“Expert librarians whose skill has been treasured for decades by choirs, dramatic societies and researchers face the loss of a centralised system in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, which makes loans from an unrivalled lending collection of 500,000 music scores and 90,000 playscripts.”
Tag: 11.02.11
Nico Muhly, Motormouth
“[To] engage Muhly requires little more than a trivial opening gambit.” A quick observation about the composer’s youthful appearance led to a rapidly-delivered response of 270 words. “But he was just getting warmed up.” He went on for another 346.
How To Die Onstage Really Well
“[U]nless something goes terribly wrong (or unless what you’re watching is a lions v Christians gladiatorial spectacle), performers don’t generally die when their characters do. What usually happens is an actor’s attempt to feign death disrupts the theatrical illusion, reminding us that what we’re seeing is only fiction.”
Author: Dyslexia Isn’t A Disease
“The only difference between me and other authors is that I send my work to a wonderful woman who understands my atrocious spelling and corrects it. Apart from that, I am a writer. That’s what I do, write.”
The Age Of The SuperStar Is Over (Long Live The Many More Stars Being Born)
“This is an amazing time to be an artist, so long as you’re not expecting to be swept up and treated as a genius by a bunch of suits who, heaven forbid, probably make a tidy, but apparently banal to you, hourly rate out of your album sales.”
Arts Council England: No More Funding Big Shiny New Buildings
“England’s Arts Council has signalled an end to the bold and rejuvenating new arts buildings of recent years as it published details of how it was going to spend more than £400m of lottery money between 2012 and 2015.”
A Place Time Forgot – Libya’s National Museum Wants To Rebuild
“While there are no classical pieces of earth-shattering importance–a fair amount of Libya’s classical heritage made its way to Italian and other European museums during the Italian occupation–there are vibrant, dynamic mosaics of daily life from the ancient cities of Leptis Magna and Sabratha.”
UK’s Largest Performing Arts Lending Library Faces Closure From Budget Cuts
“Expert librarians whose skill has been treasured for decades by choirs, dramatic societies and researchers face the loss of a centralised system in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, which makes loans from an unrivalled lending collection of 500,000 music scores and 90,000 playscripts.”
The Bookstore That Charges Authors A Fee To Appear
Although squeezed booksellers are under increasing pressure to “make events revenue-bearing,” bookstore owner Paul McNally said in an interview, the $25 appearance fee is not a response. “It’s not a fee,” he explained, rather a share of the costs involved in promoting events. “And we’ve been doing it for a million years.”
Sam Francis Foundation Brings Class Action Suit Against California Galleries
“Working to force some disclosures as well as recover money, the foundation of the late abstract painter Sam Francis is the lead plaintiff in class-action lawsuits filed Tuesday against nine galleries in Northern and Southern California.”