“Just to take it out of the professional realm for a moment, think of it in terms of hamburgers. Would you trust someone’s opinion about a hamburger joint if you did not know what kind of food they liked or if they even ate hamburgers? Or would you go to a trusted friend who you knew ate hamburgers all the time?”
Tag: 12.08
TV Killed Reading; The Internet Makes Reading Normal
“What the Internet has actually done is not decimate literary reading; that was really a done deal by 1970. What it has done, instead, is brought back reading and writing as a normal activity for a huge group of people.”
Music And Journalism – Now There’s A Formula For Success
Could one ailing media industry–music–teach another ailing media industry–journalism–a thing or two about survival?
America’s Answer To Ferran Adrià
“You have just tried a crunchy handful of one of Dave Arnold’s edible experiments – homemade pork rinds that taste like fatty Cracker Jacks – and now you’d like something to wash it down with.” So the up-and-coming star of molecular gastronomy shoots some CO2 and nitrous oxide into a bottle of tap water “and hands over a homemade carbonated water that is soft, creamy, and sweet.”
Yeah, Angela Gheorghiu Is A Crazed Diva, And She Doesn’t Care Who Knows It
“Gheorghiu is a bit of an anomaly on the opera scene today. She hasn’t embraced the conciliatory attitude of her colleagues… She likes to request new costumes, is honest about a performer’s desire to be adored, and when she says, ‘No comment,’ it usually means something akin to ‘We’re just getting started.'” She knows she’s called “Draculetta” and (with her husband, tenor Roberto Alagna) “the Bonnie and Clyde of opera” – and she has an enterprising response…
Bad Reviews Can Shake Even The Thick-Skinned Artist
“Harsh words from critics, now and forever a click away on the Internet, can harrow. This seems pretty plain, I know. But, amazingly, I had never really given this much thought until one day last spring when I wanted to put my head in the oven and kill myself because of a wretched review. … What had become of my poise?”
Understanding The Critical Mind — Or Trying To
“Dancers and choreographers often love to hate critics, especially when they’ve been subjected to a direct hit. Whether it’s the print or web equivalent of a spitball or a spear toss, the sting tends to linger, as does the resentment at being publicly humiliated. … A dancer who has been so stung might well ask, ‘Why are they so mean?'” Well, why are they?