Integrity of argument aside: “Is food art?” is the wrong question to ask.
Tag: 12.06.12
The Anthropological Reason It Feels Weird To Dance To Brubeck’s ‘Take Five’
“‘Irregular’ time signatures are anything but unusual in other parts of the world – some musical cultures from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Balkan Peninsula commonly use metric structures that don’t follow the same set of rules as Western music … But people raised in North America often have a particular trouble with irregular time signatures. ”
Rules For Reading Fiction, According To Kurt Vonnegut
“Do not do so as an academic critic, nor as a person drunk on art, nor as a barbarian in the literary market place. Do so as a sensitive person who has a few practical hunches about how stories can succeed or fail. Praise or damn as you please.”
Did Mo Yan Deserve To Win The Nobel Prize?
“Should a prize of this magnitude go to a writer who is ‘inside the system’ of an authoritarian government that imprisons other writers–of whom Liu Xiaobo, winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize (a ‘convicted criminal,’ in the Chinese government’s view) is only the most famous example?”
So That YouTube View Is Worth How Much? (Ask Psy)
Even if your video gets a billion views, that’s not where the money comes from.
The Whole 48-Frames-Per-Second Thing, Explained
What’s up with The Hobbit‘s supposedly revolutionary film frames thing? And why was film always – well, mostly – 24 FPS before? Follow the money.
Warning: Museums Need To Keep Focus In The Digital Age
“In an age when we are so flooded with information, authenticity and trust matter even more to people, he added – we must not confuse what audiences really want with what we think they ought to want.”
Graphic Novel Banned From South Carolina Public Library
“There was a reason Alan Moore’s Neonomicon was shelved in the adult section of the library in Greenville County, South Carolina: It contains adult content. And it was checked out with an adult library card – but that adult library card was in the hands of a 14-year-old girl.” Oops. (Greenville is home to the Christian fundamentalist Bob Jones University.)
Raphael Drawing Sells For $47.8 Million
“The work, titled Head of a Young Apostle, was featured in a Sotheby’s auction in London on Wednesday. The chalk drawing, dating from the early 16th century, is believed to have been an early study for Raphael’s masterpiece Transfiguration, which is located at the The Vatican.”
Minnesota Orchestra Reports $6 Million Deficit
“As expected, the Minnesota Orchestra has posted an operating deficit of $6 million for fiscal 2012. It is the largest deficit in the orchestra’s 110-year history and twice as large as last year’s shortfall.”