Ambient composer Harold Budd has died at 84 from Covid-19.
Ambient composer Harold Budd has died at 84 from Covid-19. Here is "First Light," from The Plateaux of Mirror with Brian Eno.
Elvis Presley was the answer for the polio vaccine
The success of the polio vaccine was threatened in the 1950s by "vaccine hesitancy." In 1957, as many as 30% of people still had no inoculations, and a third of all new cases were in teens. Elvis Presley became the answer "in what might be the first,
Christmas trees are a multibillion-dollar business. Who’s making the money?
For the children in your house, or perhaps just for you, a year in the life of a Christmas tree, from “teeny two-year-old saplings to ten-year-old giants.” Via TKSST See also: "Christmas trees are a multibillion-dollar business. But who’s making the money?"
cyclist Andrew Jackson rides the cement and hills of Los Angeles.
For your lockdown wanderlust, "To Live and Ride in L.A.," a brief clip in which cyclist Andrew Jackson rides the cement and mountains of Southern California. Via The Radavist
A beginner's guide to "some of the heaviest music ever made."
A beginner's guide to "the heaviest music ever made." Via things
A beautiful, papercut-art ode to classic video games.
A beautiful, papercut-art ode to classic video games.
A ski movie that involves more than the usual fair share of philosophizing
For your weekly lockdown wanderlust: a Swiss ski movie that involves more than the usual fair share of philosophizing about awareness while hiking through the mountains.
Residents of Beijing respond to Biden's win.
From two weeks ago, but still interesting to see how people in Beijing respond to Biden's win.
Glenn Gould very winningly explains how Mozart went bad.
Glenn Gould winningly explains, with plenty of performances for illustration, why Mozart was not a very good composer.
Sassy justice deepfakes in Wyoming
From the creators of South Park, a deepfakes show about deepfakes. From Open Culture: This first episode also provides a glimpse of the surely enormous all-deepfake cast to come. Uncanny versions of Al Gore, Mark Zuckerberg (now a dialysis-center magnate), and Julie Andrews (as computer technician “Lou Xiang,