{"id":5824,"date":"2023-12-30T06:50:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T14:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=5824"},"modified":"2023-12-30T06:51:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T14:51:32","slug":"my-ten-favorite-open-culture-posts-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=5824","title":{"rendered":"My ten favorite Open Culture posts of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Open-Culture-Turn-On.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5826\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Open-Culture-Turn-On.jpg 1440w, http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Open-Culture-Turn-On-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/center><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For nearly a dozen years now, I\u2019ve written a post every weekday at\u00a0<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 3,000 so far, and here are ten of my favorites from the more than 250 I wrote in 2023:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2023\/11\/the-surprisingly-long-history-of-auto-tune.html\">The Surprisingly Long History of Auto-Tune, the Vocal-Processing Technology Music Critics Love to Hate<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2023\/03\/jancis-robinsons-wine-course-explore-the-tv-series-that-introduced-the-wines-of-the-world-1995.html\"><em>Jancis Robinson\u2019s Wine Course<\/em>: Explore the TV Series That Introduced the Wines of the World (1995)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2023\/06\/discover-the-plastics-the-influential-japanese-new-wave-band-1982.html\">Discover The Plastics, the Influential Japanese New Wave Band from the 1980s<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2023\/12\/rip-norman-lear-watch-full-episodes-of-his-daring-70s-sitcoms-including-all-in-the-family-maude-the-jeffersons-and-more.html\">RIP Norman Lear: Watch Full Episodes of His Daring 70s Sitcoms, Including <em>All in the Family<\/em>, <em>Maude<\/em>, <em>The Jeffersons<\/em>, and More<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2023\/03\/david-byrne-explains-how-the-big-suit-he-wore-in-stop-making-sense-was-inspired-by-japanese-kabuki-theatre.html\">David Byrne Explains How the \u201cBig Suit\u201d He Wore in Stop Making Sense Was Inspired by Japanese Kabuki Theatre<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2023\/04\/wes-anderson-re-creates-the-truman-show.html\">Wes Anderson Re-Creates <em>The Truman Show<\/em>, <em>Armageddon<\/em> &amp; <em>Out of Sight<\/em> as Stage Plays Performed by the Cast of Rushmore (1999)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2023\/12\/an-introduction-to-vince-guaraldi-the-jazz-composer-who-created-the-best-christmas-album-ever-a-charlie-brown-christmas.html\">An Introduction to Vince Guaraldi, the Jazz Composer Who Created the Best Christmas Album Ever, <em>A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2023\/10\/jerry-garcia-explains-how-abbott-and-costello-meet-frankenstein-changed-his-life-1995.html\">Jerry Garcia Explains How <em>Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein<\/em> Changed His Life (1995)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2023\/08\/watch-turn-on-the-innovative-tv-show-that-got-canceled-right-in-the-middle-of-its-first-episode-1969.html\">Revisit <em>Turn-On<\/em>, the Innovative TV Show That Got Canceled Right in the Middle of Its First Episode (1969)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2023\/11\/what-is-postmodern-architecture-an-introduction-in-three-videos.html\">What Is Postmodern Architecture?: An Introduction in Three Videos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See also\u00a0my ten favorite Open Culture posts of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4718\">2012<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4721\">2013<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4725\">2014<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4728\">2015<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4577\">2016<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4321\">2017<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4571\">2018<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4925\">2019<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=5233\">2020<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=5594\">2021<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=5750\">2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For nearly a dozen years now, I\u2019ve written a post every weekday at\u00a0Open Culture, usually to do with literature, film, music, art, architecture, television, radio, or language. 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