Culture
On art, music, and beauty.
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Tom McGuane’s Cameo: He probably made an appearance in a Jimmy Buffett music video
I’m 80% sure that writer Thomas McGuane makes a cameo appearance in the music video for Jimmy Buffett’s 1974 song Come Monday. 70 seconds in,…
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Ordinary Beauty: An extraordinary video
You may not think [Victorian design] is beautiful, but I don’t think it was supposed to be beautiful. It was just supposed to be pretty.…
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Font Indifference: What’s Helvetica again?
What convinced some typesetters that it’s okay to add a paragraph on the font they chose for a book on the last page? Why not…
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Shakespeare: I’d like to be the kind of person who enjoys his plays
There are things we like the idea of, but if we’re honest, we don’t want to do them. Contributing to a tight-knit community, going to…
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Your Photos Have Already Been Taken: Good luck trying to take a truly new picture
Taking photos on vacation is pointless. For any tourist attraction, you’ll find pictures that are better than you’ll ever be able to take yourself online. Any…
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A Beautiful Epoch: Belle Epoque architecture is easy on the eyes
Movies and musicals are often set during the Belle Epoque, probably because the dresses and houses are so pretty. Even science fiction is sometimes set…
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