“The stage, that’s the only time I enjoy really. I don’t enjoy my working, killing myself during the day for eight hours. … You perform twice in a whole month but for the whole month you rehearse. Which is the really boring part. I hate that part. … I don’t believe you have to do classes to be good. … What I hate the most is waking up in the morning.”
Tag: 03.07.12
Brooklyn Public Library Gets A Print-On-Demand Machine
“In a borough of writers and immigrants,” the Espresso Book Machine, which can print and bind a volume in four to eight minutes, “offers what the library’s holdings can’t: titles in any language and a chance to publish your own.”
Struggling Stockton, Calif. Finds Solace In New Orchestral Score
The city, whose government is nearing bankruptcy, has so many problems that it topped last year’s Forbes list of America’s most miserable cities. The Stockton Symphony’s commission of a new piece by composer Avner Dorman – and the local workshops and tryouts Dorman held as part of the process – are starting to break down some barriers between the beleaguered residents.
Jonathan Miller (Despite What He Promised) Returns To Spoken Theatre
“Theatre and opera director Sir Jonathan Miller is to stage his first play in the UK for five years. … Sir Jonathan’s last dramatic production was Hamlet at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol in 2008. After Hamlet, he predicted that he would ‘never’ return to the theatre.”
Where Rom-Coms Meet Social Media (Indonesia, That’s Where)
“It’s You’ve Got Mail for the social-media era, but this time the tech-enabled romantic comedy takes place in Jakarta rather than New York’s Upper West Side. A new Indonesian film, titled #republiktwitter, tells a love story designed to strike a chord in this social-media-obsessed country: How to find romance and social justice in 140 characters or less.”
Thailand’s Fortunetellers Cope With YouTube And Lawsuits
“Telling the future can be a risky business. When French seer Nostradamus published his prophecies in the 16th century, he wrote in obscure verses apparently to prevent anybody calling him a heretic. Thai soothsayer Thongbai Khamsri has a more humdrum problem: Lawyers.”
Canadian Artists Make Last Attempt To Change Copyright Law
“An unprecedented coalition of 68 groups representing visual artists, performers, writers, composers, musicians and publishers has presented a parliamentary committee with 20 possible technical amendments to Bill C-11, the government’s proposed copyright law, the Canadian Conference of the Arts said on Tuesday.”
Jonathan Franzen: Twitter Is “Irresponsible Medium”
“Twitter is unspeakably irritating. Twitter stands for everything I oppose,” said Franzen, according to Attenberg. “It’s hard to cite facts or create an argument in 140 characters … It’s like if Kafka had decided to make a video semaphoring The Metamorphosis. Or it’s like writing a novel without the letter ‘P’… It’s the ultimate irresponsible medium. People I care about are readers … particularly serious readers and writers, these are my people. And we do not like to yak about ourselves.”
Are Computers Saving Or Destroying Our Culture?
“The new technology is shaking up all old industries, changing their products, revolutionizing work processes and transforming companies. Digitization isn’t just changing work; it is also profoundly altering the way people think, act and live in their daily lives.”
Home Depot Says It Will No Longer Sell Books
“The news from Home Depot comes at a time of mounting fear among publishers that, as bricks-and-mortar sales slow, big-box retailers like Wal-Mart and Target might abandon bookselling.”