This is just one of the fantastic performances by students of Heartwood Guitar Instruction that you can see here. Some of the videos feature solo performers – one rather famous take on “Folsom Prison Blues” – but most show a younger artist performing with some taller people. They all rock, without a doubt.
YouTube is a fantastic way to discover music.
Nothing much to say – I was pleased to find this gem on YT, and I hope you like it too.
Very Short List sends intriguing daily emails. This morning’s message let me know something I find delightful – that I can watch all 16 episodes of The Prisoner at amctv.com.
Thanks again to BoingBoing for making my morning. I don’t care for the music, but the video does a nice job of showing part of the process involved with making a pop-up book.
What I would like to see is a description of how Ita figures out what needs to be cut out in the first place.
The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas is hosting an archive of Mike Wallace’s interviews from the late 1950s. It is a rich collection; if you watch these shows, you will become very dissatisfied with the noise and incoherence of contemporary TV news. Wallace had real conversations with his guests, asked meaningful questions, and got real answers. Of course it helps when you have someone like Peter Ustinov or Frank Lloyd Wright to talk to, but still, it is surprising that having an intelligent conversation was simply the expected thing to do.
The interview with Jean Seberg is remarkable. Maybe Fresh Air approaches this quality, but I have a hard time imagining anything from today’s network television that would be nearly as smart.
BoingBoing.net linked to the archive – thanks again BB!