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• What Makes the Stradivarius Special? It Was Designed to Sound Like a Female Soprano Voice, With Notes Sounding Like Vowels, Says Researcher, 27 Apr 2016 in Music&Science
• Prince Plays Unplugged and Wraps the Crowd Around His Little Finger (2004), 27 Apr 2016 in Music
• Founding Fathers, A Documentary Narrated By Public Enemy’s Chuck D, Presents the True History of Hip Hop, 26 Apr 2016 in Music
• Scientific Study Reveals What Made Freddie Mercury’s Voice One of a Kind; Hear It in All of Its A Cappella Splendor, 26 Apr 2016 in Music
• Hear Prince and Miles Davis’ Rarely-Heard Musical Collaborations, 25 Apr 2016 in Music
• Delight in Prince’s Extraordinarily Poignant Cover of Radiohead’s “Creep, 22 Apr 2016 in Music
• Prince Plays a Mind-Blowing Guitar Solo On “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, 21 Apr 2016 in Music
• Becoming Bilingual Can Give Your Brain a Boost: What Recent Research Has to Say, 21 Apr 2016 in Education&Language Lessons&Neuroscience
• Hear the Vintage Sherlock Holmes Radio Drama, Starring John Gielgud, Orson Welles & Ralph Richardson, 20 Apr 2016 in Literature&Radio
• Behold the First Electric Guitar: The 1931 “Frying Pan”, 19 Apr 2016 in History&Music
• Brian Eno Creates a List of His 13 Favorite Records: From Gospel to Afrobeat, Shoegaze to Bulgarian Folk, 19 Apr 2016 in Music
• Hear 100 Amazing Cover Versions of Beatles Songs, 18 Apr 2016 in Music
• Hear What It Sounds Like When Philosopher Daniel Dennett’s Brain Activity Gets Turned into Music, 15 Apr 2016 in Music&Neuroscience&Philosophy
• Tom Waits Makes a List of His Top 20 Favorite Albums of All Time, 14 Apr 2016 in Music
• Watch 50+ Documentaries on Famous Architects & Buildings: Bauhaus, Le Corbusier, Hadid & Many More, 13 Apr 2016 in Architecture&Film
• New LSD Research Provides the First Images of the Brain on Acid, and Hints at Its Potential to Promote Creativity, 13 Apr 2016 in Neuroscience&Science
• Willie Nelson–Young, Clean-Shaven & Wearing a Suit–Sings Early Hits at the Grand Ole Opry (1962), 12 Apr 2016 in Music
• Metallica’s Bassist Robert Trujillo Plays Metallica Songs Flamenco-Style, Joined by Rodrigo y Gabriela, 12 Apr 2016 in Music
• Carl Sagan Presents His “Baloney Detection Kit”: 8 Tools for Skeptical Thinking, 11 Apr 2016 in Philosophy&Science
• Monty Python’s John Cleese Worries That Political Correctness Will Lead Us into a Humorless World, Reminiscent of Orwell’s 1984, 08 Apr 2016 in Comedy&Politics
• Pink Floyd Performs on US Television for the First Time: American Bandstand, 1967, 07 Apr 2016 in Music
• Tom Waits Names 14 of His Favorite Art Films, 06 Apr 2016 in Film&Music
• A Complete Archive of Vincent van Gogh’s Letters: Beautifully Illustrated and Fully Annotated, 06 Apr 2016 in Art&Letters
• Hear the Radical Musical Compositions of Marcel Duchamp (1912–1915), 05 Apr 2016 in Art&Music
• Watch Heavy Metal Parking Lot, the Cult Classic Film That Ranks as One of the “Great Rock Documentaries” of All Time, 05 Apr 2016 in Film&Music
• David Bowie Dreamed of Turning George Orwell’s 1984 Into a Musical: Hear the Songs That Survived the Abandoned Project, 04 Apr 2016 in Music
• Christopher Lee Reads Five Horror Classics: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera & More, 31 Mar 2016 in Books
• 11 Shakespeare Tragedies Mapped Out with Network Visualizations, 30 Mar 2016 in Design&Literature
• 5 Books You Can Read Again .… and Again and Again: Here’s Our Picks, Now Yours, 30 Mar 2016 in Books
• A Massive 800-Track Playlist of 90s Indie & Alternative Music, in Chronological Order, 29 Mar 2016 in Music
