I spent hours on the plane yesterday listening to podcasts, mostly lectures from the Big Idea series and the Backdoor Broadcasting Company. Some were awful (not naming any names), but my favourite was Philip Ball on Chemistry and Color in Art. I like discussions of art history, but I particularly love it when the materiality of the artwork becomes ( Read more... )

Excerpts from the HBO Deadwood Podcast, "David Milch - Uncut" (24/7/06):

"The fundamental theme of Deadwood has to do with the community as a single organism, and the sense of separateness as the illusion ( Read more... )

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• Brokeback Mountain
  Stream the entire Brokeback Mountain soundtrack with original score by Gustavo Santaolalla (The Motorcycle Diaries) >> MSN
  "Parts of his mesmerizing instrumental score are intertwined with vocals tracks performed by Willie Nelson, Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Mary McBride, Teddy Thompsons and others. The Argentina-born ( Read more... )

This was something sparked by rez_lo, on whose LJ entry on Batman Begins I speculated on a question that might be raised in the sequel: namely, whether Batman the near-mythic vigilante is doing more bad for Gotham in the long run than good ( Read more... )