Sylvia Plath, author of The Bell Jar, lived with severe depression until she died from suicide at 30. “I think the actual experience of writing a poem is a magnificent one,” Plath says in the interview. She and her husband…
The Last Repair Shop
In a nondescript warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain over 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. Meet four unforgettable characters whose broken-and-repaired lives have been…
Werner Herzog to Joaquin Phoenix: Don’t Smoke that Cigarette!
In this animated short from the creator of “When Lynch Met Lucas,” famed film director Werner Herzog recounts the time he rescued Joaquin Phoenix from lighting a deadly cigarette. (Source: CultureDrop.com)
Iraq War Vets 20 Years Later
Months after the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, Michael Tucker began filming the U.S. Army’s 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (known as the Gunners) in Baghdad. The unit was housed in a bombed-out palace on the banks of…
The Replacement’s ‘TIM’ Gets Rebuilt and Sounds Much Better
American rock band The Replacement’s major label debut album ‘Tim’ gets a much-anticipated remix. Listen to samples track-by-track, while remixer Ed Stasium and producer Bob Mehr discuss the process. (Source: Video by Brian Johnston/Asbury Park Press)