ART: Steve Martin at MOMA
Missing being able to pop into an art gallery these days? Try this – viewing 2 pieces from MOMA with actor/comedian/writer Steve Martin words and video on MOMA site here. As Steve looks at the...
View ArticleBOOKS: Missing Libraries?
Are you missing the opportunity to visit your library in the current virus lockdown? Try listening to this 7 minute article on what you’re missing, by Umberto Eco, writing somehow despite having his...
View ArticleLAMENT: Writing in the Moment
Frank O’Hara, New York poet, wrote in the moment. He responded to the deaths of well-known celebrities – if his poems had anything, they had “immediacy”. But this dashed off almost fresh from your...
View ArticleHomemade vid
This has been an especially wet and windy weekend – so I made brief video called “Bluebell Time” (under 3 minutes runtime). It’s an interesting challenge to make a video during Coronavirus lockdown....
View ArticleGraphic design moves people – faster
Michael Bierut, graphic designer, speaks about his mentor the much-respected Massimo Vignelli and how his graphic design still makes the New York Subway system move faster – his signage helps people...
View ArticleBehind the lyrics
“Song Exploder” is a great podcast for any songwriter or beginning songwriter: in it, a band or songwriter will take apart a successful song and explain how it was written and recorded. I have always...
View ArticleEnough Drama
I came off with this phrase, “Enough Drama” today at home – and riffing off of that, we began imagining: “That would be great for a book title!” “The thespians would hate it” “Yeah – but they’d buy it...
View ArticleFILMS: Borg v McEnroe vs Hepburn v Tracy
Within 24 hours, I hugely enjoyed a doublebill of sports films: “Borg vs McEnroe” (2017) and “Mike and Pat” (1952). Recommended separately or together. Both films are very different to each other: the...
View ArticleComedians-Cars-Coffee
I seem to have developed a small addiction to watching Jerry Seinfeld drink five-year old coffee (although it was fresh at the time of his drinking). Yes, I watch “Comedians in Cars getting Coffee”....
View ArticleEnglish Lit Degree vs Booktube: Ariel Bissett
Ariel Bissett is a lively (very) booktuber, creating book reviews where she may literally leap into the shot, arms outstretched, shouting “Hello!!!” She’s not boring. But even beyond her natural...
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