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• Brian Eno Launches His Own Radio Station with Hundreds of Unreleased Tracks: Hear Two Programs, 17 Jun 2021 in Music
• A Beautiful, High-Resolution Map of the Internet (2021), 11 Jun 2021 in Maps
• When Neil Young & Rick “Super Freak” James Formed the 60’s Motown Band, The Mynah Birds, 03 Jun 2021 in Music
• Hear the Earliest Recorded Customer Complaint Letter: From Ancient Sumeria 1750 BC, 28 May 2021 in History
• 167 Pieces of Life & Work Advice from Kevin Kelly, Founding Editor of Wired Magazine & The Whole Earth Review, 21 May 2021 in Creativity&Life
• Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour Composes a Soundtrack to Arthur C. Clarke’s Documentary Fractals: The Colors of Infinity, 13 May 2021 in Math&Music
• Who Invented Heavy Metal Music?: A Search for Origins, 10 May 2021 in Music
• Hear the First Japanese Visitor to the United States & Europe Describe Life in the West (1860-1862), 04 May 2021 in History
• Freddie Mercury & Rami Malek’s Live Aid Performance: A Side-By-Side Comparison, 23 Apr 2021 in Music
• Grateful Dead Fan Creates a Faithful Mini Replica of the Band’s Famous “Wall of Sound” During Lockdown, 16 Apr 2021 in Music
• Dave Grohl Tells the Story of How He Wrote “Everlong”, 08 Apr 2021 in Music
• Why Do Wes Anderson Movies Look Like That?, 02 Apr 2021 in Film
• Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless: How World War II Changed Cinema & Helped Create the French New Wave, 29 Mar 2021 in Film&History
• Michael Winslow, the “Man of 10,000 Sound Effects”, Impersonates the Sounds of Jimi Hendrix’s and Led Zeppelin’s Electric Guitars with His Voice, 18 Mar 2021 in Comedy
• All Praise Lou Ottens: The Inventor of the Cassette Tape Dies at Age 94, 12 Mar 2021 in History&Music
• Watch 12 Seasons of the Dick Cavett Show, 18 Seasons of Johnny Carson & Many Other Classic Shows on Shout! Factory, 05 Mar 2021 in Television
• Watch The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys, a Free Film Documenting the Making of the 1980s Super Group, 26 Feb 2021 in Music
• Paul Simon Deconstructs “Mrs. Robinson” (1970), 19 Feb 2021 in Music
• Watch Prince Perform “Purple Rain” in the Rain in His Transcendent Super Bowl Half-Time Show (2007), 11 Feb 2021 in Music
• The Films of Hayao Miyazaki Celebrated in a Glorious Concert Arranged by Film Composer Joe Hisaishi, 05 Feb 2021 in Music
• The Great Gatsby Is Now in the Public Domain and There’s a New Graphic Novel, 29 Jan 2021 in Books
• Jimi Hendrix Revisits His Searing Performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner”: The Dick Cavett Show (September 9, 1969), 25 Jan 2021 in Music
• David Lynch’s Projection Instructions for Mulholland Drive (2001), 15 Jan 2021 in Film
• Thelonious Monk’s List of 25 Tips for Musicians, 07 Jan 2021 in Music
• When Queen’s Freddie Mercury Teamed Up with Opera Superstar Montserrat Caballé in 1988: A Meeting of Two Powerful Voices, 31 Dec 2020 in Music
• The Ultimate 80s Medley: A Nostalgia-Inducing Performance of A-Ha, Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel, Van Halen & More, 28 Dec 2020 in Music
• When Martin Scorsese Directed Michael Jackson in the 18-Minute “Bad” Music Video & Paid Cinematic Tribute to West Side Story (1986), 18 Dec 2020 in Film
• Watch the Oscar-Winning “Gerald McBoing-Boing” (1950): It’s Ranked as the 9th Greatest Cartoon of All Time, 11 Dec 2020 in Animation
• One of the Greatest Dances Sequences Ever Captured on Film Gets Restored in Color by AI: Watch the Classic Scene from Stormy Weather, 04 Dec 2020 in Dance&Film&Music
• With 9,036 Pieces, the Roman Colosseum Is the Largest Lego Set Ever, 27 Nov 2020 in Architecture
• The Story Behind “Alice’s Restaurant,” Arlo Guthrie’s Song That’s Now a Thanksgiving Tradition, 26 Nov 2020 in Music
• Eno: A 1973 Mini-Doc Shows Brian Eno at the Beginning of His Solo Career, 12 Nov 2020 in Music
• Watch Link Wray Play a Downright Dirty Version of “Rumble,” the Only Instrumental to Be Banned on Radio (1974), 09 Nov 2020 in Music
