“Often, new owners have to agree that train passengers will be able to pass through their property to reach the platform. In some cases, new owners have to allow DB employees into their homes to access signal box technology still situated there.”
Tag: 10.10.13
Face It, We All Loved (Or Love?) Bad Music
Even a composer can admit he once loved Yanni. YANNI. The rest of us now need have no shame.
How Our Eyes Trick Us Into Buying Things (Especially Wine)
“No part of the bottle is wasted for these subliminal mind tricks. Even that little piece of metal at the top of the bottle gets jazzed up with a fancy print, a sophisticated stripe or subtle sparkles”
Alice Munro Was Surprised (She Says) To Win The Nobel
“I’m particularly glad that winning this award will please so many Canadians. I’m happy, too, that this will bring more attention to Canadian writing.”
Sure, Our Notions Of Privacy Online Have Changed. But What About Offline People?
“How does someone not yet often online, but likely to be soon, regard technological threats to his or her privacy? Do new users of digital technologies have less fluency with digital norms, and less facility with privacy protections?”
London’s National Theatre After Nicholas Hytner
So what are the challenges ahead for whoever takes over the top job?
At A Chinese Orchestra Concert, The Audience Technology Dominates
“With the din diminished, up went the smart phones as audience member after audience member took videos of the show they were watching. In an attempt to stop this, ushers flashed red laser beams at the offending fans until they set their phones down. The scene resembled a crime drama when the assassin has the victim dialed in with a laser beam to the chest.”
Let Me Introduce You To The Neo-Mannerists
“Scads of artists are trying to be junior postmodernists. A phalanx of work has appeared that might be called “Modest Abstraction” or “MFA See, MFA Do.” It’s everywhere, and it all looks the same.”
Art Historian Spots Stolen Painting Sold By Sotheby’s
“A stolen painting by the Dutch artist Jan Schoonhoven (1914-94) was jointly bought in London at Sotheby’s contemporary art day auction on 27 June by two galleries” – and an expert working for one gallery spotted telling details in photos sent by the other.
The Unrealistic Idealism Of Online Manifestos
“Certainly, there is always a possibility to turn creative thoughts into successful ventures, but more often than not it takes a hefty amount of struggle, talent, persistence, money, connections, some luck, and a good, original idea to realize that success. This Horatio Alger-esque belief that all it takes is personal willpower to overcome life’s obstacles is endearing, but it often has little to do with reality.”