“It seems a very ill sign for the future that bad music is so willingly foisted on serious junior musicians who have already made a commitment to the art form. American cultural leaders have always been terrified of their duty to lead taste and to maintain standards. But it is best never to show fear in the presence of children.”
Tag: 08.26.13
Fans Pitch In To Pay For Stricken Miami Ballet Dancer’s Recovery
“The former Miami City Ballet dancer devastated by a ruptured brain aneurysm in December has seen an outpouring of financial and emotional support … The help will enable Isanusi Garcia Rodriguez, 36, to pay for therapy he needs to recuperate, and, he hopes, dance again.”
Louisa Jo Killen, Folk Singer And Former Clancy Brother, Dead At 79
“The English folk singer known for most of his life as Louis Killen was a bawdy, bearded pioneer of the 1950s British folk revival, a member of the Clancy Brothers and a soloist admired for giving voice to forgotten miners and sailors in traditional ballads.”
Edinburgh Fringe Posts Record Ticket Sales
“As the fringe drew to a close on Monday, it said that an estimated 1.94m tickets had been sold or issued over the past 25 days. This was 5% more than last year’s festival, which was hit by lower demand as it clashed with the final stages of the London Olympics.”
I Was Playboy‘s Literary Editor
“I was hired in 2005 to help resuscitate the magazine’s literary tradition. My sense of mission ran high and, for my nearly seven years there, was hard to argue with. Very few magazines had room anymore for fiction or literary work then and even fewer do today. … I recited our latest contributors’ names, too, at every opportunity, and described the pieces written – A S Byatt on John Donne, Jodi Picoult on Wonder Woman, Sherman Alexie on the Indigo Girls, new fiction by Margaret Atwood, Martin Amis, Maile Meloy.”
Where The Money You Pay For A CD Goes
“Of 100 million albums sold in the UK last year, 70% were CDs. Where the money goes – an average of £8 per CD – depends on the deals signed by bands and record labels.”
Edinburgh Fringe Admissions Up Five Percent
“The Fringe Society said more than 1,943,000 tickets were issued, with some shows still to have their final performance. It follows a slight drop in ticket sales last year caused by a clash with the Olympics being held in London.”
Young Frustrated Architects Go Their Own Way
“Architects frustrated by a lack of opportunity to build who, rather than retreating into drawings or text, have formed multidisciplinary practices to build their designs themselves.”
A Project That Will Redefine Manhattan’s Midtown
“Manhattan’s Hudson Yards mega-development is rising again, twice as large as Rockefeller Center and more centrally located than London’s Canary Wharf.”