• Watch a Surreal 1933 Animation of Snow White, Featuring Cab Calloway & Betty Boop: It’s Ranked as the 19th Greatest Cartoon of All Time, 29 Oct 2020 in Film
• The Time When National Lampoon Parodied Mad Magazine: A Satire of Satire (1971), 27 Oct 2020 in Art
• The Scariest Film of All Time? A Vintage Look at the Hysteria Around The Exorcist in 1973, 15 Oct 2020 in Film
• A Live Studio Cover of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, Played from Start to Finish, 08 Oct 2020 in Music
• Watch the Dadaist Masterpiece Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928): Hans Richter’s Film Was So Avant Garde It Was Desecrated by the Nazis, 05 Oct 2020 in Film
• Studio Ghibli Puts Online 400 Images from Eight Classic Films, and Lets You Download Them for Free, 24 Sep 2020 in Animation&Art
• Why The Wire is One of the Most Brilliant TV Shows Ever, 21 Sep 2020 in Television
• Watch Dan Aykroyd & Bill Murray Goof Off in a Newly Unearthed Ghostbusters Promotional Film (1984), 10 Sep 2020 in Film
• David Lynch Being a Madman for a Relentless 8 Minutes and 30 Seconds, 03 Sep 2020 in Film
• The Top 20 Russian Films, According to Russians, 28 Aug 2020 in Film
• Free Courses to Maintain Mental & Physical Health During a Pandemic, 20 Aug 2020 in Health&MOOCs&Psychology
• The Flying Train: A 1902 Film Captures a Futuristic Ride on a Suspended Railway in Germany, 13 Aug 2020 in Film&History
• Classic Punk Rock Sketches from Saturday Night Live, Courtesy of Fred Armisen, 10 Aug 2020 in Comedy&Music
• Why “The Girl from Ipanema”‘ Is a Richer & Weirder Song Than You Ever Realized, 31 Jul 2020 in Music
• The Rolling Stones Release a Long Lost Track Featuring Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, 23 Jul 2020 in Music
• Sunken Films: Watch a Cinematic Meditation on Films Found on the Ocean’s Floor, 17 Jul 2020 in Film
• Banksy Strikes Again in London & Urges Everyone to Wear Masks, 16 Jul 2020 in Art
• When Debbie Harry Combined Artistic Forces with H.R. Giger, 03 Jul 2020 in Music
• Get a First Glimpse of Foundation, the New TV Series Being Adapted from Isaac Asimov’s Iconic Series of Novels, 25 Jun 2020 in Sci Fi&Television
• Watch Hundreds of Free Films from Around the World: Explore Film Archives from Japan, France, and the U.S., 23 Jun 2020 in Film
• A Rare Smile Captured in a 19th Century Photograph, 11 Jun 2020 in History&Photography
• How David Chase Breathed Life into the The Sopranos, 04 Jun 2020 in Television
• How Humphrey Bogart Became an Icon: A Video Essay, 28 May 2020 in Film
• Watch 36 Beastie Boys Videos Now Remastered in HD, 21 May 2020 in Film&Music
• Japanese Health Manual Created During the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic Offers Timeless Wisdom: Stay Away from Others, Cover Your Mouth & Nose, and More, 15 May 2020 in Music
• Robert Fripp Releases Free Ambient Music to Get You Through the Lockdown: Enjoy “Music for Quiet Moments”, 08 May 2020 in Music
• The Library of Congress Makes Its Archives Free for DJs to Remix: Introducing the “Citizen DJ” Project, 01 May 2020 in Music
• Watch 12 Classic Chinese Films Online, Complete with English Subtitles (1920s-1940s), 27 Apr 2020 in Film
• Watch Samuel Beckett Walk the Streets of Berlin Like a Boss, 1969, 17 Apr 2020 in Film&Literature
• Musicians Around the World Play “Lean on Me,” the Uplifting Song by Bill Withers (RIP), 09 Apr 2020 in Music
• Dolly Parton Will Read Bedtime Stories to You Every Week, 02 Apr 2020 in Books
• Explore the Entire World–from the Comfort of Quarantine–with 4K Walking Tours, 31 Mar 2020 in Video - Politics/Society
• Watch AI-Restored Film of Laborers Going Through Life in Victorian England (1901), 20 Mar 2020 in Film&History
• Spanish Flu: A Warning from History, 12 Mar 2020 in History
• The Internet Archive Hosts 20,000 VHS Recordings of Pop Culture from the 1980s & 1990s: Enter the VHS Vault, 05 Mar 2020 in Video - Arts & Culture
• A Trip Through New York City in 1911: Vintage Video of NYC Gets Colorized & Revived with Artificial Intelligence, 27 Feb 2020 in Film&History
• Why We Should Read William Golding’s Lord of the Flies: An Animated Video Makes the Case, 24 Feb 2020 in Literature
