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• Sci-Fi Writer Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Future in 1964: Artificial Intelligence, Instantaneous Global Communication, Remote Work, Singularity & More, 08 Jul 2022 in Science
• The Young Punk Rockers The Linda Lindas Play a Tiny Desk Concert Gig (at the Public Library), 01 Jul 2022 in Music
• Bars, Beer & Wine in Ancient Rome: An Introduction to Roman Nightlife and Spirits, 30 Jun 2022 in History
• Lou Reed Album With Demos of Velvet Underground Classics Getting Released: Hear an Early Version of “I’m Waiting for the Man”, 27 Jun 2022 in Music
• Ambient Kyoto: Brian Eno Stages His First Large-Scale Exhibition in Japan, 15 Jun 2022 in Art
• Terry Gilliam Visits a Video Store & Talks About His Favorite Movies and Actors, 26 May 2022 in Film
• Martin Scorsese Foundation Launches Virtual Screening Room, Letting You Watch Restored Classic Films for Free, 24 May 2022 in Film
• When Orson Welles Became a Speech & Joke Writer for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 11 May 2022 in History&Politics
• How People Imagined in 1948 What Cars Would Look Like in the Future, 03 May 2022 in Technology
• Revisit Morphine, the 90s Power Trio Who Played the Two-String Bass, Saxophone & Drums, 27 Apr 2022 in Music
• Discover 18 Underground Bands From Ukraine, 19 Apr 2022 in Music
• If Fritz Lang’s Iconic Film Metropolis Had a Kraftwerk Soundtrack, 13 Apr 2022 in Film
• Watch Brian Cox of “Succession” Read Hunter S. Thompson’s Profanity-Laden Letter, 01 Apr 2022 in Letters
• When James Brown Played Rikers Island Prison 50 Years Ago (1972), 18 Mar 2022 in Music
• Fan Faithfully Reconstructs Cream’s Final Concert: Watch a New Version of the Show with the Correct Song Order and Run-Time (1968), 15 Mar 2022 in Music
• A Digital Archive of Hieronymus Bosch’s Complete Works: Zoom In & Explore His Surreal Art, 04 Mar 2022 in Art
• Starship Titanic: The Video Game Created by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), with Help from John Cleese & Terry Jones, 25 Feb 2022 in Games
• How the 1968 Psychedelic Film Head Destroyed the Monkees & Became a Cult Classic, 21 Feb 2022 in Music
• How the Riot Grrrl Movement Created a Revolution in Rock & Punk, 14 Feb 2022 in Music
• Read the Original Serialized Edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses (1918), 04 Feb 2022 in Literature
• Rare Arabic 78 RPM Records Enter the Public Domain, 01 Feb 2022 in Music
• How a Fake Cartoon Band Made “Sugar Sugar” the Biggest Selling Hit Single of 1969, 21 Jan 2022 in Music
• Discovered: Lost Johnny Cash Concert Recorded by the Grateful Dead’s LSD Chemist Owsley Stanley (1968), 18 Jan 2022 in Music
• The Bialetti Moka Express: The History of Italy’s Iconic Coffee Maker, and How to Use It the Right Way, 07 Jan 2022 in Food & Drink
• 75 Post-Punk and Hardcore Concerts from the 1980s Have Been Digitized & Put Online: Fugazi, GWAR, Lemonheads, Dain Bramage (with Dave Grohl) & More, 04 Jan 2022 in Music
• A Deep Study of the Opening Scene of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, 27 Dec 2021 in Film
• Hear Brian Eno Sing The Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows” as Part of The Best Live Album of the Glam/Prog Era (1976), 18 Dec 2021 in Music
• Stephen Sondheim’s 40 Favorite Films, 10 Dec 2021 in Film
• Catherine the Great of Russia Sends a Letter Urging Her Fellow Russians to Get Inoculated Against Smallpox (1787), 03 Dec 2021 in History&Science
• Blade Runner and Alien TV Shows Confirmed by Ridley Scott, 26 Nov 2021 in Film
• How German Expressionism Gave Rise to the “Dutch” Angle, the Camera Shot That Defined Classic Films by Welles, Hitchcock, Tarantino & More, 19 Nov 2021 in Film
• Fred Armisen Teaches a Short Seminar on the History of Punk, 16 Nov 2021 in Music
• Richard Pryor & George Carlin Appear Together on a Classic Episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 05 Nov 2021 in Comedy
• When The Who Saved New York City After 9/11: Watch Their Cathartic Madison Square Garden Set (October 20, 2001), 29 Oct 2021 in Music
