“The University of Toronto professor of English credited with foreseeing the Internet 30 years before it was invented and broadcasting scores of ideas about how electronic communications media was changing the way humans think has been redeemed from labels of McLuhanacy and psuedo-scientific charlatanism.”
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The Man Who Invented The Newport Jazz Festival
George Wein “has survived at the top – on a couple of occasions by the skin of his teeth – by following each twist of the jazz canon and doing the maths. When we talked at his Upper East Side apartment, his conversation was peppered with break-even points, audience figures and the demographics of public taste. Short, sharp sentences spilled into each other as he spoke of the what, how and why of his musical career with an improviser’s energy.”
Australian Actors Complain About Loosening Of Government Rules On Using Foreign Actors
“The government’s proposed changes to the Foreign Performers Certification Scheme Guidelines would make it easier to use imported actors for film and television productions, including those partially funded by the government or receiving the 40 per cent producer tax offset.”
Man Vandalizes Poussin At London’s National Gallery
A 17th-century painting by Nicolas Poussin was vandalised at the National Gallery in London after a 57-year-old man reportedly sprayed it with red paint before being arrested by police.
How Caricatures Burrow Into Our Brains
“It’s often said that a good caricature looks more like a person than the person himself. As it happens, this notion, counterintuitive though it may sound, is actually supported by research.”