“[We’re] in the midst of a great cultural identity migration. Gender roles are merging. Races are being shed. In the last six years or so, but especially in 2015, we’ve been made to see how trans and bi and poly-ambi-omni- we are. … There’s a sense of fluidity and permissiveness and a smashing of binaries. We’re all becoming one another. Well, we are. And we’re not.”
Tag: 10.11.15
Electronic Music Festival Has To Relocate After Being Accused Of Satanism
Organizers of the Unsound Festival “said that multiple churches in Krakow … had withdrawn from hosting concerts for the weeklong festival, which started on Sunday.”
What White People Can Do In Increasing Diversity In Theatre
“All white actors, writers, directors, designers, and audience members have a role to play as allies pushing against the pervasive gaze of whiteness. Here are seven specific steps that you can engage in. It will require sacrifice of time, friendships, gigs, money.”
Composer Peter Maxwell Davies Says His Cancer Has Returned – And He Completed An Opera Despite The Chemo
In 2013, he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia and given roughly six weeks to live, but successfully completed his treatment and continued to work. Late this summer, he learned that the cancer had returned. Despite the difficulties of chemotherapy, Davies finished work on the score of a new children’s opera to be conducted by Simon Rattle.
Going From The Coalfields Of Wales To Music Stardom
John Cale, founder of The Velvet Underground: “When I moved to New York, I was basically penniless. John Cage was kind enough to help me find a job in a bookstore which sustained me while I was experimenting in the New York avant-garde music scene.”
‘The Whole Art Thing’s Over In Soho’
“Artists need space to make art. But people with money wanted space for consumption, and they got the art. It’s like eating your enemy’s brain. You have everything — art and money.”
When Arts Battles Erupt On Wikipedia, MoMA Is There To Calm (And Correct) The Waters
“The seven-hour event, devoted to updating Wikipedia entries on topics of Latin American art and culture, included lunch and free child care. Attracting contributors ranging from educators and scholars to an engineer, a banker and a marketer, the gathering would have been unthinkable at a gatekeeper of authority, such as MoMA’s library, just a few years ago, several staff members agreed. But this is becoming the new normal at the museum.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 10.11.15
It’s the Experience, Stupid
AJBlog: Audience WantedPublished 2015-10-11
Bouchercon 2015 Raleigh (writing not jazz)
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond JazzPublished 2015-10-11
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The Woman Who Runs Part Of The Largest Music Company In The World
“Gerson says she’s been cutting deals with television production companies and film studios in Hollywood to develop TV projects and movies based on their music. For example, when studios make artist biopics and shows about the industry, UMPG wants to be at the table from the onset. ‘We should have developed Empire,’ Gerson said.”
Here’s The Shortlist For The Samuel Johnson Award
“After a judging session described as ‘truly contentious,’ [a biography of Ted Hughes] was joined on the shortlist by five other titles, with subjects including autism, the digital age and Guantánamo Bay.”