• Demystifying Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ “Red Right Hand,” and How It Was Inspired by Milton’s Paradise Lost, 21 Oct 2021 in Music
• A Sneak Peek of Peter Jackson’s New Beatles Documentary Get Back: Watch the New Trailer, 15 Oct 2021 in Music
• A Walking Tour Around the Pyramids of Giza: 2 Hours in Hi Def, 08 Oct 2021 in History
• David Bowie’s Lost Album Toy Will Get an Official Release: Hear the First Track “You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving”, 30 Sep 2021 in Music
• A Gigantic Violin Floats Down Venice’s Grand Canal with a String Quartet on Top, 24 Sep 2021 in Art
• What It’s Like to Actually Fight in Medieval Armor, 17 Sep 2021 in History&Sports
• The Strange Magic of Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile”, 16 Sep 2021 in Music
• Exercise Extreme Mindfulness with These Calming Zen Rock Garden Videos, 10 Sep 2021 in Philosophy
• The Brilliant 19th-Century Astronomical Drawings of Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, 02 Sep 2021 in Astronomy&Science
• The Life & Music of the Godmother of Rock and Roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 26 Aug 2021 in Music
• Inside MK-Ultra, the CIA’s Secret Program That Used LSD to Achieve Mind Control (1953–1973), 17 Aug 2021 in History
• Watch the First Two Hours of MTV’s Inaugural Broadcast (August 1, 1981), 06 Aug 2021 in Music
• Don Felder Plays “Hotel California” at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with a Double-Neck Guitar, 30 Jul 2021 in Music
• When David Bowie Played Andy Warhol in Julian Schnabel’s Film, Basquiat, 22 Jul 2021 in Film
• Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Releases a Super Creepy Version of “Creep”, 14 Jul 2021 in Music
• Watch Footage of the Allies Rolling Through a Defeated German Town in April, 1945: Restored & Colorized with AI, 08 Jul 2021 in History
• Vincent Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night”: Why It’s a Great Painting in 15 Minutes, 01 Jul 2021 in Art
• This Is “The End”: A Video Exploration of The Doors’ Existential Epic, 28 Jun 2021 in Music
• Brian Eno Launches His Own Radio Station with Hundreds of Unreleased Tracks: Hear Two Programs, 17 Jun 2021 in Music
• A Beautiful, High-Resolution Map of the Internet (2021), 11 Jun 2021 in Maps
• When Neil Young & Rick “Super Freak” James Formed the 60’s Motown Band, The Mynah Birds, 03 Jun 2021 in Music
• Hear the Earliest Recorded Customer Complaint Letter: From Ancient Sumeria 1750 BC, 28 May 2021 in History
• 167 Pieces of Life & Work Advice from Kevin Kelly, Founding Editor of Wired Magazine & The Whole Earth Review, 21 May 2021 in Creativity&Life
• Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour Composes a Soundtrack to Arthur C. Clarke’s Documentary Fractals: The Colors of Infinity, 13 May 2021 in Math&Music
• Who Invented Heavy Metal Music?: A Search for Origins, 10 May 2021 in Music
• Hear the First Japanese Visitor to the United States & Europe Describe Life in the West (1860–1862), 04 May 2021 in History
• Freddie Mercury & Rami Malek’s Live Aid Performance: A Side-By-Side Comparison, 23 Apr 2021 in Music
• Grateful Dead Fan Creates a Faithful Mini Replica of the Band’s Famous “Wall of Sound” During Lockdown, 16 Apr 2021 in Music
• Dave Grohl Tells the Story of How He Wrote “Everlong”, 08 Apr 2021 in Music
• Why Do Wes Anderson Movies Look Like That?, 02 Apr 2021 in Film
• Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless: How World War II Changed Cinema & Helped Create the French New Wave, 29 Mar 2021 in Film&History
• Michael Winslow, the “Man of 10,000 Sound Effects”, Impersonates the Sounds of Jimi Hendrix’s and Led Zeppelin’s Electric Guitars with His Voice, 18 Mar 2021 in Comedy
• All Praise Lou Ottens: The Inventor of the Cassette Tape Dies at Age 94, 12 Mar 2021 in History&Music
• Watch 12 Seasons of the Dick Cavett Show, 18 Seasons of Johnny Carson & Many Other Classic Shows on Shout! Factory, 05 Mar 2021 in Television
• Watch The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys, a Free Film Documenting the Making of the 1980s Super Group, 26 Feb 2021 in Music
