THE HiFi PiG SELECTION BOX – DIVERSIONARY STRATEGIES FOR THE MODERN WORLD JANUARY 2026
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
ENTER THE GAMMA (LIVE) – GESAFFELSTEIN (Columbia Records)
PENTHOUSE SAMBA – MARINA ZISPIN (Scenic Route Records)
TODAY’S GONNA BE OUR DAY – THE MOLOTOVS (Marshall Records)
SCRATCHERS – JULIANA HATFIELD (American Laundromat Records)
THE HARDEST THING/ORANGE COUNTY – GORILLAZ FT TONY ALLEN BIZARRAP, KARA JACKSON, ANOUSHKA SHANKAR (Sony Music)
INTRIGUING ARTICLES +
REMEMBERING GLADYS WEST, WHO USED EINSTEIN TO CREATE GPS (Big Think)
SUPPER CLUBS AND “APARTMENT CAFES”: THE NEW AGE OF HOSTING (Dwell)
YOUR CAT IS PROBABLY MORE ATTACHED TO YOU THAN YOU THINK (Popular Science)
THE COST OF LETTING ULTRA-THIN WIN (Vogue UK)
HOW TO SEE TWO TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, INCLUDING THE ‘ECLIPSE OF THE CENTURY’ (Live Science)
GRIPPING FILM, TV, ART & EVENTS
PURE EVIL: SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE (14th February to 1st March 2026, Brothership Studios, Hertford, UK)
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Amazon Prime/other streaming/DVD)
HAWAIʻI A KINGDOM CROSSING OCEANS (Until 25th May 2026, British Museum, London, UK)
A GHOST IN YOUR EAR (Until 14th February, Hampstead Theatre, UK)
TURNER & CONSTABLE: RIVALS & ORIGINALS (Until 12th April 2026, Tate Britain, London, UK)
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 December 2025 here!
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