The Met versus The Met–At Least People Care
I am, of course, talking about the Metropolitan Museum* and the Metropolitan Opera. Since I last posted, on the Met Museum’s new logo, many people have weighed in both here and on other sites as… … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear ArtsPublished 2016-02-21
Shakespeare Wisely Shaken Up
John Scott and Valda Setterfield’s Lear. King Lear (Setterfield) besieged by a storm: Kevin Coquelard (L) and Marcus Bellamy. Photo: Maria Baranova “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! howls Shakespeare’s King Lear, defying the storm… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-02-20
Umberto Eco died yesterday (Friday) at the age of 84. I’ve written about his work on occasion over the years, including something on his analysis of the comic strip Peanuts, That’s not online. (My piece, that… … read more
AJBlog: Quick StudyPublished 2016-02-20
AJBlog: Quick StudyPublished 2016-02-20
Sullivan Fortner In Portland
In his solo piano concert opening the Portland Jazz Festival last night, Sullivan Fortner surveyed a wide territory of styles and wrapped them into his own. At the Böesendorfer grand in the rectal hall of… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-02-19
In his solo piano concert opening the Portland Jazz Festival last night, Sullivan Fortner surveyed a wide territory of styles and wrapped them into his own. At the Böesendorfer grand in the rectal hall of… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-02-19
Improvising preludes
In my Juilliard course on the future of classical music, we’ve been looking at how classical music was in the past. Why? Because it was looser, more flexible, with the audience applauding during the… … read more
AJBlog: SandowPublished 2016-02-19 Extracted, Diffracted, Destroyed
The poem is composed of words extracted from Joseph Roth’s The Radetzky March and mashed up in a collage that bends their meaning, so that it’s a diffraction as much as an extraction. The drawing… … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2016-02-19
In my Juilliard course on the future of classical music, we’ve been looking at how classical music was in the past. Why? Because it was looser, more flexible, with the audience applauding during the… … read more
AJBlog: SandowPublished 2016-02-19 Extracted, Diffracted, Destroyed
The poem is composed of words extracted from Joseph Roth’s The Radetzky March and mashed up in a collage that bends their meaning, so that it’s a diffraction as much as an extraction. The drawing… … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2016-02-19
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