Time to join the rest of the world
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2014-10-28
Do you need the matrix?
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2014-10-28
When Music Sounds Like a Cash Register: Taylor Swift
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2014-10-28
Ten moments of pure musical joy
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2014-10-28
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Portland Opera Moves To Summer Season ‘To Avoid Death By 1000 Paper Cuts’
“The change, revealed as the curtain is about to rise on Portland Opera’s 50th season, is an attempt to stabilize the company after years of fluctuating finances. And it will affect all aspects of the organization, from audience experience to casting, marketing, production and budgets.”
The Poppies At The Tower Of London Are A Trite And Terrible ‘Memorial’
“Nationalism – the 19th-century invention of nations as an ideal, as romantic unions of blood and patriotism – caused the great war. What does it say about Britain in 2014 that we still narrowly remember our own dead and do not mourn the German or French or Russian victims?”
Shakespeare Didn’t Even Know What A Balcony Was
So how did “the balcony scene” (there is no balcony in the scene) in “Romeo and Juliet” become the most famous Shakespeare scene ever?
The Time France’s Cultural Minister Forgot To Read Any Of The Books By France’s Nobel Prize Winner
“She admits: ‘I’ve no problem in confessing that I’ve not had any time to read for the past two years. I read a lot of notes, a lot of legislative texts, news, AFP stories, but I read very little,’ squirming when it was noted that a culture minister might, well, enjoy partaking of a novel or two here or there.”
What ‘Birdman’ Gets Right (And Wrong) About Criticism
“There’s no good solution in either of these cases. They’re ouroboros-like in their circular natures. The commercialism of Broadway and a media market torn between positive and negative extremes aren’t easily solved problems.”
How To Make Money In The Movie Theatre Industry
“All eight screens were sold out and the barkeeps were serving up craft beers, glasses of Chardonnay and $15 movie-themed cocktails to go with truffle fries and gourmet cheese plates.”
Trying To Fool Facebook – And All Of The Advertisers – Online
“Janet Vertesi tried hide her pregnancy from the Internet. She detailed her efforts to mask any behavior that suggested the coming change in her life, using everything from Tor to mask her browsing history to paying cash for gift cards to avoid using her credit cards.”
The Works Of Public, Land-Based Art That May Become Extinct
“Unlike a painting or statue or piece of photography that can be auctioned off into private hands or toured from museum to museum, earthworks are beholden to the land. Weather constantly works against land-based creations, and public art budgets are forced to keep up with not only the effects of time, but the unpredictable elements.”