• Carol Kaye, 81-Year-Old Pioneer of Rock, Gives Kiss’ Gene Simmons a Bass Lesson, 29 Mar 2016 in Music
• Download the Sublime Anatomy Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci: Available Online, or in a Great iPad App, 28 Mar 2016 in Art&Science
• Virginia Woolf Offers Gentle Advice on “How One Should Read a Book”, 24 Mar 2016 in Books&Literature
• Peter Sellers Recites The Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night” in the Style of Shakespeare’s Richard III, 23 Mar 2016 in Comedy&Music&Television
• Harry Clarke’s Hallucinatory Illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe’s Stories (1923), 23 Mar 2016 in Art&Books&Literature
• Actors from The Wire Star in a Short Film Adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s “The Gilded Six-Bits” (2001), 22 Mar 2016 in Film&Literature
• Watch Édith Piaf Sing Her Most Famous Songs: “La Vie en Rose,” “Non, Je Regrette Rien” & More, 22 Mar 2016 in Music
• Tolstoy Calls Shakespeare an “Insignificant, Inartistic Writer”; 40 Years Later, George Orwell Weighs in on the Debate, 21 Mar 2016 in Literature
• Take Vladimir Nabokov’s Quiz to See If You’re a Good Reader–The Same One He Gave to His Students, 18 Mar 2016 in Literature
• The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Puts Online 90,000 Works of Modern Art, 17 Mar 2016 in Art
• Scientists Discover That James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake Has an Amazingly Mathematical “Multifractal” Structure, 16 Mar 2016 in Art&Literature&Math
• Discovering Electronic Music: 1983 Documentary Offers a Fun & Educational Introduction to Electronic Music, 16 Mar 2016 in Music
• Hear John Malkovich Read Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” Set to Music Mixed by Ric Ocasek, Yoko Ono & Sean Lennon, OMD & More, 15 Mar 2016 in Music&Philosophy&Photography
• Watch David Bowie Star in His First Film Role, a Short Horror Flick Called The Image (1967), 15 Mar 2016 in Film&Music
• See the First “Drum Machine,” the Rhythmicon from 1931, and the Modern Drum Machines That Followed Decades Later, 14 Mar 2016 in Music
• The History of Electronic Music in 476 Tracks (1937–2001), 11 Mar 2016 in Music
• Hear the Unique, Original Compositions of George Martin, Beloved Beatles Producer (RIP), 10 Mar 2016 in Music
• 10 Must-Read Dystopian Novels: Our Readers’ Picks, 09 Mar 2016 in Literature
• Mapping the Sounds of Greek Byzantine Churches: How Researchers Are Creating “Museums of Lost Sound”, 09 Mar 2016 in Architecture&Art&History
• A Collection of Sun Ra’s Business Cards from the 1950s: They’re Out of This World, 08 Mar 2016 in Music
• Free: Read All of George Orwell’s War Diaries Online (1938–1942), 08 Mar 2016 in History&Literature&Politics
• A Clockwork Orange Author Anthony Burgess Lists His Five Favorite Dystopian Novels: Orwell’s 1984, Huxley’s Island & More, 07 Mar 2016 in Literature
• The Anti-Slavery Alphabet: 1846 Book Teaches Kids the ABCs of Slavery’s Evils, 03 Mar 2016 in History
• Jean-Paul Sartre on How American Jazz Lets You Experience Existentialist Freedom & Transcendence, 02 Mar 2016 in Literature&Music&Philosophy
• Nina Simone’s Live Performances of Her Poignant Civil Rights Protest Songs, 02 Mar 2016 in Music
• Walter Benjamin’s 13 Oracular Writing Tips, 01 Mar 2016 in Literature&Philosophy&Writing
• Langston Hughes Reads Langston Hughes, 01 Mar 2016 in Poetry
• Gershwin Plays Gershwin: Hear the Original Recording of Rhapsody in Blue, with the Composer Himself at the Piano (1924), 26 Feb 2016 in Music
• Hear Harold Bloom Read From Three Sublime American Authors: Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson & Hart Crane, 26 Feb 2016 in Literature
