February 2012
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Tonight, we get to re-live the 1990s via American Experience: Clinton.
Love their presidential biographies! (Seriously, the HW Bush, Reagan, Carter, and Kennedy docs rocked my world.)
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I believe ‘curate’ finds ever-wider application because of a feature of modern...
– Hans-Ulrich Obrist, curator (h/t Brain Pickings)
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The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt. Precisely...
– Carlo Rovelli, physicist
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SNL ‘Linsanity’ sketch.
This is brilliant. I just hope people get it.
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Amazin. Live duet. Gotye & Kimbra. “Somebody That I Used to Know” for VH1.
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POV Video: Frederick Wiseman (2001): Filmmaker... →
I saw parts of Frederick Wiseman’s 1968 documentary,”High School,” during a long-form treatment class in college. Seeing old film brought back to life in”The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975” and previews of Wiseman’s latest project, “Crazy Horse,” piqued my interest in his classic. Gonna make it a goal to see “High School” in its entirety...
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Meet EL WINGADOR — a man who can down 100 Tootsie Rolls in a matter of seconds and chew chicken wings so quickly that he has almost bitten his own finger off.
In a word: disgusting.
Still, count on Errol Morris to turn video some might consider vomit-inducing into a visual work of wonder for the NY Times’ Op-Doc series.
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Bummed I’m not in Boise this weekend to see @treymcinproject’s latest. Woulda been sooo fun to see them perform to music by the late, great #EttaJames. Hope they swing through Austin someday!
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Well Jack I was glad to learn how you felt about your summer’s work & your...
– 1928 letter from LeRoy Pollock to his 16-year-old son, Jackson.
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The Roots. “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around”
I never get sick of seeing old film from the Civil Rights movement of the 60s. So much energy and hope. Kinda sad to think — we’ve come pretty far. Just not far enough.
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Check out this @Storify Timeline: How Komen and... →
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“When you’re working in China, there’s a gray area that you have to navigate well.” — Zhao Liang, documentary filmmaker in China
Zhao Liang and Ai Weiwei. Two remarkable and brave artists. One is a rebel-turned-collaborator with the Chinese government. The other remains defiant. As a result, Ai is monitored daily by bureaucratic thugs and banned from leaving the country.
An interesting...
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Argh. My iPhone comes with a human cost. Vid by @NYTimes.
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