Kevin J. Weir is an artist, making ads (
1,
2,
3,
4,
5), and more interestingly, not ads. In the latter category, he has made 3 stand-alone sites:
the Flux Machine, a tumblr of public domain images turned into animated GIFs, ranging from amusing to surreal (with an extra dash of Lovecraft), which
Cartoon Brew likened to
Terry Gilliam and
Stan VanDerBeek;
Nyan Waits, another spin-off of the
Nyan Cat meme/theme, now with more Tom Waits; and
Loud Portraits, an interactive portrait gallery.
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posted by filthy light thief
on Apr 4, 2012 -
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New from the Library of Congress,
National Jukebox, where you can listen to 10,000 rare historic sound recordings. (Streaming only, requires flash and javascript.)
posted by fings
on May 10, 2011 -
22 comments
"A Series of
Statistical Charts, Illustrating
The Condition of the Descendants of Former African Slaves
Now Resident In the United States of America." (HQ Library of Congress
links.)
W.E.B. DuBois : "I wanted to set down its aim and method in some outstanding way which would bring my work to the notice of the thinking world. The great World's Fair at Paris was being planned and I thought I might put my findings into plans, charts and figures, so one might see what we were trying to accomplish."
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posted by stratastar
on Feb 25, 2011 -
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America at Work, America at Leisure - "Work, school, and leisure activities in the United States from 1894 to 1915 are featured in this presentation of 150 motion pictures." [Library of Congress Youtube playlist]
posted by peacay
on May 20, 2010 -
5 comments
Inauguration 2009 Sermons and Orations Project The Library of Congress invites you to submit digital audio or video recordings of speeches made between January 16 and january 25, 2009 on the occasion of Barack Obama's inauguration. The speeches will be archived in a collection for future scholarship, much like the
Day of Infamyand other collections capturing signifcant American moments.
posted by Miko
on Dec 24, 2008 -
4 comments
Webcasts from the Library of Congress. Hundreds of recent public programs from the Library of Congress, from
Indian Religious Freedom, to Litigate or Legislate? to
End of European Colonial Empires, to
Robert E. Lee, to
1507 Waldseemuller World Map. Other topics include Performing Arts, Education, Government, World Affairs, Literature, Religion and Science.
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posted by LarryC
on Feb 22, 2008 -
6 comments
The latest additions to the
National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress
have just been announced. This year's additions of "culturally, historically or aesthetically important" works include "Swanee'" by Al Jolson, Edward R. Murrow's radio reports from London during WWII, and "Fear of a Black Planet" by Public Enemy. View the full registry
here, selection criteria and nomination information
here.
posted by me3dia
on Apr 6, 2005 -
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