The New York Times apparently wants us all to be more productive, since it’s hammering away at the subject from many fronts. – Andrew Taylor
Tag: 04.01.19
No worries
Yes, my recent car crash scared me terribly, and yes, I know how very lucky I was to escape without a scratch. Even so, that seems to have been the end of it. I haven’t had any flashbacks, or any bad dreams about car crashes. Unnerving though the immediate experience was, it appears to have passed through me without leaving a trace. – Terry Teachout
David Friesen, Bassist And Pianist
David Friesen, My Faith, My Life (Origin)
Friesen’s virtuosity brought him to prominence as a bassist nearly fifty years ago. This two-CD album presents him on the first disc playing his compositions on the Homage bass, an instrument he developed. – Doug Ramsey
The Shed Opens This Week At Hudson Yards. So What Is The Shed?
It’s a fancy configurable space in the middle of the mega-billion-dollar New York luxury development that says it wants to be an art space that “doesn’t compete with anything else.” Early on, many arts leaders questioned The Shed’s purpose and why the city gave so much money to an institution that did not yet exist. But isn’t that true of Hudson Yards generally? – The Art Newspaper
A Former Prima Ballerina Says Men Are Just ‘Better’ At Ballet Now
Darcy Bussell says that men used to be in ballet simply to be women’s “extraordinary crutch,” but that now, “women were struggling to keep up with the technical and physical abilities of male ballet dancers.” Fighting words? – The Times (UK)