About: jdavidjones
Posts by jdavidjones:
- Behold the MusicMap: The Ultimate Interactive Genealogy of Music Created Between 1870 and 2016, 28 Mar 2018 in Design&Education&Music&Web/Tech
- Hear 48 Hours of Lectures by Joseph Campbell on Comparative Mythology and the Hero’s Journey, 28 Mar 2018 in Literature&Philosophy&Psychology&Religion
- A 17-Hour Chronological Playlist of Pink Floyd Albums: The Evolution of the Band Revealed in 209 Tracks (1967–2014), 27 Mar 2018 in Music
- Tom Waits Curates a 76-Song Playlist of His Own Music: An Introduction to Tom Waits by Tom Waits, 26 Mar 2018 in Music
- When Ira Aldridge Became the First Black Actor to Perform Shakespeare in England (1824), 22 Mar 2018 in Literature&Theatre
- Bertrand Russell’s Advice to People Living 1,000 Years in the Future: “Love is Wise, Hatred is Foolish”, 21 Mar 2018 in Life&Philosophy
- An Artist Visits Stonehenge in 1573 and Paints a Charming Watercolor Painting of the Ancient Ruins, 21 Mar 2018 in Art&History
- Bill Murray Reads the Poetry of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Wallace Stevens, Emily Dickinson, Billy Collins, Lorine Niedecker, Lucille Clifton & More, 20 Mar 2018 in Audio Books&Poetry
- Watch the Original Black Panther Animated Series Online: All Six Episodes Now Available Thanks to Marvel, 20 Mar 2018 in Animation&Comics/Cartoons
- Watch Stephen Hawking’s Interview with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Recorded 10 Days Before His Death: A Last Conversation about Black Holes, Time Travel & More, 19 Mar 2018 in Physics&Science
- David Byrne Creates a Playlist of Creative Music From Africa & the Caribbean—or What One Nameless President Has Called “Shithole Countries”, 16 Mar 2018 in Music
- Enter Digital Archives of the 1960s Fluxus Movement and Explore the Avant-Garde Art of John Cage, Yoko Ono, John Cale, Nam June Paik & More, 15 Mar 2018 in Art
- Stephen Hawking (RIP) Explains His Revolutionary Theory of Black Holes with the Help of Chalkboard Animations, 14 Mar 2018 in Life&Physics
- Take a Long, Strange Trip and Stream a 346-Hour Chronological Playlist of Live Grateful Dead Performances (1966–1995), 14 Mar 2018 in Music
- 70,000+ Religious Texts Digitized by Princeton Theological Seminary, Letting You Immerse Yourself in the Curious Works of Great World Religions, 13 Mar 2018 in Archives&Religion
- Marjorie Eliot Has Held Free Jazz Concerts in Her Harlem Apartment Every Sunday for the Past 25 Years, 13 Mar 2018 in Jazz&Music
- Hear 55 Hours of Shakespeare’s Plays: The Tragedies, Comedies & Histories Performed by Vanessa Redgrave, Sir John Gielgud, Ralph Fiennes & Many More, 12 Mar 2018 in Literature&Theatre
- The Entire Archives of Radical Philosophy Go Online: Read Essays by Michel Foucault, Alain Badiou, Judith Butler & More (1972–2018), 09 Mar 2018 in Philosophy
- Moog This!: Hear a Playlist Featuring 36 Hours of Music Made with the Legendary Analog Synthesizer, 09 Mar 2018 in Music
- When German Performance Artist Ulay Stole Hitler’s Favorite Painting & Hung it in the Living Room of a Turkish Immigrant Family (1976), 07 Mar 2018 in Art
- The Original Noise Artist: Hear the Strange Experimental Sounds & Instruments of Italian Futurist, Luigi Russolo (1913), 07 Mar 2018 in Art&Music
- Carl Sagan’s “Baloney Detection Kit”: A Toolkit That Can Help You Scientifically Separate Sense from Nonsense, 06 Mar 2018 in Education&Life&Politics&Science
