The nation “is deliberately staking its future prosperity on the export of its culture, its television, its music and the likes of Psy … Korea is throwing all of its weight and billions of dollars into making itself the number one exporter of pop culture in the world.”
Tag: 08.02.14
The New Yorker Says Sonny Rollins Hates Music (Why Is That Funny?)
Here’s one of the most respected American periodicals posting a picture of a somber-faced Sonny with a piece “in his own words,” rhapsodizing about how he hates music and he’s wasted his life. Where’s the humor in that?
Virtual Reality – Coming Soon To A World Around You
“Advances in graphics, computing power and interface devices such as the Nintendo Wii or Microsoft Kinect have opened the door to a new level of sophistication of virtual reality, he says. Most important, though, has been the continuing drop in cost of virtual reality technology, a trend largely driven by the gaming industry.”
Mining The Sondheimisphere For Sondheimiana
Nelson Pressley has scoured the Great Man’s writings and interviews to provide “a primer on some of the talismans, techniques and tallies.” Favorite tool? Clement Wood’s rhyming dictionary. Favorite therapy for bad reviews? Slonimsky’s Lexicon of Musical Invective. Favorite of his own shows? (You’ll have to click through for that one.)
If This Movie Theatre Wants To Stay Open, It Has To Lose Its Charm
“The Corral, which is owned by 88-year-old Mary Anderson, only makes a profit of $6,000 a year from three screenings a week from Memorial Day to Labor Day. So like many other independent, small-town theaters, the Corral has turned to the community for help.”
Facebook Can Sell You Anything, Including Krill Oil, But How?
“In June, the social network accounted for about one of every six minutes that Americans spent online, and one of every five minutes on mobile phones, according to comScore, a research company. Mothers, the typical household’s chief buyer of consumer products, are among the most dedicated users, spending nearly four times as many minutes on Facebook as other people.”
Britain’s Last ‘Pitman’ Painter Of Everyday Life Dies At 94
Norman Cornish “spent 33 years working in mines before forging a career as an artist at 47. In an interview with the BBC in 2011, he said painting was like an ‘itch that you have to scratch’ and that he still painted every day.”
Dear ‘Starchitects’: Cut Your Ego Down To Size
“Having watched ourselves increasingly backed into the corner of aesthetic elitism, we are now more interested in models of practice that do away with the egos and the glamorous buildings they are associated with.”
Judge Says Rauschenberg Foundation Owes Trust $25 Million In ‘Reasonable’ Fees
“The judge decided that the trustees helped grow the value of the estate, though added that ‘the talent of Robert Rauschenberg and favourable market conditions were also contributing factors.'”
Met Opera Postpones Contract Deadline One Week For Financial Analysis
“The Metropolitan Opera and two of its unions have agreed to hire an independent financial analyst to assess the company’s finances, postponing a threatened lockout by another week, officials said Saturday. The deal was brokered by a federal mediator who arrived Thursday to jump-start fractious talks.”