OpenCulture mentioned a 1982 BBC production of Brecht’s Baal, starring...David Bowie in the title role!


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I don't think we should mix any author's work up with their personal life, even though the life of authors may help to explain their work ( Read more... )

First off here is a Martian calendar. You can find what your Martian age is and when you next Martian birthday will be. From now on, I will tell everybody that I'm 22 years and 9 months old!

Secondly here is Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" played on a dulcimer:

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And finally, here is a link to an article on OpenCulture about Jorge Luis Borges ( Read more... )

Someone made charts from famous movie quotes!

Some are quite clever and funny, like the Taxi Driver one or the Apocalypse Now one. I'm also fond of the one for how Bond likes his martini in Goldfinger!

HERE

I found this on Open Culture:

With his short video “Beauty,” the Italian director Rino Stefano Tagliafierro takes “a series of well selected images from the tradition of pictorial beauty” and uses the “fire of digital invention” to animate sentiments lost on immobile canvasses. In the video above, you will see works by Caravaggio, Vermeer, Rubens ( Read more... )

Sometimes celebrities are just fans like everyone else, and compelled to write fannish things. I found this example below via twitter: It's a message that Hannibal Lecter Anthony Hopkins sent to Walter White Bryan Cranston, and that the Huffington Post shared with us after they had its authenticity confirmed:

Dear Mister Cranston.
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I am not very active on LJ for several reasons, mainly papers to mark, a cold, and kittens to domesticate.

But I wanted to save this link to UbuWeb that I found via OpenCulture. The UbuWeb page provides 9 mp3 files that are mere little gems ( Read more... )

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Tom McRae is playing in Dublin. This interview was published here on Irishtimes.com

"What’s on your rider? I always ask for the finest single malt whiskey as befits my status. But cooking sherry will do at a push.

How do you get to the gig - limo, taxi, walking? If the helicopter can’t land close, I’ll walk.

What’s the best gig you’ve been to? The ( Read more... )

Being a historian, I'm very picky when it comes to historical fictions, either in books or on screen. Usually, when a book is accurate history-wise, it is lacking in terms of literary qualities...and vice-versa. It's difficult to find historical novels that are actually great books so it is not a genre that I read much.

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