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• Lou Reed Reads Delmore Schwartz’s Famous Story “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities”, 13 Dec 2014 in Audio Books&Literature
• Eastern Philosophy Explained with Three Animated Videos by Alain de Botton’s School of Life, 12 Dec 2014 in Life&Philosophy
• Patti Smith’s Passionate Covers of Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Jefferson Airplane & Prince, 11 Dec 2014 in Music
• The Digital Dostoevsky: Download Free eBooks & Audio Books of the Russian Novelist’s Major Works, 10 Dec 2014 in Books&Literature
• Robert Sapolsky Explains the Biological Basis of Religiosity, and What It Shares in Common with OCD, Schizophrenia & Epilepsy, 09 Dec 2014 in Biology&Religion&Science
• Jazz on the Tube: An Archive of 2,000 Classic Jazz Videos (and Much More), 08 Dec 2014 in Archives&Jazz&Music
• H.P. Lovecraft Highlights the 20 “Types of Mistakes” Young Writers Make, 05 Dec 2014 in Literature&Sci Fi&Writing
• Hear Dave Grohl’s First Foo Fighters Demo Recordings, As Kurt Cobain Did in 1992, 04 Dec 2014 in Music
• Theodor Adorno’s Radical Critique of Joan Baez and the Music of the Vietnam War Protest Movement, 03 Dec 2014 in Music&Philosophy&Politics
• Pink Floyd’s The Wall: The Original Live Show & Behind-the-Scenes Footage of the 1980 Tour and 1982 Film, 02 Dec 2014 in Music
• George Harrison’s Mystical, Fisheye Self-Portraits Taken in India (1966), 01 Dec 2014 in Music&Photography&Religion
• Albert Camus: The Madness of Sincerity — 1997 Documentary Revisits the Philosopher’s Life & Work, 30 Nov 2014 in Literature&Philosophy
• 16,000 Pages of Charles Darwin’s Writing on Evolution Now Digitized and Available Online, 30 Nov 2014 in Archives&Biology&History&Science
• Behold a Beautiful Archive of 10,000 Vintage Cameras at Collection Appareils, 26 Nov 2014 in Archives&Photography
• The Digital Nietzsche: Download Nietzsche’s Major Works as Free eBooks, 25 Nov 2014 in Philosophy
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience Plays “Hey Joe” & “Wild Thing” on The Band’s Very First Tour: Paris, 1966, 21 Nov 2014 in Music
• Hear Aldous Huxley Read Brave New World. Plus 84 Classic Radio Dramas from CBS Radio Workshop (1956–57), 20 Nov 2014 in Radio&Sci Fi
• David Harvey’s Course on Marx’s Capital: Volumes 1 & 2 Now Available Free Online, 20 Nov 2014 in Economics&Philosophy&Politics
• 15 Great Films Adapted From Equally Great Novels, 19 Nov 2014 in Film&Literature
• Handmade Animation Shows You “How To Make a 1930 Paramount Record”, 19 Nov 2014 in Animation&Music
• The Red Menace: A Striking Gallery of Anti-Communist Posters, Ads, Comic Books, Magazines & Films, 18 Nov 2014 in Art&History&Politics
• A History of Ideas: Animated Videos Explain Theories of Simone de Beauvoir, Edmund Burke & Other Philosophers, 17 Nov 2014 in Animation&Philosophy
• The Art of Leo Tolstoy: See His Drawings in the War & Peace Manuscript & Other Literary Texts, 14 Nov 2014 in Art&Literature
• Hear J.R.R. Tolkien Read From The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, 13 Nov 2014 in Literature
• Hear The Ramones’ Raw Demo Recordings For Their Debut Album (1975), 12 Nov 2014 in Music
• Peter Gabriel’s First Solo Concert, Post-Genesis: Hear the Complete Audio Recording (1977), 11 Nov 2014 in Music
• Watch Genesis (from the Peter Gabriel Era) Perform in a Glorious, 1973 Restored Concert Film, 10 Nov 2014 in Music
