“Gregory Walcott, an admired actor who appeared in such memorable films as Mister Roberts, The Eiger Sanction, Norma Rae and, unfortunately for him, Ed Wood’s lamentable Plan 9 From Outer Space, has died. He was 87.”
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Novelist Says People Now Read Novels Purely For Fun
Mario Vargas Llosa: “You have such a mass of information about everything that qualification disappears completely, and everything is equally measured…. Now the novels that are read are purely entertainment – well done, very polished, with a very effective technique – but not literature, just entertainment.”
South By Southwest Allows Young Musicians Into The Spotlight
“The promise for musicians is that a stray festival encounter or its ripples across the Internet can bring new opportunities, and many of them spend the festival in a whirlwind of performances, interviews, handshaking and making contacts.”
The Seoul Philharmonic’s Tour Cancellation Might Have Come From Its Deep, Troubling Infighting
“When the respected Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra announced this month that it was canceling its United States tour set for April, it cited fiscal woes. Left unsaid were the lurid allegations of sexual harassment and financial improprieties that have rocked the orchestra recently, culminating in a police raid of its offices.”
Did Buena Vista Social Club Sell A Tourist-Approved View Of Pre-Revolution Cuba?
“There is a huge disconnect between what Cubans are listening to and what tourists want. There is more modern and international-sounding dance music. There is timba or salsa cubana, a mixture of son, US funk, jazz and reggaeton, and local folklore drum styles. It’s very modern-sounding, very dense rhythmically.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 03.22.15
The Problem with the L Word
AJBlog: We The AudiencePublished 2015-03-22
Quantum Theory, Soul Removal, and Atheists
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2015-03-21
News: A Jan Lundgren Compilation
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2015-03-21
The Horatio Alger Myth: Amanda Palmer
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2015-03-20
Ask a Simple Question… or Three
AJBlog: Field NotesPublished 2015-03-20
Stop Talking About Art as an Abstract Concept
AJBlog: Field NotesPublished 2015-03-20
Arguing for the Arts in Contemporary Society
AJBlog: Field NotesPublished 2015-03-20
Exhibitions To See This Spring
AJBlog: Real Clear ArtsPublished 2015-03-20
When Burning Man Goes To Northern Ireland
“More than 60,000 people visited the structure in the week before it was set alight, leaving hundreds of personal messages of love and loss.”
No Surprise: Women Purchased The Vast Majority Of Theatre Tickets Last Season
“The average theatergoer is a 44-year-old woman who attends plays frequently, the report said. Not surprisingly, the report found that most people who go to Broadway plays are well-heeled.”
Karole Armitage Makes Eco-Dances
“In 2013, she created Fables on Global Warming, a performance-art ballet inspired by animal stories and, last year, presented an ecology-minded piece for families, Four Seasons – A Spinning Planet. Now with the premiere of On the Nature of Things, performed by Armitage Gone! Dance, March 25-27 at the American Museum of Natural History, Ms. Armitage’s activist side has grown even more brazen as she tackles climate change.”