Margaret Atwood’s 10 Rules Of Writing
1. Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if the pencil breaks, you can’t sharpen it on the plane, because...
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ First time on TV back in 1984
Here are the Red Hot Chili Peppers making their first TV appearance back in 1984. The show was Alan Thicke's Thicke of the Night...
Fox Searchlight release 1990s-style Birdman action figure television commercial
Hey kids! You too can now defeat Birdman’s arch-nemesis The Condor with this spiffy Birdman Action Figure! Batteries not included. Fox Searchlight has released...
March 3rd is International Ear Care Day
1.1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of developing hearing loss due to the unsafe use of personal audio devices and exposure...
The dangers of digital: Brian Eno on technology and modern music
“It’s very difficult, and it’s continually under debate actually,” said Eno. “It doesn’t just apply with African recordings. It’s a problem everybody is having...
Q&A with Rolf Potts, author of the upcoming 33 1/3 on The Geto Boys
Rolf Potts is a journalist, essayist, and travel writer who has reported from more than sixty countries around the world. He is the author...
Madonna Announces 2015 Rebel Heart Tour
The list of Madonna concert dates for her highly anticipated 35-city ‘Rebel Heart’ Tour were officially announced today by Live Nation with the opening...
That time Walt Disney and Salvador Dali made a movie
In 1946, Salvador Dalí collaborated with Walt Disney animators on Destino, a surrealist animation that was storyboarded but scrapped due to budgetary concerns. Destino...
Jim Henson Early Commercials Featuring Muppets And…Coffee?
Long before he found fame with the Muppets, Jim Henson made a name for himself in the world of advertising with Wilkins and Wontkins,...
Amanda Palmer Gets It Right On Being An Artist
Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly...
How to mess with your brain with M&Ms
This optical illusion will blow you away. Exactly 200 tiny handcut squares of paper placed at specific points on a checkerboard pattern make for...
U2’s Deal With Apple Pays Off Massively
Annoyed as some Apple customers may have been over being "force-fed" U2's new album last fall, the impact of the free release is still...
Fred Rogers’ Final Message to those who grew up with the Neighborhood
Shortly before he died 12 years ago, he recorded a brief video message to the adults whom he taught and grew up and older...
Leonard Nimoy Explains Origin of Vulcan Greeting
As part of the Yiddish Book Center Wexler Oral History Project, Leonard Nimoy explains the origin of the Vulcan hand signal used by Spock,...
A Rap Battle You Can Only Compliment Your Competitor
Don't Flop Entertainment organizes rap battles...with a twist. As most rap battles are insult-fests, this battle has a twist: you can only compliment your...
