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  • Bob Knetzger
    7:48 am Mon, Jun 9, 2025
    Historic rock poster print shop opens doors for rare large-format printing experience The Big Tuna at the Morean Arts Center (Photo: Big Ink)

    Nashville's famous Hatch Show Print, America's oldest continuously running print shop, is hosting a special event of giant proportions: a workshop featuring "Big Tuna," a huge format relief printing press.… Read the rest of the article: Historic rock poster print shop opens doors for rare large-format printing experience

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  • Bob Knetzger
    4:05 pm Tue, Jun 3, 2025
    Could this French artist be country music's next big crossover star? Theo Lawrence/YouTube

    There has been a resurgence country and bluegrass music with artists like Beyoncé, Sturgil Simpson, and Billy Strings getting big audiences. Who's next? Maybe Theo Lawrence — who? This unlikely… Read the rest of the article: Could this French artist be country music's next big crossover star?

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  • Bob Knetzger
    8:37 am Tue, May 20, 2025
    Who influenced Apple design? Dieter Rams documentary streams free today and tomorrow only tonymiller / Shutterstock.com

    To celebrate the 93rd birthday of famed industrial designer Dieter Rams, you can watch Gary Hustwit's fascinating documentary Rams for free. Even if you don't know his name, you likely… Read the rest of the article: Who influenced Apple design? Dieter Rams documentary streams free today and tomorrow only

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  • Bob Knetzger
    4:22 am Wed, Apr 30, 2025
    Enjoy this fun book about pencils The Pencil Perfect

    Fans of the Blackwing 602 pencil, or any connoisseur of fine writing utensils, will enjoy Caroline Weavers' book "The Untold Story of a Cultural Icon." This short book is well… Read the rest of the article: Enjoy this fun book about pencils

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  • Bob Knetzger
    6:06 am Thu, Apr 24, 2025
    Command Z: a mini-series that wanted to do something about the future Command Z

    You might have missed Steven Soderbergh's 2023 series "Command Z": It's got comedy, time travel, and Michael Cera. There are 8 short episodes, adding up to a movie's worth of… Read the rest of the article: Command Z: a mini-series that wanted to do something about the future

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  • Bob Knetzger
    8:08 am Wed, Apr 16, 2025
    Museum shop turns Bosch's weird monsters into meticulously crafted figurines Image source: Bob Knetzger

    While in Lisbon last year I went to National Museum of Ancient Art to see the Hieronymus Bosch painting "The Temptation of Saint Anthony." Like the more famous "Garden of… Read the rest of the article: Museum shop turns Bosch's weird monsters into meticulously crafted figurines

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  • Bob Knetzger
    7:09 am Tue, Apr 15, 2025
    Tokyo's tiniest electronics shop gets second life in fan's amazing recreation MasaPhoto / Shutterstock.com

    A prior Boing Boing post lamented the closing of an institution in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district: Koichi Shimayama's tiny but packed electronics store. The beloved one-man mini-market offered an astounding… Read the rest of the article: Tokyo's tiniest electronics shop gets second life in fan's amazing recreation

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  • Bob Knetzger
    1:12 pm Mon, Apr 14, 2025
    Lost art of coconut shell navigation: How Pacific islanders crossed oceans

    If you watched my previously-recommended documentary about ocean-crossing Polynesians, here is a terrific book with even more detail on navigational techniques and education, canoe design, and even an amazing MacGyver-worthy… Read the rest of the article: Lost art of coconut shell navigation: How Pacific islanders crossed oceans

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  • Bob Knetzger
    6:46 am Fri, Mar 28, 2025
    Shortnin' Bread may be the greatest song of all time

    I've posted before about Andrew Hickey's excellent podcast "The History of Rock and Roll in 500 Songs" but a recent episode is just epic. For song #177 he takes on… Read the rest of the article: Shortnin' Bread may be the greatest song of all time

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  • Bob Knetzger
    9:40 am Tue, Mar 25, 2025
    Meet the hummingbird healer in a heartfelt documentary Hummingbird