• Watch Pink Floyd’s The Final Cut, A 19 Minute Music Video for Their Last Album With Roger Waters (1983), 10 Nov 2014 in Music
• Simone de Beauvoir Tells Studs Terkel How She Became an Intellectual and a Feminist (1960), 07 Nov 2014 in Gender&Philosophy&Radio
• Hear The Clash’s Vanilla Tapes, Demos of Nearly Every Song From London Calling, 06 Nov 2014 in Music
• What Are Literature, Philosophy & History For? Alain de Botton Explains with Monty Python-Style Videos, 05 Nov 2014 in Education&History&Literature&Philosophy
• 27 More “Essential Films for the Student of Philosophy,” As Suggested By Open Culture Readers, 04 Nov 2014 in Film&Philosophy
• Kandinsky, Klee & Other Bauhaus Artists Designed Ingenious Costumes Like You’ve Never Seen Before, 03 Nov 2014 in Art
• Walter Benjamin’s Radio Plays for Kids (1929–1932), 01 Nov 2014 in Philosophy&Radio
• 44 Essential Movies for the Student of Philosophy, 30 Oct 2014 in Film&Philosophy
• H.P. Lovecraft Gives Five Tips for Writing a Horror Story, or Any Piece of “Weird Fiction”, 29 Oct 2014 in Literature&Writing
• A Quick Introduction to Literary Theory: Watch Animated Videos from the Open University, 28 Oct 2014 in Education&Literature
• Behold the Blistering Bass Solos of Cream Bassist and Singer, Jack Bruce (1943–2014), 28 Oct 2014 in Music
• David Bowie and Lou Reed Perform Live Together for the First and Last Time: 1972 and 1997, 27 Oct 2014 in Music
• Hear Beowulf Read In the Original Old English: How Many Words Do You Recognize?, 24 Oct 2014 in English Language&Literature
• New Animated Web Series Makes the Theory of Evolution Easy to Understand, 23 Oct 2014 in Biology&Education&K-12&Science
• H.P. Lovecraft’s Classic Horror Stories Free Online: Download Audio Books, eBooks & More, 23 Oct 2014 in Literature
• Rick Rubin Revisits the Origins of Def Jam Records & the NYU Dorm Room Where It All Began, 22 Oct 2014 in Music
• The Groundbreaking Art of Alex Steinweiss, Father of Record Cover Design, 22 Oct 2014 in Art&Music
• Different From the Others (1919): The First Gay Rights Movie Ever … Later Destroyed by the Nazis, 21 Oct 2014 in Film
• Steven Pinker Identifies 10 Breakable Grammatical Rules: “Who” Vs. “Whom,” Dangling Modifiers & More, 20 Oct 2014 in Writing
• The C.I.A.‘s “Bestiary of Intelligence Writing” Satirizes Spook Jargon with Maurice Sendak-Style Drawings, 17 Oct 2014 in Comedy&Creativity&English Language&History
• Professor Michael Stipe: R.E.M.‘s Frontman Now Teaching Art Classes at NYU, 16 Oct 2014 in Art&Music
• Breaking Bad Illustrated by Gonzo Artist Ralph Steadman, 16 Oct 2014 in Art&Television
• Prof. Iggy Pop Delivers the BBC’s 2014 John Peel Lecture on “Free Music in a Capitalist Society”, 15 Oct 2014 in Music
• Hear Michel Foucault’s Final UC Berkeley Lectures, “Discourse and Truth” (1983), 14 Oct 2014 in Philosophy
• The Distortion of Sound: A Short Film on How We’ve Created “a McDonald’s Generation of Music Consumers”, 13 Oct 2014 in Music
• Watch the Rare Reunions of Pink Floyd: Concerts from 2005, 2010 & 2011, 13 Oct 2014 in Music
• 7 Free Stephen King Stories: Presented in Text, Audio, Web Comic & a Graphic Novel Video, 10 Oct 2014 in Audio Books&Comics/Cartoons&Literature
• The Making (and Remaking) of the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, Arguably the Greatest Rock Album of All Time, 09 Oct 2014 in Music
• “Heidegger in the Kitchen”: Alain de Botton’s Video Essay Explains the Philosopher’s Concept of Being, 09 Oct 2014 in Philosophy
