openculture

openculture, 7 days ago to random

The Stoic Wisdom of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius: An Introduction in Six Short Videos

https://www.openculture.com/2023/08/the-stoic-wisdom-of-roman-emperor-marcus-aurelius-explained-in-six-videos.html

openculture, 7 days ago to random

Monty Python’s Michael Palin Presents His Favorite Painting, J. M. W. Turner’s Rain, Steam and Speed

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/monty-pythons-michael-palin-presents-his-favorite-painting-j-m-w-turners-rain-steam-and-speed.html

openculture, 7 days ago to random

The First Professional Footage of Pink Floyd Gets Captured in a 1967 Documentary (and the Band Also Provides the Soundtrack)

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/the-first-professional-footage-of-pink-floyd-gets-captured-in-a-1967-documentary-and-the-band-also-provides-the-soundtrack.html

openculture, 8 days ago to random

How Joan Jett Started the Runaways at 15 and Faced Down Every Barrier for Women in Rock and Roll

https://www.openculture.com/2018/10/joan-jett-started-runaways-15-faced-every-barrier-women-rock-roll.html

openculture, 8 days ago to random

Django Reinhardt and the Inspiring Story Behind His Guitar Technique

https://www.openculture.com/2012/08/django_reinhardt_and_the_inspiring_story_behind_his_guitar_technique.html

openculture, 8 days ago to random

Why Medieval Bologna Was Full of Tall Towers, and What Happened to Them

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/why-medieval-bologna-was-full-of-tall-towers-and-what-happened-to-them.html

openculture, 8 days ago to random

Medieval Cats Behaving Badly: Kitties That Left Paw Prints … and Peed … on 15th Century Manuscripts

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/medieval-cats-behaving-badly-kitties-that-left-paw-prints-and-peed-on-15th-century-manuscripts.html

openculture, 9 days ago to random

Kraftwerk’s First Concert: The Beginning of the Endlessly Influential Band (1970)

https://www.openculture.com/2016/01/kraftwerks-first-concert-now-online.html

openculture, 9 days ago to random

RIP David Sanborn: See Him Play Alongside Miles Davis, Randy Newman, Sun Ra, Leonard Cohen and Others on His TV Show Night Music

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/rip-david-sanborn-tv-show-night-music.html

openculture, 9 days ago to random

Hear Leo Tolstoy Read From His Last Major Work in Four Languages, 1909

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/hear-leo-tolstoy-read-from-his-last-major-work-in-four-languages-1909.html

openculture, 9 days ago to random

Isaac Asimov Predicts the Future of Online Education in 1988–and It’s Now Coming True

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/isaac-asimov-predicts-the-future-of-online-education-in-1988-and-its-now-coming-true.html

openculture, 10 days ago to random

Watch the German Expressionist Film, The Golem, with a Soundtrack by The Pixies’ Black Francis

https://www.openculture.com/2012/04/the_pixies_black_francis_creates_soundtrack_for_famous_german_expressionist_film_ithe_golemi.html

openculture, 10 days ago to random

See What David Lynch Can Do With a 100-Year-Old Camera and 52 Seconds of Film

https://www.openculture.com/2012/05/what_david_lynch_can_do_with_a_100-year-old_camera_and_52_seconds_of_film.html

openculture, 10 days ago to random

The Personality of Parisian Neighborhoods Expressed Through Typography

https://www.openculture.com/2013/04/the_personality_of_parisian_neighborhoods_expressed_through_typography.html

openculture, 10 days ago to random

How David Byrne and Brian Eno Make Music Together: A Short Documentary

https://www.openculture.com/2012/05/how_david_byrne_and_brian_eno_make_music_together.html

openculture, 11 days ago to random

William F. Buckley Meets (Possibly Drunk) Jack Kerouac, Tries to Make Sense of Hippies, 1968

https://www.openculture.com/2012/05/william_f_buckley_meets_possibly_drunk_jack_keroauc.html

openculture, 11 days ago to random

Supermassive Black Hole Shreds a Star, and You Get to Watch

https://www.openculture.com/2012/05/supermassive_black_hole_shreds_a_star_and_you_get_to_watch_.html

openculture, 11 days ago to random

Aldous Huxley Tells Mike Wallace What Will Destroy Democracy: Overpopulation, Drugs & Insidious Technology (1958)

https://www.openculture.com/2018/04/aldous-huxley-tells-mike-wallace-what-will-destroy-democracy-overpopulation-drugs-insidious-technology-1958.html

openculture, 11 days ago to random

Watch the German Expressionist Film, The Golem, with a Soundtrack by The Pixies’ Black Francis

https://www.openculture.com/2012/04/the_pixies_black_francis_creates_soundtrack_for_famous_german_expressionist_film_ithe_golemi.html

openculture, 11 days ago to random

Watch The Critic: The Oscar-Winning, Animated Film Narrated by Mel Brooks (1963)

https://www.openculture.com/2012/04/ithe_critici_hilarious_oscar-winning_film_narrated_by_mel_brooks_1963.html

openculture, 11 days ago to random

Jim Henson Teaches You How to Make Puppets in 15 Minutes (1969)

https://www.openculture.com/2010/09/puppet_making_with_jim_henson_a_primer.html

openculture, 11 days ago to random

Ray Bradbury Gives 12 Pieces of Writing Advice to Young Authors (2001)

https://www.openculture.com/2012/04/ray_bradbury_gives_12_pieces_of_writing_advice_to_young_authors_2001.html

openculture, 11 days ago to random

Andy Warhol Digitally Paints Debbie Harry with the Amiga 1000 Computer (1985)

https://www.openculture.com/2012/04/andy_warhol_digitally_paints_debbie_harry_with_the_amiga_1000_computer_1985.html

openculture, 11 days ago to random

The Coffee Revolt of 1674: When Women Campaigned to Prohibit “That Newfangled, Abominable, Heathenish Liquor Called COFFEE”

https://www.openculture.com/2017/04/the-coffee-revolt-of-1674.html

openculture, 12 days ago to random

RIP David Sanborn: See Him Play Alongside Miles Davis, Randy Newman, Sun Ra, Leonard Cohen and Others on His TV Show Night Music

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/rip-david-sanborn-tv-show-night-music.html