“Faced with declining revenues and shrinking audiences, the Laguna Playhouse will permanently downsize its operations, effective immediately.”
Tag: 03.12.10
What’s An E-Book Worth?
Because they cost less to produce, consumers think e-books should be cheap. But publishers are afraid that if the price goes too low, they may never recover from the diminished expectations.
Scientist: Computers Become Part Of Us
“The person and the various parts of their brain and the mouse and the monitor are so tightly intertwined that they’re just one thing. The tool isn’t separate from you. It’s part of you.”
TV “Reality” Shows – A New Art Form?
“After a decade of “Survivor,” we’re fluent in the nuances, strengths and shortcomings of reality shows. Some pop-culture critics go so far to say they have evolved into a new art form, to be taken at least semiseriously.”
Another Proposed Boston Cultural Building Bites The Dust
“Four years after showing off plans for a glitzy $80 million building on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, organizers of the New Center for Arts and Culture have decided to abandon those plans, leaving yet another empty space on the sprawling tract created by the Big Dig.”
Storm Floods, Damages Australian Ballet Costumes
“Hail blocked drain pipes and contaminated water flooded through the 100-year-old wool store where the company stores its costumes and props. Hundreds of tutus got wet, and dirty water has tarnished both backdrops and costumes.”
Needed: A Roadmap For Paul Taylor
“The current Taylor season at New York City Center ends on Sunday; it has offered a number of pieces so mysterious that I long for further disclosures. I like best of all getting to know Mr. Taylor’s works by rewatching them in performance, but some are revived so seldom I don’t have the chance.”
Music Dying? The Facts Don’t Buy It
“It is easier to make the case that the music industry, far from imploding, is one of the great success stories of the recession. Last year sales of singles soared to an all-time record of 152.7m units, an astonishing 33% rise in a year when the whole economy (GDP) contracted by 3.3%. If the music pundits seriously think that these are not being bought by kids, then it shows how out of touch they are with their customers.”
Report: UK Recording Industry Still Vital
The “report says that there are more than 4,000 artists on major record label rosters, with thousands more on independents. Around one in four of these artists were signed in the last 12 months. The report points out that, in the UK, record labels spend 23% of their total revenue on A&R (the average worldwide is 16%), comparing that to the pharmaceutical industry, which spends 15% on research and development.”
Music’s Carbon Footprint In The UK
“Each year the UK music industry is responsible for around 540,000 tonnes of greenhouse-gas emissions, according to researchers from the UK and US. Three-quarters of this is due to live music performances, while the rest is caused by music recording and publishing.”