The Norman McLaren Collection
The National Film Board of Canada has collected many of animation icon Norman McLaren’s short films. You can watch them all here, including a favorite, “Keep Your Mouth Shut.”
Happy Birthday, Akira Kurosawa!
Gutter Comics Editor Carol wrote a little piece on Akira Kurosawa and action films over at the ActionFest Blog in honor of Kurosawa’s 102nd birthday.
RIP, Davy Jones
At the Sunset Gun, Kim Morgan says good-bye to Davy Jones.
“Why Do People Hate Rap and Opera?”
At NPR’s classical music blog, Deceptive Cadence, Tom Huizenga discusses the results of a poll asking readers to “name their musical blind spot.” Over and over, people disliked rap and opera and Huizenga ponders why that might be and what rap and opera might have in common: “Opera […]
“I Think About Whitney”
Liv Strömquist’s heartbreaking comic about Whitney Houston and domestic abuse.
Soul Train at the K Chronicles
Cartoonist Keith Knight remembers Don Cornelius and Soul Train. (After kindly linking to it on the Gutter).
