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• Soviets Bootlegged Western Pop Music on Discarded X‑Rays: Hear Original Audio Samples, 24 Jun 2014 in Film&History&Music
• A Free Playlist of Music From The Works Of James Joyce (Plus Songs Inspired by the Modernist Author), 23 Jun 2014 in Literature&Music
• Mavis Staples and The Band Sing “The Weight” In Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz (1978), 21 Jun 2014 in Music
• Hear Isolated Tracks From Five Great Rock Bassists: McCartney, Sting, Deacon, Jones & Lee, 20 Jun 2014 in Music
• Carl Jung Writes a Review of Joyce’s Ulysses and Mails It To The Author (1932), 18 Jun 2014 in Letters&Literature&Psychology
• Hear Roger Waters’ Early, Work-in-Progress Recordings of Pink Floyd’s The Wall, 17 Jun 2014 in Music
• The Making of Queen and David Bowie’s 1981 Hit “Under Pressure”: Demos, Studio Sessions & More, 16 Jun 2014 in Music
• Isolated Drum Tracks From Six of Rock’s Greatest: Bonham, Moon, Peart, Copeland, Grohl & Starr, 13 Jun 2014 in Music
• Famous Writers’ Report Cards: Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Norman Mailer, E.E. Cummings & Anne Sexton, 13 Jun 2014 in Literature
• Salvador Dalí & Walt Disney’s Destino: See the Collaborative Film, Original Storyboards & Ink Drawings, 12 Jun 2014 in Animation&Art&Film
• John Lennon Illustrates Two of His Books with Playful Drawings (1964–1965), 12 Jun 2014 in Art&Music
• The Hobbit: The First Animation & Film Adaptation of Tolkien’s Classic (1966), 10 Jun 2014 in Animation&Literature
• Rik Mayall Voices the Animation “Don’t Fear Death” Just Months Before His Untimely Passing, 10 Jun 2014 in Animation&Life
• Botticelli’s 92 Surviving Illustrations of Dante’s Divine Comedy (1481), 09 Jun 2014 in Art&Literature
• David Gilmour & David Bowie Sing “Comfortably Numb” Live (2006), 06 Jun 2014 in Music
• Stephen King Reveals in His First TV Interview Whether He Sleeps With the Lights On (1982), 05 Jun 2014 in Books&Film&Literature
• Jimmy Page Describes the Creation of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love”, 04 Jun 2014 in Music
• Eudora Welty Writes a Quirky Letter Applying for a Job at The New Yorker (1933), 03 Jun 2014 in Letters&Literature
• 2 Hour Annotated Star Wars Film Reveals the Cinematic Influences Behind George Lucas’ Classic Film, 02 Jun 2014 in Film
• 19th Century Caricatures of Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, H.M. Stanley & Other Famous Victorians (1873), 30 May 2014 in Art&History&Literature
• Designer Massimo Vignelli Revisits and Defends His Iconic 1972 New York City Subway Map, 29 May 2014 in Design
• Maya Angelou Reads “Still I Rise” and “On the Pulse of the Morning”, 29 May 2014 in Poetry
• Read 9 Free Books By Noam Chomsky Online, 28 May 2014 in Books&Politics
• Lewis Carroll’s Photographs of Alice Liddell, the Inspiration for Alice in Wonderland, 27 May 2014 in Literature&Photography
• Music That Helps You Write: A Free Spotify Playlist of Your Selections, 26 May 2014 in Music&Writing
• Audio: The Beatles Play Their Final Concert at Candlestick Park, 1966, 24 May 2014 in Music
• Six Animations of Stories and Poems by Shel Silverstein, 22 May 2014 in Animation&Education&K-12&Poetry
• Revisit the Golden Age of Max’s Kansas City With Film & Audio From The Velvet Underground, The Ramones, Devo & Talking Heads, 21 May 2014 in Music
• Slavoj Žižek Tells Jokes (NSFW), 16 May 2014 in Comedy&Philosophy&Politics
