“This time, within a few months of the unraveling of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a dozen credible songs have taken up the collapse of the economy or its consequences, and at least twenty lesser efforts have been posted on MySpace and YouTube.”
Tag: 06.03.09
There’s A Biological Downside To Being A Hunk
“Skinny men have new reason to celebrate. Well, kind of. Beefcakes may be able to attract women by rippling their muscles, but the downside of all that brawn is a poor immune system and an increased appetite, a new study finds.”
Now’s Your Chance To Buy Your Own Performing Arts Center – In Beautiful Malibu!
“The Malibu Performing Arts Center – a performance venue and recording studio used by A-listers such as Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand and, recently, Sting – will be auctioned to the highest bidder on June 19 as part of the bankruptcy proceedings of its owner, the Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Malibu.”
How The Venice Biennale Is Like Kafka International Airport
“There’s a very funny video ‘news clip’ online produced by the folks at The Onion, called ‘Prague’s Kafka International Named Most Alienating Airport’. In the report, travelers describe an airport where corridors lead nowhere, shuttle trains deposit people back where they started and gate B2 can be found in the F terminal. This is a little what trying to get your press pass feels like at the Venice Biennale.”
Charles McNulty Gives His Tony Predictions
And, when those predictions chafe, the critic states the outcome he’d prefer, such as this one in the best-play category: “‘God of Carnage’ will vanquish its competition, but a sentimental appreciation for the late [Horton] Foote would have had me cast my vote for the timely ‘Dividing the Estate’ in what is undeniably a weak category this year.”
Dancer, Harpist Among Victims Of Air France Crash
“As recovery efforts continued after Sunday night’s crash of Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil’s northeast coast, in which 228 people are feared dead, two more artists were named among the probable victims.” They are Eithne Walls, a former member of Riverdance, and Turkish classical harpist Fatma Ceren Necipoglu.
For Music Industry, YouTube Takes On MTV’s Old Role
“YouTube is becoming increasingly important to the music business. In fact, some industry professionals say it has become the MTV of the digital generation. In the old days, new bands created buzz by playing clubs and getting on local radio. Today, record labels often gauge a new band’s popularity by looking on YouTube” and promote their own bands on the site.
Yale Sued By Purported Heir To Night Café Owner
“Yale University was sued by a man who says he’s the descendant of the former owner of a Van Gogh painting that was unlawfully seized during the Communist takeover of Russia in 1918 and rightfully belongs to him. … The painting, ‘The Night Café,’ was later sold to galleries in Europe and New York and eventually bequeathed to Yale in 1961, according to court papers filed May 21 in federal court in New Haven, Connecticut.”
Former GOP Congressman Leach To Head NEH
“After recently tapping Rocco Landesman, a Broadway producer and theater owner, to head the National Endowment for the Arts, Obama today picked a longtime former Republican congressman, Jim Leach of Iowa, to head the National Endowment for the Humanities.”
Detroit Symphony Gets Money To Raise Money
“The DSO has received a million-dollar grant from the New York-based Ford Foundation for fund-raising and marketing initiatives around music director Leonard Slatkin. The three-year gift is designed to help the DSO expand its donor base.”