• Bruce Springsteen Plays East Berlin in 1988: I’m Not Here For Any Government. I’ve Come to Play Rock, 08 Oct 2014 in History&Music&Politics
• Stephen Fry Explains Humanism in 4 Animated Videos: Happiness, Truth and the Meaning of Life & Death, 07 Oct 2014 in Life&Philosophy&Religion
• In Her Final Speech, Ayn Rand Denounces Ronald Reagan, the Moral Majority & Anti-Choicers (1981), 06 Oct 2014 in Politics
• Alain de Botton’s School of Life Presents Animated Introductions to Heidegger, The Stoics & Epicurus, 05 Oct 2014 in Life&Philosophy
• Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Other American Blues Legends Perform in the UK (1963–66), 02 Oct 2014 in Music
• Django Reinhardt Demonstrates His Guitar Genius in Rare Footage From the 1930s, 40s & 50s, 01 Oct 2014 in Music
• Swedish Scientists Sneak Bob Dylan Lyrics Into Their Academic Publications For Last 17 Years, 01 Oct 2014 in Music&Science
• Sylvia Plath Reads Her Poetry: 23 Poems from the Last 6 Years of Her Life, 30 Sep 2014 in Poetry
• Christopher Walken Reads Where The Wild Things Are, 29 Sep 2014 in Comedy
• Philosopher Jacques Derrida Interviews Jazz Legend Ornette Coleman: Talk Improvisation, Language & Racism (1997), 26 Sep 2014 in Jazz&Music&Philosophy
• Watch George Harrison’s Final Interview and Performance (1997), 25 Sep 2014 in Music
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail Censorship Letter: We Want to Retain “Fart in Your General Direction”, 24 Sep 2014 in Comedy
• Read 14 Great Banned & Censored Novels Free Online: For Banned Books Week 2014, 23 Sep 2014 in Books&Politics
• Hear Allen Ginsberg Teach “Literary History of the Beats”: Audio Lectures from His 1977 & 1981 Naropa Courses, 22 Sep 2014 in Poetry
• Pakistani Orchestra Plays Enchanting Rendition of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”, 19 Sep 2014 in Music
• Allen Ginsberg Talks About Coming Out to His Family & Fellow Poets on 1978 Radio Show (NSFW), 18 Sep 2014 in Life&Poetry&Politics
• Hear Bob Dylan’s Unedited & Bewildering Interview With Nat Hentoff for Playboy Magazine (1965), 17 Sep 2014 in Music
• Literary Critic Northrop Frye Teaches “The Bible and English Literature”: All 25 Lectures Free Online, 17 Sep 2014 in Literature&Religion
• Partisan Review Now Free Online: Read All 70 Years of the Preeminent Literary Journal (1934–2003), 16 Sep 2014 in Archives&Literature&Magazines
• Hear Demo Recordings of David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust,” “Space Oddity” & “Changes”, 15 Sep 2014 in Music
• Hear David Foster Wallace Read His Own Essays & Short Fiction on the 6th Anniversary of His Death,, 12 Sep 2014 in Literature
• Bill Murray Gives a Delightful Reading of Twain’s Huckleberry Finn (1996), 11 Sep 2014 in Literature
• Georges Bataille: An Introduction to The Radical Philosopher’s Life & Thought Through Film and eTexts, 10 Sep 2014 in Film&Literature&Philosophy
• The Beatles Saturday Morning Cartoon Show (1965–1969), 10 Sep 2014 in Comics/Cartoons&Music&Television
• The First Color Portrait of Leo Tolstoy, and Other Amazing Color Photos of Czarist Russia (1908), 09 Sep 2014 in Literature&Photography
• The History of Rock n Roll in 10 Songs: A List Created by Legendary Rock Critic Greil Marcus, 08 Sep 2014 in Music
• David Bowie and Klaus Nomi’s Hypnotic Performance on SNL (1979), 05 Sep 2014 in Music&Television
• Joan Rivers (1933–2014) Describes on Louie Her Undying Commitment to Comedy, 04 Sep 2014 in Comedy
