Kickstarter: the Future of Self-Publishing?

≡ Category: Audio Books, Books, Media | ≅ 6 Comments

We all know where books come from: a human and a muse meet, fall in love, and two months to twenty years later, a book is born. Then, as with other varieties of babies, the sleepless nights start as a writer searches for a home for the book, collecting rejections like badges of honor, testaments [...]

The Mechanical Monsters: Seminal Superman Animated Film from 1941

≡ Category: Film, Sci Fi, Video - Arts & Culture, Video - Politics/Society, YouTube | ≅ 1 Comment

In 1941, director Dave Fleischer and Paramount Pictures animators Steve Muffati and George Germanetti produced Superman: The Mechanical Monsters — a big-budget animated adaptation of the popular Superman comics of that period, in which a mad scientist unleashes robots to rob banks and loot museums, and Superman, naturally, saves the day. It was one of [...]

It’s 5:46 A.M. and Paris Is Under Water

≡ Category: Art, Film | ≅ Leave a Comment

Thanks to the creative work of Olivier Campagne & Vivien Balzi, you can see Paris looking a little like Venice does in the winter — mercifully freed from crowds and often under water. For more great perspectives on Paris and Venice, don’t miss: Le Flaneur: Time Lapse Video of Paris Without the People Paris Underground [...]

George Harrison in the Spotlight: The Dick Cavett Show (1971)

≡ Category: Music, Television | ≅ Leave a Comment

This week, HBO will air George Harrison: Living in the Material World, a two-part documentary dedicated to The Beatles’ guitarist who long played in the shadow of John and Paul. While George slips back in the spotlight, we should highlight his vintage interview with Dick Cavett. Recorded 40 years ago (November 23, 1971), the conversation starts with [...]

Jacques Derrida Deconstructs American Attitudes

≡ Category: Philosophy | ≅ 7 Comments

Jacques Derrida, the founder of Deconstruction, was something of an academic rock star during his day. He packed auditoriums whenever and wherever he spoke. Films were made about him. And a generation of academics churned out Derridean deconstructions of literary texts. All of this made Derrida’s star rise ever higher. But whether it did much [...]

Italy’s Youngest Led Head

≡ Category: Music, Poetry | ≅ 1 Comment

If you liked Friday’s post, Jimmy Page Tells the Story of Kashmir, then you’ll have a little fun with this. A shorter version with subtitles appears here. For more moments of cultural precociousness, don’t miss 3 year old Samuel Chelpka reciting Billy Collins’ poem “Litany,” and 3 year old Jonathan channeling the spirit of Herbert von Karajan while conducting the 4th [...]

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