60 Minutes did a profile of Anderson a few years ago and she explained the meaning of the song (to her): This is a song about how basically technology cannot save you. It’s about a lot of things: ...

O Superman by artist Laurie Anderson from 1981. Some of the lyrics: ‘Cause when love is gone There’s always justice And when justice is gone There’s always forc ...

Last week, the NY Times dropped a list of The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century, as picked by a panel of “more than 500 influential stars, showrunners and o ...

From the Control Rooms group on Flickr. 🤩 So many little details in all of these photos to pore over.

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This is a three-hour, high-quality recording of thunderstorms in the distance in the Slovakian countryside. The rest of the ...

I love 2005’s Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightly & Matthew Macfadyen and directed by Joe Wright. So I really ...

A lovely contemplative short video featuring Toshiyuki Ueno of the Japanese fashion brand Visvim talking about craftsmanship. Big thanks to Arcustech for hosting the site and offering amazing tech ...

A lovely contemplative short video featuring Toshiyuki Ueno of the Japanese fashion brand Visvim talking about craftsmanship.

A lovely contemplative short video featuring Toshiyuki Ueno of the Japanese fashion brand Visvim talking about craftsmanship. We want to make things that people will get attached to and will use for a ...

From the early 1970s until his death in 2021, Korean artist Kim Tschang-Yeul painted water droplets. From one of the ...