Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer brings you a melody summing up 30-years of “chap-hop”, which seems to just be regular hip-hop sung by fancy English white dudes.
A side by side comparison of sheet music from two of the more influential African American musicians of the last 50 years. Music has come a long way in the last half century.
For President's Day: a classic American history lesson. The British better beware…
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Almost-President Barack Obama has a new official portrait. You are looking at something truly historic: the first portrait of a president to be taken with a digital camera.
Soon to be seen in your neighborhood Post Office! This is a historic moment for America, because this is the first official portrait of a President to be taken with a digital camera.
It's a common misconception that Twitter was created in 2006. According to Historical Tweets, “like the sun, moon, and starts, Twitter has always been” — and they prove it with tweets from the best of times and the worst of times.
A guy on The Price is Right guessed the exact dollar value of his Showcase ($23,743), meaning that he wins both Showcases per the show's rules. This hasn't happened since 1972 (or '73, Drew Carey doesn't know or care)!
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Learn a little Roman history. Ciao!
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The Wall Street Journal reports on the “groundswell” of people planning to go to DC to see Obama sworn in on January 20. Hotels are booking three times faster than they did for the last inauguration, churches are chartering buses, and Craigslist is full of temporary housing offers. You can get a free ticket to the ceremony by calling your representative or senator, but you will not have been the first person to try.
Let’s collaboratively create a huge “meme tree” that starts with early viral hits and extends forward through the history of the viral web. Post memes. Post responses to those memes. Post responses to the responses. Keep going until we have a big branching tree of related memes. Start with the big classics viral hits and work forward to the present. Where possible embed actual videos or screen shots using the video and image post formats.
Who is the “falling man” in this historic picture from 9-11? And should we try to answer this question or avert our eyes? Click the image for a classic Esquire piece republished on the web for the anniversary of 9-11. When should we “bear witness” and when should we respect the privacy of victims? Very interesting read.
Barack Obama, the son of a a black man from Kenya and a white man from Kansas, really is a moment for the history books. Nobody does a slip-up with such conviction like ABC’s Terry Moran.
Culture Buzz Good Magazine maps out historical routes from Christopher Columbus to Amelia Earhart. This would have come in so handy in middle school, when we stupidly relied on Janet Jackson for our geography lessons.
Sports Buzz Each logo has a short description giving some needed context. Personal faves include 1908 London, 1964 Tokyo, and 1968 Mexico City, which totally blows my mind makes my eyes hurt at the same time.
In the third installment of one of the funniest series online, Jen Kirkman tells us about George Washington’s favorite slave, Oney. If only this was how we were taught history in high school, maybe we would have stayed in that AP class after all.
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