11.18.12 – ArtsJournal Wayback

Surprise! How An Arts Funding Tax Measure Surprised (Almost) Everyone And Won

“According to those first results, the $35 addition to the income tax or Portland residents above the federal poverty line was winning and winning big, getting a little more than 58 percent of the total vote in the reported returns.”

Lil Buck, ‘The Baryshnikov Of Jookin’

Both the dance form, a virtuosic Memphis version of hip-hop, and its star practitioner (né Charles Riley) have thrilled and astonished the likes of Damian Woetzel, Heather Watts, director Spike Jonze, cellist Yo-Yo Ma – and dance critic Alastair Macaulay.

A Nicer, More Helpful Web?

“These days, life online has become friendly, well mannered, oversweet. Everyone is on his or her very best behavior–and if they’re not, they tend to be quickly iced out of the conversation.”

Sellers Complain Amazon Delays Their Payments

“Dozens of online sellers complain that Amazon arbitrarily withholds their payments for as long as three months, jeopardizing their ability to replenish inventories and stay in business, according to a Seattle Times review of state records.”

Ballroom Dancing: Psychologically (And Physically) Demanding

Strictly Come Dancing‘s Anton Du Beke: “For two decades he doggedly pursued his unfashionable passion, working variously as a baker, a painter and decorator and a furniture salesman, to fund himself on the amateur circuit.”

Naked Men Are Invading Vienna!

“I think we are just used to seeing naked women because they are used as objects of desire in advertisements and TV. Naked men are not that common – we are not used to seeing a penis. I think that is the main problem for people.”

Grow Old(er), And Wiser, Along With Robert DeNiro

“I have so much respect for people like Marty, or any director who only directs — all the battles over this and that, everybody giving their opinion. And you gotta listen to them. Because they paid for it. I’ve been through it, and it’s a real fight. There’s a quote: You gotta be part gangster. You’ve got to fight for what you want. You’ve got to listen to everybody’s opinion, then finally at the end of the day, you have to do what you feel is right.”

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