Pipe down a bit, will ya? – National Post (Canada)
Tag: 09.21.99
NY CITY OPERA USES CONTROVERSIAL “SOUND ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM”
And the world fails to end. But what about tradition? – The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
In all directions
Record sales are up but the industry is down – just what is rock music anymore? The question dogs the annual CMJ conference of some 9000 music industry folk. – Chicago Tribune
WHAT, ME WORRY?
Concerns about e-commerce and national chains have waned, and the bargain-book business is flourishing. – Publisher’s Weekly
Dumbing Down
Or is it up? A scholar tries to pin down whether our tastes are waning or the democratization of high culture is at hand. Washington Post
CIRQUE STAGE
In 15 short years Cirque de Soleil has gone from big-top attraction to multinational entertainment conglomerate. A new Cirque show is about to debut. – CBC
OVER REPRESENTED?
A new report challenges idea that network television is doing a poor job of representing blacks in primetime and suggests that things have gotten better, not worse, over the past 20 years. CBS and ABC, the report says, actually feature more black actors in leading roles on their primetime series than the 11.8% of the US population that is African-American. Variety
PICTURE PERFECT
An 80-year-old London artist, once described as “the best kept secret in British art” has won England’s most prestigious art prize. Prunella Clough tells the BBC that she has never won a prize before but believes in them in principle. BBC
THE ASIANS ARE BACK –
– reports the Art Newspaper. The latest round of auctions found a lot of Asian buyers. ARTNewspaper.com
Indian signs
As the world’s biggest democracy heads for the polls, party symbols – bicycles, flowers, trees – provide crucial guide to India’s 374 political parties. National Post (Canada)