“Actors Michael Shannon, Paul Rudd, Ed Asner, and Kate Arrington were well into performing the story of a cynical, atheist science professor when an unidentified man in the balcony began to loudly and violently vomit. The disgorge went over the balcony, showering the prime orchestra section seats directly below.”
Tag: 11.14.12
Want People To Get The Message About The Dangers Of Smoking? Pictures Speak Louder Than Words
“That’s because, as new research demonstrates, seeing these images every time a person reaches for a pack is a more effective deterrent than a text-only warning. The research also indicates that the graphic warnings are especially powerful in discouraging low-health literacy populations from smoking- the one group in which smoking rates have remained stubbornly high over the past few decades.”
Remembering The Grandmother Of New Age Spirituality
“Depending on whom you ask, [Helena] Blavatsky – a fat, chain-smoking Russian noblewoman with a profane vocabulary and reputation for occult powers – was either one of the major innovators of modern religious thought or a complete fraud, her books works of great erudition and synthesis or piles of pasted together rubbish. For a few years in the late nineteenth century, she was all the rage.”
The Critic’s Map
“James Wood’s writing has nothing to do with the rehashed press releases that are called book reviews and appear even, or especially, in the pages of major newspapers. He writes Criticism, situating every book that crosses his desk on a map of literature.”
Fight Over Internet Music Streaming Royalties Is Trying Artists’ Patience
“No one could say how long it might take for Internet radio to take off, let alone when artists might feel the impact in their wallets. With income from recorded music shrinking for the last decade, music-makers are running out of patience.”
Prominent Musicians To Congress: Don’t Change Our Streaming Royalties!
“Why is the company asking Congress once again to step in and gut the royalties that thousands of musicians rely upon? That’s not fair and that’s not how partners work together,” the letter says.
What’s The Big Idea? (TV That Doesn’t Exactly Work)
“As competition for eyeballs intensifies with the fading dominance of broadcast television, the notion of “big idea” programming has come to hold and more and more importance when it comes to deciding what we’ll be watching the following fall.”
Surely He Jests – Philip Roth Wants His Papers Burned After He Dies
He has asked his executors to destroy his archive after his death, saying, “I don’t want my papers lying around … No one has to read them.”
Art Market Correction? Prices For Star Artwork From Booming 2000’s Slip
“It is not just a shift in taste that is working against the poster boys and girls of the boom. It is also the sheer amount of supply from this era, when there was considerable pressure to buy.”
Christie’s Sues Chinese Auction House Over Its Name
“Christie’s took legal action after a query over whether a sale by Chritrs was actually one of theirs. The accused company’s name in Chinese is pronounced the same way as Christie’s in the country.”