“The end of the publication will — at least temporarily — silence more critical voices on arts and entertainment in Los Angeles, including culture writer Alan Rich, former music critic for LA Weekly, who only recently began writing for CityBeat, and theater critic Don Shirley, a former Los Angeles Times staff writer.”
Tag: 03.27.09
Montana Labor Law Could Kill Live Music In The State
“The cultural fallout could spill into every bar, bar mitzvah, community center and concert hall in Montana. Some people involved in the Montana music business say that if the dispute isn’t resolved soon, it could all but spell the end of live concerts in the state.”
How Culture Moves Across Borders
“The myth of cultural supremacy and separation is one of the great hoaxes of history, a discipline that until very recently was little more than propaganda, written by victors. The unsettling truth is that people, images and things have always moved vast distances across the world.”
Minnesota Orchestra Cuts Back
Staff was told Friday that the budget would be reduced by 7 percent based on a projected budget of $32 million in 2009-10. That includes an existing $1 million cut, an additional $300,000 in this budget year and $1 million in fiscal 2009-10. The orchestra is the state’s largest arts organization by budget.
The Oddest Book Name Of The Year
It is hardly the Nobel Prize in Literature. But following well-established awards practice, Philip Stone, the magazine’s charts editor and “awards administrator,” released a congratulatory statement on Thursday. Sadly, it was not a ringing endorsement of the winner.
Pop-Rocker ‘England Dan’ Seals Dies At 61
“[A]s part of the duo England Dan and John Ford Coley [he] sang the hit ‘I’d Really Love to See You Tonight’ and other 1970s soft-rock touchstones… Although he was a Texas native, Seals called himself England Dan to avoid trading on the family name that his older brother Jim had made famous as half of another soft-rock pairing, Seals & Crofts.”