Monday Recommendation: JALC In Cuba
The JALCO’s 2010 visit to Cuba coincided with the beginnings of warmer official relations between cold war enemies. Their two-CD set recorded … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-10-26
Annals of obsolescence
A week after bringing home my new MacBook Air, I’m more or less used to it. To be sure, I have yet to explore any of its more recherché capabilities, but now that I’ve written … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-10-26
Who’s our competition?
Or, rather, who’s classical music’s competition? Especially when we go out in the world, who are we competing with? Which is something anyone in the field might do, whether you’re an entrepreneurial chamber ensemble … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2015-10-23
Just because: the Byrds sing Bob Dylan
The Byrds perform Bob Dylan’s “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” on a 1968 episode of Playboy After Dark. Roger McGuinn is the lead singer, accompanied by Clarence White on lead guitar, John York on bass, and … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-10-26
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Want To See Some Broadway Shows? You Can Stream ‘Em Now
“We’re trying to make the digital capture of a Broadway show more like an original cast recording — something that’s done for every show as a matter of course.”
Twyla Tharp Deals With The Dance Masses In Her Post-Performance Q&As
“There is of course one place where language is not so helpful and that is if you are actually interested in what a dance is.”
How Does Google Answer Ambiguous Questions? Ask RankBrain
“RankBrain uses artificial intelligence to embed vast amounts of written language into mathematical entities — called vectors — that the computer can understand. If RankBrain sees a word or phrase it isn’t familiar with, the machine can make a guess as to what words or phrases might have a similar meaning and filter the result accordingly, making it more effective at handling never-before-seen search queries.”
Woman Thrown Out Of Theatre For Singing Along ‘Loudly And Badly’ During Musical
“Audience members claimed the woman threatened people who complained, with some saying the police had been called.”
Looting In The Middle East Is (Very Much) Not Confined To ISIS-Held Areas
“The data show that the worst offenders of all were those in areas held by Kurdish and Syrian rebel fighters — places that, as Casana notes, ‘are, unsurprisingly, also the regions with the weakest centralized authority.'”
The Woman Who Started A Dance Company For People Who Have Full-Time, Non-Dance Jobs
“I spent one whole year formulating the business, the brand, and what I was actually trying to get at because I didn’t want to rush ahead into another show. I wanted to create a dance company for young professionals who were just like me. The target audience I was reaching was high-caliber dancers who wanted to continue dancing and choreographing into their adult lives.”
The German Choreographer Who Created One Lasting, And Antiwar, Masterpiece
Kurt Jooss “made scores of ballets, founded schools and companies, and was instrumental in developing a whole German style, Ausdruckstanz, which is still with us, above all in the work of the late Pina Bausch.”