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Time Travel Back to 1926 and Watch Wassily Kandinsky Make Art in Some Rare Vintage Video
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (209+ words) Have you ever won'dered what it would be like to trav'el back in time and look over the shoul'der of one of the ear'ly 20th cen'tu'ry's great'est artists to watch him work? In this brief film from 1926, we get to see…...
The Splendid Book Design of the 1946 Edition of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (171+ words) Cre'at'ed by Clarence P. Hor'nung, the design cap'tures the essence of Gib'bon's clas'sic, show'ing Roman pil'lars pro'gres'sive'ly crum'bling as your eyes move from Vol'ume1 to Vol'ume7. George Macy lat'er called the col'lec'tion, which also fea'tures illus'tra'tions by the great 18th-cen'tu'ry print'mak'er…...
David Bowie Picks His 12 Favorite David Bowie Songs
1+ week, 1+ day ago (82+ words) Note: An ear'li'er ver'sion of this post appeared on our site in 2019. David Bowie's 100 Must Read Books The Art Col'lec'tion of David Bowie: An Intro'duc'tion How David Bowie Used William S. Bur'roughs' Cut-Up Method to Write His Unfor'get'table Lyrics David Bowie…...
How William S. Burroughs Used the Cut-Up Technique to Shut Down London's First Espresso Bar (1972)
1+ week, 2+ day ago (172+ words) London's first prop'er cof'fee shop'one equipped with a Gag'gia cof'fee machine'opened at 29 Frith Street. This was a place where teenagers too young for pubs could come and gath'er, and it is said by some that the intro'duc'tion of this cof'fee…...
How Humans Migrated Across The Globe Over 200, 000 Years: An Animated Look
1+ week, 3+ day ago (83+ words) Note: An ear'li'er ver'sion of this post appeared on our site in 2019. Where Did Human Beings Come From? 7 Mil'lion Years of Human Evo'lu'tion Visu'al'ized in Six Min'utes Watch Ani'ma'tions Show'ing How Humans Migrat'ed Across the World Over the Past 60, 000 Years…...
Kurt Vonnegut Diagrams the Shape of All Stories in a Master's Thesis Rejected by U. Chicago
2+ week, 2+ day ago (76+ words) Note: An ear'li'er ver'sion of this post appeared on our site in 2014. Kurt Von'negut Explains "How to Write With Style" The Shape of A Sto'ry: Writ'ing Tips from Kurt Von'negut Kurt Von'negut Offers 8 Tips on How to Write Good Short…...
The First Live Performance of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991)
2+ week, 3+ day ago (112+ words) Note: An ear'li'er ver'sion of this post appeared on our site in 2012. Nirvana's Home Videos: Watch Nir'vana Rehearse in Krist Novoselic's Mother's House (1988) Watch Nir'vana Per'form "Smells Like Teen Spir'it," Just Days After the Release of'Nev'er'mind'(1991) Nir'vana Before They Were…...
Hip 1960s Latin Teacher Translated Beatles Songs into Latin for His Students: Read Lyrics for "O Teneum Manum," "Diei Duri Nox" & More
2+ week, 4+ day ago (182+ words) Final'ly, since ear'ly six'ties Bea't'les lyrics aren't as like'ly to engage stu'dents in 2017, what pop cul'tur'al mate'r'i'al would you trans'late today'classics teach'ers out there'to reach the bemused, bewil'dered, and the bored? If you're already hard at work using hip resources…...
The Unexpected Math Behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night
3+ week, 1+ day ago (135+ words) Note: An ear'li'er ver'sion of this post appeared on our site in 2014. If you would like to sup'port the mis'sion of Open Cul'ture, con'sid'er mak'ing'a dona'tion to our site. It's hard to rely 100% on ads, and your con'tri'bu'tions will help…...
M. I. T. Computer Program Predicts in 1973 That Civilization Will End by 2040
3+ week, 2+ day ago (173+ words) Time after time " you'll find peo'ple are react'ing to a prob'lem, they think they know what to do, and they don't real'ize that what they're doing is mak'ing a prob'lem. This is a vicious [cycle], because as things get worse,…...