- A Digital Archive of Heavy Metal, the Influential “Adult Fantasy Magazine” That Featured the Art of Moebius, H.R. Giger & More, 06 Mar 2018 in Magazines&Sci Fi
- An Animated History of Goth, 05 Mar 2018 in Music
- How Much Money Do You Need to Be Happy? A New Study Gives Us Some Exact Figures, 02 Mar 2018 in Economics&Life&Psychology
- Harvard Launches a Free Online Course to Promote Religious Tolerance & Understanding, 01 Mar 2018 in Harvard&History&Neuroscience&Psychology&Religion
- Hear Music Played on the Viola Organista, a Piano That Sounds Like a Violin, Which Leonardo da Vinci Invented, But Never Heard, 28 Feb 2018 in Music
- Maya Angelou’s Secret to Living Your Best Life, 28 Feb 2018 in Life&Literature
- Enter the Cover Art Archive: A Massive Collection of 800,000 Album Covers from the 1950s through 2018, 27 Feb 2018 in Art&Design&Music
- Large Archive of Hannah Arendt’s Papers Digitized by the Library of Congress: Read Her Lectures, Drafts of Articles, Notes & Correspondence, 27 Feb 2018 in Archives&History&Politics
- What Ancient Chinese Philosophy Can Teach Us About Living the Good Life Today: Lessons from Harvard’s Popular Professor, Michael Puett, 26 Feb 2018 in Life&Philosophy&TED Talks
- Underrated Albums That You Want the World to Know About: What’s on Your List?, 23 Feb 2018 in Music
- What the Map of the United States Would Look Like If All 50 States Had Equal Populations, 22 Feb 2018 in History&Politics
- Massive Archive of 78RPM Records Now Digitized & Put Online: Stream 78,000 Early 20th Century Records from Around the World, 21 Feb 2018 in Archives&Music
- What Made John Entwistle One of the Great Rock Bassists? Hear Isolated Tracks from “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” “Baba O’Riley” & “Pinball Wizard”, 21 Feb 2018 in Music
- Hear a 19-Hour Playlist of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Favorite Music: Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and… Yvette Guilbert, 20 Feb 2018 in Music&Philosophy
- Enroll in Harvard’s Free Online Architecture Course: An Introduction to the History & Theory of Architecture, 20 Feb 2018 in Architecture&Online Courses
- Is Charles Bukowski a Self-Help Guru? Hear Five of His Brutally Honest, Yet Oddly Inspiring, Poems and Decide for Yourself, 19 Feb 2018 in Literature&Writing
- Stream the “Complete” John Coltrane Playlist: A 94-Hour Journey Through 700+ Transformative Tracks, 16 Feb 2018 in Music
- What’s the Origin of Time Travel Fiction?: New Video Essay Explains How Time Travel Writing Got Its Start with Charles Darwin & His Literary Peers, 15 Feb 2018 in Literature&Sci Fi
- Read A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, a Hilarious & Informative Collection of Early Modern English Slang (1785), 14 Feb 2018 in English Language
- When the Sex Pistols Played at the Chelmsford Top Security Prison: Hear Vintage Tracks from the 1976 Gig, 14 Feb 2018 in Music
- Noam Chomsky Explains What’s Wrong with Postmodern Philosophy & French Intellectuals, and How They End Up Supporting Oppressive Power Structures, 13 Feb 2018 in Philosophy
- Reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein on Its 200th Anniversary: An Animated Primer to the Great Monster Story & Technology Cautionary Tale, 13 Feb 2018 in Literature
- Watch Scenes from the “Pink Floyd Ballet:” When the Experimental Rock Band Collaborated with Ballet Choreographer Roland Petit (1972), 12 Feb 2018 in Dance&Music
