A happy ending for 'Game of Thrones'? No thanks
I feel like this guy needs a hug. The basic idea is that we need to have unhappy drama because life is unhappy.
Can spreading tiny glass beads on the Arctic ice keep it from melting?
In the Arctic, the thick ice that reflected sunlight from the Earth is melting. Ice911 thinks it can slow this process by coating the ice with glass particles.
Three foundations of creativity – MJCarty
Geddy!
How to Design Better Social Media – Member Feature Stories – Medium
(Another one to read when Medium counter resets. Maybe I should just subscribe)
Post-outrage TV: how South Park is surviving the era of controversy | Television & radio | The Guardian
Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have fine-tuned their satire – and the show is questioning its own place in society more than ever
Metric - Art of Doubt Lyrics and Tracklist | Genius
We've moved from modernity past postmodernity to outright lying. What can we do next?
Theodore Roosevelt on the Cowardice of Cynicism and the Courage to Create Rather Than Criticize – Brain Pickings
“The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. There are many men who feel a kind of twisted pride in cynicism; there are many who confine themselves to criticism of the way others…
Making it work : creative music performance and the Western kit drummer. - University of Surrey
Bruford's thesis
david pumpkins - YouTube
Bobby Moynihan explains how they thought of such an offbeat idea.
The Truth about How Creativity Really Works – The Mission – Medium
"Paul McCartney gave up some creative liberty by collaborating with John Lennon, but the benefits made up for it." ALSO: "In order to maintain a high capacity for independent action, you have to constantly destroy your existing conceptual system and resynthesize from the constituent parts."
Seven Reasons the Left Is Losing - The Atlantic
"When Abraham Lincoln was 33 years old, he gave a speech inside a Presbyterian church to a temperance society. His message: The assembled ought to be nicer to drinkers and sellers of alcohol, rather than shunning them, or denouncing them as moral pestilences. Indeed, they ought to use “kindly persuasion,” even if a man’s drunkenness had caused misery to his wife, or left his children hungry and naked with want. For people are never less likely to change, to convert to new ways of thinking or acting, than when it means joining the ranks of their denouncers."
Simple Ideas to Stimulate Creativity: INFOGRAPHIC - GalleyCat
Explore creative careers in graphic design, copywriting, social media, marketing, communications, video. Post your creative job today and reach the best talent in media, advertising, and publishing.
Does Creativity Fade With Age? | Opening Lines
The YES Story Bonus Interviews: Chris Squire - YouTube
Technology obliterating the Talk album
Dangerous Minds | Monty Python: The true story behind the ‘Dead Parrot Sketch’
John Cleese would spend hours finessing a script—choosing the right word, or considering where best to place a comma for greatest comedic effect. His writing partner, Graham Chapman preferred to sit quietly, listening, smoking his pipe, and from time-to-time suggest an idea that would often turn an average...
8 Creativity Lessons from a Pixar Animator : zenhabits
Woody Allen Interview - Woody Allen Blue Jasmine Quotes - Esquire
Writer and Director, 77, New York City
PJ Harvey - 'Let England Shake' Interview - YouTube
PJ Harvey opts to spend two years working on the words before considering the music.
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Mediocre People
I’m pretty mediocre. I’m ashamed to admit it. I’m not even being sarcastic or self-deprecating. I’ve never done anything that stands out as, “Whoa! Th
Writers On Failure « The Dish
The Guardian talked to seven well-known writers about their missteps in life and literature. Julian Barnes has refined his understanding of failure: When I was growing up, failure presented itself …
Ten Ways to Overcome Creativity's Number One Crusher
The worst enemy of creativity is self-doubt, wrote Sylvia Plath in her journal. And she couldn't have been more accurate. Self-doubt can persuade us
Won't Get Fooled Again - YouTube
making the synth/organ sound
John Cleese on Creativity - YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Squeeze: Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford: Songwriter Interviews
The founders and primary songwriters of Squeeze discuss their craft. Topics include what they think of the New Wave tag, and where they disagree with Bob Dylan.
Cy Curnin of The Fixx: Songwriter Interviews
The man who brought us "Red Skies" and "Saved By Zero" is now an organic farmer in France.
Peg - Steely Dan - The Making Of - YouTube
Becker & Fagin and other musicians talk about the track they laid down for "Peg"
Cheers Oral History - GQ October 2012: Movies + TV: GQ
So says Amy Poehler, and she isn't alone in thinking Cheers is pretty much perfect. On the thirtieth anniversary of the show's premiere, GQ sat down with just about everyone who made it and asked them about creating Sam and Diane, the birth of Norm!, Woody Harrelson's one-night stands, and many other secrets of what became TV's funniest guy show of all time
6 Classic Songs That Were Supposed to Be Jokes | Cracked.com
Every so often a song explodes into the mainstream completely by accident, tearing up the charts to the surprise (and sometimes chagrin) of the musicians responsible.
Synthetica - Episode 1 - YouTube
Some people like to bounce around from band to band. Metric has found strength in being together for more than 10 years with the same four people.
The Audition