“Why then, when we think of music, do we think of Chuck Berry’s Gibson 335, Mick Jagger’s lips, the cover of Revolver, Michael Jackson’s zombies, Blue Note’s stark photography, and Madonna’s breasts?” As one music historian points out, “It just didn’t occur to people that you could correspond the music to some kind of visual image. Someone had to think of that.” Scott Timberg looks at the history of what happened after someone did think of it.
Tag: 02.10.17
Under-Appreciated “Mozart In The Jungle” Has Become Compelling
“As an exploration of an underrepresented subculture, cultural economic inequities, and the soul-strengthening properties of failure, “Mozart” has done right by its viewers all along. But this season’s emphasis on the need to fight the good fight no matter how futile it may seem is not only relevant but resonant.”
Here’s An Idea That Can Give Us Some Hope For The World: The Contact Hypothesis
“It’s the simple, inspiring idea that when members of different groups – even groups that historically dislike one another – interact in meaningful ways, trust and compassion bloom naturally as a result, and prejudice falls by the wayside.” Jesse Singal offers an explication and a history of the concept.
The Most Infamous Ticket-Scalper In History Is Now Fighting Against Scalping
Ken Lowson’s company, Wiseguy Tickets, used one of the first-ever bots to buy up and resell millions of tickets to shows and stadium concerts. “Seven years after his Los Angeles office was raided by shotgun-wielding FBI agents, Lowson [says] he’s switched teams. Now, he’s out to expose the secrets of the ticket industry in a bid to make sure tickets are sold directly to their fans.”
New York Times Reviews Eight Concerts In 90 Words Or Less Each
“Michael Hersch’s end stages, commissioned and given its New York premiere by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, was a little-relieved cry of anguish and anger in the face of terminal illness and death. But with a faint tolling of orchestral bells and whimpers in the violins at the end of the second movement, attitude gave way to what seemed a touching glimpse of the suffering soul itself.”
How To Get Through The Next Four Tumultuous Years On Social Media? Anne Midgette Says Opera Can Help
After all, there’s no better way to learn how to make your voice heard over a lot of noise without wearing yourself out.
America’s (And Maybe The World’s) Oldest Working Conductor
At 100, Ed Simons is still conducting the Rockland Symphony Orchestra, a group he founded 65 years ago in the northern suburbs of New York City.
New York City Ballet’s Sara Mearns Learns How To Play A Villainess
In The Sleeping Beauty, Mearns usually dances the Lilac Fairy, Princess Aurora’s protector – but she’s just performed Carabosse, the evil fairy, for the first time. Mearns talks to Gia Kourlas about how she approached the new role.
This Government Program To Help Arts Groups Increase Private Fundraising Actually Worked
“Arts Council England’s Catalyst funding programme has ‘paid dividends’ in contributing to ‘real change’ related to fundraising, the final report into the programme has concluded. The three-year, £70m scheme, which ended in 2015, helped arts organisations to increase their fundraising capacity through awards and match funding.”
It Turns Out Peter Pan’s Captain Hook Was An Afterthought
“When Jim Barrie took the original show to theatre he had to give stagehands more time to switch scenery. He created a scene that could be performed at the front of the stage. This scene featured a pirate ship and Captain Hook. The role soon expanded and the rest is history.”