Video: How to Age Gracefully
People from the ages of 7 to 93 answer the question, “What advice would you give your younger self?” This charming video by Andrew Norton was selected by the Vimeo … Continue reading
Video: Buster Keaton — The Art of the Gag
— Before Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson, before Chuck Jones and Jackie Chan, there was Buster Keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy. And nearly 100 years after … Continue reading
Steven Gaines: Jerry Rubin, His Penis, And Me
In early summer of 1978 my agent asked me if I would be interested in ghost writing a book for Jerry Rubin about his small penis. Rubin, the former anti-war … Continue reading
Video: Guerrilla Girls Talk Art with Stephen Colbert
Guerrilla Girls: “We’re feminist masked avengers in the tradition of anonymous do-gooders like Robin Hood, Wonder Woman and Batman. How do we expose sexism, racism and corruption in politics, art, … Continue reading
Michael Simms: Potluck Soup
When we were college students in Dallas in the 1970’s, my friends and I lived off college loans, the GI bill, and handouts from our parents. We were broke. So … Continue reading
Speaking of Bread
Here are 20 great quotations about bread. 1. “The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson 2. “How can a nation be great if its bread … Continue reading
Video: Garrison Keillor on Humor
In this Blank on Blank animation of a 1994 interview, George Plimpton interviews Garrison Keillor who claims, “My family was shocked when I came home with a volume of Hemingway … … Continue reading
Utah Phillips: The most American thing you can do is to dissent
The state can’t give you freedom, and the state can’t take it away. You’re born with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom is something you assume, then you wait for … Continue reading
Video: Laughter as Medicine
What effects do laughing, crying, kissing, cuddling, and sex have on immune function and allergic responses?
Alice Friman: Knee High
Whether squatting, standing, or stomping to some mossy memory on the radio, the knee takes the brunt. A heart may pump a million barrels of blood in a life, enough … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Translating Texan In St. Louis
The Texas primary is held today. I know what’s coming. A lot of friends will ask, with the best of intentions, questions that begin, “John, you lived in Texas. Why … Continue reading
Video: Branded Dreams — The Future of Advertising
Ton Meijdam, Thom Snels and Béla Zsigmond (aka Studio Smack in the Netherlands) say of this video: “We see ads everyday and everywhere. While some people try to avoid seeing … Continue reading
Video: “Mr. Cellophane” performed by John C. Reilly from the film version of Chicago
. Cause you can look right through me Walk right by me And never know I’m there. — Chicago features music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book … Continue reading
Video: “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” by Country Joe and the Fish
. Performed at Woodstock in 1969, this satiric song became an anthem in the movement against the Vietnam War. Country Joe McDonald has performed the song countless times since, and … Continue reading
