Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, The Polymath

When Sadness Becomes Mortal – On the Death of Marjane Satrapi at The Listening Room HQ

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

When Sadness Becomes Mortal – On the Death of Marjane Satrapi is a post on The Listening Room HQ – my men’s practice and The Polymath sister site – prompted by The death of artist Marjane Satrapi, said by those close to her to have followed a year of profound sadness after losing her husband, raises questions about grief, loss, the brain, and the hidden impact of sorrow on men’s lives. You can read it on The Listening Room HQ site: https://www.thelisteningroomhq.com/2026/06/when-sadness-becomes-mortal-on-death-of.html

Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Photography

Victor Torpedo – Call of The West photography exhibition at Casa do Infante | Gabinete do Tempo, Porto

Raquel Pinheiro/Mondo Bizarre Magazine

Call of The West is a beautiful black & white photography exhibition by Victor Torpedo portraying Portuguese rock-‘n’-roll band first trip to the United States in 1997 can be seen at Casa do Infante | Gabinente do Tempo in Porto.

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Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Raquel Pinheiro, The Polymath

Field Notes – Porto, The Mountains, and Human Crossings at The Polymath Site

Gustav Klimt – Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I, 1903-1907

Field Notes – Porto, The Mountains, and Human Crossings my new post on The Polymath site https://www.thepolymathisme.com/ is a lived note on Porto, exhibitions, transport hubs, mountains, symbolic conversations, creativity, and the unexpected human crossings that open new possibilities, and of how, often, the path appears afterwards. It can be read here.

Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Raquel Pinheiro, The Listening Room HQ

The News Cycle Attention Loop and The Nervous System at The Listening Room HQ

Nicole Dalager – Intuition, 2023

The News Cycle Attention Loop and The Nervous System
is a post on The Listening Room HQ – my men’s practice – about the news cycles, attention loops, and nervous system overload. Of how constant information streams and updates shape how we think, feel, rest and its effect on everyday life. You can read it at The Listening Room HQ site
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Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Festivals

We will be attending Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT), in Leipzig, May 22–25, 2026.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

We have been attending Wave-Gotik-Treffen, in Leipzig, since 2019 – minus the pandemic years – and 2026 is no exception.

As usual, Wave-Gotik-Treffen will be captured through the lens of Gustavo Hochman this year supported by image editor Milena Katzman.

Wave-Gotik-Treffen is the world’s largest gothic festival. It also includes Punk, Rivethead, Romanticism, Steampunk, Victoriana and other alternative and subcultures.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

Our previous years’ full photologs.

Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig 2025 – photolog 1
Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig, 2024 – photolog 1
It’s Halloween, Let’s Go Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig 2023
Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig 2019 -Photolog 1

Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, The Listening Room HQ

Men Often Keep Returning to Places That No Longer Make Sense to Other People at The Listening Room HQ

The Cobbler – Scottish Images & Art Prints

Men Often Keep Returning to Places That No Longer Make Sense to Other People, my new post at The Listening Room HQ my men’s practice and The Polymat sister site – speaks of workshops, garages, allotments, and other familiar places that continue giving men rhythm, continuity, competence, and human anchoring long after practical or financial logic begins to fade. It can be read on The Listening Room HQ site.

Mondo Bizarre Magazine Concerts, Entries

Noite do Cometa at OPO’LAB, Porto, Saturday 16 May

Baleia Baleia Baleia

Noite do Cometa is a unique event Saturday 16, stretching to the early hours of Sunday 17, at a special space with concerts by Gabci, Baleia Baleia Baleia and Bulha the band of our very own Paulo Carmona, and DJ sets by A Boy Named Sue and Rodas at OPO’LAB, Porto (Rua D. João IV 643), doors 9pm. Tickets: €16.50 Euros + taxes (online at Shotgun)

Schedule:
9pm: Doors/DJs
9:45pm: Gabci
10:30pm: Bulha
11:30pm: Baleia Baleia Baleia
00:30am: DJ a Boy Named Sue | Rodas
2:30am: The Comet Passed By

Bulha