“The threat of demolition hangs over one former family home, there is a proposal to divert the flow of a river in the grounds of another, his great-grandfather’s rectory at Drumcliffe is long gone and the Yeats Society has repeatedly complained about the lack of signposts and plaques to pinpoint other locations immortalised by the man who penned the slogan ‘land of heart’s desire’ about the Co Sligo landscape.”
Tag: 03.14.09
Should The Government Continue Funding Arts In A Recession?
The debate is joined in the UK. “Arts leaders are pointing to the bleak example of the US, where the arts, with minimal support from the public purse, exist at the whim of the market and where 10,000 arts organisations could collapse this year, according to Americans for the Arts.”
Superman Comic Sells For $317,000
“A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $317,200 in an Internet auction. The previous owner had bought it for less than a buck.”
The New Movies: No Money, No Time, No Crew, No Script… And It’s A Hit
“For all the ways that the web is changing entertainment, at its most basic level, it is an accelerator. If you want a recent example, there probably is none better than David and Ian Purchase of Markham, Ontario.”
The Next Charlotte Church?
She’s 13-year-old Faryl Smith, and she sprang to fame on Britain’s Go Talent. “The accolade for the teenage mezzo-soprano comes as her first album is expected to break into the top 10, just one week after it was released. Faryl signed a £2.3m record deal with Universal for the album, which features a version of Amazing Grace, a Welsh hymn and Ave Maria, the song that catapulted her to fame on Britain’s Got Talent.”
Publisher Realignment – The Reganization Of Books?
“Only two years ago, what seemed like the whole bookish world applauded Harper’s firing of Judith Regan; the firebrand editor was too crass, too vulgar, too independent to work inside the system — and perhaps worst of all, her books were gross, unseemly, politically incorrect. Now, two years later, we’re may be witnessing Regan Redux, in the unlikely person of Neil Strauss. A thirtysomething onetime pop culture reporter for the New York Times, Strauss appears to be nothing like his muse. Except that he is a master of the kind of high-low books that were her hallmark.”