• 13 Lectures from Allen Ginsberg’s “History of Poetry” Course (1975), 15 May 2014 in Online Courses&Poetry
• The Rehearsal Sessions For Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged Appearance (1993), 14 May 2014 in Music&Television
• Catch Stevie Wonder, Ages 12–16, in His Earliest TV Performances, 13 May 2014 in Music
• Such Sweet Thunder: Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn’s Musical Tribute to Shakespeare (1957), 12 May 2014 in Music
• Martin Heidegger Talks Philosophy with a Buddhist Monk on German Television (1963), 09 May 2014 in Philosophy&Religion
• Mark Twain Writes a Rapturous Letter to Walt Whitman on the Poet’s 70th Birthday (1889), 08 May 2014 in Letters&Literature
• Hear the Voice of Arthur Conan Doyle After His Death, 07 May 2014 in History&Literature&Religion
• Do Rappers Have a Bigger Vocabulary Than Shakespeare?: A Data Scientist Maps Out the Answer, 07 May 2014 in English Language&Music
• Sigmund Freud Appears in Rare, Surviving Video & Audio Recorded During the 1930s, 06 May 2014 in History&Psychology
• Vintage Footage of Leo Tolstoy: Video Captures the Great Novelist During His Final Days, 05 May 2014 in Film&History&Literature
• Mr. Rogers Introduces Kids to Experimental Electronic Music by Bruce Haack & Esther Nelson (1968), 02 May 2014 in Education&K-12&Music&Television
• When Neil Young & Rick James Created the 60’s Motown Band, The Mynah Birds, 01 May 2014 in Music
• Watch Hand-Drawn Animations of 7 Stories & Essays by C.S. Lewis, 30 Apr 2014 in Animation&Literature&Philosophy&Religion
• Hear Led Zeppelin’s First Recorded Concert Ever (1968), 29 Apr 2014 in Music
• Hear John Lennon Sing Home Demo Versions of “She Said, She Said,” “Strawberry Fields Forever,” and “Don’t Let Me Down”, 28 Apr 2014 in Music
• Watch Glenn Gould Perform His Last Great Studio Recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations (1981), 26 Apr 2014 in Music
• Who Are the Most Pernicious Thinkers? A List of Five Bad Western Philosophers: Name Your Own, 24 Apr 2014 in Philosophy
• Slavoj Žižek: What Fulfils You Creatively Isn’t What Makes You Happy, 22 Apr 2014 in Philosophy
• The Drawings of Jean-Paul Sartre, 21 Apr 2014 in Art&Letters&Philosophy
• Read 10 Short Stories by Gabriel García Márquez Free Online (Plus More Essays & Interviews), 18 Apr 2014 in Literature
• John Coltrane Plays Only Live Performance of A Love Supreme (1965), 17 Apr 2014 in Jazz&Music
• The Secret of Life and Love, According to Ray Bradbury (1968), 16 Apr 2014 in Life&Literature&Writing
• Hear Patti Smith Read 12 Poems From Seventh Heaven, Her First Collection (1972), 15 Apr 2014 in Poetry
• Oxford University Press Gives You Free Access to Books, Dictionaries & More During National Library Week, 15 Apr 2014 in e-books&Education
• Vintage Audio: William Faulkner Reads From As I Lay Dying, 14 Apr 2014 in Audio Books&Literature
• Download 50,000 Works of Art from the National Gallery, Including Masterpieces by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Rembrandt & More, 12 Apr 2014 in Art
• Richard Dawkins’ Documentary The God Delusion Tackles Faith & Religious Violence (2006), 09 Apr 2014 in Film&Politics&Religion
• Human, All Too Human: 3‑Part Documentary Profiles Nietzsche, Heidegger & Sartre, 08 Apr 2014 in Philosophy
• Free Online Shakespeare Courses: Primers on the Bard from Oxford, Harvard, Berkeley & More, 07 Apr 2014 in Literature&Online Courses