- The 25 Principles for Adult Behavior: John Perry Barlow (R.I.P.) Creates a List of Wise Rules to Live By, 09 Feb 2018 in Life&Music&Technology
- Take Harvard’s Introductory Course on Buddhism, One of Five World Religions Classes Offered Free Online, 08 Feb 2018 in Online Courses&Religion
- Theorist Judith Butler Explains How Behavior Creates Gender: A Short Introduction to “Gender Performativity”, 07 Feb 2018 in Gender&Philosophy
- Jean-Paul Sartre’s Concepts of Freedom & “Existential Choice” Explained in an Animated Video Narrated by Stephen Fry, 06 Feb 2018 in Philosophy
- Hear Freddie Mercury’s Vocals Soar in the Isolated Vocal Track for “Somebody to Love”, 06 Feb 2018 in Music
- Werner’s Nomenclature of Colour, the 19th-Century “Color Dictionary” Used by Charles Darwin (1814), 05 Feb 2018 in Art&Books&History&Science
- George Orwell Creates a List of the Four Essential Reasons Writers Write, 02 Feb 2018 in Writing
- Photographer Puts Her Archive of Photos Documenting the 1970s New York Punk Scene on Instagram: Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry, Lydia Lunch, Tom Verlaine, and Even Jean Michel Basquiat, 01 Feb 2018 in Music&Photography
- What Makes Flea Such an Amazing Bass Player? A Video Essay Breaks Down His Style, 31 Jan 2018 in Music
- Hear Hours of Lectures by Michel Foucault: Recorded in English & French Between 1961 and 1983, 30 Jan 2018 in Philosophy
- Artificial Intelligence May Have Cracked the Code of the Voynich Manuscript: Has Modern Technology Finally Solved a Medieval Mystery?, 30 Jan 2018 in Books&Computer Science&History&Science
- Virginia Woolf’s Personal Photo Album Digitized & Put Online by Harvard: See Candid Snapshots of Woolf, Her Family, and Friends from the Bloomsbury Group, 29 Jan 2018 in Literature&Photography
- MIT’s New Master’s Program Admits Students Without College and High School Degrees … and Helps Solve the World’s Most Pressing Problems, 26 Jan 2018 in Economics&Education&MIT
- Hear Ursula K. Le Guin’s Space Rock Opera Rigel 9: A Rare Recording from 1985, 26 Jan 2018 in Literature&Music&Sci Fi
- Celebrate the Life & Writing of Ursula K. Le Guin (R.I.P.) with Classic Radio Dramatizations of Her Stories, 24 Jan 2018 in Literature&Sci Fi
- Watch “Bells of Atlantis,” an Experimental Film with Early Electronic Music Featuring Anaïs Nin (1952), 24 Jan 2018 in Film&Literature
- Massive New Database Will Finally Allow Us to Identify Enslaved Peoples and Their Descendants in the Americas, 23 Jan 2018 in History
- Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s Handwritten Syllabus & Final Exam for the Philosophy Course He Taught at Morehouse College (1962), 22 Jan 2018 in History&Philosophy
- 10,000 Classic Movie Posters Getting Digitized & Put Online by the Harry Ransom Center at UT-Austin: Free to Browse & Download, 20 Jan 2018 in Archives&Film
- Western Music Moves in Three and Even Four (!) Dimensional Spaces: How the Pioneering Research of Princeton Theorist Dmitri Tymoczko Helps Us Visualize Music in Radical, New Ways, 18 Jan 2018 in Math&Music&Physics&Science
- The Psychological & Neurological Disorders Experienced by Characters in Alice in Wonderland: A Neuroscience Reading of Lewis Carroll’s Classic Tale, 17 Jan 2018 in Literature&Neuroscience&Psychology
- What Shakespeare’s English Sounded Like, and How We Know It, 17 Jan 2018 in English Language&Language&Literature
- An Animated Introduction to Friedrich Nietzsche’s Philosophical Recipe for Getting Over the Sources of Regret, Disappointment and Suffering in Our Lives, 16 Jan 2018 in Philosophy
