Every weekday I write a post at Open Culture, usually to do with literature, film, music, art, television, radio, or language. Here are ten of my favorites from the more than 250 I wrote in 2012:
- Al Jazeera Travel Show Explores World Cities Through Their Street Food
- An Introduction to Yasujiro Ozu, “the Most Japanese of All Film Directors”
- David Byrne: From Talking Heads Frontman to Leading Urban Cyclist
- Entitled Opinions, the “Life and Literature” Podcast That Refuses to Dumb Things Down
- In Search of Haruki Murakami: A Documentary Introduction to Japan’s Great Postmodernist Novelist
- Pan Am’s 1960s and 70s Travel Films: Visit 11 Places, in 7 Languages
- RIP Peter Bergman; Hear the Firesign Theatre’s 1970 Masterpiece
- Tom Schiller’s 1975 Journey Through Henry Miller’s Bathroom (NSFW)
- Watch 125 Korean Feature Films Free Online, Thanks to the Korean Film Archive
- Woody Allen Lives the “Delicious Life” in Early-80s Japanese Commercials