Ryan Wildstar and Ryan Elston

The Epicurean Vagabonds present Aesthetic Arrest

Arts EN ↓ 111 episodes

Aesthetic Arrest is our weekly dip into the Epicurean pleasures we’ve been enjoying lately. Each episode we'll be discussing what we're reading, listening to, looking at, viewing and tasting. For links, playlists, previews and photos of everything thing we talk about, visit our substack page, The Epicurean Vagabonds (https://epicureanvagabonds.substack.com)

Author

Ryan Wildstar and Ryan Elston

Episodes

Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Ruth Wilson, Fatback Band, Mick Harvey & Roasted Cinnamon Chicken with Pommes Boulangère! 16.09.2023 51:31

Plus Kai Cheng Thom, Philippe Besson, Amanda Acevedo, Claude McKay, Yasuo Kuniyoshi & Gustav Vigeland! This Week’s Apéritif: Martini Fiero & Tonic! Reading: Complete Poems by Claude McKay (September 15, 1890 – May 22, 1948) & Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom Listening: Yum Yum by the Fatback Band & Phantasmagoria in Blue by Mick Harve...

Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: The Conversations Project, Breath Versus Beats, Balkan Brutalist Architecture & Pizza Boats! 08.09.2023 54:45

Plus Chineke! Orchestra, Caryl Churchill, Eduardo Galeano & Tseng Kwong Chi! This Week’s Apéritif: Brown Derby Cocktails ! Reading: Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill & Voices of Time: A Life in Stories by Eduardo Galeano Listening: Breath Versus Beats by Simon Berz , Toshinori Kondo & Bill Laswell & The Music of Chineke! Orchestra Looking: Balkan Brutalist Architecture & The Photograp...

Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Gwendolyn Brooks, Foundation, DakhaBrakha & Rome's Jewish Kitchen! 01.09.2023 58:33

Plus Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity, William Least Heat-Moon, Enji, Faig Ahmed & a virtual tour of the Musée du Quai Branly! This Week’s Apéritif: Honeydew Melon & Mint Cocktail Reading: Celestial Mechanics: A Tale for a Mid-Winter Night by William Least Heat-Moon & The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks by Gwendolyn Brooks (edited by Elizabeth Alexander ) Listening: The Music of DakhaBrakha &amp...

Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Tori Amos, Terrance Hayes, Mark Lanegan & Remedios Varo! 25.08.2023 57:23

Plus Doris Lessing, Zadie Xa, The Archers & Our Anniversary Dinner at The Water Mill! This Week’s Apéritif: 2017 Chateau Kamnik Spark Rosé, Brut Sparkling Wine Reading: Shikasta by Doris Lessing & Watch Your Language: Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry by Terrance Hayes Listening: With Animals by Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood & Happy 60th Birthday to Tori...

Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Ladies First, Patti Smith, Vali Myers & Clarice Lispector! 18.08.2023 55:05

Plus Jonas Mekas, Chika, Chaino, Beatriz Milhazes & North Macedonian Pub Food! This Week’s Aperitif: Tikveš Winery Roze on our terrace in Skopje! Reading: Just Kids by Patti Smith & Água Viva by Clarice Lispector (translated by Stefan Tobler) Listening: Temptation: The Exotic Sounds of Chaino by Leon “Chaino” Johnson & Samson: The Album by Chika Looking: The Art of Vali Myers (1930-2...

Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: The Films of William Friedkin, Dee Dee Bridgewater at the Proms & Our Farewell Dinner in Tirana! 11.08.2023 57:32

Plus Henry Fuseli, Naudline Pierre, Maroulita de Kol, Véronique Tadjo & Angelos Sikelianos! This week’s aperitif: A Sour Cherry Sea Breeze ! Reading: “Thalero” by Angelos Sikelianos from Voices of Modern Greece: Selected Poems by C. P. Cavafy , Angelos Sikelianos , George Seferis , Odysseus Elytis , Nikos Gatsos (translated by Edmund Keeley & Philip Sherrard ) & In the Company of Men b...

Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Beverly Glenn-Copeland, War Pony, Kazuo Ishiguro & Africa Rising! 04.08.2023 52:51

Plus Sofia Samatar, Hassan Hajjaj, Edmund Dulac, Spaghetti alla Bolognese & White Wine Day! This Week’s Aperitif: 2022 St. Michael-Eppan Schulthauser Weissburgunder Pinot Bianco, Südtirol, Alto Aldige, Italy Reading: A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar & An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro Listening: The Ones Ahead by Beverly Glenn-Copeland Looking: The Art of Edmund Dula...

Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Nina Simone, Tony Bennett, Sinéad O'Connor, Joyland & Everything the Nazis Hate 28.07.2023 57:24

Plus Rimbaud, John Ashbery, Jeanne Mammen, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum and Traditional Albanian Meatballs & Pancakes! This Week’s Apéritif: Ryan Wildstar’s “Old Bitter Nuts” (Walnut Raki , San Benedetto Rosso Bitters & Orange Peel Garnish) Reading: Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud (translated by John Ashbery ) & Life Is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett by Tony Bennett Listening: You’ve Got to Le...

Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Wham!, ANOHNI, Tom Robbins, Taylor Mac & French Desserts! 21.07.2023 56:53

Plus Edmonia Lewis, Yinka Shonibare, John Rechy & Colette Maze! Reading: Our Lady of Babylon by John Rechy & Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins (born July 22, 1932) Listening: My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by ANOHNI and the Johnsons & 109 Ans de Piano [109 Years of Piano] by Colette Maze (The oldest recording pianist in the world!) Looking: The Art of Edmonia Lewis (also kn...

Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: R&R in Paris! Surrealist Women & Gastronomic Delights! 14.07.2023 55:45

Celebrating Bastille Day with Highlights from Our Recent Trip to the City of Lights! This Week’s Apéritif: A Spicy Bloody Mary! [Inspired by our in-flight drink service from Tirana to Paris] Reading: Surrealist Women: An International Anthology (edited by Penelope Rosemont ) & Emerald Wounds: Selected Poems by Joyce Mansour (translated by Emilie Moorhouse) Listening: Sheliyah Masry & Ida L...

Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Earthsea, Elizabeth Fraser, Erté & Louise Erdrich! 08.07.2023 50:30

Plus Dead Ringers, Severance, Ivalas Quartet & Searching for Tiramisu! Reading: The Books of Earthsea : The Complete Illustrated Edition by Ursula K. Le Guin (author) & Charles Vess (illustrator) [Recommended by Adam Bryson!] & The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich [Recommended by kde!] Listening: The Music of Elizabeth Fraser [Recommended by Christina!]...