Brian Heater
Project Thirty-Three, A Celebration of Simply Designed Vintage LP Covers
Seattle music shop Jive Time Records created the blog Project Thirty-Three to celebrate beautifully and simply designed old album covers. The site primarily features jazz…
‘The Sopranos’, ‘The Wire’, ‘Deadwood’ and Other HBO Shows Available for Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
Amazon and HBO have struck a deal that brings a number of the cable network’s top original programs to Amazon Prime Instant Video, a free…
J.J. Abrams Announces ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Walk-On Contest to Promote New ‘Force for Change’ Charity
Director J.J. Abrams has announced a contest featuring a walk-on role in the upcoming film Star Wars: Episode VII. The contest entries include a donation…
Pre-Velvet Underground Doo-Wop Recordings by Lou Reed
In the late-1950s, half a decade before the formation of The Velvet Underground, frontman Lou Reed recorded a number of doo-wop tracks with his high…
Beastie Boys ‘Sabotage’ Video Turned Into Vintage Comic As a Tribute to Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch
Created shortly after the death of Beastie Boy Adam “MCA” Yauch in 2012, Canadian illustrator Derek Langille turned the hip-hop trio’s much-loved “Sabotage” video into…
Beautiful Photos of Fungi
Steve Axford is a retired resident of New South Wales, Australia, who spends much of his time traveling and photographing nature, capturing — perhaps most…
‘The Typewriter’, A Song Performed on a Drumset, Call Bell and Manual Typewriter
Andrea Vadrucci, the classical drummer behind the Italian group Vadrum, plays along to the Leroy Anderson classical novelty song “The Typewriter” using a drumset, a…
Newsreel Footage of a Psychedelic London in 1967
This newsreel clip by British Pathe features a swinging London in 1967, with the psychedelic movement at the height of its power. The clip offers…
High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography Explained as Quickly as Possible
In the latest video from Techquickie, host Linus Sebastian breaks down the fundamentals of High Dynamic Range (HDR) in as few words as possible. For…
‘Headspace’, A Trippy Hand-Drawn Animated Short by Jake Fried
Hand-drawn by Boston animator Jake Fried, ‘Headspace’ is a trippy piece of experimental animation featuring an ever-changing canvas filled with windows and faces. Stills from…