frommer, daughter of Frommer's guidebooks founder Arthur Frommer, and President of Frommer Media LLC. Mentioned in this episode:Check out the Smart Travel PodcastThis week's show is supported by the new Smart Travel Podcast. Travel smarter — and spend less — with help from NerdWallet. Check out Smart Travel at the Link below:Smart Travel Podcast

Other Minds's own Devin King joins us to read an excerpt from our first ever OM book, Peter Garland's Ingram Marshall: A Personal and Musical Appreciation. Born in 1952 in Portland, Maine, Peter Garland was one of the original students at CalArts in 1970, where his principal teachers were Harold Budd and James Tenney. From 1971 to 1991 he edited and published Soundings magazine and press, where he printed the work of four generations of mostly American composers. As an editor and essayist he played a pivotal role in the rediscovery and re-evaluation of such composers as Conlon Nancarrow, Silvestre Revueltas, Lou Harrison, Paul Bowles, Dane Rudhyar, Harry Partch, and James Tenney. King gives us a first look at what's in store.Music: Rave by Ingram Marshall (New Albion); Dark Waters by Ingram Marshall, performed by Libby Van Cleve (New Albion); Hymnodic Delays – Low Dutch by Ingram Marshall, performed by Theatre of Voices (Nonesuch)Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.otherminds.orgContact us at otherminds@otherminds.org.This episode of the Other Minds Podcast is hosted and edited by Joseph Bohigian and Devin King. Outro music is “Kings: Atahualpa” by Brian Baumbusch (Other Minds Records).

Rebecca is excited to speak with Pakistani-Canadian author Saad Omar Khan about his debut novel, Drinking the Ocean, published by Wolsak & Wynn in 2025. Saad was born in the United Arab Emirates to Pakistani parents and lived in the Philippines, Hong Kong, and South Korea before immigrating to Canada.  He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics and has completed a certificate in Creative Writing from the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto. His short fiction has appeared in Best Canadian Stories 2025 and other publications. Saad lives outside of Toronto and is currently working on his second novel. Books mentioned: Ley Lines by Tim Welsh Stella Maris; Blood Meridian; All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin The Sheltering Sky; Travels: Collected Writing 1950-1993; The Stories of Paul Bowles by Paul Bowles Abdullah Ansari of Herat: An Early Sufi Master by A.G. Farhadi https://www.saadomarkhan.com/ https://www.instagram.com/s.omar.khan/ https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/collections/all/products/drinking-the-ocean https://www.biblioasis.com/shop/fiction/short-fiction/best-canadian-stories-2025/ https://augursociety.org/  

The Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri grew up poor and illiterate on the streets of Tangier in the waning years of colonialism. He told the story of his childhood in his autobiographical novel For Bread Alone – El Khubz El Hafi in Arabic, Le Pain Nu in French. Choukri went on to write much more, chronicling life in post-independence Morocco during the “years of lead,” and the marginalized underclass of Tangier: its barflies, prostitutes, petty criminals, day-to-day survivors. We spoke to scholar and translator Jonas El Busty about the unique subversiveness of Choukri's work, and why it still resonates so strongly today. We also talked about the reception of Choukri's work, and the power dynamics embedded in its translation. SHOW NOTESJonas El Busty is a professor of Arabic at Yale University. He has translated Choukri's short story collection Tales of Tangier, as well as the third installment of Choukri's autobiography, Faces, and is the editor, alongside Roger Allen, of the scholarly anthology Reading Mohamed Choukri's Narratives: Hunger in Eden. For Bread Alone was translated by Paul Bowles, in a process that remains contentious to this day. Choukri's writing about some of the famous Western writers – Jean Genet, Tennessee Williams, Paul Bowles – who visited or lived in Tangiers is collected in In Tangier Ursula recently wrote an article in the New York Review of Books on Choukri, Tangier, colonialism and nostalgia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tangier was a magnet for artists, writers, musicians, and political exiles throughout the mid-20th century, amongst them the writers Paul Bowles and William Burroughs   From 1924 to 1956 the city operated as an international zone under the joint administration of several European powers. This status created an environment of legal ambiguity, which, combined with the city's strategic location at the crossroads of Africa and Europe, made it a haven for those seeking escape from the constraints of conventional society   The zone had  a sense of lawlessness and freedom, attracting a diverse mix of expatriates, spies, smugglers, and avant-garde intellectuals. The city's permissive attitude towards drugs, homosexuality,and radical political thought made it a particularly alluring destination for members of the counterculture.   Composer and writer Paul Bowles, settled there and drew members of the Beat Generation to the city to be inspired, to complete their projects and to live the Moroccan dream. Few lived in human dialogue with the locals, operating rather as economically priveleged colonial bohemians    William Burroughs' time in Tangier in the 1950s deeply influenced his novel Naked Lunch. Burroughs saw the city as a place where the constraints of Western morality could be discarded in favor of a more experimental and uninhibited lifestyle.   He christened it THE INTERZONE   Although the Tnagier International Zone officially ceased to exist in 1956, its mythos lived on in literature, music, and the enduring image of Tangier as a place where the world's outsiders could find a home   Multimedia artist and curator Abdelaziz Taleb, director of The Arab Media Lab Project has taken a deep dive into the Interzone - both its reality and its myth, exploring the blurred line between the two.  He came to the Bureau to talk about it, the often untold influence of Moroccans on the Beats,  and the mystery of Tangier.   For more on Aziz and the Interzone Project and Here   #counterculture, #thebeatgeneration, #thebeats, #tangier, #thetangierinternationalzone, #thetangierinterzone, #interzone, #burroughs, #bowles, #williamburroughs, #paulbowles, #heroin, #nakedlunch, #thearabmediaproject, #allenginsberg, #jakckerouac,#mohammedchakri, #bryingyson, #brianjones, #joujouka,#morocco    

