"I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history"
On Flickr, vieilles_annonces posts scans from her "rather large magazine collection of Ebony, Jet and similar magazines from the 1910s on."
View ArticleSacred text
Meg Hitchcock creates intricatecollages out of individual letters from spiritual and philosophical texts (via).
View ArticleAnd a 1 and a 2, a 1, 2, 3, 3.984
"People prefer music that deviates from perfection in a natural way."Researchers into rhythm are trying to figure out the nature of these deviations, and what implications this has for audio...
View ArticleCute Overload: Now with more productivity!
This is interpreted as the result of a narrowed attentional focus induced by the cuteness-triggered positive emotion that is associated with approach motivation and the tendency toward systematic...
View ArticleRich Blocks, Poor Blocks
See how much money people make in every neighborhood in every city in America with Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks, a map that displays wealth distributions across US cities (and states).
View ArticleThe Phantom Phonebooth
Whether made of wood or glass, the phone booth stands apart, and is made to stand apart, from the normal flow of life in which it is situated.
View ArticleDance break!
The odds seem long that a thin Leno segment, Pumpcast News, would stumble across a couple willing to karaoke at a gas station. Longer still that they'd be good at it. But Will and Monifa Sims beat...
View ArticleHigh above the nation's capital...
Ever wondered what the view at the very top of the Washington Monument is like? Construction workers erecting scaffolding (for repairs needed after the 2011 earthquake) donned helmet cams on the day...
View ArticleEvery library and museum in America, mapped
“There’s always that joke that there’s a Starbucks on every corner," says Justin Grimes, a statistician with the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington. "But when you really think about...
View ArticleBellydancer
Shlomo uses his voice and a loop pedal to build an immersive childhood memory of his Iraqi-Jewish family.
View ArticleBluebird Express
Dorothy, something of a diva, let the laughter subside. Then she started to sing with a voice of resounding beauty about a land she once heard of in a lullaby, about chimney tops and lemon drops and...
View ArticlePlaying the bones, Soviet style
In the days before tape recorders and magnitizdat (previously), vinyl was a state-controlled resource in the Soviet Union. So how were dissidents and bootleggers to meet the demand for forbidden...
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