Most Wanted, Passing, and Sea and Fog
Featuring an interview with Patrick Shiroishi
Welcome to the seventy-fifth installation of The Q : your one-stop weekly newsletter of culture recommendations.
Album
Most Wanted by Jean Deaux
Continuing a streak of very smooth highs and very little lows, Most Wanted is a project that gives you a look into Deaux’s personal life — a look into her grief for her city, a love for herself and a vulnerability to return to a place once lost; all over some of the best production featured, leaving listeners wanting more.
Film
Passing directed by Rebecca Hall
Hall’s debut feature communicates its characters’ messaging through the unsaid — carefully focusing the camera on elongated glances in the mirror and empty interactions that are only meant to distract. With Passing, Hall seeks to interrogate the ways we all try to pass for something — asking the viewer what type of person they are pretending to be.
Book
Sea and Fog by Etel Adnan
Mainly, she speaks about the sea. She explores how it mirrors and opposes the human experience, how it consoles her, and how it fits into a vast, unknowable universe. I find Sea and Fog a fitting collection to ruminate on any loss, particularly a philosopher’s, and most particularly Adnan herself after a long life of making consoling art.
Playlist
Teresa’s “November ‘21” features Adele, Saba, and Tirzah
Teresa’s favorite track: “Remind Me” by High Contrast
Description: “Most of these tracks are fun and will put you in a good mood, but don’t forget about Adele’s 30”
Podcast
Episode #70: Pickle Juice and an Interview with Patrick Shiroishi
On this week's episode, Sam and Teresa interview Patrick Shiroishi over a glass of pickle juice. Patrick Shiroishi is a Los Angeles-based Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist & composer known for blending free jazz, abstract sounds, and layering saxophone and woodwinds. His newest album, Hidemi, acts as a tribute to his grandfather, a survivor of the Japanese-American internment camps. Shiroishi talks to Teresa and Sam about his introduction to the saxophone, the importance of his album art, as well as Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore.