• Paul Simon Deconstructs “Mrs. Robinson” (1970), 19 Feb 2021 in Music
• Watch Prince Perform “Purple Rain” in the Rain in His Transcendent Super Bowl Half-Time Show (2007), 11 Feb 2021 in Music
• The Films of Hayao Miyazaki Celebrated in a Glorious Concert Arranged by Film Composer Joe Hisaishi, 05 Feb 2021 in Music
• The Great Gatsby Is Now in the Public Domain and There’s a New Graphic Novel, 29 Jan 2021 in Books
• Jimi Hendrix Revisits His Searing Performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner”: The Dick Cavett Show (September 9, 1969), 25 Jan 2021 in Music
• David Lynch’s Projection Instructions for Mulholland Drive (2001), 15 Jan 2021 in Film
• Thelonious Monk’s List of 25 Tips for Musicians, 07 Jan 2021 in Music
• When Queen’s Freddie Mercury Teamed Up with Opera Superstar Montserrat Caballé in 1988: A Meeting of Two Powerful Voices, 31 Dec 2020 in Music
• The Ultimate 80s Medley: A Nostalgia-Inducing Performance of A‑Ha, Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel, Van Halen & More, 28 Dec 2020 in Music
• When Martin Scorsese Directed Michael Jackson in the 18-Minute “Bad” Music Video & Paid Cinematic Tribute to West Side Story (1986), 18 Dec 2020 in Film
• Watch the Oscar-Winning “Gerald McBoing-Boing” (1950): It’s Ranked as the 9th Greatest Cartoon of All Time, 11 Dec 2020 in Animation
• One of the Greatest Dances Sequences Ever Captured on Film Gets Restored in Color by AI: Watch the Classic Scene from Stormy Weather, 04 Dec 2020 in Dance&Film&Music
• With 9,036 Pieces, the Roman Colosseum Is the Largest Lego Set Ever, 27 Nov 2020 in Architecture
• The Story Behind “Alice’s Restaurant,” Arlo Guthrie’s Song That’s Now a Thanksgiving Tradition, 26 Nov 2020 in Music
• Eno: A 1973 Mini-Doc Shows Brian Eno at the Beginning of His Solo Career, 12 Nov 2020 in Music
• Watch Link Wray Play a Downright Dirty Version of “Rumble,” the Only Instrumental to Be Banned on Radio (1974), 09 Nov 2020 in Music
• The Time When National Lampoon Parodied Mad Magazine: A Satire of Satire (1971), 27 Oct 2020 in Art
• The Scariest Film of All Time?: Revisiting the Hysteria in 1973 Around The Exorcist by William Friedkin (RIP), 15 Oct 2020 in Film
• A Live Studio Cover of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, Played from Start to Finish, 08 Oct 2020 in Music
• Watch the Dadaist Masterpiece Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928): Hans Richter’s Film Was So Avant Garde It Was Desecrated by the Nazis, 05 Oct 2020 in Film
• Studio Ghibli Puts Online 400 Images from Eight Classic Films, and Lets You Download Them for Free, 24 Sep 2020 in Animation&Art
• Why The Wire is One of the Most Brilliant TV Shows Ever, 21 Sep 2020 in Television
• Watch Dan Aykroyd & Bill Murray Goof Off in a Newly Unearthed Ghostbusters Promotional Film (1984), 10 Sep 2020 in Film
• David Lynch Being a Madman for a Relentless 8 Minutes and 30 Seconds, 03 Sep 2020 in Film
• The Top 20 Russian Films, According to Russians, 28 Aug 2020 in Film
• Free Courses to Maintain Mental & Physical Health During a Pandemic, 20 Aug 2020 in Health&MOOCs&Psychology
• The Flying Train: A 1902 Film Captures a Futuristic Ride on a Suspended Railway in Germany, 13 Aug 2020 in Film&History
• Classic Punk Rock Sketches from Saturday Night Live, Courtesy of Fred Armisen, 10 Aug 2020 in Comedy&Music
• Why “The Girl from Ipanema“ ‘ Is a Richer & Weirder Song Than You Ever Realized, 31 Jul 2020 in Music
• The Rolling Stones Release a Long Lost Track Featuring Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, 23 Jul 2020 in Music
• Sunken Films: Watch a Cinematic Meditation on Films Found on the Ocean’s Floor, 17 Jul 2020 in Film
• Banksy Strikes Again in London & Urges Everyone to Wear Masks, 16 Jul 2020 in Art
• When Debbie Harry Combined Artistic Forces with H.R. Giger, 03 Jul 2020 in Music
• Get a First Glimpse of Foundation, the New TV Series Being Adapted from Isaac Asimov’s Iconic Series of Novels, 25 Jun 2020 in Sci Fi&Television
• Watch Hundreds of Free Films from Around the World: Explore Film Archives from Japan, France, and the U.S., 23 Jun 2020 in Film