• See The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” Played on the Oldest Martin Guitar in Existence (1834), 24 Feb 2016 in Music
• Californium: New Video Game Lets You Experience the Surreal World of Philip K. Dick, 24 Feb 2016 in Games&Literature
• Download 2,000 Magnificent Turn-of-the-Century Art Posters, Courtesy of the New York Public Library, 23 Feb 2016 in Art&Books&Magazines
• How the Moog Synthesizer Changed the Sound of Music, 23 Feb 2016 in Music
• Hear 30 of the Greatest Standup Comedy Albums: A Playlist Chosen by Open Culture Readers, 22 Feb 2016 in Comedy
• Existentialist Psychiatrist, Auschwitz Survivor Viktor Frankl Explains How to Find Meaning in Life, No Matter What Challenges You Face, 19 Feb 2016 in Philosophy&Psychology
• Crash Course Philosophy: Hank Green’s Fast-Paced Introduction to Philosophy Gets Underway on YouTube, 19 Feb 2016 in Education&Philosophy
• Watch Classic Performances from Maria Callas’ Wondrous and Tragically-Short Opera Career, 18 Feb 2016 in Music&Opera
• Legendary Classical Guitarist Andrés Segovia Plays Timeless Pieces by J.S. Bach, 17 Feb 2016 in Music
• An Animated Introduction to Leo Tolstoy, and How His Great Novels Can Increase Your Emotional Intelligence, 17 Feb 2016 in Literature&Psychology
• Mister Rogers Turns Kids On to Jazz with Help of a Young Wynton Marsalis and Other Jazz Legends (1986), 16 Feb 2016 in Music&Television
• The 120 Minutes Archive Compiles Clips & Playlists from 956 Episodes of MTV’s Alternative Music Show (1986–2013), 15 Feb 2016 in Music&Television
• This is Your Brain in Love: The Stanford Love Competition Shows What Love Looks Like on an MRI, 12 Feb 2016 in Life&Neuroscience&Stanford
• Hear Gabriel García Márquez’s Extraordinary Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, “The Solitude Of Latin America,” in English & Spanish (1982), 11 Feb 2016 in Literature
• Download Hundreds of Van Gogh Paintings, Sketches & Letters in High Resolution, 10 Feb 2016 in Art
• 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: Stream a Huge Playlist of Songs Based on the Bestselling Book, 10 Feb 2016 in Life&Music
• Iggy Pop Reads Walt Whitman in Collaborations With Electronic Artists Alva Noto and Tarwater, 09 Feb 2016 in Music
• Musician Plays the Last Stradivarius Guitar in the World, the “Sabionari” Made in 1679, 08 Feb 2016 in Music
• “20 Rules For Writing Detective Stories” By S.S. Van Dine, One of T.S. Eliot’s Favorite Genre Authors (1928), 05 Feb 2016 in Literature&Writing
• Hear the Experimental Music of the Dada Movement: Avant-Garde Sounds from a Century Ago, 04 Feb 2016 in Art&Music
• Hunter S. Thompson Talks with Keith Richards in a Very Memorable and Mumble-Filled Interview (1993), 03 Feb 2016 in Music&Television
• Gandhi Writes Letters to Hitler: “We Have Found in Non-Violence a Force Which Can Match the Most Violent Forces in the World” (1939/40), 03 Feb 2016 in History&Letters
• Dave Grohl Shows How He Plays the Guitar As If It Were a Drum Kit, 02 Feb 2016 in Music
• Hear James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake Read Unabridged & Set to Music By 17 Different Artists, 02 Feb 2016 in Literature&Music
• Try the Oldest Known Recipe For Toothpaste: From Ancient Egypt, Circa the 4th Century BC, 01 Feb 2016 in Health&History
• 85 Compelling Films Starring and/or Directed By Women of Color: A List Created by Director Ava DuVernay & Friends on Twitter, 29 Jan 2016 in Film
• Stephen Hawking’s New Lecture, “Do Black Holes Have No Hair?,” Animated with Chalkboard Illustrations, 28 Jan 2016 in Physics&Radio
• Discover Europeana Collections, a Portal of 48 Million Free Artworks, Books, Videos, Artifacts & Sounds from Across Europe, 27 Jan 2016 in Archives&Art&Maps&Photography
