“Record’s influence extends well beyond its core readership of professionals. Corporate executives, facilities managers, related professionals, and others who work with architects scout talent and note trends via Record. The magazine publishes emerging talents before they become household names—a very important function, given the few paths firms have to garner attention if they aren’t supported by trust funds.”
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What Misty Copeland’s Promotion To Principal Dancer Would Mean
“Ms. Copeland, who has more than 500,000 Instagram followers plus TV and film deals in hand, is having a moment. … All that publicity, though, has no bearing on what happens onstage.”
The Kremlin Is Not Cool With A Play About Oscar Wilde
“A plan to stage an American theater company’s gay-themed play in Moscow, with support from the United States government, has stalled amid tensions between the two nations and at a time of Kremlin hostility toward homosexuality.”
Charles Correa Fused Modernism And India’s History To Create A New Architecture
“He created striking museums and university buildings in India and abroad — including one at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his alma mater — as well as housing for a country with an ever-growing population.”
Taylor Swift Tells Apple To Pay Musicians For All The Weeks Of That New Streaming Service
“Three months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing.”
And Boom, Taylor Swift Forces Apple To Pay Its Artists
“Apple says it’s bowing to concerns raised by pop superstar Taylor Swift. The giant tech company now plans to pay royalties to artists and record labels during a free, three-month trial of its new streaming music service.”
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Only In Fluorescent Lights
“Hundreds of fluorescent light bulbs are hung in a gallery and parking garage, each one a physical representation of a single music note’s length and pitch. When a note is struck, its light, shadows, glows and reflections are rendered, creating a surprisingly life-like experience.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 06.21.15
Farewell To Gunther Schuller
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2015-06-21
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2015-06-21
Conductor Gunther Schuller, 89
“Schuller began his career in the 1940s as a horn player with the Cincinnati Symphony and Metropolitan Opera, but his love of jazz led him to also become involved in New York’s bebop scene. He played on trumpeter Miles Davis’ seminal “Birth of the Cool” 1949-50 recording session.”
The UK Is About To Commit To Protecting Cultural Artefacts During Wars
“The 1954 Hague Convention was set up after World War Two but has never been adopted into law by the government. Culture Secretary John Whittingdale says destruction and looting in Syria and Iraq by Islamic State militants shows it is now essential. The UK is the only major nation not to have endorsed the convention.”