durée : 00:19:59 - Le Feuilleton - Le 29 décembre 1995, après être passée à Malaga où est enterrée Jane Bowles, Amalia Escriva arrive à Tanger pour rencontrer son mari, l'écrivain Paul Bowles. Elle découvre à quel point l'existence de cette femme et de ses œuvres est difficile à saisir.

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week's friend is Irene Herrmann! We recorded this last week at her home in Santa Cruz, CA. Tunes in this episode: * Walking in the Parlor (0:35) * Betty Likens (18:25) * Folding Down the Sheets (31:34) * Shoes and Stockings (47:31) * Sheep Shells Corn by the Rattle of his Horn (52:47) * Bonus Track: Shaking Down the Acorns Buy The Early Years from The Harmony Sisters (https://alicegerrard.bandcamp.com/album/the-early-years) Check Irene's Paul Bowles collection with the University of Delaware (https://findingaids.lib.udel.edu/repositories/2/resources/2075) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band's website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

Come explore existential despair, the hell of isolation, and the mad dash into oblivion with Nathan and David. On this episode, your hosts have an in-depth discussion on Paul Bowles' 1949 novel The Sheltering Sky - a novel of stark prose and philosophical depth that follows Port and Kit Moresby, an American couple traveling in post-WWII North Africa. Nathan and David delve into the themes of finiteness, the pursuit of oblivion, selfishness, and the differences between a tourist and a traveler, all set against the sublime and terrifying beauty of the Sahara desert. Listen along and tell us what you think of Bowles' masterpiece and its dark, captivating narrative.

Are we clowns? Do we not discuss books in a serious enough manner? We discuss these questions plus two more short works from Franz Kafka and Paul Bowles. And finally, we nominate books for March. In typical fashion, we select more than one book! Thanks for listening! Books added to TBR: Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Contact Us: Instagram @therewillbbooks Twitter @therewillbbooks Email willbebooks@gmail.com Goodreads: Therewillbebooks ko-fi.com/therewillbbooks patreon.com/therewillbbooks

                                                             Welcome To Hotel BohemiaEccentric. Rebellious. Amoral, quite often. But bohemianism was, maybe still is, about much more than just frightening the horses.The writer Virginia Nicholson recently told the Today programme that "in a sense, we are all bohemians today".But what is a bohemian, how do you spot one, and might you be a boho, too?"Bohemian" was originally a term with pejorative undertones given to Roma gypsies, commonly believed by the French to have originated in Bohemia, in central Europe.The Oxford English Dictionary's definition mentions someone "especially an artist, literary man, or actor, who leads a free, vagabond, or irregular life, not being particular as to the society he frequents, and despising conventionalities generally".But the connotation rapidly became a romantic one. From its birth in Paris in the 1850s, and the huge success of Murgier's play Scenes de la vie de Boheme, the ethic spread rapidly.Gypsy clothes became all the fashion, sparking a style which lives on today through lovers of boho-chic like Sienna Miller and Kate Moss. And artists and poets from Baudelaire to van Gogh characterised bohemian ideals.Its foundations in the Romantic movement of the 19th Century imbued bohemians with an almost quasi-religious sense of purpose.In Puccini's opera La Boheme, the poet Rodolfo and his friends do not shiver in their Parisian garret where Mimi's hand is famously frozen merely because of their poverty. Theirs, as Rodolfo has it, is a higher, if more sensual, calling.I am a poet!What's my employment? Writing.Is that a living? Hardly.I've wit though wealth be wanting,Ladies of rank and fashionAll inspire me with passion;In dreams and fond illusions,Or castles in the air,Richer is none on earth than I.Although steeped in its French roots, the bohemian ideal transferred easily to many countries and cultures.In Britain, the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the aesthetic movement of the 19th Century imbued bohemianism with a dangerous, dashing, social cachet. Later, the exploits of the Bloomsbury group - one of whom was Nicholson's grandmother, Vanessa Bell - thrust it into the cultural limelight.Across the Atlantic, poets and writers like Jack Kerouac, William S Burroughs and Paul Bowles led their own offshoot. And the playwright Arthur Miller's prose conjures the musty essence of that temple of American bohemia, Manhattan's Chelsea Hotel, where "there are no vacuum cleaners, no rules and shame"."Everyone has a view of what the bohemian is," says Nicholson. "The bohemian is an outsider, defines themselves as an outsider and is defined by the world as an outsider... A lot of people regard them as subversive, elitist and possibly just a little bit immature."Bohemians were typically urban, liberal in outlook, but with few visible political passions and, above all, creative. Though critical of organised religion, they were keen - witness the pre-Raphaelites and Oscar Wilde - to defend and explore the religious spirit.Above all, they defied the constrictions of hearth and home and the false morality which they believed underpinned it.In essence, bohemianism represented a personal, cultural and social reaction to the bourgeois life. And, once the latter was all but swept away by the maelstrom that was the 1960s, the former was doomed, too.UNTIL NOW!!!!&a