• John Lennon Jams With Eric Clapton, Keith Richards & Mitch Mitchell at the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus (1968), 27 Jan 2016 in Film&Music
• The Power of Power Naps: Salvador Dali Teaches You How Micro-Naps Can Give You Creative Inspiration, 26 Jan 2016 in Art&Creativity&Life&Psychology
• Psychedelic Animation Takes You Inside the Mind of Stephen Hawking, 26 Jan 2016 in Animation&Physics&Science
• Kate Bush’s First Ever Television Appearance, Performing “Kite” & “Wuthering Heights” on German TV (1978), 25 Jan 2016 in Music&Television
• David Bowie Sings Impressions of Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits & More In Studio Outtakes (1985), 22 Jan 2016 in Comedy&Music
• Ursula Le Guin Gives Insightful Writing Advice in Her Free Online Workshop, 21 Jan 2016 in Writing
• Nietzsche Lays Out His Philosophy of Education and a Still-Timely Critique of the Modern University (1872), 20 Jan 2016 in Education&Philosophy
• John Cleese on The Importance of Making and Embracing Mistakes, 20 Jan 2016 in Business&Life
• Pioneering Electronic Composer Karlheinz Stockhausen Presents “Four Criteria of Electronic Music” & Other Lectures in English (1972), 19 Jan 2016 in Music
• Celebrate Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday With Three Animations of “The Tell-Tale Heart”, 19 Jan 2016 in Animation&Literature
• Watch David Bowie & Annie Lennox in Rehearsal, Singing “Under Pressure,” with Queen (1992), 15 Jan 2016 in Music
• Download 650 Soviet Book Covers, Many Sporting Wonderful Avant-Garde Designs (1917–1942), 14 Jan 2016 in Archives&Books&Design
• 815 Free Art Books from World Class Museums: The Met, the Guggenheim, the Getty & LACMA, 13 Jan 2016 in Archives&Art&Books
• All of Bach is Putting Bach’s Complete Works Online: 253 Done, 827 to Come, 12 Jan 2016 in Music
• David Bowie Gives Graduation Speech At Berklee College of Music: “Music Has Been My Doorway of Perception” (1999), 11 Jan 2016 in Life&Music
• William S. Burroughs Reads & Sings His Experimental Prose in a Big, Free 7‑Hour Playlist, 11 Jan 2016 in Literature
• David Bowie Sings “Changes” in His Last Live Performance, 2006, 10 Jan 2016 in Life&Music
• The First Photo-Illustrated Book, Anna Atkins’ Austerely Beautiful Photographs of British Algae (1843), 08 Jan 2016 in Biology&Books&Photography&Science
• The Fascinating Story of How Delia Derbyshire Created the Original Doctor Who Theme, 07 Jan 2016 in Music&Television
• Meet the “Telharmonium,” the First Synthesizer (and Predecessor to Muzak), Invented in 1897, 06 Jan 2016 in Music&Technology
• Brazil Gives Out Books That Double as Subway Tickets, Promoting Literacy & Mass Transit at Once, 06 Jan 2016 in Books&Design&Life&Travel
• An Animated Neil deGrasse Tyson Gives an Eloquent Defense of Science in 272 Words, the Same Length as The Gettysburg Address, 05 Jan 2016 in Education&Science
• Hear Alec Guinness (The Legend Behind Obi-Wan Kenobi) Read T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets & The Waste Land, 04 Jan 2016 in Poetry
• 74 Ways Characters Die in Shakespeare’s Plays Shown in a Handy Infographic: From Snakebites to Lack of Sleep, 01 Jan 2016 in Literature&Theatre
• The First Adult Coloring Book: See the Subversive Executive Coloring Book From 1961, 31 Dec 2015 in Books&Coloring Books&Politics
• Sartre Writes a Tribute to Camus After His Friend-Turned-Rival Dies in a Tragic Car Crash: “There Is an Unbearable Absurdity in His Death”, 30 Dec 2015 in Philosophy
• Discover The Music Vault: A Massive YouTube Archive of 22,000 Live Concert Videos, 30 Dec 2015 in Music