• Old Books Bound in Human Skin Found in Harvard Libraries (and Elsewhere in Boston), 06 Apr 2014 in Books&History
• Watch The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain on the 20th Anniversary of the Musician’s Suicide, 05 Apr 2014 in Music
• How a Young Sigmund Freud Researched & Got Addicted to Cocaine, the New “Miracle Drug,” in 1894, 03 Apr 2014 in Psychology&Science
• Read an Excerpt of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1926 Translation of Beowulf Before It’s Finally Published Next Month, 02 Apr 2014 in Books&Literature&Poetry
• Beautiful Equations: Documentary Explores the Beauty of Einstein & Newton’s Great Equations, 01 Apr 2014 in Math&Science
• New York Public Library Puts 20,000 Hi-Res Maps Online & Makes Them Free to Download and Use, 31 Mar 2014 in History&Maps&Technology
• Hear Allen Ginsberg’s Short Free Course on Shakespeare’s Play, The Tempest (1980), 28 Mar 2014 in Education&Poetry
• Watch a “Lost Interview” With Michel Foucault: Missing for 30 Years But Now Recovered, 28 Mar 2014 in Philosophy
• Richard Feynman on Religion, Science, the Search for Truth & Our Willingness to Live with Doubt, 27 Mar 2014 in Religion&Science&Television
• Bruce Springsteen and Pink Floyd Get Their First Scholarly Journals and Academic Conferences, 26 Mar 2014 in Education&Music
• Michel Foucault and Alain Badiou Discuss “Philosophy and Psychology” on French TV (1965), 25 Mar 2014 in Philosophy&Psychology
• Herbie Hancock Presents the Prestigious Norton Lectures at Harvard University: Watch Online, 24 Mar 2014 in Harvard&Music&Philosophy
• Pink Floyd Plays With Their Brand New Singer & Guitarist David Gilmour on French TV (1968), 22 Mar 2014 in Music
• Read All of Shakespeare’s Plays Free Online, Courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library, 21 Mar 2014 in Books&e-books&Education&Literature
• Publisher Places a Politically Correct Warning Label on Kant’s Critiques, 20 Mar 2014 in Philosophy
• Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World Documents the Life of the Bizarre Occultist, Poet & Mountaineer, 20 Mar 2014 in History&Literature&Religion
• A Reading of Charles Bukowski’s First Published Story, “Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip” (1944), 19 Mar 2014 in Literature&Writing
• A History of Pussy Riot: Watch the Band’s Early Performances/Protests Against the Putin Regime, 18 Mar 2014 in Current Affairs&Music&Politics
• William S. Burroughs Teaches a Free Course on Creative Reading and Writing (1979), 17 Mar 2014 in Literature&Writing
• Sid Vicious Sings Paul Anka’s “My Way” in His Own Spectacular Way, 17 Mar 2014 in Film&Music
• Stephen King’s Top 20 Rules for Writers, 16 Mar 2014 in Writing
• Orson Welles Reads From America’s Greatest Poem, Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” (1953), 13 Mar 2014 in Literature&Poetry
• The Harvard Classics: Download All 51 Volumes as Free eBooks, 12 Mar 2014 in Books&Education&Literature
• Free Course: “Darwin and Design” Examines Philosophical Questions of Intelligence and Human Behavior, 12 Mar 2014 in Education&Philosophy&Science
• Monty Python Sings “The Philosopher’s Song,” Revealing the Drinking Habits of Great European Thinkers, 11 Mar 2014 in Comedy&Philosophy
• Stephen King Creates a List of 96 Books for Aspiring Writers to Read, 10 Mar 2014 in Books&Writing