Gonçalo Cadilhe conta-nos das muitas voltas que já deu, do que sente mais falta quando viaja, o que sente mais falta quando volta a casa e, claro, de muitos livros. Neste episódio, Hugo e Gonçalo desencontraram-se nos seguintes livros: - A Lua Pode Esperar, Gonçalo Cadilhe. - Anatomia da Errância, Bruce Chatwin (1997). - Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989), ensaios. - Na Patagónia (1977), Bruce Chatwin. - Que Faço Eu Aqui (1989), Bruce Chatwin, póstumo. - O Céu Que nos Protege, Paul Bowles (1954) - Peregrinação, Fernão Mendes Pinto (1614, 30 anos depois de morrer), Índia, China e Japão. - Planisfério Pessoal, Gonçalo Cadilhe (2005), viagem pelo mundo sem aviões.

Topics: Treefort, Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky, Last Works, Web Of Connection, Valis, Mother Goose, Ziggy, Synchronicity, 42 Clues, The Next Day, Rock 'n' Roll Suicide, Intention, Composition, Resolution, Tritone, Modal, Theater, Loving The Alien, Art, Th...

“A willingness to fail is an important part of difficult beauty. Because difficult beauty will arrive first not as beauty at all.” –Chloe Cooper Jones In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Chloe discuss the philosophical concept of “easy beauty” and “difficult beauty” in the context of travel (2:30); how our relationship to places changes over time with repeated exposure (15:00); how art and travel, home and adventure, became important aspects of Chloe’s life (23:00); how the archetype of the “Hero’s Journey” evokes aspects of home as well as travel (35:30); Chloe’s investigation and experience of “dark tourism” in Cambodia, and how it gave her perspective on how other people view her disability (45:15) and how there’s no easy way to navigate the polarities of the self, but trying to do so can result in a hard-won experience of beauty (1:08:00). Chloe Cooper Jones (@CCooperJones) is the author of Easy Beauty: A Memoir. She has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Feature Writing, and was the recipient of a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, as well as a Howard Foundation Grant from Brown University. Notable Links: Bernard Bosanquet (English philosopher) Sublime (philosophical concept) Paris Writing Workshops (Rolf’s summer writing classes) The Vagabond’s Way, by Rolf Potts (book) Lake Como (lake region in Italy) “The Loss of the Creature,” essay by Walker Percy Teotihuacan (pyramid site in Mexico) Pico Iyer (travel writer) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (book) Quality (philosophical concept) “Such Perfection,” (Believer essay by Chloe Cooper Jones) The High Line (elevated greenway park in New York City) Roland Barthes (French literary theorist) Souvenir, by Rolf Potts (book) The Sheltering Sky, by Paul Bowles (novel) Heroes of the Fourth Turning (2019 play by Will Arbery) “The Grateful Acre,” monologue from Arbery’s play Hero’s journey (narrative template) Minangkabau people (ethnic group in Sumatra) Wanderjahre (journeyman tradition in Germany) Gyoza (Chinese dumplings) Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese Buddhist monk) Killing Fields (genocide sites in Cambodia) Poetics, by Aristotle (philosophical treatise) Catharsis (purging or purification of emotions) The Philosophy of Horror, by Noël Carroll (book) Dark tourism (phenomenon of travel to tragic places) Tuol Sleng (Cambodian genocide museum) Francis Galton (English explorer and geographer) Tuk-tuk (auto-rickshaw common in SE Asia) Sørumsand (provincial town in Norway) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

“A willingness to fail is an important part of difficult beauty. Because difficult beauty will arrive first not as beauty at all.” –Chloe Cooper Jones In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Chloe discuss the philosophical concept of "easy beauty" and "difficult beauty" in the context of travel (2:30); how our relationship to places changes over time with repeated exposure (15:00); how art and travel, home and adventure, became important aspects of Chloe's life (23:00); how the archetype of the "Hero's Journey" evokes aspects of home as well as travel (35:30); Chloe's investigation and experience of "dark tourism" in Cambodia, and how it gave her perspective on how other people view her disability (45:15) and how there's no easy way to navigate the polarities of the self, but trying to do so can result in a hard-won experience of beauty (1:08:00). Chloe Cooper Jones (@CCooperJones) is the author of Easy Beauty: A Memoir. She has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Feature Writing, and was the recipient of a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, as well as a Howard Foundation Grant from Brown University. Notable Links: Bernard Bosanquet (English philosopher) Sublime (philosophical concept) Paris Writing Workshops (Rolf's summer writing classes) The Vagabond's Way, by Rolf Potts (book) Lake Como (lake region in Italy) "The Loss of the Creature," essay by Walker Percy Teotihuacan (pyramid site in Mexico) Pico Iyer (travel writer) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (book) Quality (philosophical concept) "Such Perfection," (Believer essay by Chloe Cooper Jones) The High Line (elevated greenway park in New York City) Roland Barthes (French literary theorist) Souvenir, by Rolf Potts (book) The Sheltering Sky, by Paul Bowles (novel) Heroes of the Fourth Turning (2019 play by Will Arbery) "The Grateful Acre," monologue from Arbery's play Hero's journey (narrative template) Minangkabau people (ethnic group in Sumatra) Wanderjahre (journeyman tradition in Germany) Gyoza (Chinese dumplings) Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese Buddhist monk) Killing Fields (genocide sites in Cambodia) Poetics, by Aristotle (philosophical treatise) Catharsis (purging or purification of emotions) The Philosophy of Horror, by Noël Carroll (book) Dark tourism (phenomenon of travel to tragic places) Tuol Sleng (Cambodian genocide museum) Francis Galton (English explorer and geographer) Tuk-tuk (auto-rickshaw common in SE Asia) Sørumsand (provincial town in Norway) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

