“An interesting phenomenon is occurring as fewer and fewer CDs are being purchased: Artists who appeal to older listeners are showing up surprisingly high on the list of best-sellers. Why? These days, adults buy most of the CDs. Younger people, on the other hand, tend to download specific songs.”
Tag: 06.21.10
A Snapshot Of American Dance Companies
“The primary take-away is that whether you’re talking Memphis or Tulsa, Seattle or Charlotte, there’s an impressively high level of skill among the nation’s ballet dancers. The companies are also overwhelmingly white and dotted with Europeans — as they have always been. Diversity in ballet remains a serious problem for the small companies as well as the large, on the coasts as well as in the heartland.”
Former Chinese Prime Minister’s Tiananmen Memoir Blocked In China
“The memoirs, which are banned on the mainland but were to arrive Tuesday in Hong Kong bookstores, appear to be excerpts of diaries that Mr. Li reportedly kept during nine weeks that ended in a bloody crackdown by the People’s Liberation Army in 1989, in which hundreds of unarmed civilians were killed.”
The Next 3D (Without The Glasses)
“Incredibly, the 3DS displays true 3-D images without the use of special glasses. It actually works. Unlike many 3-D movies with objects that might appear to come whizzing out at you, the 3DS images appear to have depth that recedes into the screen.”