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The Night When Luciano Pavarotti & James Brown Sang “It’s a Man’s World” Together (2002)
Published: October 17, 2024 09:00
Luciano Pavarotti and James Brown are remembered as larger-than-life performers with an almost mythical-seeming presence and distinctiveness. But it wasn’t so very long ago that both of them were active — and even active onstage together. In the video…
George Harrison Explains Why Everyone Should Play the Ukulele
https://www.openculture.com/2024/10/george-harrison-on-why-everyone-should-play-the-ukulele.html
Published: October 17, 2024 05:56
George Harrison loved the ukulele, and really, what’s not to love? For its dainty size, the uke can make a powerfully cheerful sound, and it’s an instrument both beginners and expert players can learn and easily carry around. As Harrison’s old friend Joe…
The Fake Buildings of New York: What Happens Inside Their Mysterious Walls
Published: October 16, 2024 09:00
You can’t go on a walk with a serious enthusiast of New York history without hearing the stories behind at least a few notable, beautiful, or downright strange buildings. Yet most longtime New Yorkers, famed for tuning out their surroundings to better…
eanuts Creator Charles Schulz Shares with a 10-Year-Old Kid the True Meaning of Good Citizenship
Published: October 16, 2024 08:00
In 1970, when 10-year-old Joel Linton asked Charles Schulz, the creator of Peanuts, “What do you think makes a good citizen?” Schulz sent the youngster a short but pithy reply: Dear Joel: I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good…
Take a Tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House, the Mansion That Has Appeared in Blade Runner, Twin Peaks & Countless Hollywood Films
https://www.openculture.com/2024/10/take-a-tour-of-frank-lloyd-wrights-ennis-house.html
Published: October 15, 2024 09:00
There are more than a few of us who’d enjoy the opportunity to live in a house that appears in Blade Runner; there are rather few of us who would value that opportunity at $23 million, the asking price given in the 2019 Architectural Digest video on Frank…
Johnny Cash & The Clash’s Joe Strummer Sing Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” (2002)
Published: October 15, 2024 05:47
In 1958, Merle Haggard saw Johnny Cash play in San Quentin, and went on to sing honest country songs for country outlaws. In 1982, future Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello saw Joe Strummer play with The Clash in Chicago and went on to play…
The Amazing Recording History of The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun”
Published: October 14, 2024 09:00
The most streamed Beatles song isn’t “She Loves You,” “Hey Jude,” or “All You Need Is Love.” It isn’t even “Yesterday.” If you were about to guess “Something,” you’re on the right track, at least as far as the source album and songwriter. In fact, it’s…
When Leonard Cohen Guest Starred on Miami Vice (1986)
https://www.openculture.com/2024/10/when-leonard-cohen-guest-starred-on-miami-vice-1986.html
Published: October 14, 2024 07:20
Leonard Cohen was Canada’s answer to Bob Dylan. While best known perhaps as a singer-songwriter who penned the tune “Hallelujah” — which was covered by Jeff Buckley, John Cale and just about everyone else under the sun — he was also at varying points in…
The Writer Who Directed, The Director Who Wrote: Every Frame a Painting Explores the Genius of Billy Wilder
Published: October 11, 2024 08:00
When the acclaimed cinema video-essay channel Every Frame a Painting made its comeback this past summer, its creators Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos took a close look at the “sustained two-shot,” which captures a stretch of dialogue between two characters…
The Complete Howard Stern Interview with Kamala Harris
https://www.openculture.com/2024/10/the-complete-howard-stern-interview-with-kamala-harris.html
Published: October 11, 2024 04:25
It’s hard to know where to start. This election comes down to whether or not we want to reward someone who tried to subvert our democracy four years ago. Whether we want to preserve the alliances that have kept the peace since World War II. Whether women…