Em cada dia, Luís Caetano propõe um poema na voz de quem o escreveu.

Programón tuvimos el sábado Se autorizó la compra de un nuevo avión presidencial, Vanuatu sufre ciberataque y vuelve al S.XX, San Francisco autoriza robots asesinos, Elon Musk da via libre a la amnistía, los privados quieren llegar a la Luna. Después de irrumpir en la escena del hip hop con un estilo fresco y único los @brckhmptn se despiden con un disco cargado de rap. El sábado charlamos sobre The Family. Mati se metió en el mundo de las novelas y nos contó sobre El Cielo Protector de Paul Bowles, los sentimientos más íntimos de una pareja relatados a traves de su viaje por el norte de África. Encontra este y mucho más contenido todos los sábados a las 13hs por www.fm913.com.ar o en Spotify

Mati se metió en el mundo de las novelas y nos contó sobre El Cielo Protector de Paul Bowles, los sentimientos más íntimos de una pareja relatados a traves de su viaje por el norte de África. Encontra este y mucho más contenido todos los sábados a las 13hs por www.fm913.com.ar o en Spotify

Em cada dia, Luís Caetano propõe um poema na voz de quem o escreveu.

Joanie Conwell fulfilled a dream in May of 2022, visiting Morocco for two weeks, inspired by the works of Paul Bowles. And she did it as a solo traveller, unaccompanied and through her own planning and research. With a bit of help from Destination Morocco podcast, especially Episode 4!Joanie joins Azdean today to trace her adventure through northern Morocco, starting in Casablanca then staying in Rabat, Tangier, Tetouan, Chefchaouen and Fès.Joanie shares her expenses, including the average nightly cost of her accommodations, recounts special moments with strangers, and gives her views on whether it's a good idea to travel solo to Morocco, and what to expect.A lot of information on the internet seems designed to frighten travellers curious about Morocco. Walking along the shoreline near Hassan II Mosque, observing regular families strolling at the sunset: the reality is much more nuanced than what you read online.You're about to learn:Understanding transportation as a solo traveller. Azdean explains the differences between the petit and big taxis.How Joanie took Azdean's advice to upgrade her basic room to a living room suite with gorgeous views, for only about $25 extra.The price of a 2nd class ticket on the high speed train (Al Boraq) from Rabat to Tangier.Taking a long-distance big taxi ride with six Moroccan strangers.How the price for virtually everything that isn't prepaid is negotiable. Finding a taxi ride that was one-tenth of the original price quoted.How to avoid the touts hassling you to sell bus tickets, and just book online. Or, how to prepare for the touts and get a successful outcome.Joanie's great advice for anyone with dietary restrictions, allergies or other sensitivities to negotiate their way through Morocco (or any Arabic country).This Episode is sponsored by:Travel Anywhere - One stop for all your travel needs.https://www.travelanywhere.travel/Resources Mentioned in this episode:Joanie TravelsJoanie's linksJoanie on InstagramEpisode 4: Scams!Paul Bowles, writer and composerAmerican Legation Museum TangierCap Spartel (Where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic)Follow, Share and Participate:Learn more about the show on our Podcast WebsiteFind beautiful pictures on our Instagram!Help people find us: Leave a Review in Apple PodcastsHelp us grow: Rate us on SpotifyBecome a Guest on the Show!Visit Destination Morocco Travel Agency

Dear ones, I present to you today the extraordinarily versatile bass-baritone and my fellow native Milwaukeean Donald Gramm (1927-1983), one of the central house singers at both the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera from the 1960s through his premature death at the age of 56. Gifted with an intrinsically beautiful voice, an impeccable technique and an expansive range, he also was a crackerjack musician whose repertoire easily encompassed musical styles from florid Baroque music through the thorniest contemporary idioms. He is probably best celebrated these days for his commitment to American art, and this episode features him singing songs by Ned Rorem, John Duke, Richard Cummings, Douglas Moore, and Paul Bowles, with a particular emphasis on texts by Walt Whitman. What is perhaps less well-remembered today is how versatile an opera singer he was, singing roles from Osmin to Scarpia, with a strong emphasis on both bel canto and buffo roles by Rossini and Donizetti. The episode also explores his collaborations with Igor Stravinsky, Glenn Gould, and, perhaps most significantly, Sarah Caldwell, another important musical figure from that era who is strongly deserving of reappraisal. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

