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PBS open up their archive of extended interviews from American Masters

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These are pretty raw interviews and outtakes that went into making the published episodes. The archive is incredibly well built — fully searchable, with interactive transcripts, keywords, and citations for researchers.

Just check out this interview with David Bowie from 1997 — the hair, the feather, the casually poised cigarette. Or Herbie Hancock gushing about Quincy Jones writing eight movie scores in one year.