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John Cage Unbound, A Living Archive
“John Cage Unbound, A Living Archive” is an online multimedia project about American composer and avant garde music pioneer John Cage. Hosted by the New…
Color Reel, An Animation That Quizzes Your Knowledge of Colors in Film
Color Reel is an animated short by Evan Seitz that quizzes your knowledge of colors in film. Seitz also created 123Films and ABCinema.
Anthony Bourdain and The Black Keys Share a BBQ & Bourbon Lunch
Anthony Bourdain is "abducted" by The Black Keys in a battered mini-van and take him to Woodyard's Bar-B-Que in Kansas City.
Why Do Old Books Smell?
Richard of online bookseller AbeBooks explains why old books have that peculiar smell. A physical book is full of organic material that reacts with heat,…
A TED Talk About Secrets by Frank Warren of PostSecret
Back in February, Frank Warren of PostSecret gave a wonderful and often moving TED Talk about secrets. PostSecret is an ongoing community art project in…
Too Beautiful To Be True Masks Contort Face To Beauty Ideals
German designer Meike Harde has created Too Beautiful To Be True, a series of masks that contort the face to ideals of beauty. The masks…
A Dinosaur-Themed Glow-in-the-Dark Coin by Royal Canadian Mint
Earlier in 2012, we posted about the Royal Canadian Mint celebration-themed coins designed by artist Gary Taxali. We have now learned that Royal Canadian Mint…
Guns by Eclectic Method
Eclectic Method aims directly for eyes and ears with their new remix Guns.
Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art?
Mike Rugnetta ponders the question “Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art?” over on the PBS Idea Channel. We’ve all seen and shared a few LOLCats…
Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron (CCOKC)
Some other famous kids of the ’80s and ’90s want you to know that gays rule and Kirk Cameron drools. A faux organization has…