Scherenschnitte sind nicht nur Kinderkram oder reines Kunsthandwerk. Anne Rosat stellt ihre Kunstwerke aus Papier längst auch in Paris und New York aus. Und: Mit einer reich ausgestatteten Edition seines Theaterstücks «The Garden» ist der Schriftsteller und Komponist Paul Bowles neu zu entdecken. 1969 fertigt Anne Rosat ihren ersten Scherenschnitt an, inspiriert von Werken der bekannten Künstler Johann Jakob Hauswirth und Louis Saugy. Gedacht als Geschenk für ihren Mann, katapultieren sie ihre ersten Scherenschnitte in eine unerwartete Karriere. Längst stellt Anne Rosat in Paris und New York aus. Sein stoischer Existentialismus zog Generationen von Sinnsuchenden an. Selber war der Exilamerikaner Paul Bowles (1910-1999) ein Leben lang unterwegs. In Marokko schrieb er 1967 das Theaterstück «The Garden», das jetzt erstmals auf Deutsch erschienen ist. Weitere Themen: - Kunsthandwerk Scherenschnitt: Mehr als Alpaufzüge und Folklore - Existentialismus pur: Paul Bowles' einziges Theaterstück

Welcome to the Abyss, can we take your order? This week 2/3rds of the gang travel to Jonny, Iowa to meet Daniel Kraus and discuss (spoiler-free) his investigations into the Burger City Poltergeist with his book The Ghost that Ate Us. Before chomping down on some fast food they talk Paul Bowles' The Sheltering Sky, Incantation, Critical Role, Kim Stanely Robinson's Red Mars, and Men. Now enjoy a shake and listen in! Buy The Ghost that Ate Us

This week on the podcast we are joined by Andy Corbley. Andy is an American traveler, remote reporter, staff writer at Good News Network, and the founder of World at Large news. He joined us from Italy where he lives with his wife! In this episode, we talk about how Andy ended up living in Italy, what inspired him to set out as a traveler and digital nomad, how he created World at Large news, and some of his top tips for anyone who wants to be a writer or a journalist. Enjoy! In this episode:Andy's travel storyAdventure and romance in Italy during a pandemicHow Andy learned ItalianFiguring out how to make money while traveling and building a career as a writerBreaking into journalism and founding World at Large news Practical tips for launching a news businessAndy's writing process and book plansInspiration for travel contentAndy's “off-the-beaten-path” Italy recommendationsGuest Links:Website: https://www.worldatlarge.newsWebsite: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/staff/andy-corbley-writer-byline/Custom Italian Tours: https://www.customitaliantours.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Worldatlargenews/References:Henry Rollins Interview on Skeptic Tank with Ari ShaffirVagabonding by Ralph Potts: https://rolfpotts.com/books/vagabonding/Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown: https://explorepartsunknown.comThe 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris: https://tim.blog/tim-ferriss-books/?_ga=2.245456326.355119673.1652807425-1646131785.1652807425#the-4-hour-workweekDepartures: https://www.departuresentertainment.com/about.htmlAuthor Paul Bowles: https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Bowles-Books/s?k=Paul+Bowles&rh=n%3A283155Author Colin Thubron: https://www.amazon.com/Colin-Thubron/e/B000AP88L8%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

This is another eclectic mix from beats to minimal to beats and back to minimal. The opening soundtrack is from the movie The Sheltering Sky including a clip from the movie where Paul Bowles enlightens us with his moral of the story. I have included another clip of Paul telling a short story. Although this story is religious in theme, I do not agree with or promote religion, however it is actually more about judgment of others than religion. One favorite artist of mine is BT, not BTS but simply BT. I saw him perform live once at the Fillmore, I believe it was New Years Eve, perhaps 1999 or 2000. Hooverphonic opened for him and they were okay, but he was a Rockstar. He had his synth on a spring which he moved and threw around. If you have listened to my episodes much, you have heard BT, He may be the most played right after Chicane. There are two tracks from his newer albums for your consideration in this episode. They are the meditative minimal tracks. Later, after the hour mark is a collaboration called Axiom with two tracks from a double CD called Lost in Translation which is also quiet and minimal produced by Bill Laswell. This recording also features Bootsy Collins somehow. Who is another Rockstar. BTW: are we yet realizing just how far Bjork was ahead of our time?  Amazing how her and Nellie Hooper were so bizarre 20 years ago and now other artists are sounding the same. Remember when I used to talk?  If you might enjoy a podcast where I only talk nonsense, read stories or product labels, let me know.  Sometimes I lie on bed and wish I had a voice to talk me to sleep, a relaxing voice because there is one out there that's quite annoying, and if you think that's a good idea, let me know... I will do my best. Also, if you have a favorite soundtrack, email me and I'll play it. hello@andonia.com or check queertaylor.com. 

Författaren Paul Bowles är en av mina absoluta favoritförfattare. Hans magiska realism, skildringar av grymhet, fasa och öknens skönhet gör honom unik i litteraturhistorien. Vän med Burroughs, Ginsberg och Kerouac kallades han ofta för den första beat:en, någon han aldrig gillade. Hans mest kända roman The sheltering sky filmatiserades av Bernardo Bertolucci. Florian Vetsch som arbetat med Bowles berättar.

