– it is losing $4.5 billion this year in lost sales because of counterfeit CDs and music downloaded over the internet. – Wired
Tag: 01.27.00
COMING TO AN INTERNET SITE NEAR YOU
The Emerson String Quartet’s David Finckel and his wife, pianist Wu Han, couldn’t find a recording company that wanted to work the way they did. So they hired their own studio and began producing recordings on their own. Now they edit themselves and the music is available over the internet. – Cleveland Plain Dealer
ART IN THE SERVICE OF POLITICS
Hilton Kramer’s had an advance peek at a description of some of the art to be included in the upcoming Whitney Biennial. And he’s not amused. Or maybe that’s exactly what he is… – New York Observer
FROM DRAB CIVIL SERVANT TO CULTUREHOUSE
Somerset House in the heart of London was an extravagant public gesture built at the end of the 18th Century to house civil servants. Now it is being transformed into a public drawing room of culture. – The Telegraph (UK)
WITNESS TO HISTORY
Madame Chiang Kai-shek was known for her shrewdness, imperious style and the power she wielded in her late husband’s Nationalist Chinese regime. She’s now 103 years old, and was, as it turns out, a pretty good painter in the traditional Chinese style. A show of 20th Century Chinese artists at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum includes a collection of her art. – San Francisco Chronicle
OUTSIDE THE NEW YORKER
Seems like everyone and his dog has an I-Remember-The-New-Yorker book coming out. Now, spoofs from the man who sold MR. SHAWN his nuts, a woman who once worked for Shawn for an afternoon in the typing pool, and the legendary editor’s favorite night watchman. And, oh look…isn’t that Sparky at the word processor? – Slate
HOME MOVIES
These days anyone with a computer, a new relatively cheap digital camera and a bit of creativity can be their own producer and broadcaster. Technically, the quality can rival professional product. – CBC 01/27/00
EYES IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD
New TV camera shoots a 360-degree picture and puts the viewer into the action from every angle. – Wired 01/27/00