• David Bowie Sings “Changes” in 2006: The Last Time He Performed Live, and Maybe His Last Live Performance Ever, 29 Dec 2015 in Music
• How a Good Night’s Sleep — and a Bad Night’s Sleep — Can Enhance Your Creativity, 29 Dec 2015 in Creativity&Health&Neuroscience&Psychology
• What is the Good Life? Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, & Kant’s Ideas in 4 Animated Videos, 28 Dec 2015 in Animation&Philosophy
• Watch HD Versions of The Beatles’ Pioneering Music Videos: “Hey Jude,” “Penny Lane,” “Revolution” & More, 24 Dec 2015 in Music
• John Cleese’s Advice to Young Artists: “Steal Anything You Think Is Really Good”, 23 Dec 2015 in Comedy&Creativity&Writing
• B.B. King Plays Live at Sing Sing Prison in One of His Greatest Performances (1972), 23 Dec 2015 in Music
• Stream 22 Hours of Funky, Rocking & Swinging Christmas Albums: From James Brown and Johnny Cash to Christopher Lee & The Ventures, 22 Dec 2015 in Music
• Jane Austen Writes a Letter to Her Sister While Hung Over: “I Believe I Drank Too Much Wine Last Night”, 22 Dec 2015 in Letters&Literature
• In 1911, Thomas Edison Predicts What the World Will Look Like in 2011: Smart Phones, No Poverty, Libraries That Fit in One Book, 21 Dec 2015 in History&Magazines&Science
• 16 Great Star Wars Fan Films, Documentaries & Video Essays to Get You Ready for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 18 Dec 2015 in Film
• Old Book Illustrations: Free Archive Lets You Download Beautiful Images From the Golden Age of Book Illustration, 17 Dec 2015 in Art&Books&Literature&Magazines
• Creativity, Not Money, is the Key to Happiness: Discover Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihaly’s Theory of “Flow”, 16 Dec 2015 in Creativity&Psychology
• William S. Burroughs Narrates a Claymation of His Grim Holiday Story “The Junky’s Christmas”, 16 Dec 2015 in Literature&Music
• Religious Songs That Secular People Can Love: Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Sam Cooke, Johnny Cash & Your Favorites, 15 Dec 2015 in Music&Religion
• Frank Zappa’s Experimental Advertisements For Luden’s Cough Drops, Remington Razors & Portland General Electric, 15 Dec 2015 in Music&Television
• 28 Tips for Writing Stories from Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway & F. Scott Fitzgerald, 14 Dec 2015 in Literature&Writing
• George Saunders Demystifies the Art of Storytelling in a Short Animated Documentary, 11 Dec 2015 in Literature&Writing
• The Daily Habits of Famous Writers: Franz Kafka, Haruki Murakami, Stephen King & More, 10 Dec 2015 in Creativity&Life&Literature&Writing
• Jorge Luis Borges Picks 33 of His Favorite Books to Start His Famous Library of Babel, 09 Dec 2015 in Literature
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Writes a List of 16 Suggestions for African-Americans Riding Newly-Integrated Buses (1956), 09 Dec 2015 in History
• George Orwell’s 1984 Staged as an Opera: Watch Scenes from the 2005 Production in London, 08 Dec 2015 in Literature&Opera
• Hear Flannery O’Connor’s Short Story, “Revelation,” Read by Legendary Historian & Radio Host, Studs Terkel, 08 Dec 2015 in Literature
• Striking Poster Collection from the Great Depression Shows That the US Government Once Supported the Arts in America, 07 Dec 2015 in Art&Education&History&Literature&Theatre
• Musicians Play Bach on the Octobass, the Gargantuan String Instrument Invented in 1850, 04 Dec 2015 in Music
• Hear All Three of Jack Kerouac’s Spoken-World Albums: A Sublime Union of Beat Literature and 1950s Jazz, 03 Dec 2015 in Literature&Poetry
• 15-Year-Old French Guitar Prodigy Flawlessly Rips Through Solos by Eddie Van Halen, David Gilmour, Yngwie Malmsteen & Steve Vai, 02 Dec 2015 in Music