We'll watch anything starring Richard E. Grant.
We'll watch anything starring Richard E. Grant, including a demented holiday story.
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A short about David Worobec, a classical vocalist who sings every role in a miniature theater.
A wonderful documentary short about David Worobec, a classically trained vocalist who sings every role for a theater he built using miniature figures and sets.
A mind-bending CGI of monoliths dissected to reveal colorful interiors.
A mind-bending CGI by Maxim Zhestkov of "dark and brutal geometric monoliths...dissected by invisible 3D objects to reveal the layers of the colorful and emotionally vibrant inner structures."
A song designed to reduce anxiety is strikingly effective.
According to a study, a song constructed in collaboration with sound therapists resulted "in a striking 65 percent reduction in participants' overall anxiety, and a 35 percent reduction in their usual physiological resting rates."
Get over your fear of sharks by making them into cute art.
Lorien Stern, an artist in the Mojave Desert, is afraid of sharks. Therefore she makes many of them, over and over, all of them adorable.
Breaking glass with the world's biggest air horn.
What to do after you've built the world's largest horn? Perhaps drag it out to the desert and shatter some glass?
George Saunders and Jeff Tweedy discuss songwriting and prose.
Normally this isn't really our thing, but George Saunders and Jeff Tweedy show a surprising amount of chemistry while talking about writing, music, and kids.
A mesmerizing, mirrored time-lapse of humans moving through cities.
A mesmerizing, mirrored time-lapse of humans moving through cities. (Seizure warning.)
Music in 21st century Mali.
From the podcast and radio show Afropop Worldwide, a recent episode explores Mali’s emergence from war through a return of its musical life. Ethnomusicologist Lucy Durán has been studying the oral transmission of music in various countries, notably among griot families in Mali. With her guidance, we explore the
A frightening look inside Tijuana's migrant refugee camp.
Footage from the Deportivo Benito Juarez in Tijuana’s Zona Norte, where hundreds of migrants from Central America are sheltering with hopes of entering the United States. From L.A. Taco: Along the path, various organizations and government bodies have set up booths to aid the migrants: medical, legal, human-