- Hear Dolores O’Riordan’s Beautifully-Pained Vocals in the Unplugged Version of The Cranberries’ 1994 Hit “Zombie”, 16 Jan 2018 in Music
- Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, the New Series Starring Bryan Cranston, Anna Paquin & Steve Buscemi, Now Streaming Free on Amazon Prime, 15 Jan 2018 in Sci Fi&Television
- 19-Year-Old Student Uses Early Spy Camera to Take Candid Street Photos (Circa 1895), 12 Jan 2018 in Photography
- A Brief History of Making Deals with the Devil: Niccolò Paganini, Robert Johnson, Jimmy Page & More, 11 Jan 2018 in Literature&Music&Religion
- How Reading Increases Your Emotional Intelligence & Brain Function: The Findings of Recent Scientific Studies, 11 Jan 2018 in Literature&Neuroscience
- Watch an Episode of TV-CBGB, the First Rock ‘n’ Roll Sitcom Ever Aired on Cable TV (1981), 10 Jan 2018 in Music&Television
- A Short Animated Introduction to Karl Marx, 09 Jan 2018 in Economics&Politics
- A Map of George Orwell’s 1984, 09 Jan 2018 in Literature&Maps
- Hear the 50 Best Post-Punk Albums of All Time: A Nostalgia-Inducing Playlist Curated by Paste Magazine, 08 Jan 2018 in Music
- Watch Prince Play Jazz Piano & Coach His Band Through George Gershwin’s “Summertime” in a Candid, Behind-the-Scenes Moment (1990), 05 Jan 2018 in Music
- Hear the Hagia Sophia’s Awe-Inspiring Acoustics Get Recreated with Computer Simulations, and Let Yourself Get Transported Back to the Middle Ages, 04 Jan 2018 in Architecture&Art&Music&Science&Stanford
- Free, Open Source Modular Synth Software Lets You Create 70s & 80s Electronic Music—Without Having to Pay Thousands for a Real-World Synthesizer, 03 Jan 2018 in Music&Technology
- How Isaac Newton Lost $3 Million Dollars in the “South Sea Bubble” of 1720: Even Geniuses Can’t Prevail Against the Machinations of the Markets, 03 Jan 2018 in Economics&History
- The Health Benefits of Drumming: Less Stress, Lower Blood Pressure, Pain Relief, and Altered States of Consciousness, 02 Jan 2018 in Health&Music&Science
- 1,600 Rare Color Photographs Depict Life in the U.S During the Great Depression & World War II, 02 Jan 2018 in History&Photography
- Ian McKellen Recites Shakespeare’s Sonnet 20, Backed by Garage Rock Band, the Fleshtones, on Andy Warhol’s MTV Variety Show (1987), 01 Jan 2018 in Literature&Music&Television
- What Is Procrastination & How Can We Solve It? An Introduction by One of the World’s Leading Procrastination Experts, 29 Dec 2017 in Life&Productivity&Psychology
- Hear Lou Reed’s The Raven, a Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe Featuring David Bowie, Ornette Coleman, Willem Dafoe & More, 28 Dec 2017 in Literature&Music
- Andy Warhol’s 15 Minutes: Discover the Postmodern MTV Variety Show That Made Warhol a Star in the Television Age (1985–87), 27 Dec 2017 in Art&Television
- What Is a Life-Changing Realization You Wish You’d Had Sooner in Life?, 27 Dec 2017 in Life
- Why Should We Read Charles Dickens? A TED-Ed Animation Makes the Case, 26 Dec 2017 in Literature
- How Fleetwood Mac Makes A Song: A Video Essay Exploring the “Sonic Paintings” on the Classic Album, Rumours, 26 Dec 2017 in Music
- Stream a Playlist of 79 Punk Rock Christmas Songs: The Ramones, The Damned, Bad Religion & More, 25 Dec 2017 in Music
- Hear Kurt Cobain’s 50 Favorite Albums: A 38 Hour Playlist Featuring Lead Belly, David Bowie, Public Enemy, The Breeders & More, 22 Dec 2017 in Music
- The First Photographs of Snowflakes: Discover the Groundbreaking Microphotography of Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley (1885), 21 Dec 2017 in History&Photography&Science
- 3,500 Occult Manuscripts Will Be Digitized & Made Freely Available Online, Thanks to Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown, 20 Dec 2017 in Books
- What the Entire Internet Looked Like in 1973: An Old Map Gets Found in a Pile of Research Papers, 20 Dec 2017 in Technology
- How the Japanese Practice of “Forest Bathing”—Or Just Hanging Out in the Woods—Can Lower Stress Levels and Fight Disease, 19 Dec 2017 in Health&Nature&Psychology
- A 17-Hour Chronological Playlist of Beatles Songs: 338 Tracks Let You Hear the Musical Evolution of the Iconic Band, 19 Dec 2017 in Music
- Thelonious Monk’s 25 Tips for Musicians (1960), 18 Dec 2017 in Music
- 350 Animated Videos That Will Teach You Philosophy, from Ancient to Post-Modern, 15 Dec 2017 in Animation&Philosophy
- Underground Cartoonist Robert Crumb Creates an Illustrated Introduction to Franz Kafka’s Life and Work, 14 Dec 2017 in Comics/Cartoons&Literature
- Hear Paul McCartney’s Experimental Christmas Mixtape: A Rare & Forgotten Recording from 1965, 13 Dec 2017 in Music
- New Gabriel García Márquez Digital Archive Features More Than 27,000 Digitized Letters, Manuscript Pages, Photos & More, 13 Dec 2017 in Archives&Literature
- Academic Journal Devotes an Entire Issue to Prince’s Life & Music: Read and Download It for Free, 12 Dec 2017 in Music
- Brian Eno Presents a Crash Course on How the Recording Studio Radically Changed Music: Hear His Influential Lecture “The Recording Studio as a Compositional Tool” (1979), 12 Dec 2017 in Music
- Depression & Melancholy: Animated Videos Explain the Crucial Difference Between Everyday Sadness and Clinical Depression, 11 Dec 2017 in Animation&Poetry&Psychology&TED Talks
- Meet the Characters Immortalized in Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side”: The Stars and Gay Rights Icons from Andy Warhol’s Factory Scene, 08 Dec 2017 in Art&Music
- How Josephine Baker Went From Homeless Street Performer to International Superstar, French Resistance Fighter & Civil Rights Hero, 07 Dec 2017 in Dance&Film&History&Jazz&Music&Politics
- Why Incompetent People Think They’re Amazing: An Animated Lesson from David Dunning (of the Famous “Dunning-Kruger Effect”), 06 Dec 2017 in Business&Psychology&TED Talks
- The Vibrant Color Wheels Designed by Goethe, Newton & Other Theorists of Color (1665–1810), 06 Dec 2017 in Art&Science
- The Case for Why Kraftwerk May Be the Most Influential Band Since the Beatles, 05 Dec 2017 in Music
- How Technicolor Revolutionized Cinema with Surreal, Electric Colors & Changed How We See Our World, 05 Dec 2017 in Film
- Neil Young Offers His Entire Catalog of Music Free Online (Until June), at the Highest Digital Audio Quality Possible, 04 Dec 2017 in Music
- Andy Warhol’s Seven Hand-Illustrated Books: Charming, Little-Known, and Now Available to the World (1952–1959), 01 Dec 2017 in Art&Books
- What Books Did Wunderkind Philosopher J.S. Mill Read Between Ages 3 and 7?: Plato’s Apology (in Ancient Greek), Cervantes’ Don Quixote & Much More, 30 Nov 2017 in Books&Philosophy
- Mister Rogers, Sesame Street & Jim Henson Introduce Kids to the Synthesizer with the Help of Herbie Hancock, Thomas Dolby & Bruce Haack, 29 Nov 2017 in K-12&Music
