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Maggie Rogers: ‘Past Life’ Official Documentary
“Past Life,” a documentary by Maggie Rogers, celebrating the one year anniversary of her album ‘Heard It In A Past Life.’ (Source: Maggie Rogers YouTube Channel)
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The Assassination of President Kennedy
An Anthony Summers’ 1978 documentary on the assassination of President Kennedy is one of the best films on the subject, even if you may not agree with the direction it takes towards the end.
A Belligerent Lou Reed Interviewed at Sydney Airport
Journalist: You want people to take drugs themselves, is this perhaps why you sing about, about drugs? Lou Reed: Oh yeah, I want them to take drugs. Journalist: Why is this? Lou Reed: Because it’s better than Monopoly.
Real Story Behind Woman Burned by McDonald’s Hot Coffee
In 1992, Stella Liebeck spilled scalding McDonald’s coffee in her lap and later sued the company, attracting a flood of negative attention. It turns out there was more to the story. (Source: New York Times Retro Report)
The Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous Was a Pioneering Wall Street Analyst
By Gregory Crofton “BILL W.” is a documentary about the man who founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935 with the help of Dr. Bob Smith, who Wilson had helped get sober. The first frames of the film are wonderful: Super 8…
Kurt Cobain on Identity and Punk Rock
“I felt so different and so crazy that people just left me alone. I always felt that they would vote me most likely to kill everyone at a high school dance, you know.” — Kurt Cobain
Clip from ‘Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll’
“Chuck Berry came to me to ask about changing the name from the Johnnie Johnson Trio to Chuck Berry Trio which was perfectly OK with me because Chuck was more of a go-getter and seemed to know more about the…
How The Economic Machine Works: Hedge Fund Billionaire Ray Dalio Explains Leverage
“The difference between a recession and a deleveraging is that in a deleveraging borrower’s debt burdens have simply gotten too big and can’t be relieved by lowering interests rates. Lenders realize that debts have become too large to ever be…
Biggest Mountain Bike Flip
Cam Zink made history in 2013 on the Oakley Icon Sender at Red Bull Rampage completing the biggest freeride mountain bike step-down backflip in history getting him 3rd place in the competition.
Ray Charles on Singing True
“If somebody don’t like something that I do, that’s his or her prerogative. Just like it’s mine.” —Ray Charles Interview by Joe Smith June 3, 1987. Cassette Tape