Does it really “represent a moment in feminism that has passed”? Or is it an important piece of history? On the other hand, observes Lisa Kron, “Does this question get asked when a Mamet play closes?”
Tag: 04.23.15
Mixed Signals: Why People Misunderstand Each Other
Explaining the deep-seated psychological habits most of us have – the transparency illusion, the primacy effect (that’s the power of first impressions), and the fact that we all tend to be “cognitive misers” – that make it difficult to consistently get an accurate read on other people.
What On Earth Has Happened To Those Beloved Old Ballroom Dances? Competition, That’s What
Alastair Macaulay: “How should we react to a waltz in which the man’s opening move is to lift the woman and hold her horizontally along his chest as he turns? Had you thought of ‘Send in the Clowns’ as a Viennese waltz? Me neither. … It’s a tribute to the three-part PBS series America’s Ballroom Challenge … that the show broke down some of my prejudices.”
The Shakespeare’s Globe Round-The-World “Hamlet” Tour: Postcards From The Halfway Mark
“After 80,000 miles, 96 countries and more than 150 shows, the two-year worldwide tour of Hamlet has reached its halfway point in Spain – on Shakespeare’s birthday. Here’s a taste of some of the shows so far.” (slideshow)
Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.23.15
Big data and price discrimination: chill
AJBlog: For What It’s Worth Published 2015-04-23
ESP Disks – origins of jazz beyond jazz
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond Jazz Published 2015-04-23
Bernard Stollman’s ESP disks: Medici of ’60s beyond jazz
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond Jazz Published 2015-04-23
Correspondence: Compatible Quotes – Coleman And Geller
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-04-23
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The Ten Wealthiest Musicians In The UK
“Of the 1,000 richest people in the UK and the 250 wealthiest in Ireland, the list puts Irish band U2 at third place with £431m. Pop veteran Sir Elton John and Rolling Stones’ frontman Sir Mick Jagger follow with their fortunes, thought to be worth £270m and £225m respectively.”
Literary Scholar M.H. Abrams, 102
With “The Mirror and the Lamp,” Professor Abrams almost single-handedly conferred legitimacy on the study of Romantic poetry, which had been held in low regard by the followers of New Criticism, then in its ascendancy.
YouTube Has Changed The World Of TV In 10 Years (Just Not How People Expected It To)
In one decade, YouTube has developed a culture of its own and is a threat to the conventional business model of television—but not in the way world expected.
The End Of the 500-Channel Cable Universe
“The days of the 500-channel universe are over,” Leslie Moonves, the chief executive of CBS, said at a corporate conference last month. “The days of the 150-channel universe in the home, while not necessarily over, are changing rapidly. There’s going to be people who are going to be slicing it and dicing it in different ways.”
Post-Apocalyptic Art – It WAS Fantasy (Now Prediction?)
“There is, of course, one great difference between earlier artistic impressions of the end of civilisation and these contemporary cataclysms. Today, the end of the world as we know is not a romantic fantasy, but a potential reality. Overwhelming scientific evidence minutely charts human-caused climate change. Sombre analyses carefully map the likely consequences of melting ice caps and rising sea levels on a precise timeline. We can’t look at these surreal images as playful acts of imagination; they are reasonable predictions.”