    If you need a little emotional relief from current political angst, try this delightful 2024 documentary, "Every Little Thing." Meet Terry Masear, the hummingbird whisperer who rehabilitates wounded and abandoned… Read the rest of the article: Meet the hummingbird healer in a heartfelt documentary

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  • Bob Knetzger
    9:15 am Tue, Mar 25, 2025
    Record Store Day is coming up on April 5th Image source: RSD

    It's spring and that means it's time for Record Store Day 2025! The annual event is put on by independent record stores across the country, where record labels create and… Read the rest of the article: Record Store Day is coming up on April 5th

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  • Bob Knetzger
    5:15 am Sun, Feb 9, 2025
    Sail with ancient Polynesian navigators

    A recent trip to Hawaii piqued my curiosity ancient about Polynesian sailors. They didn't have written math or language, or western instruments like compasses or clocks. So how did they navigate across… Read the rest of the article: Sail with ancient Polynesian navigators

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  • Bob Knetzger
    4:49 am Wed, Jan 29, 2025
    British compilation relives America's 1960s folk rock boom Image: Boing Boing

    Sometimes it takes a foreign source to represent your own music back to you… I'm looking forward to this new compilation of groovy American 1960s folk rock recordings, brought to… Read the rest of the article: British compilation relives America's 1960s folk rock boom

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  • Bob Knetzger
    4:36 am Sat, Jan 25, 2025
    See Wim Wenders' PINA in 3D in Los Angeles Image source: YouTube

    Heads up on an upcoming screening of a very unique presentation: Wim Wenders' PINA in 3D. It's on Saturday, February 1, at the Philosophical Research Society, 3910 Los Feliz Boulevard… Read the rest of the article: See Wim Wenders' PINA in 3D in Los Angeles

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  • Bob Knetzger
    4:00 am Wed, Dec 4, 2024
    Take retro Polaroid pics with this new Eames-inspired camera Photo: Eames Office

    Here's the perfect Xmas gift to get your fan of mid-century modern design and/or photography buff: a special Polaroid Now Gen 2 Eames Edition camera. Given Ray and Charles Eames'… Read the rest of the article: Take retro Polaroid pics with this new Eames-inspired camera

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  • Bob Knetzger
    3:45 am Tue, Nov 26, 2024
    Drop your jaw at recently-auctioned vintage comic book prices Screenshot: Heritage Auctions

       LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Instead of arguing about politics at the dinner table this Thanksgiving, why not ask mom what happened to your… Read the rest of the article: Drop your jaw at recently-auctioned vintage comic book prices

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  • Bob Knetzger
    4:40 am Mon, Nov 18, 2024
    Ben Katchor's comics were too weird for NPR's listeners Photo: savas_bozkaya / Shutterstock

    LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! If the president-elect defunds government-endowed liberal media outlets like PBS and NPR, as he's threatening to do, where else… Read the rest of the article: Ben Katchor's comics were too weird for NPR's listeners

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  • Bob Knetzger
    4:01 am Mon, Nov 18, 2024
    Meet Eliot Noyes, a midcentury design master Photo: Bob Knetzger

    The 2023 documentary "Modernism, Inc. The Eliot Noyes Design Story" is a fascinating look at one of the masters of midcentury design. Noyes' work for IBM was pioneering in its… Read the rest of the article: Meet Eliot Noyes, a midcentury design master

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  • Bob Knetzger
    4:59 am Sun, Nov 10, 2024
    Explore the deep and distant past of Intellivision

    Sure, you know the story of Nolan Bushnel and the early days of the video arcade game Pong. And as a kid (or parent) maybe you ate pizza while watching… Read the rest of the article: Explore the deep and distant past of Intellivision

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  • Bob Knetzger
    4:05 am Sat, Nov 9, 2024
    Meet Short Run Comix Festival's women creators

    November in Seattle means grayer skies, shorter days, and Short Run Comix Festival, the gathering of indie comics and illustrators now in it's 20th year. I enjoyed seeing the work… Read the rest of the article: Meet Short Run Comix Festival's women creators

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