Powell’s Books Unveils a New Perfume That Smells Like Old Books

in Books, Random | November 10th, 2020

Miss­ing the scent of used book stores dur­ing quar­an­tine? Pow­ell’s Books has you cov­ered with their new uni­sex fra­grance: “Like the crim­son rhodo­den­drons in Rebec­ca, the heady fra­grance of old paper cre­ates an atmos­phere ripe with mood and pos­si­bil­i­ty. Invok­ing a labyrinth of books; secret libraries; ancient scrolls; and cognac swilled by philoso­pher-kings, Powell’s by Powell’s deliv­ers the wear­er to a place of won­der, dis­cov­ery, and mag­ic hereto­fore only known in lit­er­a­ture.” You can pre-order it here…

via Boing Boing

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The Chem­istry Behind the Smell of Old Books: Explained with a Free Info­graph­ic

Spike Jonze Presents a Stop Motion Film for Book Lovers

Wear­able Books: In Medieval Times, They Took Old Man­u­scripts & Turned Them into Clothes

Old Book Illus­tra­tions: An Online Data­base Lets You Down­load Thou­sands of Illus­tra­tions from the 19th & 20th Cen­turies

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10 Hours of Nick Offerman Quietly Drinking Single Malt Scotch by the Fire

in Random | November 3rd, 2020

Just a handy way to keep your mind off of the sturm and drang of the US elec­tion today.

If this does­n’t quite do the trick, find some alter­na­tives in the Relat­eds below.

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Moby Lets You Down­load 4 Hours of Ambi­ent Music to Help You Sleep, Med­i­tate, Do Yoga & Not Pan­ic

Med­i­ta­tion for Begin­ners: Bud­dhist Monks & Teach­ers Explain the Basics

Hear “Weight­less,” the Most Relax­ing Song Ever Made, Accord­ing to Researchers (You’ll Need It Today)

Stream 72 Hours of Ambi­ent Sounds from Blade Run­ner: Relax, Go to Sleep in a Dystopi­an Future

Watch Every Episode of Bob Ross’ The Joy Of Paint­ing Free Online: 403 Episodes Span­ning 31 Sea­sons

10 Hours of Ambi­ent Arc­tic Sounds Will Help You Relax, Med­i­tate, Study & Sleep

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Phone Relief: The Ultimate Hands-Free Headset (1993)

in Random, Technology | October 20th, 2020

We have fea­tured some great acts of imag­i­na­tion when it comes to tele­phone technology–from the worlds’ first mobile phone shown in this 1922 British Pathé news­reel, to when Fritz Lang “invent­ed” the video phone in Metrop­o­lis in 1927. “Phone Relief,” the ulti­mate hands-free head­set mar­ket­ed in 1993, will nev­er qual­i­fy as a great act of imag­i­na­tion. But it does make for a great kitschy ad.

via @moodvintage

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The World’s First Mobile Phone Shown in 1922 Vin­tage Film

When We All Have Pock­et Tele­phones (1923)

How to Use the Rotary Dial Phone: A Primer from 1927

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David Lynch Tries to Make a List of the Good Things Happening in the World … and Comes Up Blank

in Current Affairs, Random | September 14th, 2020

David Lynch’s weath­er report for Sun­day Sep­tem­ber 13th: “Here in LA, grey. Again, smoke-filled sky. Very still right now. 61 degrees fahren­heit. Today I’m mak­ing a list of all the good things that are hap­pen­ing in the world. [Pause.] I’m still think­ing… No blue skies, no gold­en sun­shine today.”

Maybe David Byrne, cre­ator of the “Rea­sons to Be Cheer­ful” web site, would have a bet­ter shot at fill­ing out the page. Have your own list of good things hap­pen­ing in the world? Add them to the com­ments below…

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Relat­ed Con­tent:

David Byrne Launch­es the “Rea­sons to Be Cheer­ful” Web Site: A Com­pendi­um of News Meant to Remind Us That the World Isn’t Actu­al­ly Falling Apart

David Lynch Cre­ates Dai­ly Weath­er Reports for Los Ange­les: How the Film­mak­er Pass­es Time in Quar­an­tine

Dis­cov­er David Lynch’s Bizarre & Min­i­mal­ist Com­ic Strip, The Angri­est Dog in the World (1983–1992)

David Lynch Made a Dis­turb­ing Web Sit­com Called Rab­bits: It’s Now Used by Psy­chol­o­gists to Induce a Sense of Exis­ten­tial Cri­sis in Research Sub­jects

How David Lynch Got Cre­ative Inspi­ra­tion? By Drink­ing a Milk­shake at Bob’s Big Boy, Every Sin­gle Day, for Sev­en Straight Years

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Drone Footage of San Francisco Set to the Music of Bladerunner 2049

in Random | September 10th, 2020

When real life and dystopi­an cin­e­ma become one and the same. You can com­pare side-by-side images of Bladerun­ner 2049 con­cept art and the San Fran­cis­co sky­line here.

If you would like to sign up for Open Culture’s free email newslet­ter, please find it here. Or fol­low our posts on Threads, Face­book, BlueSky or Mastodon.

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42 Hours of Ambi­ent Sounds from Blade Run­ner, Alien, Star Trek and Doc­tor Who Will Help You Relax & Sleep

Three Blade Run­ner Pre­quels: Watch Them Online

The Blade Run­ner Pro­mo­tion­al Film

How Rid­ley Scott’s Blade Run­ner Illu­mi­nates the Cen­tral Prob­lem of Moder­ni­ty

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Scorsese’s Taxi Driver Reimagined as the 1970s Sitcom, Taxi

in Random | September 9th, 2020

And next up, to keep the nos­tal­gia going, watch Samuel Beck­ett star in the open­ing cred­its of an imag­i­nary 70s cop show. Enjoy.…

If you would like to sign up for Open Culture’s free email newslet­ter, please find it here. Or fol­low our posts on Threads, Face­book, BlueSky or Mastodon.

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via Laugh­ing Squid

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What Makes Taxi Dri­ver So Pow­er­ful? An In-Depth Study of Mar­tin Scorsese’s Exis­ten­tial Film on the Human Con­di­tion

Mar­tin Scors­ese Makes a List of 85 Films Every Aspir­ing Film­mak­er Needs to See

Watch Mar­tin Scorsese’s Brand New Short Film, Made Entire­ly in His Office Under Quar­an­tine

How Mar­tin Scors­ese Directs a Movie: The Tech­niques Behind Taxi Dri­ver, Rag­ing Bull, and More

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Make Your Own Krispy Kreme Face Shield: A Primer for Making Your Own Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

in Random | July 16th, 2020

Magi­cian Andy Clock­wise shows you how you can make “your very own Krispy Kreme face shield using just the lid from a 12 box of Krispy Kreme dough­nuts, some sticky tape and a pair of scis­sors.”

If you need to impro­vise, you know what to do…

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A Bear Shows Off Its Nunchuck Skills

in Random | July 13th, 2020

The world has got­ten tru­ly sur­re­al.

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The Poet­ry of Bruce Lee: Dis­cov­er the Artis­tic Life of the Mar­tial Arts Icon

Bruce Lee’s Only Sur­viv­ing TV Inter­view, 1971: Lost and Now Found

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