“Enough of symbolism and these escapist themes of purity...

“Enough of symbolism and these escapist themes of purity...:

“Enough of symbolism and these escapist themes of purity and innocence.”

8½ (1963)

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“Me, I don’t talk much … I just cut the...

“Me, I don’t talk much … I just cut the...:

“Me, I don’t talk much … I just cut the hair.”

The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

If You're Gonna Say It, Say It Right

If You're Gonna Say It, Say It Right:
This weekend, I have to say the name Nguyen in public*, so I checked the internet for confirmation of pronunciation.

Then I noticed all the other pronunciation videos to be enjoyed. Here's "How to Pronounce Milk," and my favorite is below.

*—Not a Bumber-task, but an officiating-a-gay-wedding task.
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Tyrannosaurus rex wants to jerk off / tyrannosaurus rex can’t jerk off.

Beautiful view of the Perseids meteor shower

Beautiful view of the Perseids meteor shower:


There's nothing like a composite photo of the Perseids meteor shower to hammer home the realization that the Earth is hurtling through space like the Millennium Falcon making the Kessel Run. Photo by David Kingham.
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‘The Character of Physical Law’: Richard Feynman’s Legendary Lecture Series at Cornell, 1964

‘The Character of Physical Law’: Richard Feynman’s Legendary Lecture Series at Cornell, 1964:
Lecture One, The Law of Gravitation:

“Nature,” said physicist Richard Feynman, “uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.”
With those words Feynman ended the first of his famous 1964 Messenger Lectures at Cornell University, a talk entitled “The Law of Gravitation, an Example of Physical Law.” (See above.) The lectures were intended by Feynman as an introduction, not to the fundamental laws of nature, but to the very nature of such laws.
The lectures were later transcribed and collected in The Character of Physical Law, one of Feynman’s most widely read books. In the introduction to the Modern Library edition, writer James Gleick gives a brief assessment of the charismatic man at the lectern:

Feynman, then forty-six years old, did theoretical physics as spectacularly as anyone alive. He was due to win the Nobel Prize the next year for his groundbreaking work in the 1940s in quantum electrodynamics, a theory that tied together in an experimentally perfect package all the varied phenomena at work in light, radio, magnetism, and electricity. He had taken the century’s early, half-made conceptions of waves and particles and shaped them into tools that ordinary physicists could use and understand. This was esoteric science–more so in the decades that followed–and Feynman was not a household name outside physics, but within his field he had developed an astounding stature. He had a mystique that came in part from sheer pragmatic brilliance–in any group of scientists he could create a dramatic impression by slashing his way through a difficult problem–and in part, too, from his personal style–rough-hewn, American, seemingly uncultivated.

All seven of Feynman’s lectures were recorded by the British Broadcasting Corporation and presented as part of BBC Two’s “Further Education Scheme.” In 2009 Bill Gates bought the rights to the videos and made them available to the public on Microsoft’s Project Tuva Web site. Since then the series has become available on YouTube for easier viewing. As you scroll down the page you can access the videos which, “more than any other recorded image or document,” writes physicist Lawrence Krauss in Quantum Man: Richard Feynman’s Life in Science, “capture the real Feynman, playful, brilliant, excited, charismatic, energetic, and no nonsense.”
You can find the remaining video lectures after the jump…
Lecture Two, The Relation of Mathematics to Physics:

Lecture Three, The Great Conservation Principles:

Lecture Four, Symmetry in Physical Law:

Lecture Five, The Distinction of Past and Future:

Lecture Six, Probability and Uncertainty–The Quantum Mechanical View of Nature:

Lecture Seven, Seeking New Laws:

You can find this course indexed in the Physics section of our big collection of Free Online Courses.
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The Queen of Soul Conquers Europe: Aretha Franklin in Amsterdam, 1968

The Queen of Soul Conquers Europe: Aretha Franklin in Amsterdam, 1968:

In May of 1968 Aretha Franklin was at the top of her form. It was only a year since she had switched record companies and exploded into fame with a string of top-ten hits that have since become classics. Her third album with Atlantic Records, Lady Soul, had just come out and Franklin was on her first-ever tour of Europe. On the second night she performed at Amsterdam’s historic Concertgebouw, or “concert building,” and fortunately for us a camera crew was there to record the show.
The resulting 42-minute film is a remarkable document of one of pop music’s most important artists performing to a wildly appreciative audience. The film opens with an awkward backstage interview, but the real excitement begins at the 6:30 mark, when Franklin and her backing singers hit the stage to thunderous applause and launch into an rhythm and blues arrangement of the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction.” The audience rushes the stage and begins pelting Franklin and the other singers with flowers. The musicians manage to finish the song, but before the concert can continue the master of ceremonies has to come back out and demand that everyone take their seats. Here is the set list:

1. Satisfaction
2. Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream
3. Soul Serenade
4. Groovin’
5. A Natural Woman
6. Come Back Baby
7. Dr. Feelgood
8. Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet, Sweet Baby)
9. Good To Me As I Am To You
10. I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
11. Chain of Fools
12. Respect

Although the concert was billed as “Aretha Franklin with the Sweet Inspirations,” Franklin’s backing singers in the film are her sister Carolyn Franklin, Charnissa Jones and Wyline Ivey. It’s a fast-moving, energetic performance. Franklin’s voice is strong and beautiful, straight through to the triumphant show-closer, “Respect.”
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WHERE DID WE GET THIS PINOT GRIGIO? IT’S...:

WHERE DID WE GET THIS PINOT GRIGIO? IT’S WONDERFUL.
HONESTLY, I DON’T EVEN CARE IF THE BAND PLAYS AS LONG AS WE’VE GOT A COUPLE MORE BOTTLES OF THIS STUFF.

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