• William S. Burroughs Reads From Naked Lunch, His Controversial 1959 Novel, 07 Mar 2014 in Audio Books&Literature
• The Last Time Lennon & McCartney Played Together Captured in A Toot And a Snore in ’74, 06 Mar 2014 in Music
• Wes Anderson’s Favorite Films, 05 Mar 2014 in Film
• Louis Armstrong Plays Historic Cold War Concerts in East Berlin & Budapest (1965), 04 Mar 2014 in History&Music
• The First Episode of The Johnny Cash Show, Featuring Bob Dylan & Joni Mitchell (1969), 03 Mar 2014 in Music&Television
• R.E.M Plays “Radio Free Europe” on Their National Television Debut on The David Letterman Show (1983), 01 Mar 2014 in Music&Television
• Leck Mich Im Arsch (“Kiss My Ass”): Listen to Mozart’s Scatological Canon in B Flat (1782), 28 Feb 2014 in Music
• Enter the Hannah Arendt Archives & Discover Rare Audio Lectures, Manuscripts, Marginalia, Letters, Postcards & More, 27 Feb 2014 in Archives&Philosophy
• Paul McCartney Offers a Short Tutorial on How to Play the Bass Guitar, 26 Feb 2014 in Education&Music
• Hear Italo Calvino Read Selections From Invisible Cities, Mr. Palomar & Other Enchanting Fictions, 25 Feb 2014 in Literature
• Edgar Allan Poe Offers Interior Design Advice and Blasts American Aristocrats in “The Philosophy of Furniture” (1840), 24 Feb 2014 in Literature
• The Doors Play Live in Denmark & LA in 1968: See Jim Morrison Near His Charismatic Peak, 21 Feb 2014 in Music
• Johnny Rotten Goes Before TV’s Judge Judy in 1997 … and Wins!, 20 Feb 2014 in Music&Television
• Roger Ebert Lists the 10 Essential Characteristics of Noir Films, 20 Feb 2014 in Film
• 25 Noir Films That Will Stand the Test of Time: A List by “Noirchaelogist” Eddie Muller, 19 Feb 2014 in Film
• Kurt Vonnegut Diagrams the Shape of All Stories in a Master’s Thesis Rejected by U. Chicago, 18 Feb 2014 in Design&Literature&Writing
• Animated Video: Dock Ellis Throws a No-Hitter Against the Padres While Tripping on LSD (1970), 17 Feb 2014 in Film&Sports
• New “Hemingway” App Promises to Make Your Writing “Strong and Clear”, 15 Feb 2014 in English Language&Literature&Writing
• Paul McCartney’s Conceptual Drawings For the Abbey Road Cover and Magical Mystery Tour Film, 14 Feb 2014 in Art&Music
• Watch Langston Hughes Read Poetry from His First Collection, The Weary Blues (1958), 13 Feb 2014 in Literature
• Mark Twain Creates a List of His Favorite Books For Adults & Kids (1887), 12 Feb 2014 in Books&Letters&Literature
• David Foster Wallace’s Sharp Letter to His Editor: “Don’t F with the Mechanics of My Piece”, 11 Feb 2014 in Letters&Literature
• How a Book Thief Forged a Rare Edition of Galileo’s Scientific Work, and Almost Pulled it Off, 11 Feb 2014 in Books
• Watch All of The Beatles’ Historic Appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, 50 Years Ago, 10 Feb 2014 in History&Music&Television
• Jimi Hendrix’s Final Interview Animated (1970), 08 Feb 2014 in Music
• Two Animations of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave: One Narrated by Orson Welles, Another Made with Clay, 07 Feb 2014 in Philosophy
• Impressions of Upper Mongolia : Salvador Dalí’s Last Film About a Search for a Giant Hallucinogenic Mushroom, 06 Feb 2014 in Art&Film&Literature
• The Greatest Jazz Films Ever Features Classic Performances by Miles, Dizzy, Bird, Billie & More, 05 Feb 2014 in Film&Music&Television
• Teddy Roosevelt’s 10 Rules For Reading: Seek Enjoyment, Spurn Fads, Read What You Like, 04 Feb 2014 in Books&History
