“I began to see analogues between the founding of the United States and what we would need to do to go into space. I want to point out very, very strongly that this analogy between the founding of the US and space law is not a call for United States dominance or Manifest Destiny in space.”
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Penguin’s Little Black Books Hit A Sweet Spot
“The commercial success of the commute-length gobbets – 80 titles ranging from the Communist Manifesto to Sappho’s poems to Mozart’s letters to his father – is striking since they are all in the public domain.”
‘Home’ Was Projected To Be A Flop For Dreamworks – But That’s Not What Happened This Weekend
Never bet against the children: “There is a sea of adult content, and they were able to march right in and take advantage of an enthusiastic and underserved family audience.”
Russia Fires Opera Director Who Put On Wagner And Pissed Off The Church
“Russia’s culture minister on Sunday fired the director of a Siberian theater whose modern staging of Wagner’s opera ‘Tannhauser’ offended the powerful Russian Orthodox Church. … ‘Orthodox Christianity is the foundation of the great Russian culture,’ said one of the signs held by the protesters in Novosibirsk.”
The British Public Apparently Want ‘More Real’ And Older Women On TV
“The survey found that people want less scantily clad women on reality television shows as well and that audiences did not think that they were good representations of real people.”
Six Seconds In The Studio That Influenced 1500 Songs
“Spencer retired from music more than 40 years ago and is now a novelist living in North Carolina. Although he was angry when he first heard the Amen break was being sampled, he now feels more at peace with it.”
The Best Night To See A Play Is The First Night Of Previews, Says NY Times Critic
Laura Collins-Hughes: “The energy in the room is high, and whatever surprises the performance holds won’t yet have been spoiled by reviews written by people like me. … [And] whatever ails a show, there is still – theoretically, anyway – time to fix it. To me, that feels hopeful. And dynamic.”