Rancho Música
This is Jarbas Agnelli, “walking around [his] ranch, looking for everything that makes interesting noises.” His ranch sounds great. Drummers reinventing their craft never gets old.
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The Clock of the Long Now
Like a Stonehenge in the present day, the Clock of the Long Now is a project to build a clock that can operate for the next 10,000 years. The project’s director, Alexander Rose: “In trying to design a 10,000-year clock, we’re invested in generational thinking
The Downstairs Gays: A Reading
Social media makes it easy to virtually tour our neighbors’ homes—and really, their entire lives. The hard part: finding the clear divide between entertainment and cyberstalking. John Sherman reads “The Downstairs Gays,” originally published at TMN:
Max Richter’s Eight-Hour Lullaby
Here are three minutes from Max Richter’s From Sleep, an eight-hour composition he calls his “personal lullaby for a frenetic world.” Download From Sleep
A Surreally Bad Day
When your keyboard turns literal and the toothpaste attacks, you can tell. It’s another one of those days. Directed by Terri Timely
You Can’t Kill the Rooster
David Sedaris reads “You Can’t Kill the Rooster”—the greatest story in human history—about his brother Paul, aka The Rooster. See also: The text for “You Can’t Kill the Rooster”
If the Cuckoo Don’t Crow, Then You Know There’s Wind Coming
A listener calls into Nick Pandolfi’s radio show with the story of when his mother predicted a hurricane the BBC didn’t. Also: Proof animation obviates subtitles. Animated by Steve Kirby
Weird Simpsons VHS
Just as I remember it. Directed and animated by Yoann Hervo
Everything Stands in Your Way When You’re a Toy
Try as they might, toys can’t quite do anything people do. Though they may appreciate art. Directed by Vincent Tsui
Alpha Centauri Is in Central New Jersey
In Nevada, friends build the first scale model of the solar system. Then they drive the orbits in a car, and we can feel how big it is—and how small we are. A film by Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh