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11mins
Magazines are supposed to be leading the culture by “telling people what the hell you think is exciting and dynamic and thought provoking.”
9mins
Angry letters from congressmen. Death threats. Lost advertising. In the 60’s, these were often the result of a provocative cover image.
4mins
Forget about culture-busting significance on the newsstand. The covers of today’s magazines just aren’t memorable.
6mins
Inspiration isn’t a bolt of lightening—it comes out of your own sensibilities and understanding of the world.
9mins
The ’60s “was the most heroic age in media communications since the twelve apostles,” but the AMC show doesn’t really get it.
2mins
The way copyright law is written doesn’t reflect the “rip, mix, burn kind of scenario” that is the modern age.
1mins
“Music is writing. Writing is art. Art is music. Simple,” says the DJ.
2mins
Standardized technology “deadens a lot of amazing stuff,” but it also allows people to customize their sensory landscape in new ways.
2mins
“My work is just trying to make sense of the disorienting and overloaded world that we inhabit,” says the DJ.
4mins
Miller remixed D.W. Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation” as a critique on racial politics. His Antarctica project touches on many of the same ideas, differently.
7mins
“Go to the most remote place that you can imagine, set up a studio and see what music comes out of it.”
4mins
DJing is like being a conductor, and a composer of collage—you get to “mess around with people’s memories of songs.”
2mins
Paul Miller is more of a nuts and bolts kind of guy, while DJ Spooky can be wilder.
4mins
The author of the classic writing guide “Bird by Bird” shares some of her favorite ways to get the creative juices flowing.
3mins
Unlike Faulkner, the “Imperfect Birds” author doesn’t believe you should be willing to run over your grandmother for the sake of a great novel.
3mins
Anne Lamott embraces her reputation as a popular novelist, but admits that she sometimes gets caught up in the pretentious side of her profession.
4mins
A story of meditation, black coffee, and Safeway cakes.
4mins
Anne Lamott used to seek inspiration in “drugs, alcohol, and poetry.” But writing her novels has always been more like arduous manual labor than an ecstatic high.