Increasingly, band that have “made it” are creating their own labels and promoting other bands on them. “Watch out – these band-members-turned-A&Rs might just be getting it right.”
Tag: 04.16.10
Blu-Ray Sales Boost UK Video Market
“Figures released by the British Video Association found sales of Blu-ray were up 50% in value year-on-year hitting 2.7 million units for the first three months of the year. A total of 15.6 million units of Blu-ray discs have been sold since its launch in October 2006.”
London Book Fair To Proceed Despite Airport Shutdown
“Some book publishing officials have given up on attending next week’s London Book Fair because of the volcanic ash from Iceland that has shut down major airports throughout Europe. But organizers said Friday that the three-day gathering will proceed.”
Don’t Jump! NY Police Busy With Calls About Statues
“New York police have responded to 10 calls from residents fearing that life-size figures gazing down from buildings are real people about to jump. British sculptor Antony Gormley has placed 31 figures of himself cast in iron and glass fibre on city pathways, pavements, rooftops and ledges.”
Patrons Behaving Badly At Marina Abramovich’s MoMA Show
“I didn’t think that would happen at all; who’s going to do something with all these people around?” said one of the performer-participants in the show, titled The Artist Is Present. Alas, even in a museum, when there are naked people in a place where strangers can get close to them, some of those strangers will do inappropriate things. (And it’s not just groping.)