{"id":5594,"date":"2021-12-31T05:22:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T13:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=5594"},"modified":"2022-01-17T00:00:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T08:00:43","slug":"my-ten-favorite-open-culture-posts-of-2021-hitchcock-meets-borges-brian-wilson-meets-george-martin-and-kfc-meets-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=5594","title":{"rendered":"My ten favorite Open Culture posts of 2021: Hitchcock Meets Borges, Brian Wilson Meets George Martin, and KFC Meets Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><center><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Open-Culture-Murakami-films.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5612\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Open-Culture-Murakami-films.jpeg 1200w, http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Open-Culture-Murakami-films-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/center><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For nearly a decade now, I\u2019ve written a post every weekday at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/\">Open Culture<\/a>, usually to do with literature, film, music, art, architecture, television, radio, or language. The total comes to more than 2,600 so far, and here are ten of my favorites from the more than 250 I wrote in 2021:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/02\/alfred-hitchcock-meets-jorge-luis-borges-borges-in-cold-war-america-watch-double-take-2009-free-online.html\">Alfred Hitchcock Meets Jorge Luis Borges Borges in Cold War America: Watch <em>Double Take<\/em> (2009) Free Online<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/02\/the-beach-boys-brian-wilson-beatles-producer-george-martin-break-down-god-only-knows.html\">The Beach Boys\u2019 Brian Wilson &amp; Beatles Producer George Martin Break Down \u201cGod Only Knows,\u201d the \u201cGreatest Song Ever Written\u201d<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/04\/critics-celebrate-two-lane-blacktop.html\">Critics Celebrate <em>Two-Lane Blacktop<\/em>, the 1971 Existential Road-Movie Masterpiece by Monte Hellman (RIP), Starring James Taylor &amp; Dennis Wilson<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/04\/the-decay-of-cinema-susan-sontag-martin-scorsese-their-lamentations-on-the-decline-of-cinema-explored-in-a-new-video-essay.html\">The Decay of Cinema: Susan Sontag, Martin Scorsese &amp; Their Lamentations on the Decline of Cinema Explored in a New Video Essay<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/12\/the-japanese-eat-kentucky-fried-chicken-for-christmas-dinner-the-origins-of-this-american-tradition.html\">How Eating Kentucky Fried Chicken Became a Christmas Tradition in Japan<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/08\/how-west-magazine-created-a-southern-california-pop-culture-aesthetic.html\">How <em>West<\/em> Magazine Created a Southern-California Pop-Culture Aesthetic with the Help of Milton Glaser, Gahan Wilson, and Others (1967-1972)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/10\/quentin-tarantino-gives-a-tour-of-video-archives.html\">Quentin Tarantino Gives a Tour of Video Archives, the Store Where He Worked Before Becoming a Filmmaker<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/10\/the-story-of-the-edsel-fords-infamously-failed-car-brand-of-the-1950s.html\">The Story of the Edsel, Ford\u2019s Infamously Failed Car Brand of the 1950s<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/06\/the-story-of-the-minidisc.html\">The Story of the MiniDisc, Sony\u2019s 1990s Audio Format That\u2019s Gone But Not Forgotten<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/08\/two-haruki-murakami-stories-adapted-into-short-films-watch-attack-on-a-bakery-1982-and-a-girl-she-is-100-1983.html\">Two Haruki Murakami Stories Adapted into Short Films: Watch <em>Attack on a Bakery<\/em> and <em>A Girl, She Is 100%<\/em><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See also&nbsp;my ten favorite Open Culture posts of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4718\">2012<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4721\">2013<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4725\">2014<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4728\">2015<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4577\">2016<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4321\">2017<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4571\">2018<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4925\">2019<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=5233\">2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For nearly a decade now, I\u2019ve written a post every weekday at&nbsp;Open Culture, usually to do with literature, film, music, art, architecture, television, radio, or language. 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