PBS’s Ken Burns honestly needs no introduction from me, but I love his analysis of what makes great storytelling. For him it boils down to 1+1=3. My mother had cancer all of my life, she died when I was 11, there wasn’t a moment from when I wasn’t aware — two-and-a-half, three — that there [...]
video platform video management video solutions video player For those of you who don’t spend their entire lives hanging out on the Internet or on Reddit, last week there was a lot of buzz surrounding a photo of a guy running a race in Charleston, S.C. He was dubbed “ridiculously photogenic guy” by a Redditor [...]
The Verge’s Joshua Topolsky asks Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson about being an Internet meme. The best part of this little slice of awesomeness is not his reaction to being a meme, but watching him re-enact his meme. See Also: The Most Astounding Fact [via waxy]
Back in 1994, neither Quentin Tarantino or Jon Stewart were household names. Tarantino was on the cusp of changing independent film making with the release of Pulp Fiction (seriously, it’s one of the most influential movies of the 90s and perhaps of all-time). It would, of course, be another decade before Jon Stewart left his [...]
The Awl has an interview with the street artist Hanksy, who takes images from Banksy and incorporates Tom Hanks into the mix. It’s fairly cheeky and fully awesome. The interview was done by EA Hanks, who, if I’m correct, is actually Tom Hanks’ daughter. It’s just an extra layer of awesome. EA: Regarding your work, [...]
When it rains Maurice Sendak, it pours Maurice Sendak (more here and here). The author’s interview with funnyman Stephen Colbert is a verifiable hurricane of laughs. The interview is great, but make sure to watch the second part where they get high on markers. Part One: Part Two: If only more authors got high on [...]
Graphic designer Aaron Draplin tells the potty-mouthed story of the time he got drunk, bought a massive sign on eBay and came to realize America was fucked (graphically at least). The video is about three years old, but I’m just watching it for the first time and Draplin make a great point about how great [...]
Esquire interviews President Bill Clinton, whom they claim “has become the rare consensus figure in a country that has lost all sense of consensus.” It’s a fascinating and wide-ranging interview with Clinton touching on a lot of issue pertinent to today’s election cycle. One thing is crystal clear, however — anyone going into politics today [...]
As part of their TateShots series of artist interviews, the Tate Galleries spoke with Maurice Sendak about his books and career. If you love books, Maurice Sendak, or artists talking about their craft, you could do worse than spend five-minutes on your lunch break. It strikes me as fascinating that Sendak believes he’s never once intentionally written [...]
Great conversation between two artistic titans. It starts off talking about King’s new book, which revolves around the JFK assassination, but it really takes off into some interesting places.