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This week on The Literary, Mitchell Kaplan talks with Bob Spitz about his new biography, Led Zeppelin. Bob Spitz is the award-winning author of the biographies Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child and The Beatles, both New York Times bestsellers, as well as seven other nonfiction books and a screenplay. He helped manage Bruce Springsteen and Elton John at crucial points in their careers. He's written hundreds of major profiles of figures, ranging from Keith Richards to Jane Fonda, from Paul McCartney to Paul Bowles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Töten. Ohne mit der Wimper zu zucken. Lieben. Und sich nach Gegenliebe sehnen. Als Spross einer erfolgreichen britischen Scharfrichter-Dynastie hat der begabte und früh berufene Henker Rupert Beaufort jahrzehntelang sein Gewissen unter Kontrolle, seine Emotionen im Griff und die öffentliche Meinung auf seiner Seite. Hunderte von tadellos ausgeführten Exekutionen gehen auf sein Konto. Doch nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges muss er sich neuen, unerwarteten Herausforderungen stellen und immer größere Hürden überwinden, um seines makabren Amtes zu walten. Auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Laufbahn sieht er sich gezwungen, den italienischen Pianisten Sandro Magazzano, ein ehemaliges Wunderkind, hinzurichten: einen ebenfalls hochtalentierten Mann, der wie er bis zum Äußersten zu gehen bereit ist. Jens Rosteck zeigt in seinem fesselnden Romandebüt, wie herrschende Moral und individuelle Gefühle zwei ungleiche Einzelkämpfer und Vorbilder in kaum lösbare Konflikte stürzen. Und wie problematisch Verkündung wie Vollstreckung der Todesstrafe zu allen Zeiten gewesen sind, wenn, wie hier, im England der Fünfzigerjahre, geltendes Recht mit Menschenwürde und dem ewigen Anspruch auf Zuneigung und Gerechtigkeit kollidiert. Jens Rosteck, 1962 geboren, lebte viele Jahre in Paris und an der Côte d'Azur, wo er neben Essays zur Musik- und Literaturgeschichte eine Reihe von literarischen Biografien verfasste, u. a. über Paul Bowles, Kurt Weill, Oscar Wilde und Bob Dylan. Zuletzt publizierte er viel beachtete Monografien über Hans Werner Henze und Édith Piaf. Der promovierte Musikwissenschaftler, Kulturgeschichtler, Pianist und Autor mehrerer Städteporträts wohnt heute im Badischen.

In den späten 1930er-Jahren gewährte ein neuer Highway an der Küste Kaliforniens erstmals einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit Zutritt zu einem einsamen Landstrich voller überwältigender Naturwunder: Big Sur. Angezogen von der Aura dieses schroffen, windumtosten Küstenstreifens, versuchten sich in der Folge namhafte Künstler wie Henry Miller, Joan Baez oder Jack Kerouac an einem Dasein in der Einsamkeit und erprobten einen Lebensstil, der heute kaum noch Aufsehen erregt, seinerzeit aber Wagemut und Pioniergeist erforderte: das Aufgehen im Naturerlebnis, Kontemplation und Konzentration aufs Wesentliche. In seinem facettenreichen Porträt dieser mythischen Landschaft zeigt Jens Rosteck, wie Big Sur das Schaffen mehrerer Künstlergenerationen in einer Weise prägte, die bis heute Widerhall nicht nur in der amerikanischen Kultur erzeugt. Jens Rosteck, 1962 geboren, lebte viele Jahre in Paris und an der Côte d'Azur, wo er neben Essays zur Musik- und Literaturgeschichte eine Reihe von literarischen Biografien verfasste, u. a. über Paul Bowles, Kurt Weill, Oscar Wilde und Bob Dylan. Zuletzt publizierte er viel beachtete Monografien über Hans Werner Henze und Édith Piaf. Der promovierte Musikwissenschaftler, Kulturgeschichtler, Pianist und Autor mehrerer Städteporträts wohnt heute im Badischen. Jochen Temsch ist Leiter des Ressorts Reise, Mobilität, Sonderthemen. Er hat mehrere Bücher geschrieben und herausgegeben. Davon sind unter anderem in der SZ-Edition erschienen: “Reisebuch”, “Laufbuch”, “Lauflogbuch” und “Welt. Reise. Geschichten”.

