“When people plan a route based on their mental representation, they have to form a sequence of these landmarks, and follow this plan by reaching landmark after landmark. When people use navigation systems, they don’t do this planning any longer. … Basically, people don’t really learn their environments.”
Tag: 09.09.14
Partying With The Hedheads
Those are the superfans of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Sarah Larson joins them for an old-style (as in 1990s) punk concert with the Hedwig band – called The Angry Inch for the show but, when on their own, performing under the name Tits of Clay.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 09.09.14
The Death of Art’s Third Place
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-09-09
Elvis Costello at the Hollywood Bowl
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-09-09
Lookback: Our Girl in Chicago on how literary taste evolves with age
AJBlog: About Last Night | Published 2014-09-09
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Ursula LeGuin, That Sharp-Tongued Writer Of Science Fiction And Fantasy, Gets A Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Book Foundation: “She has shown how great writing will obliterate the antiquated — and never really valid — line between popular and literary art.”
The Orchestra That Keeps (Parts Of) Congo Together
“Thrice-weekly rehearsals take place when everyone has finished work, often going on late into the evening – but, then, for many players, the OSK represents a nurturing family.”
Controversial Builder Chosen For New V&A Museum In Dundee
“Steve Murphy, general secretary of the Ucatt building workers’ union, said blacklisting firms should be banned from public contracts until they had ‘fairly compensated the workers whose lives they ruined.'”
Booker Prize Shortlist Announced, With Americans Still On It
“The decision to open the prize beyond Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth was a controversial one, and the BBC announcement of the longlist carried the headline ‘Commonwealth Authors Edged Out.'”
New York Philharmonic Finally Sets Date For Overhauling Avery Fisher Hall
“The target date to begin the long-delayed renovation of Avery Fisher Hall is now 2019, and the New York Philharmonic is planning a campaign to raise its share of the construction costs and double its endowment, the orchestra disclosed in a recent job listing.” (This time we’ll get the acoustics right, we swear!)