• David Foster Wallace Creates Lists of His Favorite Words: “Maugre,” “Tarantism,” “Ruck,” “Primapara” & More, 31 Jan 2014 in English Language&Literature&Writing
• Student Asks Noam Chomsky for Dating Advice, 30 Jan 2014 in Life&Philosophy
• Watch Documentaries on the Making of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, 29 Jan 2014 in Music
• Pete Seeger Tells the Story Behind “We Shall Overcome”, 28 Jan 2014 in History&Music
• Harold Bloom Creates a Massive List of Works in The “Western Canon”: Read Many of the Books Free Online, 28 Jan 2014 in Books&Education&Literature
• Nietzsche Dispenses Dating Advice in a Short Screwball Film, My Friend Friedrich, 27 Jan 2014 in Comedy&Film&Philosophy
• John Lennon Plays Basketball with Miles Davis and Hangs Out with Allen Ginsberg & Friends, 25 Jan 2014 in Music
• The Big Lebowski Reimagined as a Classic 8‑Bit Video Game, 25 Jan 2014 in Film&Video Games&Web/Tech
• James Joyce Reads From Ulysses and Finnegans Wake In His Only Two Recordings (1924/1929), 23 Jan 2014 in Literature
• Sonic Youth Guitarist Thurston Moore Teaches a Poetry Workshop at Naropa University: See His Class Notes (2011), 22 Jan 2014 in Music&Poetry
• Kurt Cobain Lists His 50 Favorite Albums: Features LPs by David Bowie, Public Enemy & More, 21 Jan 2014 in Music
• Read Martin Luther King and The Montgomery Story: The Influential 1957 Civil Rights Comic Book, 20 Jan 2014 in Books&Comics/Cartoons&Education&History&Politics
• David Bowie’s Final Gig as Ziggy Stardust Documented in 1973 Concert Film, 20 Jan 2014 in Film&Music
• Neil Young Performs Classic Songs in 1971 Concert: “Old Man,” “Heart of Gold” & More, 18 Jan 2014 in Music
• Does God Exist?: William Lane Craig Debates Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris & Richard Dawkins, 16 Jan 2014 in Philosophy&Religion
• Read 12 Masterful Essays by Joan Didion for Free Online, Spanning Her Career From 1965 to 2013, 14 Jan 2014 in Literature&Writing
• Patti Smith Documentary Dream of Life Beautifully Captures the Author’s Life and Long Career (2008), 13 Jan 2014 in Film&Music&Photography&Poetry
• Behold Pablo Picasso’s Illustrations of Balzac’s Short Story “The Hidden Masterpiece” (1931), 10 Jan 2014 in Art&Literature
• An Introduction to the Political Philosophy of Isaiah Berlin Through His Free Writings & Audio Lectures, 09 Jan 2014 in Philosophy
• “Lol My Thesis” Showcases Painfully Hilarious Attempts to Sum up Years of Academic Work in One Sentence, 09 Jan 2014 in Comedy&Education
• Four Female Punk Bands That Changed Women’s Role in Rock, 08 Jan 2014 in Music
• Alain de Botton Shows How Art Can Answer Life’s Big Questions in Art as Therapy, 07 Jan 2014 in Art&Philosophy
• Designers Charles & Ray Eames Create a Promotional Film for the Groundbreaking Polaroid SX-70 Instant Camera (1972), 06 Jan 2014 in Photography
• The Beatles Perform a Fun Spoof of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1964), 06 Jan 2014 in Music&Television
• Phil Spector’s Gentle Production Notes to George Harrison During the Recording of All Things Must Pass, 03 Jan 2014 in Music
• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Sing Country Versions of Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” & “When the Levee Breaks”, 02 Jan 2014 in Music
• The Story of Einstein’s Brain: A Japanese Professor Tracks Down the Organ in a Bizarre Documentary, 02 Jan 2014 in Film&Physics