“The Simpsons debuted in 1989, which means millennials have been watching it since elementary school. … The word [‘meh’] is so important to my millennial lexicon that a search of my Gchat history displays ‘1-20 of many,’ yet by age 30 I had never seen a moment of the show that popularized it.” So Megan Greenwell started binge-watching, and got an education …
Tag: 08.21.14
Top Posts From AJBlogs 08.21.14
Mass MoCA Dreams Big: And Wakes Up Almost Middle-Aged
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-08-22
New Hyde Park venue tests Chicago north-south split
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond Jazz | Published 2014-08-21
Finding My Chowder — Part 1
AJBlog: Out There | Published 2014-08-21
The superstar economy
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-08-21
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David Hallberg Keeps Fans Updated On The State Of His Foot
“It was the kind of post you might see on a friend’s Instagram account – a quick note Thursday that the ankle surgery went well, lasted a good four hours, and that his foot ‘must be elevated for over a week so I’ll have time to read and watch god knows what on YouTube.'”
SoundCloud To Introduce Ads So It Can Pay Musicians
“With 175 million monthly listeners, SoundCloud is the second biggest streaming music service in the world behind YouTube. Yet it hasn’t paid royalties to the creators and rightsholders of that music … Today, SoundCloud is taking its first step [to change that], albeit in a carefully-controlled way with a select group of invited partners in the US for its new ‘On SoundCloud’ initiative.”
One Guy And A Bunch Of Cardboard Boxes Win Edinburgh Fringe Best Play Prize
“A one-man play performed by an illusionist amid a sea of cardboard boxes has won the most coveted theatre prize at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Performance artist Geoff Sobelle’s show [The Object Lesson] will be heading from a tiny room at Summerhall arts centre to the Brooklyn Academy of Music after scooping the prestigious Carol Tambor Award.”
Met Opera Reaches Agreement With Stagehands’ Union, Drops Lockout Threat
“Once the deal was reached at 3:15 a.m. after a marathon bargaining session, the Met dropped its threat of a lockout and announced that its season would open on schedule on Sept. 22… But while there was a palpable sense of relief that the Met had pulled back from the brink of a serious crisis, challenges remained.”