“The Egyptian broadcaster CBC has distanced itself from its star satirist, Bassem Youssef, after he criticised both the army-backed government and the Islamist regime it succeeded in the first episode of his long-delayed new series.”
Tag: 10.28.13
Another Way In Which Video Games Are Bad For Humanity?
“The evidence that playing violent video games promotes aggression, and perhaps even ethnocentrism, seems fairly conclusive. Better, one could conclude, to stick with non-violent games … But wait. Newly published research provides tentative evidence that even that variety of video gaming can have a negative impact, desensitizing players to both their own discomfort and the suffering of others.”
When Radio Went Bump In The Night
“By the 1960’s listening to [mystery] stories on the radio might have seemed square, but not if it was the wonderful and weird terrors of the work of Erik Bauersfeld.”
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Record Year
“Its income rose to £62.6m in 2012-13 compared to £50.1m a year earlier, while box office receipts increased by about 75% from £18.1m to £31.6m.”
Banksy Takes To A Wall After New York Times Rejects His Op-Ed
Banksy’s web site features a picture of the wall with a caption: “Today’s piece was going to be an op-ed column in the New York Times. But they declined to publish what I supplied. Which was this…”
The Difficulties Of Restaging Twyla Tharp Thirty Years Later
“Tharp used a recording by Jascha Heifetz during rehearsals. As a result, the steps contain the DNA of that violinist’s brilliant interpretation. Afterwards, it was difficult to find a player who could measure up to Heifetz, who would also have the modesty to consider the needs of the dancers.”
Problems With China’s Art Market
“Even as the art world marvels at China’s booming market, a six-month review by The New York Times found that many of the sales — transactions reported to have produced as much as a third of the country’s auction revenue in recent years — did not actually take place.”
David Sedaris Contemplates A Sister’s Suicide
“Compared with most forty-nine-year-olds, or even most forty-nine-month-olds, Tiffany didn’t have much. She did leave a will, though. In it, she decreed that we, her family, could not have her body or attend her memorial service. ‘So put that in your pipe and smoke it,’ our mother would have said.”