“[I]nside an oak-paneled studio on West 44th Street in Manhattan … a small team from Sony Music Entertainment performs the divine digital act of preserving the company’s archives,” digging “into a storehouse of recordings, from Sousa and Caruso to Dylan and Miles Davis, protecting the unique and the endangered from the erosions of the past.”
Tag: 10.01.09
In Hybrid E-Books, Videos Supplement The Text
“[T]he notion of the book is becoming increasingly elastic as publishers mash together text, video and Web features in a scramble to keep readers interested in an archaic form of entertainment. … But reading experts question whether fiddling with the parameters of books ultimately degrades the act of reading.”
Spielberg And Lucas Do Norman Rockwell At Smithsonian
“The Smithsonian American Art Museum is expected to announce Thursday that more than 50 [Norman Rockwell] drawings and paintings from the private holdings of [George] Lucas and [Steven] Spielberg will be shown at the museum next year. … One of the exhibition’s themes will be the connections between Rockwell’s art and the movies.”
The Cautionary Tale Of Seattle Art Museum’s WaMu Deal
When the Seattle Art Museum “opened a glistening glass-and- metal-paneled, $86 million addition in January 2007,” it couldn’t have foreseen the demise of its partner in the expansion, Washington Mutual. In retrospect, compromises it made to accommodate the doomed lender offer lessons in expansion for the Museum of Modern Art and other institutions.
WNYC Reveals Programming Guidelines For The New WQXR
“Some announcers will remain. The Metropolitan Opera will still be heard on Saturdays. Religious programming will disappear. Don’t expect to hear much vocal music. Vivaldi? ‘Just about anything’.” (Well, except the sacred music.)
Lincoln Center Receives $10M Gift For Redevelopment Project
“In appreciation, the center’s new visitors’ and ticket space on Broadway – scheduled to open Nov. 24 – will be named the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center.”