December 2009
12 posts
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Sad news: Bannerman’s Castle on an island in the...
Bannerman’s Castle was already an enigmatic ruin in the middle of the Hudson River, a dreamy landmark for passing train travelers and a passionate cause for preservationists. But then in the silence of last Saturday night, a large chunk of history suddenly disappeared when the castle’s stone, brick and cement sighed under a century’s weight of weather. Overnight, two-thirds of the eastern tower...
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A brilliant & hilarious 70-minute video...
via slashfilm.com By now, you’ve probably heard about this series of YouTube videos by “Mike from Milwaukee.” It’s more than an hour of carefully edited clips and furiously intelligent slashing and burning. In the character of a foul-mouthed rambling madman, a perceptive amateur film critic lays out exactly what is so awful about the soulless Star Wars prequel. ...
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People still love the arts, but they are...
Americans are increasingly choosing the Internet and other new media to enjoy the arts, a new national survey has found. While many adults still like the intimacy of live theater, particularly musical theater, over the past year an estimated 47 million of them chose to watch or listen to music, theater or dance performances online at least once a week. The results of the National Endowment...
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A vision for digital magazines of the near future
In my experience, current forms of digital magazines either (a) slavishly ape print conventions or (b) overwhelm the reader with gizmos, animation, too many links, and disjointed fragments of digital stuff.Mag+ is an elegant model for future digital magazines that seems to overcome the weaknesses of both approaches. It’s logical, simple, but also interactive. It also looks like a perfect...
The Vivid Imperial Scrolls of China
via neh.gov Imagine inheriting the majority of the planet: “In 1689, Kangxi, the emperor of China, embarked on a tour to inspect his southern provinces, undertaking a two-thousand-mile journey from Beijing to the cities and towns of the Yangzi Delta and back…” Posted via web from Andrew Hazlett | Comment »
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Huge El Nino surf dwarfs surfers on Maui
via weblogs.marylandweather.com All I know about surfing I learned from Bodhi and Johnny Utah, but this is incredible. [I recommend muting the stupid “Xtreme” music soundtrack] Posted via web from Andrew Hazlett | Comment »
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"Translate This Book!" A new campaign from The...
These days, it’s no secret that translated literature gets short shrift. It has become a well-known fact that just three percent (or less) of all literature published in the United States is translated from another language. These days, too, its hardly less well-known that many publishers and book pages still shy away from translated lit for fear that the taint of a foreign language will chase...
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In the Rock Garden of Chandigarh
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A new illustrated edition of The Great War and...
Paul Fussell’s The Great War and Modern Memory: The Illustrated Edition is a rare sort of book — a product of intellectual rigor imbued with deep emotion. First published in 1975, this work of history and literature has helped readers come to terms with the legacy of the First World War. After garnering a National Book Award and other honors, the book has been a fixture on...
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Retro-modernistic posters for the International...
via simoncpage.co.uk The future has gone retro. Apparently the designer will be selling posters soon. Posted via web from Andrew Hazlett’s Posterous | Comment »
