“Few musicians have broken free of the questionable tag ‘child prodigy’ as completely as Knussen, who transformed himself from the nervous teenager who conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in his own symphony at the age of 15 to a consummate musician: a composer, conductor and teacher who became one of the most respected figures in contemporary music.”
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U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules Artists Aren’t Owed Royalties When Their Work Is Resold
“On Friday, the Ninth Circuit of the US Appeals Court essentially struck down a California state law that required fine artists to be paid royalties when their work is resold. The three-judge panel said that the law, called the 1977 California Resale Royalties Act (CRRA), is pre-empted by the federal Copyright Act. The decision brings to an end a seven-year legal battle.”
Iran’s Latest Protest Meme: Selfie Videos Of Women Dancing
An Iranian teenager had thousands of Instagram followers with videos of herself dancing – without a hijab – to pop music. Last week she was arrested, and on Friday state TV aired her “confession.” In response, many young people are now posting to social media videos of themselves dancing; the hashtag is Persian for “Dancing is not a crime.”
How The Tech Economy Has Bred An Increasingly Impenetrable Caste System In San Francisco
The pessimist in me, however, thinks San Francisco can only continue further down this path, with the old-money propertied class dying or cashing out, the non-techies getting squeezed, and everyone getting pushed into the four-level hierarchy. In case there’s any doubt, I find the growth of this rigid caste system horrifying, and antithetical to both liberal democracy and the American project. It also seems that, at least in San Francisco, we’re close to a point of no return.
Actor Tab Hunter, 86, Hollywood Heartthrob And “Damn Yankees” Star
With his Malibu-style, boy-next-door looks and stage name dreamed up by Henry Willson — the agent for Rock Hudson as well — the blondish Hunter was a constant presence on the front of fan and teen magazines in his heyday.
A Collection Of Unpublished, Stolen W.B. Yeats Letters Was Found At Princeton
Archival research has its moments: Yeats scholar John Kelly “was browsing the catalogue of Princeton University Library, where he had pored over Yeats’s holdings some years earlier, when he spotted a file of 17 letters to the poet’s publisher he had not seen before. He discovered from the librarian it had been stolen in the 1970s, disappearing without trace until it turned up recently, delivered anonymously in a brown package.”
If You Want To Sell Your Stuff, You Need To Hire (Literal) Babies
Maybe arts organizations need to grab hold of the “influencer baby” trend on Instagram. (Yes, this does sound eerily like something out of Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad.) “Influencer marketing has exploded. And more recently, one area has proven to be particularly lucrative: sponsored content that involves kids, or spawn con.”
Brooklyn’s Big, Busy Pirate Radio Scene
“Transmitted from the roofs of churches and apartment buildings, unlicensed radio stations offer listeners spiritual sustenance, immigration information, and news from home.”