The Master of the Queen’s Music “said he planned to write to phone companies about the practicalities of introducing a financial penalty on ‘artistic terrorists’. He was speaking after performances at this year’s St Magnus Festival in Orkney were ‘plagued’ by ringtones.”
Tag: 06.20.11
Philip K. Dick’s Daughter To Hollywood: Make More Movies Of My Dad’s Work!
Isa Dick Hackett, the late author’s daughter and head of the Dick estate’s production arm, Electric Shepherd Productions LLC, “has been pursuing filmmakers to adapt her father’s stories, rather than waiting for filmmakers to pitch her.”
Beer, Popcorn, Pointe Shoes: Watching The Royal Ballet At The O2 Arena
“The idea was to bring the ballet to the masses, so it was perhaps inevitable that the masses would bring nachos, beer and hot dogs to the ballet.”
Julie Taymor Speaks Publicly About Spider-Man
“Breaking her silence about” the troubled, expensive musical from which she was fired, the director “tacitly criticized her former producers on Saturday afternoon for relying on audience focus groups and said that the rise of Twitter and blogs for instant theater criticism was damaging to shows.”
Clarence Clemons, 69, ‘So Much More Than Springsteen’s Sideman’
“It was never just about the saxophone. In more than three decades wielding his tenor sax with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, from its beginning in 1972 to his death at 69 on Saturday, Clarence Clemons was as much a symbol as a sideman.”
New York’s Jazz And Classical Radio Stations Go Multi-Platform
“Even as the jazz and classical music industries face their own troubles with record sales and concert attendance, the stations that distribute the music are poised for a renaissance, fueled by live-streamed performances, HD broadcasting, social media and mobile applications.”