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Culture · IraqFor all the means of communication and exchange we’ve established between the cultures of the world, no matter how distant they may be from one another, we still have no truly universal single human language. The reason could date back to antiquity, when we first attempted a grand collective project: that of building a tower that would reach the heavens. Determined to punish our effrontery, God not only destroyed the work in progress, but render…See the Story
Did the Tower of Babel Actually Exist?: A Look at the Archaeological Evidence
Fort Sill · Fort SillJust look at this photo. Just look at this young girl’s smile. We know her name: O‑o-dee. And we know that she was a member of the Kiowa tribe in the Oklahoma Territory. And we know that the photo was taken in 1894. But that smile is like a time machine. O‑o-dee might just as well have donned some traditional/historical garb, posed for her friends, and had them put on the ol’ sepia filter on her camera app. But why? What is it about the smile? F…See the Story
A Rare Smile Captured in a 19th Century Photograph
Paris, France · ParisMan Ray was one of the leading artists of the avant-garde of 1920s and 1930s Paris. A key figure in the Dada and Surrealist movements, his works spanned various media, including film. Open Culture, openculture.comSee the Story
Man Ray’s Surrealist Cinema: Watch Four Pioneering Films From the 1920s
Germany · GermanyTwo days after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, the Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer took to the airwaves. Before his radio broadcast was cut off, he warned his countrymen that their führer could well be a verführer, or misleader. Open Culture, openculture.comSee the Story
When Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Pastor, Theorized How Stupidity Enabled the Rise of the Nazis (1942)
Seoul · SeoulHear a second or two of Vernon Burch’s “Get Up,” and you’re back in 1990; of “Balance and Rehearsal” from the JBL sound-test album Session, and you’re back in 1999; of Eddie Johns’ “More Spell on You,” and you’re back in 2001. What, you don’t know any of those songs? Perhaps you’re more familiar with them in a different form: chopped up, pitched up or down, and looped over and over again in the songs “Groove Is in the Heart” by Deee-Lite, “Prai…See the Story
The Most Iconic Electronic Music Sample of Every Year (1990–2024)
California, United States · CaliforniaThe early trailer for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho above describes the film as 'the picture you MUST see from the beginning... or not at all!' That's good advice, given how early in the film its first big twist arrives. But it was also a policy: Open Culture, openculture.comSee the Story
Watch Alfred Hitchcock’s Groundbreaking, Six-Minute Trailer for Psycho (1960)
New York State · New YorkWriting in his 1995 diary about his seminal ambient album Music for Airports, Eno remembered his initial thoughts going into it: “I want to make a kind of music that prepares you for dying–that doesn’t get all bright and cheerful and pretend you’re not a little apprehensive, but which makes you say to yourself, ‘Actually, it’s not that big a deal if I die.’” Created in 1978 from seconds-long tape loops from a much longer improv session with musi…See the Story
