“There, in a comfortable fold-down seat with a slight smell of popcorn in the air, I watched Anna Netrebko lie on her back, dangle her head down into the orchestra pit, and sing Bellini like her heart was on fire. Are there words for this?”
Tag: 06.21.08
Has Modern Life Killed The Semi-Colon?
All journalists can cop to this: The semicolon allows woozy clauses to lean on each other like drunks for support.
Fiat Apologizes To China Over Ad
Italian car maker Fiat has apologized to China over a television commercial featuring Hollywood actor Richard Gere and a reference to Tibet.
Edinburgh’s International Book Festival Swamped With Ticket Demand
“Organisers said they were experiencing an unprecedented demand for tickets for book festival events. Its website had more than 300,000 hits in its first hour and phone lines took more than 21,000 calls.”
Britain Gets Its Own “El Sistema” Orchestra Program
Pupils as young as four will be in the £3m, three-year “In Harmony” programme, led by the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. It will begin in three or four pilot areas within months.
UK Bookstore Chain Adds Instant Printing Machines
“The self-service machine, which will eventually be installed in 50 stores across the country, offers a choice of around one million titles. The fully-bound books are printed to library quality, including a front cover.”
Italian Movies Making A Comeback
Italian movies placed high at Cannes this spring. Now some are wondering if Italian films are coming into another Golden Age…
Reimagining A Future For The Music Business
Will there be such a thing as a pop superstar in 20 years? There might not be such a thing as a major record label.
Matthew Bourne Looks For Youth
“I knew where Fred Astaire stayed and I used to hang around his hotel like a stalker. We were incredibly polite, me and my friend, calling everyone mister and miss. I met Astaire a few times and he got to know me a little bit, as in, ‘Oh, there’s that boy again.'”
Viewers Abandon TV For Web Video
More signs of the Internet apocalypse for TV’s old guard: U.S. Web surfers viewed some 11 billion online videos in April, a gain of 33% from the same month last year.