You should read this for 2/20/2021: Art, Music, and Film PBS American Masters Archive Releases 1,000+ Hours of Uncut, Never-Before-Seen Interviews: Patti Smith, David Bowie, Neil Young & More The full PBS American Masters archive is here Biden Begins Biden has started erasing Trump’s legacy. Now the hard part starts. But now that Biden has undone the most easily reversible Trump policies, the hard part begins — especially after the impeachment trial hampered early Senate action. While liberals are pushing Biden to do more, goals such as expanding health care and strengthening gun control would probably require new laws, which are…

You should read this for 2/13/2021: Art, Music, and Film The Magic of the Beach Boys’ Harmonies: Hear Isolated Vocals from “Sloop John B.,” “God Only Knows,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” & Other Pet Sounds Classics Biden Begins Biden inherited a USPS crisis. Here’s how Democrats want to fix it. Neera Tanden Apologizes After Comparing GOP Senators To Voldemort And Vampires “You wrote that Susan Collins is, quote, ‘the worst.’ That Tom Cotton is a fraud. That vampires have more heart than Ted Cruz. You called leader McConnell ‘Moscow Mitch’ and ‘Voldemort,’” complained Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio. “How do you…

You should read this for 2/6/20201: Art, Music, and Film TikToker’s sea shanty Wellerman reaches No 3 in UK charts To Hold Nature in the Hand: Revealing the Wonders of the Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta Online facsimile. 7 Things to Look for in Paintings of the Last Supper Hilton Valentine, Founding Guitarist For The Animals, Dies At 77 But it was “House of the Rising Sun” that took the band to the top of the U.S. and U.K. charts. Although the song was well covered by many artists before them — including Bob Dylan — the Animals recorded what became the…

You should read this for 1/30/2021: Art, Music, and Film Jon Bon Jovi on wealth, love and his ugly tussle with Trump: ‘It was seriously scarring’ “I was really shocked at the depths [Trump] went to. He wasn’t even qualified to buy the team, because you have to submit your tax returns, and he never filed the paperwork. Instead, he did this dark shadow assassination thing, hoping to buy the team at a bargain basement price. But I just couldn’t understand how this misinformation was being put out there. It was seriously scarring,” Bon Jovi says, eyes wide. Biden –…

You should read this for 1/24/2021: If you read nothing else, read this: Donald Trump’s new reality Art, Music, and Film Gaze in wonder at this astonishingly high-res scan of an iconic painting For the past hour, I’ve been avoiding work by browsing this amazingly high-resolution scan of Johannes Vermeer’s iconic Girl with a Pearl Earring. With a total resolution of 93,205 x 108,565, PetaPixel notes the scan is believed to be the first 10 billion pixel panorama ever created, allowing you to zoom in close enough to turn the tiniest flecks of paint into puddles and minuscule cracks into…

You should read this for 1/17/2021: Art, Music, and Film Um, It Makes Total Sense We’re All Into Sea Shanties Now See also: The Scottish postman behind ‘Sea Shanty TikTok’ The true story behind the viral TikTok sea shanty hit World’s oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia “Picture of wild pig made at least 45,500 years ago provides earliest evidence of human settlement” A Caveman Encased in Ice Has Appeared In a Minneapolis Park Biden Begins Longtime Diplomat William Burns Is Biden’s Pick To Lead CIA President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate veteran diplomat William Burns to be the…

You should read this for 1/10/2021: Art, Music, and Film Seeking justice for Lion Sleeps Tonight composer Why Hollywood gets the Irish so wrong Fonts in Use: Enter a Giant Archive of Typography, Featuring 12,618 Typefaces over 17,000 designs, each using at least one of over 12,000 typeface families from more than 3,500 type companies. Each font is contextualized with images depicting them in the wild, on everything from wine labels and storefronts to book covers, record albums, movie posters and of course, advertising of all shapes and sizes. Biden Begins Biden Is Set To Introduce Merrick Garland As His…

Editor’s Note: 2020 has been a hell of a year. I’ve been self-isolating in an apartment with my mom since February, aside from brief excursions to the local drug store to pick up mom’s medications that failed to arrive via the post (Thanks for screwing over the USPS Donald Trump, aka 💩🔥💰 and 🤥🤥👖🔥 liar, liar pants-on-fire, GOP mob boss, liar-in-chief, draft dodger, Putin’s pocket toy, criminal, grifter, the single worst President ever). I hope you die in prison) and exciting trips to the front door to receive sporadic groceries. I’m taking the rest of this year and at least…

You should read this for 12/2o/2020: Biden Begins Biden Administration: Here’s Who Has Been Named So Far In his latest selection, Biden tapped Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., to lead the Department of Transportation. Buttigieg has not previously served in federal office but gained national prominence during his presidential bid in the 2020 Democratic primaries. If confirmed, he will be the first openly LGBTQ person to serve in a permanent Cabinet role. Books, Libraries, Writing, and Language Samuel Delany: Why I Write Food and Drink Revealing Photo Series Documents School Lunches Around the World History and…

You should read this for 1/22/2020: Art, Music, and Film Economist Podcasts: This week we speak to Viggo Mortensen, the actor best known for playing Aragorn in Lord of the Rings, about making his directorial debut and the future of indie film-making James Corden proves why straight actors should think twice before playing gay Biden-Harris Begin/h4> Harris assembles staff as she builds her vice presidential portfolio PRIORITIES We aren’t just going to rebuild what has worked in the past. This is our opportunity to build back better than ever. Books, Libraries, Writing, and Language H/T Lisa C: The book of…