“In much the same way as Brahms composed variations on themes from Haydn, Handel, Paganini, and Schumann, making their melodies his own by means of elaborate musical embroidery, Guston proved a skilled adapter of diverse sources, motifs, and mannerisms that came together in his hands as compelling, if still formative, works.”
Tag: 03.08.15
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 03.08.15
Dueling With the Dean: Rock Crit Robert Christgau
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Lew Soloff, 1944-2015
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2015-03-08 Evolution of Postmodernism
AJBlog: Infinite CurvesPublished 2015-03-07
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2015-03-08 Evolution of Postmodernism
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AJBlog: PostClassicPublished 2015-03-07
The Internet Is Bad. The Internet Is Good. The Internet Is … A Trip.
“Being able to see hundreds, or thousands, or tens of thousands of people unwittingly having the same thoughts at the same time in plain view is, ironically, something that makes the internet really intimate.”
Brecht And Weill’s Opera Has Regained Its Bite In The Huge Economic Imbalances Of The 21st Century
“Its story is so contemporary, though, that it could almost have been written yesterday. It charts the creation, supposedly in America, of a city of pleasure with no history and no moral compass – and its destruction in a morass of consumerist malaise and addiction, with inhabitants put to death for the crime of having no money.”
The High Drama Of Curating London’s Serpentine Gallery
“Obrist (HUO to his colleagues) regularly tops lists of art’s most powerful. His network of proteges and followers extends around the world, and back again. There cannot be an artist alive of any note who has not had dealings with him of one kind or another. (Though it must be said that not everyone is convinced.)”
Yay? A Third Comic Book Universe Joins The Cinematic Fray
In case you’re feeling like there aren’t enough superhero movies out there, Valiant “has a library of 2,000 characters, including X-O Manowar and Harbinger, and films based on the titles Bloodshot, Shadowman, and Archer & Armstrong were already in the works.”