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Neil Patrick Harris’s RENT at the Hollywood Bowl

“What’s a review of a musical doing on this blog?” you ask. I say, “Why not?” We saw the Hollywood Bowl Spectacular production of RENT last night, and were more… [more]

OK Go(ldberg)

How hard is it to make art? Sometimes it’s really hard. At TED, Adam Sadowsky talks about the 10 Commandments that guided the design and construction of the incredible Rube… [more]

Music: our schools’ secret weapon

In education, among the first things to be cut in tough times are arts programs. What a mistake. That’s like trying to save water by cutting all the leaves off… [more]

Guitars make great weapons

I had another post all set for today, when Jim Knipper at Media Associates sent me this video. This puppy is too good to pass up. It combines some of… [more]

A world made of people: The new Prius spot

The sheer wonderfulness of the world created for the new Prius “Harmony” commercial is astonishing. With television advertisers fighting an uphill battle for our attention as we TiVo past their… [more]

Pete Seeger and Friends

I get a lot of photographers’ promotional emails. And I mean a lot. So when one of them breaks through the clutter – and my tendency to glance and… [more]

Altered Aussie reality

Keith Loutit won’t let people embed his videos in their blogs. I understand, but it’s worth the extra click-through to see this lovely little stop-motion film, Bathtub IV. It looks… [more]

Live Concerts from NPR

Sometimes, you just gotta tell the world about something cool. Did you know you can download podcasts of live performances by people like Tom Waits, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, Neko… [more]