• Watch the Grateful Dead Slip Past Security & Play a Gig at Columbia University’s Anti-Vietnam Protest (1968), 17 Feb 2020 in Music
• Iconic Film from 1896 Restored with Artificial Intelligence: Watch an AI-Upscaled Version of the Lumière Brothers’ The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, 07 Feb 2020 in Film
• Take an Aerial Tour of Medieval Paris, 31 Jan 2020 in History
• Iconic Songs Played by Musicians Around the World: “Stand by Me,” “Redemption Song,” “Ripple” & More, 27 Jan 2020 in Music
• Watch Hunter S. Thompson & Ralph Steadman Head to Hollywood in a Revealing 1978 Documentary, 20 Jan 2020 in Film
• “Mr. Tambourine Man” & Other Bob Dylan Classics, Sung Beautifully by Kids, 10 Jan 2020 in K-12&Music
• Watch A-ha’s “Take On Me” Video Newly Remastered in 4K …. and Learn About the Band’s Struggle to Make the Classic Song, 02 Jan 2020 in Music
• Bob Ross’ Christmas Special: Celebrate, Relax, Nod Off, 25 Dec 2019 in Television
• Hear the Trippy Mystical Sounds of Giant Gongs, 23 Dec 2019 in Music
• Meet the Americans Who Speak with Elizabethan English Accents: An Introduction to the “Hoi Toiders” from Ocracoke, North Carolina, 13 Dec 2019 in English Language
• The Trick That Made Animation Realistic: Watch a Short History of Rotoscoping, 09 Dec 2019 in Film
• Twin Peaks Actually Explained: A Four-Hour Video Essay Demystifies It All, 02 Dec 2019 in Film
• How Blade Runner Captured the Imagination of a Generation of Electronic Musicians, 22 Nov 2019 in Music
• David Lynch Visualizes How Transcendental Meditation Works with Sharpie & Big Pad of Paper, 18 Nov 2019 in Science
• Lou Reed’s Mixtape for Andy Warhol Discovered by Cornell University Professor: Features 12 Previously Unreleased Songs, 11 Nov 2019 in Music
• What Happens to the Clothes We Throw Away?: Watch Unravel, a Short Documentary on the Journey Our Waste Takes, 31 Oct 2019 in Fashion&Film
• Watch 700 Videos Nostalgia-Inducing Videos from the Early Days of MTV, 28 Oct 2019 in Music&Television
• Watch Teenage Kurt Cobain and Friends’ Horror Movie from 1984, 18 Oct 2019 in Film
• David Gilmour Makes His Live at Pompeii Concert Film Free to Watch Online, 10 Oct 2019 in Music
• Watch Animated Scores of Beethoven’s 16 String Quartets: An Early Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of His Birth, 04 Oct 2019 in Music
• Watch Composer Wendy Carlos Demo an Original Moog Synthesizer (1989), 30 Sep 2019 in Music
• Watch 16 Hours of Historic Live Aid Performances: Queen, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young & Much More, 20 Sep 2019 in Music
• How Eric Clapton Created the Classic Song “Layla”, 13 Sep 2019 in Music
• Meet Fanny, the First Female Rock Band to Top the Charts: “They Were Just Colossal and Wonderful, and Nobody’s Ever Mentioned Them”, 05 Sep 2019 in Music
• Watch the Completely Unsafe, Vertigo-Inducing Footage of Workers Building New York’s Iconic Skyscrapers, 29 Aug 2019 in History
• How Dave Brubeck’s Time Out Changed Jazz Music, 23 Aug 2019 in Music
• Watch John Entwistle’s Bass-Playing Genius on Display in Isolated Tracks for “Won’t Be Fooled Again” and “Baba O’Reilly”, 15 Aug 2019 in Music
• Johnny Knoxville Breaks Down Every Injury of His Career, 12 Aug 2019 in Film
• Why Is Jackie Chan the King of Action Comedy? A Video Essay Masterfully Makes the Case, 06 Aug 2019 in Film
• Deconstructing Brian Eno’s Music for Airports: Explore the Tape Loops That Make Up His Groundbreaking Ambient Music, 24 Jul 2019 in Music
• There’s a Tiny Art Museum on the Moon That Features the Art of Andy Warhol & Robert Rauschenberg, 18 Jul 2019 in Art
• Hear the First Recording of the Human Voice (1860), 12 Jul 2019 in Music
• The Most Disturbing Painting: A Close Look at Francisco Goya’s “Saturn Devouring His Son”, 09 Jul 2019 in Art
• 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints Creatively Illustrate the Inner Workings of the Human Body, 27 Jun 2019 in Art
• Apollo 11 in Real Time: A New Web Site Lets You Take a Real-Time Journey Through First Landing on the Moon, 20 Jun 2019 in Science
