Audio: Listen to a 9,000 Year Old Chinese Flute—the World’s Oldest Playable Instrument
. Chinese archeologists have unearthed what is believed to be the oldest known playable musical instrument, a seven-holed flute fashioned 9,000 years ago from the bones of the red-crowned crane. The … Continue reading
Video: Bessie Smith, “St. Louis Blues”
. Josh Jones writing for Open Culture says of this scene: Released in 1929, the “flawed, but absolutely essential” film St. Louis Blues frames Bessie Smith’s character through the lyrics … Continue reading
Video: Perfectly Normal
. About award-winning short film Perfectly Normal, director Joris Debeij says: I was introduced to Jordan, the effervescent subject of this Op-Doc, by a mutual friend; we met for lunch … Continue reading
Video: Mr Blue Footed Booby
. From the director: “This short film is an invitation to a lucid dream. Let’s take dinner together!” Written and directed by Gino Imagino Email subscribers may click on the … Continue reading
Video: The Addams Family dancing Blitzkrieg Bop by the Ramones
For a brief moment, forget the hurricanes, the threat of nuclear war, the fires burning in LA, Montana, Washington, DC and the hearts of white supremacists. Breathe in. Breathe out. And repeat after me. “Hey Ho……Let’s go!”
Jose Padua: Because Even in the Darkest of Days Revolution Is a Movement Towards the Light
On the same day in August 1967 when American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell was killed, my younger brother was born: one bad guy down, one good guy up … Continue reading
Video: The Como Mamas “Count Your Blessings”
. Old school Gospel music from the album Come Upstairs by The Como Mamas, produced by Daptone Records. The Como Mamas — Ester Smith Mae, Della Daniels, and Angela Taylor — are three … Continue reading
Video: Charlie Chaplin — Modern Times “Nonsense Song” (1936)
. When Chaplin sang this song in Modern Times, he was internationally famous, but it was the very first time that the world had heard his voice, after two decades of … Continue reading
Video: Neil Young premieres new protest song, “Children of Destiny”
“Stand up for what you believe / Resist the powers that be” Canadian rocker Neil Young and Promise of the Real have just released the video for their new Trump … Continue reading
Video: Order from Chaos
. This short animated film is the result of a collaboration between the UK-based electronic musician Max Cooper and the French motion graphics artist Maxime Causeret. Order from Chaos features … Continue reading
Video: Nobody Speak — DJ Shadow
. “You wanna hear a good joke?” Music: Run the Jewels & DJ Shadow Cast: Igor Tsyshkevich / USA Ian Bailey / UK Vika Akentyeva / Portugal Vladimir Arhipov / Germany … Continue reading
Video: War & Pierce perform “I Lived To Tell About It”
. Chris Pierce and Sunny War met through a mutual friend, the composer and producer Jared Faber who thought that the two accomplished musicians would hit it off. Pierce, War and … Continue reading
Jose Padua: In the Someday with the Sound of All the Passing Years
We only have one TV in the house, and last night Julien took a break from whatever he wanted to watch and let Maggie take control of it. What she … Continue reading
Video: Operetta vs Trump (Gilbert and Sullivan edition)
. Make the Roman Empire Great Again! Rebecca Nelsen and Eric Stoklossa of Operatico Politico describe the decline and fall of a Modern Roman Empire with a little help from … Continue reading
