Wes Phillips

I'd seen Dulce Pinzôn's superhero photographs before, but until I saw them at the Brooklyn Public Library's main branch today, I hadn't realized how moving they were. The exhibit includes Pinzôn's detailed costumes as well, which are surprisingly beautiful.

Regular readers of this here blog may wonder why I've linked so many times to maps of the London Underground. I've always loved the clean design of Harry Beck's 1933 map because it looks so much like a circuit diagram and conveys complex three-dimensional information so clearly in 2D.

Jeremy Paxman argues that the last lines of "Dulce et Decorum Est" were not meant cynically.

Today's posts follow a common theme. First, we direct you to the Reith lectures on BBC4. And yes, dear readers (this means you, Clay White), this time you get transcripts as well as audio streaming and podcasts.

This clip has it all: Bob Fosse choreography, psychedelic Bach, frug-dancing zombie hippies, and Sammy Davis as a manic street preacher.

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A 1959 Walt Kelly Pogo page commemorating the best note ever. Nowadays you'd never get away with humor this wordy, but the language is intoxicating.

Chris Anderson argues that niche markets are the new blockbuster—except that we don't have blockbusters any more.