• A Rare Smile Captured in a 19th Century Photograph, 11 Jun 2020 in History&Photography
• How David Chase Breathed Life into the The Sopranos, 04 Jun 2020 in Television
• How Humphrey Bogart Became an Icon: A Video Essay, 28 May 2020 in Film
• Watch 36 Beastie Boys Videos Now Remastered in HD, 21 May 2020 in Film&Music
• Japanese Health Manual Created During the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic Offers Timeless Wisdom: Stay Away from Others, Cover Your Mouth & Nose, and More, 15 May 2020 in Music
• Robert Fripp Releases Free Ambient Music to Get You Through the Lockdown: Enjoy “Music for Quiet Moments”, 08 May 2020 in Music
• The Library of Congress Makes Its Archives Free for DJs to Remix: Introducing the “Citizen DJ” Project, 01 May 2020 in Music
• Watch 12 Classic Chinese Films Online, Complete with English Subtitles (1920s-1940s), 27 Apr 2020 in Film
• Watch Samuel Beckett Walk the Streets of Berlin Like a Boss, 1969, 17 Apr 2020 in Film&Literature
• Musicians Around the World Play “Lean on Me,” the Uplifting Song by Bill Withers (RIP), 09 Apr 2020 in Music
• Dolly Parton Will Read Bedtime Stories to You Every Week, 02 Apr 2020 in Books
• Explore the Entire World–from the Comfort of Quarantine–with 4K Walking Tours, 31 Mar 2020 in Video - Politics/Society
• Watch AI-Restored Film of Laborers Going Through Life in Victorian England (1901), 20 Mar 2020 in Film&History
• Spanish Flu: A Warning from History, 12 Mar 2020 in History
• The Internet Archive Hosts 20,000 VHS Recordings of Pop Culture from the 1980s & 1990s: Enter the VHS Vault, 05 Mar 2020 in Video - Arts & Culture
• A Trip Through New York City in 1911: Vintage Video of NYC Gets Colorized & Revived with Artificial Intelligence, 27 Feb 2020 in Film&History
• Why We Should Read William Golding’s Lord of the Flies: An Animated Video Makes the Case, 24 Feb 2020 in Literature
• Watch the Grateful Dead Slip Past Security & Play a Gig at Columbia University’s Anti-Vietnam Protest (1968), 17 Feb 2020 in Music
• Iconic Film from 1896 Restored with Artificial Intelligence: Watch an AI-Upscaled Version of the Lumière Brothers’ The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, 07 Feb 2020 in Film
• Take an Aerial Tour of Medieval Paris, 31 Jan 2020 in History
• Iconic Songs Played by Musicians Around the World: “Stand by Me,” “Redemption Song,” “Ripple” & More, 27 Jan 2020 in Music
• Watch Hunter S. Thompson & Ralph Steadman Head to Hollywood in a Revealing 1978 Documentary, 20 Jan 2020 in Film
• “Mr. Tambourine Man” & Other Bob Dylan Classics, Sung Beautifully by Kids, 10 Jan 2020 in K-12&Music
• Watch A‑ha’s “Take On Me” Video Newly Remastered in 4K .… and Learn About the Band’s Struggle to Make the Classic Song, 02 Jan 2020 in Music
• Bob Ross’ Christmas Special: Celebrate, Relax, Nod Off, 25 Dec 2019 in Television
• Hear the Trippy Mystical Sounds of Giant Gongs, 23 Dec 2019 in Music
• Meet the Americans Who Speak with Elizabethan English Accents: An Introduction to the “Hoi Toiders” from Ocracoke, North Carolina, 13 Dec 2019 in English Language
• The Trick That Made Animation Realistic: Watch a Short History of Rotoscoping, 09 Dec 2019 in Film
• How Blade Runner Captured the Imagination of a Generation of Electronic Musicians, 22 Nov 2019 in Music
• David Lynch Visualizes How Transcendental Meditation Works, Using a Sharpie & Big Pad of Paper, 18 Nov 2019 in Science
• Lou Reed’s Mixtape for Andy Warhol Discovered by Cornell University Professor: Features 12 Previously Unreleased Songs, 11 Nov 2019 in Music
• What Happens to the Clothes We Throw Away?: Watch Unravel, a Short Documentary on the Journey Our Waste Takes, 31 Oct 2019 in Fashion&Film
• Watch 700 Videos Nostalgia-Inducing Videos from the Early Days of MTV, 28 Oct 2019 in Music&Television
• Watch Teenage Kurt Cobain and Friends’ Horror Movie from 1984, 18 Oct 2019 in Film
• David Gilmour Makes His Live at Pompeii Concert Film Free to Watch Online, 10 Oct 2019 in Music
• Watch Animated Scores of Beethoven’s 16 String Quartets: An Early Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of His Birth, 04 Oct 2019 in Music