“Commissioners try not to assign composers at random. In some cases, that’s easy, especially if the composers involved are performers, too.”
Tag: 08.20.16
With Writing, There Is No Actual ‘Reason’ Involved
“I’m removed from the city but I can see it, hear it, smell it. When I first started to work here I thought it would be a good place to meet interviewers or have research discussions, but that idea quickly evaporated. I like it that no one else comes here.”
How To Write Stories, According To A Hugo Nominee (Now A Winner)
“I live on these borders – and these borders that allow me to see from multiple perspectives and kind of take things in and then kind of process certain ideas and certain stories in a very unique way. And that has led me to write this strange fiction that I write, which really isn’t that strange if you really look at it through a sort of skewed lens.”
When Hollywood Loses Control Of Its Own Narrative
“That’s part of what Searchlight was betting on: the simple allure of an auteur and his singular artistic vision to usher a film to greatness. They simply failed to fully research, contemplate, or understand the implications of that alignment.”
The New York Times’ Public Editor Is Not Enamored Of The Paper’s Facebook Live Forays
Someone had to say it: “I have hit upon many that are either plagued by technical malfunctions, feel contrived, drone on too long, ignore audience questions or are simply boring, by I imagine most anyone’s standards. Too many don’t live up to the journalistic quality one typically associates with The New York Times.”
The Married-est Symphony Ever, Or, Whatever PR People Need To Do To Sell Tickets
“Six of the couples perform with the orchestra, and eight are in the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, the orchestra’s all-volunteer choir. The BSO’s associate concertmaster and his freelance violinist wife are also performing.”
Handwriting Is Over – And So Is Printing, If We’d Just Face Facts
“People talk about the decline of handwriting as if it’s proof of the decline of civilization. But if the goal of public education is to prepare students to become successful, employable adults, typing is inarguably more useful than handwriting. There are few instances in which handwriting is a necessity, and there will be even fewer by the time today’s second graders graduate.”