may 2026 finds is here!
BOOKS
1. i read the paula rego catalogue for the exhibition histórias gravadas. da imaginação para a chapa. i’m glad i bought it.
2. i read the second book in the fifty shades of grey trilogy: darker. due to the very repetitive nature of certain words, i couldn’t avoid learning how to say panting, pouting and whispering in portuguese. oh, and growling. yeah, i would not recommend the book. unless you are interested in how such a misogynist and simplistic fantasy became such a high seller worldwide. or in improving your language skills, like i am.
3. freed is the third book in the trilogy. i’m shaking my head thinking how so many people loved this blueprint of patriarchy. the very rigid gender and sex roles, the fact that she eats little or not at all, argh.
4. and i’ve been zipping through grey: the first book is the second trilogy. so, the same story but seen through his eyes. i’d love to see the sales numbers by book.
FILMS
5. lost highway by david lynch doesn’t make much sense. but there is a narrative there, as fucked up as it is. i liked the pearls: people i know in small roles and the soundtrack. especially i’m deranged which i’ve been listening to in a loop. it was worth going to the cinema and watching the whole thing again for the opening squence alone. time travel!
6. but inland empire was a no-script 3h long night terror of criss-crossing universes. i can’t begin to tell you what happened during those 3 hours.
MUSIC
7. i found echoes on skin by darian veyl by mistake. and i love it.
8. caribbean blue by enya is old but still fire.
9. brian ferry covered i put a spell on you and made it his. wonderful!
just as i’ve gotten into killa fonic and he’s just released a new 19′ album called arhangheli. the only track i’d maybe replay at this point is the dembow at the end. but i do love a lot of his older stuff.
10. killa was irina’s bf back in the day.
11. so they collaborated a few times.
12. the lore says that this is also about her.
13. this is a live studio version with tudor chirila.
14. this is my fav, also his biggest hit.
15. and this is the live studio version.
16. voila is my fav video. he looks in love.
17. deftones did a great cover of drive by cars.
18. this reminded of another great cover by deftones, no ordinary love.
19. i might’ve shared this live version of the everlasting gaze before. but i still love it as much
20. as mentioned above, i’m deranged by bowie and brian eno, from the album outside.
21. i dream of david bowie’s outside tour.
22. this is the cure live at primavera sound 2026. enjoy!
23. i watched the cure live at maia live 2026. here it is!
24. i discovered tom ribeira while i was in brazil. here are my favourites.
PODCASTS
25. chino moreno talks to broken record.
26. this is tracey emin at ruth’s table.
27. and this is tracey emin on louis theroux’ show.
28. ian bremmer talked to trevor noah.
29. atsuko okatsuka talked to trevor, too. i liked this one.
30. amy tallor talked to kathleen hanna on music makes us.
31. and then olivia rodrigo.
32. and joan jett.
33. and shirley manson.
34. i cannot find a video link for this, i listened to it on spotify. the art angle has a podcast with florentina holzinger called the most provocative performance in venice.
35. sharon stone spills the tea. interesting, but i’d take some things with a grain of salt.
36. aspire talks to michelle obama and craig robinson.
37. then, with barbara sturm.
38. and reese witherspoon.
39. i liked the episode with tara swart on unlocking your brain’s full potential.
40. romesh ranganathan talked to paloma faith.
41. and then to jameela jamil.
42. and to sophie ellis bextor. she called her album perimenopop. i died.
43. call her daddy talked to olivia wilde.
44. i listened to bill gates talk to seth rogen and his wife about their alzheimer’s foundation.
45. then i switched to the new season of good bad billionaire. i listened to the episodes with russian tatjana kim, snapchat guy, evan spiegel, friedriksen tanker and arnold schwarzenegger.
YOUTUBE
46. super late to the party, but i’ve just found caleb landry jones.
47. chris abroad went to a remote island and i loved it.
how was your may? you can check my quiet month on my insta.
photo and video credits: copyright holders and little aesthete
