“Executive producer Marc Platt told AdWeek that corporate sponsors like Coca-Cola forced the show to tone down some of the language. … That’s how Grease Lightning’s ‘the chicks’ll cream’ became ‘the chicks’ll scream,’ and ‘she’s a really pussy wagon’ became ‘she’s a real dream wagon.'”
Tag: 01.31.16
What’s Going Down At Condé Nast?
“‘Those who want things always to stay the same are not living in the real world,’ Ms. Wintour said in a recent interview at her office overlooking the Hudson River at Condé Nast’s new headquarters, One World Trade Center. ‘It’s like perfection. Doesn’t exist.'”
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 01.31.16
In early December, Rifftides Moscow correspondent Svetlana Ilicheva reported with enthusiasm about an appearance by singer Victoria Tchekovaya (pictured) at a vocal festival of the Moscow Jazz Art Club. Ms. Tchekovaya’s concert was in observance… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-01-31
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-01-31
Paul Kantner in 2008, photo by Mike Krepka for The Chronicle Jefferson Airplane founding member Paul Kantner’s death at age 74 on Jan. 28 has been met by a cultural shrug compared to the celebratory… … read more
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond JazzPublished 2016-01-31
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond JazzPublished 2016-01-31
Blackstar, David Bowie (with the Donny McCaslin Quartet and guitarist Ben Monder) (Columbia) Peter Doggett on On Point, January 12, 2016 Jon Pareles Obituary, New York Times Greil Marcus on Lodger, 1979 (“…ideas are run up the flagpole,… … read more
Jhumpa Lahiri Says Writing In Italian Makes Her A ‘Tougher, Freer’ Writer
“A week after arriving, I open my diary to describe our misadventures and I do something strange, unexpected. I write my diary in Italian. I do it almost automatically, spontaneously. I do it because when I take the pen in my hand I no longer hear English in my brain. During this period when everything confuses me, everything unsettles me, I change the language I write in.”
Turkish Police Uncover Stolen Picasso In Art Sting
“The operation targeted alleged art thieves attempting to sell the painting Woman Dressing Her Hair which was stolen from a collector in New York, Anatolia said.”
How On Earth Is Robert Falls Putting Roberto Bolaño’s ‘2666’ On Stage?
“It would take 45 minutes just to explain what the novel is about,” said the director of Chicago’s Goodman Theater. “I became weirdly obsessed with this novel years ago, and I still don’t quite know why. The process of staging it is part of trying to figure out what it is I personally respond to. I still don’t quite know.”