• New Interactive “Murder Map” Reveals the Meanest Streets of Medieval London, 13 Jun 2019 in Maps
• Download Iconic National Park Fonts: They’re Now Digitized & Free to Use, 06 Jun 2019 in Design
• Metallica, REM, Led Zeppelin & Queen Sung in the Style of Gregorian Chant, 31 May 2019 in Music
• When John Waters Appeared on The Simpsons and Changed America’s LGBTQ Views (1997), 23 May 2019 in Television
• Pink Floyd Songs Played Splendidly on a Harp Guitar: “Comfortably Numb,” “Wish You Were Here” & More, 17 May 2019 in Music
• Tangled Up in Blue: Deciphering a Bob Dylan Masterpiece, 09 May 2019 in Music
• Behold the Ingenious Musical Marble Machine, 02 May 2019 in Music
• David Bowie’s Mystical Appearances in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, 25 Apr 2019 in Film
• How the Vietnam War Shaped Classic Rock–And How Classic Rock Shaped the War, 18 Apr 2019 in Music
• The Devilish History of the 1980s Parental Advisory Sticker: When Heavy Metal & Satanic Lyrics Collided with the Religious Right, 11 Apr 2019 in Music
• Home Taping Is Killing Music: When the Music Industry Waged War on the Cassette Tape in the 1980s, and Punk Bands Fought Back, 05 Apr 2019 in Music
• The Amazing Isolated Drums of Dennis Davis, David Bowie’s Master Drummer, Revisited by Producer Tony Visconti, 28 Mar 2019 in Music
• The Case for Why Captain Beefheart’s Awful Sounding Album, Trout Mask Replica, Is a True Masterpiece, 21 Mar 2019 in Music
• Watch an Animated Score for Steve Reich’s Minimalist Piece “Clapping Music“–and Try Your Hardest to Follow Along, 14 Mar 2019 in Music
• Hear Patti Smith’s New Work With The Soundwalk Collective, a Tribute to the Avant-Garde Poet Antonin Artaud, 07 Mar 2019 in Music
• Hear Underground 12, the Earliest Known Case of Musicians Recording While Under the Influence of LSD (1966), 28 Feb 2019 in Music
• Hear the First Musical Composition Created by a Computer: The Illiac Suite (1956), 21 Feb 2019 in Music
• A Six-Hour Time-Stretched Version of Brian Eno’s Music For Airports: Meditate, Relax, Study, 14 Feb 2019 in Music
• The Sex Pistols’ Sid Vicious Sings Frank Sinatra’s “My Way”: Is Nothing Sacred?, 07 Feb 2019 in Music
• The Real Locations of Ukiyo-e, Historic Japanese Woodblock Prints, Plotted on a Google Map, 31 Jan 2019 in Art&History
• Visualizing the Bass Playing Style of Motown’s Iconic Bassist James Jamerson: “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “For Once in My Life” & More, 24 Jan 2019 in Music
• A Virtual Tour of Every Place Referenced in The Beatles’ Lyrics: In 12 Minutes, Travel 25,000 Miles Across England, France, Russia, India & the US, 22 Jan 2019 in Music
• The Art of Creating Special Effects in Silent Movies: Ingenuity Before the Age of CGI, 10 Jan 2019 in Film
• Look How Young They Are!: The Beastie Boys Performing Live Their Very First Hit, “Cooky Puss” (1983), 03 Jan 2019 in Music
• Guillermo del Toro Names Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can the Most Underrated Great Movie of All Time, 27 Dec 2018 in Film
• Every Spider-Man Movie and TV Show Explained By Kevin Smith, 20 Dec 2018 in Comics/Cartoons
• David Byrne Curates a Playlist of Great Protest Songs Written Over the Past 60 Years: Stream Them Online, 13 Dec 2018 in Music
• The Strange History of Smooth Jazz: The Music We All Know and Love … to Hate, 07 Dec 2018 in Music
• Watch Queen’s Dragtastic “I Want to Break Free” Video: It Was More Than America & MTV Could Handle (1984), 29 Nov 2018 in Music
• The Making of “Bohemian Rhapsody”: Take a Deep Dive Into the Iconic Song with Queen’s 2002 Mini Documentary, 22 Nov 2018 in Music
• At Folsom Prison: A Mini-Doc on Johnny Cash’s Historic & Career-Changing Concert, 15 Nov 2018 in Music
• A Database of Paper Airplane Designs: Hours of Fun for Kids & Adults Alike, 08 Nov 2018 in Design
• Growing Up Surrounded by Books Has a Lasting Positive Effect on the Brain, Says a New Scientific Study, 02 Nov 2018 in Books
• David Lynch Is Creating a Virtual Reality Experience for Twin Peaks, 25 Oct 2018 in Video Games
• The Serial Killer Who Loved Jazz: The Infamous Story of the Axeman of New Orleans (1919), 18 Oct 2018 in History