You know, the one where you’re about to do something important in front of people and you realize that you’re wearing no clothes. It wasn’t quite that bad for the Welsh baritone, who had set out from his hotel for a concert in Seoul wearing a pair of shorts, only to arrive at the hall and discover that he had forgotten to pack his concert slacks.
Tag: 04.11.09
Juilliard Program For Minority Kids May Survive After All
“Word that the Juilliard School had lost financing for a prized musical training program for black and Latino children has brought forth numerous offers of help, including a major pledge from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation of Los Angeles, school and foundation officials said on Friday.” But that doesn’t mean the program is saved.
This Summer’s Movies – Now Play The Video Game
“Movies have been a source of inspiration for game developers since the early 1980s when the likes of “Ghostbusters” and “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial” descended on the Atari 2600. Nowadays, with graphic technologies constantly evolving, replicating film imagery has become easier — even with the games based on those graphically lush Disney-Pixar films.”
The Downsides Of Genius
“High cognitive ability is very often a mixed blessing… Too wide a deviation from the mean IQ of 100 brings with it an inherent isolation. If you have an IQ of 160 or higher, you’re probably able to connect well with less than 1 per cent of the population.”
Loony Tunes‘ Last Supper Parody Draws Protest
A painting that uses popular cartoon characters to parody Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” is causing a bit of a stir in Old Town San Diego. “The Gathering,” a new painting by artist Glen Tarnowski, uses Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian and Road Runner to stand in for Jesus and his disciples in da Vinci’s famous 15th century fresco.
The Belfast Festival By The Numbers (It’s A Hit)
“Ticket sales have doubled since 2005 with last year’s festival the most successful to date, 43,500 festival goers racking up a record-breaking box office take of £660,000. The number of non-resident visitors leapt last year by 250% and generated, together with 479 visiting artists, more than 4,000 hotel bed nights for the city.”
Calculating Italy’s Cultural Damage After The Earthquake
“Starting Tuesday, the Ministry of Culture will dispatch 14 teams to assess the art damage. The prime minister has pledged €30 million (about $40 million) for art relief and appealed for donations. Unclear is the fate of thousands of works like Renaissance sculptor Andrea Della Robbia’s altarpiece depiction of Christ’s resurrection, which is still somewhere inside Church of San Bernardino di Siena with its crumpled bell tower.”
What The Thatcher 80s Did For British Culture
“We weren’t aware of it at the time, but today the Thatcher era looks to have been a golden age for British musical life. If the lady herself was no particular devotee of music and opera, many of her cabinet were, and in those days it was possible to see more Tory ministers at a single performance at Covent Garden or Glyndebourne than New Labour has ever mustered in the last 12 years.”