Record stores are supposed to be yesterday’s news to college students, rendered obsolete by iTunes and the easy availability of free pirated music. So what to make of the Princeton Record Exchange, which boasts 150,000 old media titles on everything from vinyl to disc? “The lesson of [the] store seems to be that if you’re going to be a dinosaur, be a serious dinosaur.”
Tag: 04.10.08
Radcliffe’s “Equus” To Hit Broadway In The Fall
“Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will make his Broadway debut in the US this September, playing the disturbed stable boy in a revival of Peter Shaffer’s play Equus. Radcliffe, 18, earned rave reviews for his performance in the London production of the Tony Award-winning play.”
Answer Hate With Truth, Not Violence
The viciously anti-Islamic film released this week in Europe by Dutch politician Geert Wilders does not need to be answered with censorship or fear, says Timothy Garton Ash. “Too many Dutch and international leaders have leapt to deplore Wilders’ film without first excoriating those who threaten him with death.”
Saatchi’s Next Generation Of YBAs To Debut
“More than 20 years after he unleashed the first wave of Young British Artists on an unsuspecting public, Charles Saatchi is to present a new exhibition of work by the next generation of YBAs. New Britannia is due to open in summer 2009 at Saatchi’s new London gallery.”
Where Are All The Black Ballerinas?
Finding a black ballerina among the personnel at the UK’s major dance companies is a nearly impossible task. Neither will you find many faces of color in the audience, which can’t be unrelated. “Black ballerinas find it difficult to rise to the top, partly because of misconceptions about their body shape.”
First Proms Schedule Under New Boss Released
“With Roger Wright taking charge of the BBC Proms planning only from last September, this year’s programme was always going to be a bit of a transitional one… Yet closer inspection reveals a few things that perhaps hint at the direction the season might take once Wright gets into his stride.”
Utzon Feted By Sydney On His 90th Birthday
“He has never actually laid eyes on the finished product, but the creator of the Sydney Opera House has been serenaded in Australia on his 90th birthday.” Jorn Utzon quit the Sydney project 8 years in over budget disputes. The birthday serenade took place beneath one of the opera house’s famous white sails.