“‘The entire world seems to be terrified of ISIS, so we want to laugh at them, expose their hypocrisy and show that their interpretation of Islam does not represent the overwhelming majority of Muslims,’ says Maen Watfe, 27. ‘The media, especially the western media, obsessively reproduce ISIS propaganda portraying them as strong and intimidating. We want to show their weaknesses.'”
Tag: 03.12.15
A Rabbi And An Atheist Talk Good And Evil
And they didn’t walk into a bar, they walked into the 92nd St. Y. They’re Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, and Rabbi Geoffrey Mitelman, founder of Sinai and Synapses, “an organization that aims to bridge the gap between scientifically grounded views and spiritual belief.”
The Striking Revamp Of Chile’s Pre-Columbian Museum
“Pre-Columbian galleries are often overstuffed, musty affairs — a million clay shards in endless vitrines. But the Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art brings drama to the works in its collection, which are just divine.”
How Much Does It Cost To Audition For ‘Jeopardy’?
“FYI: ‘Jeopardy’ doesn’t pay for anything; you even pay for your own transportation and lodging in L.A. if you’re taping an episode.”
Why Sampling Music Is A Creative Act
“Among sampling musicians, discovery has the same creative status as invention. DJs always want to play something that listeners don’t already know but that they will immediately like, and hip-hop producers have inherited this attitude. In a world saturated with recordings, creating more music ex nihilo is not the valuable service to humanity that it once was. I make sample-based music because I feel like it’s more worthwhile to identify existing sounds that have been overlooked, to bring them to fresh ears, and to give them fresh meaning in new contexts.”
No New Thinking In Gardner Museum Heist
“When opened in 1903, the Gardner was, for a time, the largest privately-owned museum in the United States and boasted priceless canvases by Rembrandt, Degas, Vermeer, and other masters. Yet when the museum was hit in 1990, there wasn’t even a central fire-alarm system. The fire alarms were independent buzzing wall models, like those ones homeowners can buy at Walmart or Home Depot.”
London Might Be Pricing Dance Out. Can New Buildings Help?
“London is thriving as a world capital of dance, but there’s a danger that this may change. As in New York – once a creative playground because of its cheap rents and empty loft spaces – the rising price of property may soon drive the talent away.”
What Charlie Brown And Charlie Hebdo Have In Common
“Whatever could Charlie Brown and Charlie Hebdo have to do with each other? What could link Charles Schulz, the very definition of a cartoonist who hated provocation, with a publication whose very mission was to offend? And what could the editors of Charlie Hebdo, known for being bête et méchant (stupid and mean), ever have seen in Peanuts?”
How Do Young Musicians’ Brains Develop?
Learning a sport develops gross motor skills “like how to kick a ball,” while music training develops fine motor skills, “like the way you draw a line. They’re complementary. Both are necessary and important.”
How Santiago Calatrava’s Glorious Boondoggle At The World Trade Center May Be His Waterloo
“[He] was commissioned to design an architectural extravagance at ground zero. He succeeded, an accomplishment that threatens to destroy his reputation.”