• Foodie Alert: New York Public Library Presents an Archive of 17,000 Restaurant Menus (1851–2008), 04 Sep 2014 in Archives&Design&Food & Drink&History
• Haruki Murakami Lists the Three Essential Qualities For All Serious Novelists (And Runners), 03 Sep 2014 in Writing
• Extensive Archive of Avant-Garde & Modernist Magazines (1890–1939) Now Available Online, 02 Sep 2014 in Archives&Art&Literature&Magazines
• Conspiracy Theory Rock: The Schoolhouse Rock Parody Saturday Night Live May Have Censored, 02 Sep 2014 in Animation&Comedy&Media&Politics&Television
• Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Traffic & Other Bands Play Huge London Festival “Christmas on Earth Continued” (1967), 29 Aug 2014 in Music
• Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Gets Adapted Into an Avant-Garde Comic Opera, 28 Aug 2014 in Music&Opera&Philosophy
• How to Listen to the Radio: The BBC’s 1930 Manual for Using a New Technology, 27 Aug 2014 in Radio
• Philosopher Alain Badiou Performs a Scene From His Play, Ahmed The Philosopher (2011), 26 Aug 2014 in Philosophy&Theatre
• Flannery O’Connor Explains the Limited Value of MFA Programs: “Competence By Itself Is Deadly”, 25 Aug 2014 in Education&Writing
• Miles Davis’ Chili Recipe Revealed, 23 Aug 2014 in Food & Drink&Music
• Watch a Hand-Painted Animation of Dostoevsky’s “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man”, 22 Aug 2014 in Animation&Literature
• Did Joe Strummer, Frontman of The Clash, Run the Paris and London Marathons?, 21 Aug 2014 in Music&Sports
• Folger Shakespeare Library Puts 80,000 Images of Literary Art Online, and They’re All Free to Use, 20 Aug 2014 in Art&Literature&Museums&Theatre
• Jimi Hendrix Plays the Beatles: “Sgt. Pepper’s,” “Day Tripper,” and “Tomorrow Never Knows”, 19 Aug 2014 in Music
• The Glossary Universal Studios Gave Out to the First Audiences of David Lynch’s Dune (1984), 18 Aug 2014 in Film
• Wattstax Documents the “Black Woodstock” Concert Held 7 Years After the Watts Riots (1973), 16 Aug 2014 in Music&Politics
• Ernest Hemingway: T.S. Eliot “Can Kiss My Ass As a Man”, 15 Aug 2014 in Literature
• Robin Williams & Bobby McFerrin Sing Fun Cover of The Beatles’ “Come Together”, 14 Aug 2014 in Comedy&Music
• Tap Into Timeless Wisdom: Download 36 Free Courses in Ancient History, Literature & Philosophy, 14 Aug 2014 in Education&History&Literature&Online Courses&Philosophy
• Read 12 Stories By Haruki Murakami Free Online, 13 Aug 2014 in Literature
• Italo Calvino Offers 14 Reasons We Should Read the Classics, 12 Aug 2014 in Literature
• Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School: Apply & Learn the Art of Guerilla Filmmaking & Lock-Picking, 11 Aug 2014 in Film
• Finnish Musicians Play Bluegrass Versions of AC/DC, Iron Maiden & Ronnie James Dio, 08 Aug 2014 in Music
• The Religions of Bob Dylan: From Delivering Evangelical Sermons to Singing Hava Nagila With Harry Dean Stanton, 08 Aug 2014 in Music&Religion
• John Lennon Writes Eric Clapton an 8‑Page Letter Asking Him to Join the Plastic Ono Band for a World Tour on a Cruise Ship, 07 Aug 2014 in Music
• Hear Michel Foucault’s Lecture “The Culture of the Self,” Presented in English at UC Berkeley (1983), 06 Aug 2014 in Philosophy&UC Berkeley
• Ray Bradbury: “I Am Not Afraid of Robots. I Am Afraid of People” (1974), 04 Aug 2014 in Letters&Literature&Sci Fi&Technology
• James Brown Blows Away the Rolling Stones in 18 Electric Minutes (1964), 01 Aug 2014 in Music
