AV Club Interviews Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain interview
An interview with celebrity "bad boy" author and chef, Anthony Bourdain. They talk travel, tv, food, restaurants, and celebrity chef culture.
Showing posts with label interview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interview. Show all posts
Friday, January 11, 2008
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Great Interviews of the 20th Century
Great Interviews of the 20th Century : Guardian Unlimited
The Guardian goes to their archives, and returns with their interviews of some of the most famous (and infamous) people of the Twentieth Century.
No 1: Richard Nixon by David Frost
No 2: Diana, Princess of Wales by Martin Bashir
No 3: John Lennon by Jann S Wenner
No 4: Marlon Brando by Truman Capote
No 5: Dennis Potter by Melvyn Bragg
No 6: Francis Bacon by David Sylvester
No 7: Marilyn Monroe by Richard Meryman
No 8: Sex Pistols by Bill Grundy
No 10: Adolf Hitler by GS Viereck
No 11: F Scott Fitzgerald by Michel Mok
No 12: Margaret Thatcher by Terry Coleman
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Free Daily Jazz mp3 download
Free Jazz Downloads - all about jazz
If you're like me (which you may or may not be), you like jazz, you respect it, but don't know much about modern jazz, other than those songs by Herbie Hancock and Bobby McFerrin, and wouldn't know where to begin to learn more.
One of the premier Jazz sites, all about jazz, lets you download a new track from their site everyday, for free after creating a barebones login with just an email address and password. Sure it could be easier to subscribe to a podcast, but where else are you going to get free jazz downloads.
all about jazz call themselves "The World's Largest Jass Music Website", and I'm not going to disagree. In addition to their DRM-free digital music store, they have great articles, podcasts, guides, links and reviews of new and old jazz albums. What? You know somewhere else that has comprehensive reviews of new jazz albums? Or jazz interviews and concert reviews? I didn't think so. Hurray for all about jazz!!!
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Bono on the Difference between Karma and Grace
This is an excerpt from an interview with Bono from U2, that he did for a biography called, "Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas"
In the interview with Assayas, Bono talks about the difference between karma and grace. He gives his takes on the Bible and on the Roman Catholic Church. He talks about whether Jesus is a teacher or a prophet (hint: neither). He talks about giving his fly-glasses to Pope John Paul.
Bonus link: Transcript from Bono's Speech to the 2006 National Prayer Breakfast, in front of President Bush, among others. Bono turns out to be a pretty funny and engaging speaker.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Photography magazine meets Web 2.0
JPG Magazine: Themes
JPG is a real-world photography magazine that seems to be based on user-submitted pics and articles . Neat idea, but the proof is in the pudding, and... the photos are gorgeous and compelling! Users submit photos to a variety of categories, such as: Entropy, pictures of loved ones, Democracy, Danger, pictures of people working, pictures of music performance and the number 7. Registered users (free) vote on the best ones, and these make it into the magazine.
If I had some great photos, I'd submit them. The rewards aren't great for having your work published ($100 and a year's subscription), but the higher profile is probably worth it.
There isn't much advertising in the magazine at all, but if I was in advertising, I'd be contacting the artists that took these pictures, and licensing them like crazy. They're stunning!
Download a free copy of the magazine here.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Common Sense Personal Finance
I Will Teach You To Be Rich
Get Rich Slowly
2 Links For The Price of 1!
Today's 2 blogs offer sensible tips for taking care of your money, in a way that's much more engaging than that Consumer Education class that you took in high school.
They have well-written entries about saving money, practical investing, and eliminating debt. Both sites are updated regularly, they have introductory articles to get you started on a sound footing. And no, they're not selling anything.
They post news, articles and interviews on related topics like saving, shopping, simplicity, frugality, entrepreneurship, customer service and personal development. They also post occasional reviews of books, magazines, and software, and scour the web for the latest personal finance tools and articles.
Some tips are more more relevant for Americans, because of tax laws, but there's lots of great, useful information for everyone else.
Saturday, February 3, 2007
What happens when an average amateur cyclist (and journalist) takes banned performing-enhancing drugs?
Drug Test - Outside Online
We often hear about why athletes shouldn't use performance-enhancing drugs, but we never hear why they do take them.
As an amateur cross-country skiier and cyclist, Stuart Stevens wanted to find out why these banned drugs are so tempting to professional and elite amateur athletes. He embarked on an 8 month experiment in taking these performing-enhancing drugs. He consulted regularly with a doctor and had prescriptions. While he would have been disqualified from any competition with anti-doping testing, his regimen was legal.
Stevens maintained his training at the same level that he had before this experiment, but the results are amazing. This excellent story is a fascinating look at a side of sports that we hear about, but is always lurking in the shadows.
Originally published by Outside Magazine, the article was republished by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) online, apparently to dissuade athletes from using doping to get ahead.
There is also a streaming interview Stuart Stevens did with NPR.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