- George Orwell Predicted Cameras Would Watch Us in Our Homes; He Never Imagined We’d Gladly Buy and Install Them Ourselves, 28 Nov 2017 in Life&Technology
- Listen to Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” in One Streamable Playlist, 28 Nov 2017 in Music
- Watch Footage of the Velvet Underground Composing “Sunday Morning,” the First Track on Their Seminal Debut Album The Velvet Underground & Nico (1966), 27 Nov 2017 in Music
- Stream All of Tom Waits’ Music in a 24 Hour Playlist: The Complete Discography, 24 Nov 2017 in Music
- A Digital Archive of 1,800+ Children’s Books from UCLA, 22 Nov 2017 in Books&K-12
- 1934 Map Resizes the World to Show Which Country Drinks the Most Tea, 22 Nov 2017 in Food & Drink&Maps
- Colorful Maps from 1914 and 2016 Show How Planes & Trains Have Made the World Smaller and Travel Times Quicker, 21 Nov 2017 in Maps
- What Made Freddie Mercury the Greatest Vocalist in Rock History? The Secrets Revealed in a Short Video Essay, 20 Nov 2017 in Music
- Hear a Complete Chronological Discography of Patti Smith’s Fiercely Poetic Rock and Roll: 13 Hours and 142 Tracks, 17 Nov 2017 in Music
- An Interactive Map of Every Record Shop in the World, 16 Nov 2017 in Maps&Music
- Two Million Wondrous Nature Illustrations Put Online by The Biodiversity Heritage Library, 15 Nov 2017 in Art&Biology&Books&Life&Photography&Science
- Research Finds That Intellectual Humility Can Make Us Better Thinkers & People; Good Thing There’s a Free Course on Intellectual Humility, 15 Nov 2017 in Philosophy&Politics&Psychology
- Meet the World’s Worst Orchestra, the Portsmouth Sinfonia, Featuring Brian Eno, 14 Nov 2017 in Music
- Atheist Stanford Biologist Robert Sapolsky Explains How Religious Beliefs Reduce Stress, 14 Nov 2017 in Religion&Science&Stanford
- Christopher Hitchens Dismisses the Cult of Ayn Rand: There’s No “Need to Have Essays Advocating Selfishness Among Human Beings; It Requires No Reinforcement”, 13 Nov 2017 in Economics&Politics
- What the Future Sounded Like: Documentary Tells the Forgotten 1960s History of Britain’s Avant-Garde Electronic Musicians, 10 Nov 2017 in Music
- Yale Presents a Free Online Course on Miguel de Cervantes’ Masterpiece Don Quixote, 09 Nov 2017 in Literature&Online Courses
- A Digital Archive of the Earliest Illustrated Editions of Dante’s Divine Comedy (1487–1568), 08 Nov 2017 in Art&Books&Literature
- Emily Wilson Is the First Woman to Translate Homer’s Odyssey into English: The New Translation Is Out Today, 07 Nov 2017 in Books&Literature
- Jimmy Page Unplugged: Led Zeppelin’s Guitarist Reveals His Acoustic Talents in Four Videos (1970–2008), 07 Nov 2017 in Music
- Salvador Dali’s 1978 Wine Guide, The Wines of Gala, Gets Reissued: Sensual Viticulture Meets Surreal Art, 06 Nov 2017 in Art&Books&Food & Drink
- MIT Is Digitizing a Huge Archive of Noam Chomsky’s Lectures, Papers and Other Documents & Will Put Them Online, 03 Nov 2017 in Archives&Letters&Media&Politics
- Pop Art Posters Celebrate Pioneering Women Scientists: Download Free Posters of Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace & More, 02 Nov 2017 in Gender&Science
- 25 Million Images From 14 Art Institutions to Be Digitized & Put Online In One Huge Scholarly Archive, 01 Nov 2017 in Archives&Art
- The Philosophy of “Optimistic Nihilism,” Or How to Find Purpose in a Meaningless Universe, 31 Oct 2017 in Philosophy
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