English National Ballet dancer Simone Clarke has taken a leading role in a nationalist organisation with links to the British National party. “The ballerina, who is expected to retire soon, has been elected to the executive board of Solidarity, a trade union which says it aims to protect the rights of British workers.”
Tag: 12.10.07
Plagiaism? Nah! I’m An Artist
I am merely following the example of “artist” Richard Prince, who, since the late ’70s, has been trucking in what he calls “appropriation art,” which roughly translated means “I didn’t do it, but I saw it, and that must count for something.”
Radio Considers Adding Pictures To Appeal To Young
“If you get hold of any of these hi-tech converged devices they all have a small, very high quality, colour screen. That means that audiences come to expect to see as well as hear their favourite audio and radio brands to the extent that if you’re using the device and there’s nothing on the screen, it can feel and look like it’s broken.”
German Christmas Tree Shortage (Blame The Chinese, Arabs, Biofuels)
According to the German timber industry, demand for Christmas trees is rising due to increasing exports and the growing number of single-person households. Meanwhile the supply of trees has decreased because several thousand hectares of tree plantations have been given over to more profitable uses — such as lucrative biofuel crops.
FCC Chairman Under The Gun
Attention is being focused on FCC chairman Kevin Martin and how the influential agency makes telecommunications policy. “He is a lone operator. Sometimes even his own staff doesn’t really know what he’s thinking and what’s he’s going to do next.”
How Do You Get Publicity For A Dictionary?
Declare a “word of the year” of course…
Broadway Stagehands Vote To Ratify Contract
The agreement brought an end to a strike by the stagehands that left most of Broadway dark for 19 days. With the ratification vote, the terms of the new agreement will go into effect today.”
How Best To Honor Aboriginal Art?
“The push is on [in Australia] to establish a national indigenous art collection, but many argue that it should not be confined to one museum.” And just as important as preserving the art is giving aboriginal artists training, work space, and the opportunity to make a living with their work.
Google’s Rocky Road To All Books Digitized
“The Internet has become, like the 17th-century printing press, incapable of observing copyrights. In the same way the printing press encouraged the mass production of books and magazines and newspapers, the Internet cries out for the distribution of all information–everything from blog entries to pictures to books. And as it distributes all of this information, it exerts a leveling force that diminishes the value of everything it touches.”