“Three decades ago I was Trisha Brown’s Managing Director. In fact I was the only administrative staff, working at a desk with a rotary phone in the airshaft between her living and rehearsal spaces.”
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Vinyl Record Sales Show Healthy Sales Gains
“According to Nielsen SoundScan, 2012 was another record-breaking year as vinyl album sales rose 17.7 percent from the previous year.”
Big Data? Maybe It Should Be Long Data
“No matter how big that data is or what insights we glean from it, it is still just a snapshot: a moment in time. That’s why I think we need to stop getting stuck only on big data and start thinking about long data.”
Not All Of Timbuktu’s Ancient Manuscripts Were Burned, It Seems
Researcher Jean-Michel Dijan: “The great majority of the manuscripts, about fifty thousand, are actually housed in the thirty-two family libraries of the ‘City of 333 Saints.’ Those are to this day protected.” Many other documents (though not all) may have been hidden by the families who originally possessed them before the rebels arrived.
The Twisted Tale Of The Art Guys Marry A Plant
“Like many marriages, this peculiar union between two men and the (presumably) polyamorous plant wasn’t meant to be. .,. After scathing reviews, acts of vandalism, angry art patrons, and counter-protest art performances (not to mention an art critic who returned to prostitution after the ordeal), the Menil Collection – the Houston museum that had acquired the tree sculpture in 2011 – decided they had had enough.”
Opera Company Of Philadelphia Streamlines Its Name, Expands Its Plans
“Though it’s only a matter of two words, Opera Company of Philadelphia’s adoption of the simpler moniker ‘Opera Philadelphia’ in its 39th season is full of implications for 2013-14, right down to the cursive of the new logo.”
Florida Orchestra’s Cuba Exchange Hits A Snag
“The Florida Orchestra has run into the first real glitch in its cultural exchange with Cuba. On Friday, the orchestra learned it had to postpone plans to send concertmaster Jeffrey Multer to perform on Feb. 10 with the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba in Havana.” The reason: a snafu in the bureaucratic machinery governing the US’s embargo on Cuba.
London’s West End Box Office Up Slightly In 2012
“Overall sales increased by 0.27% to £529.7m, with audiences up 0.56% to 13.99 million on 2011’s totals.”
A Small Museum And Big Changes In The Way It Supports Itself (A New Model?)
“Donors, Dan Monroe says, have been receptive to the idea that it’s far more important to have an impact on people’s lives than it is to put their name on a building.”
Streaming Music Services Grow But Musicians’ Cut Shrinks
“As the companies behind these digital services swell into multibillion-dollar enterprises, the relative trickle of money that has made its way to artists is causing anxiety at every level of the business.”