Stranger Than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Wallace, the Man Who Created King Kong

The creator of one the best-known scenes in cinema was also the most widely read author in the world. So why is he so little known? Certainly Wallace’s life is as rattling a yarn as any of the 170 or so novels he knocked out at breakneck speed.
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What University Presses Have Done for Urban Design

Think of universities as a series of ivory tower silos? Think again. Not only can urban-set institutions of higher learning be vital anchor institutions in their neighborhoods, university presses throughout the U.S. play a pivotal role in publishing game-changing work about cities. Those books, both practical and philosophical, result in real benefits to our built environments.
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Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters Rockin1000 Official Video

1000 musicians play Learn to Fly by Foo Fighters to ask Dave Grohl to come and play in Cesena, Italy
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The Dandy Warhols - Get Off

The Dandy Warhols performing Get Off.
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Black Cat Bone: Matt Schofield with Prakash John & Jordan John

Matt Schofield performing Black Cat Bone, live at The Mixed Grill in Oakville, Ontario. Featuring Prakash John on bass and Jordan John on drums.
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21 Extraordinary Black and White Celebrity Portraits Taken by Michael Tighe

“Dear so and so. I'm a young photographer shooting a series of portraits of celebrated New Yorkers. If you could spare a few minutes of your time I would very much like to photograph you.” Michael Tighe began his career by writing and mailing letters to New York artists and entertainers in 1974. He sent out between 30 and 40 letters a week, hearing back initially from two or three people over the course of two years who, to his surprise, all said yes...
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Still Eight Men Out — Major League Baseball Denies Appeal of Buck Weaver

The latest request to get Major League Baseball to clear the name of former White Sox third baseman Buck Weaver, one of the eight Sox players banned from baseball after being accused of throwing the 1919 World Series , has been denied.
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