The Big Break – it’s what performers live for. It’s what makes their careers. But what about those very talented musicians whose Big Break never comes? What are the forces that conspire to be that Big Break? – Philadelphia Inquirer
Tag: 10.10.00
KING OF INSTRUMENTS
The organ has fallen greatly out of favor in recent years. But several prominent new instruments are in the works in Britain. Can the organ find new audiences as a concert instrument? – The Telegraph (UK)
WORD MACHINE
Stephen King is a writing industry. He writes 2,000 words a day and churns out a new book every three months or so. “According to Forbes magazine, he makes in excess of $50,000,000 a year (and I didn’t accidentally add a few zeros).” – The Age (Melbourne)
SIDNEY YATES DIES AT 91
US Congressman Yates was a champion of the arts. “In his nearly 50 years in Congress, he regularly fought off assaults on his beloved National Endowment for the Arts. Without Yates’ support, government funding for theater, music, dance and visual arts might have vanished.” – Chicago Sun-Times
AMERICA’S MOST PROLIFIC PLAYWRIGHT?
Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher is working on his eighth produced script this year. “Unless and until someone can ante up eight produced new scripts this year – and show a couple of musicals and two screenplays in the hopper – it’s probably safe to dub Hatcher America’s Most Prolific Playwright.” – St. Paul Pioneer Press
POET OR FRAUD?
Andreas Karavis has become something of a literary sensation, with his work turning up in prestigious publications. But he’s never granted an interview, and some wonder whether he exists. Poet David Solway, who speaks on Karavis’ behalf “may well simply be the man who discovered Karavis and been responsible for promoting his work in Canada. Or, according to a growing body of conspiratorial thought among the literati, he and Karavis may be one and the same.” – The Globe and Mail (Canada)
AMERICA’S MOST PROLIFIC PLAYWRIGHT?
Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher is working on his eighth produced script this year. “Unless and until someone can ante up eight produced new scripts this year – and show a couple of musicals and two screenplays in the hopper – it’s probably safe to dub Hatcher America’s Most Prolific Playwright.” – St. Paul Pioneer Press
IN SEARCH OF THE BIG BREAK
The Big Break – it’s what performers live for. It’s what makes their careers. But what about those very talented musicians whose Big Break never comes? What are the forces that conspire to be that Big Break? – Philadelphia Inquirer 10/10/00
THE WRITING ON THE WALL
Two New York graffiti artists getting ready to open a gallery show of their work are arrested. “These individuals have been long known to the police department, and they have a history of damaging property. It has nothing to do with the show.” – Nando Times (AP)
MAJORITY RULES
Canada’s Ontario government is attempting to force the McMichael Gallery to return to its roots. “In doing so, the government is indirectly forcing the gallery to dispose of thousands of works of art, jeopardizing its future, and repudiating the collective wisdom of artists, curators and art critics.” Is this the result of ‘majority rule’ politics? – The Globe and Mail (Canada)