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Sister Buddha

From the 'Days of the Bagnold Summer' Original Soundtrack by Belle and Sebastian released by Matador Records on September 13th

Edward Hirsch - Branch Library

I wish I could find that skinny, long-beaked boy 
who perched in the branches of the old branch library. 

He spent the Sabbath flying between the wobbly stacks 
and the flimsy wooden tables on the second floor,   

pecking at nuts, nesting in broken spines, scratching 
notes under his own corner patch of sky. 

I'd give anything to find that birdy boy again 
bursting out into the dusky blue afternoon 

with his satchel of scrawls and scribbles, 
radiating heat, singing with joy.

Fifty Years

"Who threw the first brick at Stonewall?” has become a rallying cry, a cliche and a queer inside joke on the internet — never mind the fact that it’s not clear whether bricks were ever thrown during the riots at all. Find all of our pride coverage at nytimes.com/pride Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n

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Concerning Pollock

The Nerdwriter - How Art Arrived At Jackson Pollock

 

There’s an overlooked reason for Pollock’s fame. Even if you love him, you might not know the name of the man who made him famous.

Jackson Pollock is one of the 20th century’s most famous artists. But do you know the critic who made his reputation?

Clement Greenberg is a well-known name in the art world, but not necessarily to art fans. However, he earned a reputation as one of the most influential art critics in the 20th century, whose...

Povo Que Cais Descalço

Dead Combo com Gaspar Varela - Povo Que Cais Descalço | Eléctrico | Antena 3

Jarvis Cocker on Monet and Feist on Bruegel

Claude Monet - La Gare Saint Lazare, hosted at The National Gallery, London narrated by Jarvis Cocker

Discover why Cocker compares Claude Monet’s La Gare Saint Lazare (The National Gallery, London) to an 80’s horror movie and an ACDC concert, and listen to him explain why Impressionism is called what it is.

Find out more on https://g.co/ArtZoom Listen and keep your eyes peeled as iconic music figures take you on a tour of some of the greatest masterpieces of the world in Art Zoom. Zoom into...

Not The News

Taken from the album ANIMA - out now on XL Recordings

Edward Hirsch - I Was Never Able To Pray

Wheel me down to the shore
where the lighthouse was abandoned
and the moon tolls in the rafters.

Let me hear the wind paging through the trees
and see the stars flaring out, one by one,
like the forgotten faces of the dead.

I was never able to pray,
but let me inscribe my name
in the book of waves

and then stare into the dome
of a sky that never ends
and see my voice sail into the night.

Se Me Agiganto

Linda Martini com Ana Moura - Se Me Agiganto | Eléctrico | Antena 3

Sesame Street: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

June 10, 2019 | Bob Boilen -- This just in: The Muppets have arrived at NPR!

The news has stopped!Count von Count and the NPR kids count us down: 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1!

And there they are at the Tiny Desk: Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Rosita, Abby Cadabby and Cookie Monster, all singing about a sunny day and how everything is A-OK. The Sesame Street crew — including Elmo, Grover and other surprise guests — visited NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C., to celebrate Sesame Street's 50 years...