本期节目由「放大blow-up」与「声波飞行员」联合呈现。同时，本节目也是12档中文播客联动的，关于日本音乐人坂本龙一的系列节目。请关注教授在中国第一个大型展览《坂本龙一：观音，听时》，同时也欢迎收听联动电台的其他节目。本期节目，我们主要聊了教授电影配乐的作品中，相对冷门的《遮蔽的天空》(The Sheltering Sky, 1990)。其中涉及了贝纳尔多·贝托鲁奇与坂本龙一的合作脉络，Paul Bowles 同名的原著小说对于二人的巨大影响，以及更重要的，北非，撒哈拉沙漠，藏地，极地，这些现代社会的化外之地，祛魅世代里仍然神秘的巨大荒原，如何影响艺术创作者。本期节目中音频素材，来自《坂本龙一：终曲》(Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA, 2017)，以及坂本龙一的概念专辑《异步》(async, 2017)。「保罗.鲍尔斯是20世纪美国伟大作家，《遮蔽的天空》让我非常震撼。」——坂本龙一Because we don't know when we will die, 因为我们不知道死亡何时到达，we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well.所以会把生命当成一座永不干枯的井。And yet everything happens only a certain number of times,然而，所有事物都只出现一定的次数， and a very small number really.并且很少，真的。How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood,你会想起多少次童年中某个特定的下午， an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it?某个深深成为你生命一部分的下午，如果没有它，你甚至无法想象自己的人生？ Perhaps four, or five times more? Perhaps not even that.也许，四或五次吧？甚至可能没这么多。 How many more times will you watch the full moon rise?你会看到满月升起几次呢? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless...也许20次，然而这些都看似无穷。[00:00:00] 来自坂本龙一的问候；[00:00:23] 健崔@Common FM，关于12档播客联动节目的介绍（33又1/3变45转加速版本）；[00:01:13] 坂本龙一 - The Sheltering Sky theme (Piano Version)；与「放大blow-up」的联动介绍；[00:02:29] 纪录片《坂本龙一：终曲》片段，「我的内心可能一直很向往不会消失，持续不断，不会衰减的声音。那种与钢琴声相对的，不会消失的声音，如果用文学比喻的话，就是永恒吧。」[00:35:55] 坂本龙一 - Loneliness (from the OST of THE SHELTERING SKY)[01:03:28] 坂本龙一 - Grand Hotel (from the OST of THE SHELTERING SKY)[01:28:36] 纪录片《坂本龙一：终曲》片段，「当时我说录音开始了，准备彩排，导演（贝托鲁奇）突然叫住我。他说，我不喜欢前奏音乐，马上改一下。我心想现在都什么时候了，已经没有办法改了。当时我的面前有40多个人等着呢，我说现在改不了。导演说，如果是莫里康内，他一定可以临场改好。那我想，好吧，如果莫里康内可以，那我也必须做到。没有办法，只有试一下了。然后我叫住乐队说，等我30分钟。他们等着我，马上重写又立刻开始排练。回想起来也觉得太不可思议。」[01:35:38] 纪录片《坂本龙一：终曲》片段（谈论专辑Async 中的第8首单曲Fullmoon），纪录片中一段为电影《遮蔽的天空》(The Sheltering Sky, 1990)结尾部分，由坐在旅馆里的老人，也是《遮蔽的天空》原著小说作者Paul Bowles，以旁白形式朗读了教授最喜爱的片段。日语部分「书中最后一段话，是我最喜欢的，我真的喜欢。（Fullmoon）引用了书中的这一段话……读出这一段，这只是在说一个一个句子。我想把它和其他元素组合，加入音效，混合在一起成为作品。」[01:37:26] 坂本龙一 - Fullmoon (from the album ASYNC, 2017)[01:37:46] 结束语，感谢；[01:42:19] 有点八卦的彩蛋#展览信息：《坂本龙一：观音，听时》展览，北京木木美术馆（钱粮胡同馆），2021年3月15日开幕；#抽奖相关：10张《坂本龙一：观音，听时》展览门票，其中含一张限量版，「放大blow-up」与「声波飞行员」各5张。请在各podcast 平台给本期节目留言，内容与坂本龙一先生有关即可。#主持：丽珍@放大blow-up，孟获@声波飞行员#嘉宾：Nilao

My special guest tonight is Carl Abrahamsson who's here to discuss magic and occultism in the development of our modern culture. His book. Examines key figures behind esoteric cultural developments, such as Carl Jung, Anton LaVey, Paul Bowles, Aleister Crowley, and Rudolf Steiner  Explores the history of magic as a source of genuine counterculture and compares it with our contemporary soulless, digital monoculture Reveals how the magic of art can be restored if art is employed as a means rather than an end and offers strategies to rekindle intuitive creativity Art, magic, and the occult have been intimately linked since our prehistoric ancestors created the first cave paintings some 50,000 years ago. As civilizations developed, these esoteric forces continued to drive culture forward, both visibly and behind the scenes, from the Hermetic ideas of the Renaissance to the ethereal worlds of 19th-century Symbolism to the occult interests of the Surrealists.  In this deep exploration of “occulture” - the liminal space where art and magic meet - Carl Abrahamsson reveals the integral role played by magic and occultism in the development of culture throughout history, as well as their relevance to the continuing survival of art and creativity. Blending magical history and esoteric philosophy with his more than 30 years' experience in occult movements, Abrahamsson examines the phenomena and people who have been seminal in modern esoteric developments, including Carl Jung, Anton LaVey, Paul Bowles, Aleister Crowley, and Rudolf Steiner.  Revealing how art and magic were initially one and the same, the author explores the history of magic as a source of genuine counterculture and compares it with our contemporary soulless, digital monoculture. He reveals how the magic of art can be restored if art is employed as a means rather than an end - if it is intense, emotional, violent, and expressive - and offers strategies for creating freely, magically, even spontaneously, with intent unfettered by the whims of trends, a creative practice akin to chaos magic that assists both creators and spectators to live with meaning. He also looks at intuition and creativity as the cornerstones of genuine individuation, explaining how insights and illuminations seldom come in collective forms.  Exploring magical philosophy, occult history, the arts, psychology, and the colorful grey areas in between, Abrahamsson reveals the culturally and magically transformative role of art and the ways the occult continues to transform culture to this day. Follow us on Instagram @mysteriousradio Follow us on Pinterest pinterest.com/mysteriousradio Like us on Facebook Facebook.com/mysteriousradio Website: https://www.mysteriousradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frederic Tuten grew up in the Bronx. At fifteen, he dropped out of high school with aspirations to become painter and live in Paris. He took odd jobs and eventually went back to school, earning a Ph.D. from NYU. He travelled through Latin and South America, studied mural painting at the University of Mexico and wrote about Brazilian Cinema Novo. He taught at the University of Paris, acted in a short film by Alain Resnais, co-wrote the film Possession, and conducted summer writing workshops with Paul Bowles in Tangiers. The recipient of many awards for his writing, Tuten's short stories, art and film criticism have appeared in ArtForum, the New York Times, Vogue, Granta and other publications. He has written about artists including John Baldessari, Eric Fischl, Pierre Huyghe, David Salle and Roy Lichtenstein. His books include The Adventures of Mao on the Long March; Tintin in the New World; The Green Hour; Van Gogh's Bad Café; Self Portraits: Fictions, and most recently his memoir, My Young Life.· frederictuten.com· www.creativeprocess.info