• Allen Ginsberg & The Clash Perform the Punk Poem “Capitol Air,” Live Onstage in Times Square (1981), 31 Jul 2014 in Music&Poetry
• 11-Year-Old Martin Scorsese Draws Storyboards for His Imagined Roman Epic Film, The Eternal City, 30 Jul 2014 in Film
• Hear Roland Barthes Present His 40-Hour Course, La Préparation du roman, in French (1978–80), 30 Jul 2014 in Literature&Online Courses&Philosophy
• Greek Myth Comix Presents Homer’s Iliad & Odyssey Using Stick-Man Drawings, 28 Jul 2014 in Comics/Cartoons&Education&K-12&Literature
• Why R.E.M.‘s 1991 Out of Time May Be the “Most Politically Important Album” Ever, 25 Jul 2014 in Music&Politics
• Theodor Adorno’s Philosophy of Punctuation, 24 Jul 2014 in Philosophy&Writing
• Listen to The Night When Miles Davis Opened for the Grateful Dead in 1970, 22 Jul 2014 in Music
• Sun Ra’s Full Lecture & Reading List From His 1971 UC Berkeley Course, “The Black Man in the Cosmos”, 21 Jul 2014 in Music&Philosophy&UC Berkeley
• George Harrison Wrote His Last Letter to Austin Powers Creator Mike Myers, Asking for a Mini Me Doll (2001), 19 Jul 2014 in Comedy&Letters&Music
• Blues Guitar Legend Johnny Winter Shines Live on Danish TV (1970), 18 Jul 2014 in Music
• Charles Bukowski Rails Against 9‑to‑5 Jobs in a Brutally Honest Letter (1986), 17 Jul 2014 in Letters&Life&Literature
• 5 Wonderfully Long Literary Sentences by Samuel Beckett, Virginia Woolf, F. Scott Fitzgerald & Other Masters of the Run-On, 16 Jul 2014 in Literature&Writing
• Ayn Rand Trashes C.S. Lewis in Her Marginalia: He’s an “Abysmal Bastard”, 15 Jul 2014 in Books&Philosophy&Religion
• Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock (1969), 14 Jul 2014 in Music
• What Did Jane Austen Really Look Like? New Wax Sculpture, Created by Forensic Specialists, Shows Us, 14 Jul 2014 in History&Literature
• Slavoj Žižek Charged With Plagiarizing A White Nationalist Magazine Article, 14 Jul 2014 in Current Affairs
• Flannery O’Connor’s Satirical Cartoons: 1942–1945, 10 Jul 2014 in Comics/Cartoons&Creativity&Literature&Writing
• The Turin Erotic Papyrus: The Oldest Known Depiction of Human Sexuality (Circa 1150 B.C.E.), 09 Jul 2014 in History
• Listen to the Oldest Song in the World: A Sumerian Hymn Written 3,400 Years Ago, 08 Jul 2014 in History&Music
• Johnny Cash Reads the New Testament, 07 Jul 2014 in Music&Religion
• Steven Pinker Uses Theories from Evolutionary Biology to Explain Why Academic Writing is So Bad, 04 Jul 2014 in Education&English Language&Harvard&Psychology
• 5 Musical Guests Banned From Saturday Night Live: From Elvis Costello to Frank Zappa, 03 Jul 2014 in Music&Television
• Watch 1970s Animations of Songs by Joni Mitchell, Jim Croce & The Kinks, Aired on The Sonny & Cher Show, 02 Jul 2014 in Animation&Music&Television
• Sonny Rollins Describes How 50 Years of Practicing Yoga Made Him a Better Musician, 30 Jun 2014 in Creativity&Health&Music&Religion
• Digital Dubliners: Free, 21st Century Ways to Read Joyce’s Great Story Collection on its 100th Anniversary, 26 Jun 2014 in Literature
• Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones & The Beatles Played on a 3‑String Electric Mountain Dulcimer, 26 Jun 2014 in Music
• Animated Films Made During the Cold War Explain Why America is Exceptionally Exceptional, 25 Jun 2014 in Animation&History&Politics
• Jorge Luis Borges: “Soccer is Popular Because Stupidity is Popular”, 24 Jun 2014 in Literature&Sports