“The easy tropes and practiced banter, the reliable fulfilling of a sitcom’s tasks, contributed to a sense of permanence. … Here was a world void of dread, danger, and anxiety, a place in which work and play were indistinguishable, in which jobs just meant different aesthetics attached to the same basic glee.” Exhibit A: Just Shoot Me.
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Johnny Winter, 70, Blues Guitarist
“He harnessed those two sounds – old blues and new rock – into something forceful and his own, a gritty music notable for a raw-nerved intensity.”
Is This Young Man The Next Leonard Bernstein?
“Now 24, Matthew Aucoin has become one of the most sought-after young voices in classical music. He also is one of the most ambitious, setting himself the goal of transforming opera into something other than musical spinach for a new generation. He is as close as the art form comes to a triple threat, racking up accomplishments as a composer, conductor and pianist.”
Aspen Art Museum Set To Move Into A New Home And (Perhaps) A New League
“After three decades of shoehorning contemporary-art exhibits into a former power plant on the outskirts of this wealthy Rocky Mountain enclave, the museum plans to triple its footprint. It will relocate in August to a new home designed by Pritzker prize winner Shigeru Ban in the center of town – a move that illustrates the growing clout and ambition of Aspen’s stewards.”
Former Theatre Mogul Garth Drabinsky Disbarred
After presiding over the rise and collapse of theatrical giant Livent (Phantom of the Opera, Ragtime), falling deep into debt and serving a prison sentence for fraud, Drabinsky has had his license to practice law revoked by the Law Society of Upper Canada [Ontario].
Top Posts From AJBlogs 07.17.14
News Flash: D.C. Attorney General Supports Corcoran Merger
AJBlog: CultureGrrl | Published 2014-07-17
Will Amazon Crush Publishing?
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-07-17
Ives the Primitive as Straw Man
AJBlog: PostClassic | Published 2014-07-17
Let’s All Help Save Syria’s Treasures: A Plan
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-07-18
Summer books: Brad Stone’s ‘The Everything Store’
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-07-18
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How Electronic Dance Music Has Taken Over Vegas (And America)
“If you were looking for evidence of how EDM has taken over America, and Las Vegas in particular, you wouldn’t necessarily need to go to Hakkasan. You could just drive from the airport to the strip and look at how many of the giant billboards now advertise not legendary singers or magicians or entertainers, but DJs.”
The American Who’s Dancing With The Bolshoi
“For the past three years, since he made headlines by becoming the first American — and first foreigner — to be named a principal dancer at the storied Bolshoi Ballet, Hallberg, a blond, elegant dancer from the American heartland, has lived what he calls two separate lives — his American life, in New York, and his Russian life, in Moscow.”
Canadian Customs Threatens To Destroy Filmmaker’s Work
“A Montreal filmmaker fears that she could lose the centrepiece of a federally subsidized art installation after Canadian customs officers intercepted her material and deemed that it contravened the country’s trade sanctions against Iran.”
Actress Elaine Stritch, 89
“Ms. Stritch’s career began in the 1940s and spanned almost 70 years. She made her fair share of appearances in movies, including Woody Allen’s “September” (1987) and “Small Time Crooks” (2000), and on television; well into her 80s, she had a recurring role on the NBC comedy “30 Rock” as the domineering mother of the television executive played by Alec Baldwin.”