November 9, 2016
From Ancient Times to Afghanistan
The United States Military Academy, West Point, has posted more than a thousand military campaign maps used in their course "History of the Military Art". These are organized into Atlases, such as the Korean War and the Chinese Civil War.
There is no sincerer love than the love of food.
Food Decoration Fails — when your meal looks worse than you feel.
"It's special to know that people I don't even know will take the time"
In Providence, Rhode Island, people blink lights every evening to bid goodnight to patients in a children's hospital. And not just people, but a hotel, night club and library blink their lights too. The tradition goes back to 2010 and was started by cartoonist Steve Brosnihan.
Adventure cats
Some cats like to surf and some cats enjoy snow. Some cats like dogs and some like hiking. [more inside]
It will kill you. Even if it takes the rest of your life
Previously, we've seen the trailer for GINOSAJI, The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon. That was seven years ago, and now Richard Gale brings you ... the full movie! Due at some time in 2017. [more inside]
"a staggering work of talent and attention to detail"
From episode five, season two of Hibike! Euphonium, Kyoto Animation presents Kitauji High School Concert Band's performance of Crescent Moon Dance, with
the explanation on how they got the technical details almost entirely right while still leaving the overall performance on a level to be expected from a talented high school band. [more inside]
String Quartets
Oppressed by weltschmerz in the light of recent events? Staring out at leaden November skies? Then why not listen to a string quartet? So much fine music has been written for the enduring and flexible line-up of 2 violins, viola & cello, much of it anguished, sombre & tormented! One might begin near the beginning in the relatively cheerful & sunlit world of Joseph Haydn’s Op. 20 quartets (1772): here’s no. 4 from that set. A tip-of-the-iceberg selection of others… [more inside]
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