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Tag: 11.14.07
Our Physical Attraction To Music
“Somehow, music is all about companionship, even the infant babbling with its mother – it’s a very early form, an innocent form, of companionship – all the way to sophisticated chamber music, where people are living in the almost chess-like intricacies of composition. Why music? All the intricacies of our minds, and our needs from the basic to the highest, are there in music.”
Is There Still Room For A “Great American Novel”?
“Where is the Great American Novel to be found today? Does anyone still care enough about writing an unprecedented masterpiece, to amaze and dismay his or her rival scribes, and offer the world a metaphor of America that will stick?”
The Broadway Stagehands’ Strike Explained
“A younger generation of producers decided that the contract now up for renewal would be the one in which they pushed for big changes, and the theater owners are, this time, pushing with them. By taking a few cents out of each ticket over several years, the league amassed a $20 million fund in preparation for a strike like this one.”
Just Who Are Those Striking Stagehands?
“You were getting stagehands going to school for specific technical knowledge. Before that, it was more of the old school. You learned how to hammer, learned how to saw, learned how to do a lot of hard physical work.”
Financially-Challenged DC Theatre Loses Director
“The financially troubled African Continuum Theatre Company has lost its new artistic director, Benny Sato Ambush, before he was to begin the job full time.”
Airline Feeling Pinch Over Broadway Strike
“The Broadway theater strike has found its latest victim – travelers on JetBlue airlines have begun canceling flights to New York.”
Why One Rock Critic Isn’t Voting For Rock Hall Of Fame
“Over and over again, the elitist committee of 50 record company executives and rock critics who do the nominating come up with a list that reflects their East Coat, intellectual biases, and, year after year, the voting body of FM radio disc jockeys picks the most mainstream possible candidates and votes them in.”
More US College Students Study Languages
“Enrollments in language courses have been steadily climbing since 1998 and language enrollments, in raw numbers, are at their highest since the MLA’s 1960 survey. Yet, the report notes that the number of language course enrollments per 100 student enrollments is, at 8.6, about half the ratio in 1960.”
New Realities For Scholarship In A Digital Age
“Scholars have been complaining about too many books and journals since Francis Bacon’s (1561-1626) day. The sifting problem, per se, is not new. What is new is the declining availability of indicators to determine what’s real, what’s true, what’s valuable, and what will still be there the next time we look.”