"Despite being seemingly worlds apart, comedy and porn have always been linked in some form or another. From the goofy humor of X-rated spoofs to … edgy comics who live to shock the prude out of us, both styles of entertainment require a certain level of fearlessness." - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
Calling out fellow songwriters for not writing their own material is bad form for musicians, particularly so given that the definition of songwriting has become ever more fluid over time, and depends greatly on the genre of music. - The Conversation
Turkey and the Wolf, from the much-heralded New Orleans sandwich shop, was due to drop next month; New York Times columnist Melissa Clark's Dinner in One was to appear in March. But the copies were on a ship that lost 60 of its containers overboard. - Grub Street
“We’ve been told forever that what you receive from your teachers, you are then passing on to your students. And I think in that way we are losing the accumulation of new research and information. As the information changes, sometimes we stay attached to our old language.” - Pointe
"Asked which changes to the English syllabus they felt would most help their students, 80% of secondary school teachers, and 69% of primary school teachers, said they wanted more diverse and representative set texts." 99% of British students graduate without having studied a book by a nonwhite author. - The Guardian
"I have spent the past two years immersed in writing a book about the man and his music. Beethoven’s most appealing feature is his progressive impetus, his need to flout precedent, to prick the pompous and kick the fools. The new AI confection is made by ticking digital boxes." - The Critic
"For decades, Barenboim and the Staatskapelle shared common interests. Now, 'til death do us part' has become a burden. Complicating the dynamics of this stagnant marriage is a third party: Berlin's Culture Department, … (seemingly) unable to intervene in the quagmire at the Staatsoper." - Van
"We came up with the structural pattern that starts the ballet!" said the choreographer, who had been moving around building blocks with his toddler while listening to Caroline Shaw's Partita for 8 Voices — which is now the work's score, with sets by Eva LeWitt (Sol's daughter). - The New York Times
"Has one of the great theater cities on the planet just suffered the kind of blow that may require a recovery time of years?" asks Chris Jones. "Certain truths seem to have revealed themselves" — and not only that one can't predict the course of a virus. - MSN (Chicago Tribune)
"It's a momentous occasion, but for close observers, this development doesn't entirely come out of nowhere. … Radiolab isn't going anywhere, and Abumrad has left the show in capable hands." - Vulture
The exodus of two-thirds of both administrative staff and board members — culminating in the resignation of music director Thomas Dausgaard — since the arrival of CEO Krishna Thiagarajan just over three years ago indicates a problem. What's happening now is not how a healthy organization would handle things. - Post Alley (Seattle)
The 63 recipients of unrestricted $50,000 grants are spread across ten disciplines: architecture and design, craft, dance, film, media, music, theater and performance, traditional arts, visual art, and writing. - United States Artists
The teachers’ objections to the book included criticism that Black characters are not fully realized and that the book romanticizes the idea of a “white savior.” - Crosscut
Students are taught mindfulness, yoga, talking therapy - and coping techniques, such as breathwork. "The aim is to counterbalance everything else they do, not only in their training but in their lives; to let go of pressure, judgement, expectations." - BBC