The novelist and countercultural icon Paul Bowles -- author of The Sheltering Sky, friend to William Burroughs, Gertrude Stein, and Tennessee Williams, and husband of the brilliant writer Jane Bowles -- lived in Tangier from 1947 until his death fifty-two years later. In 1959, he received a grant from the Library of Congress to “preserve†the music of Morocco. He set off in a VW bug (with his two driving companions, a Moroccan and a Canadian), laden with a massive Ampex tape recorder, bottles of hot Pepsi, and a pound of hashish. These remarkable recordings have long been unavailable, but last year, the label Dust-to-Digital released them as a deluxe box set. The Organist asked the writer Brian Edwards to listen to the tapes, and to tell Bowles’s remarkable story. Brian went through hours of recordings dozens of times, and sent back this report, which raises important questions about the problems— artistic, technical, and of course ethical — of recording a music you love in a country that’s not your own. Produced by Myke Dodge Weiskopf Written by Brian T. Edwards   Bowles Marakesh — Credit: Courtesy Allen Ginsberg Estate / Dust-to-Digital Bowles-older — Credit: Courtesy Irene Herrmann / Dust-to-Digital Paul Bowles on street-Tangier, June 1955 — Credit: Courtesy Dust-to-Digital Line of singers w Qraqab cymbals 1 drum — Credit: Courtesy Dust-to-Digital / Library of Congress Double horn group by building — Credit: Courtesy Dust-to-Digital / Library of Congress Musicians in front-men with guns behind — Credit: Courtesy Dust-to-Digital / Library of Congress Foothills-figure by fortress — Credit: Courtesy Dust-to-Digital / Library of Congress  VW bug along mtn road with small group — Credit: Courtesy Dust-to-Digital / Library of Congress Bowles squatting by wall Loc-Map — hand-drawn map by Paul Bowles, showing his itinerary through Morocco in 1959, aboard a VW Beetle, filled with recording equipment, supplies, and recording team — Credit: Courtesy Dust-to-Digital / Library of Congress Bowles against tapestry — Credit: Courtesy Dust-to-Digital Tangier Group (burroughs, bowles, ginsberg) — Credit: Courtesy Allen Ginsberg Estate / Dust-to-Digital Sand village and palm trees — Credit: Courtesy Dust-to-Digital Music in this episode is from Music of Morocco: Recorded by Paul Bowles, 1959.  The Organist’s theme music is by Barry London of Oneida.

A boy's Bar Mitzvah becomes a family battle ground; three literary pilgrims search for the author Paul Bowles in Morocco; and a novelist decides that the only way to cure her writer's block is to block out the world. Storytellers: Jeffrey Solomon, Edgar Oliver, and Elif Shafak. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode, I talk to the historian Julian Chambliss, Dmetri Kakmi writes about how reading Paul Bowles's The Sheltering Sky taught him how to write about psycho-geographic dis-associations. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out Julian Chambliss's site here. Check out John Sims' site devoted to the Confederate flag project. Check out the news coverage of the Flag Funerals Project by (in order of decreasing journalistic competence) WESH, WKMG Local 6, and WFTV. Read The Association for the Study of African American Life and History's statement about the Massacre at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church here.

Heather and Paul review two films about naive Americans who travel to northern Africa in search of enlightenment, and wind up lost in the desert instead. First: THE SHELTERING SKY, Bernardo Bertolucci's 1990 film version of Paul Bowles' novel starring John Malkovich and Debra Winger as a married couple who succumb to existential despair during a sojourn in Tangier; then, ISHTAR, Elaine May's notorious 1987 flop comedy starring Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty as a pair of deeply untalented singer/songwriters who get caught between the CIA and a band of left-wing freedom fighters during a gig at a Moroccan nightclub. John Malkovich losing his passport, or Dustin Hoffman losing his passport: which will prevail? Plus: remembrances of Roger Ebert, and mini-reviews of FREE RADICALS and PHIL SPECTOR.

Three literary pilgrims search for a beloved author. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices