“Reading about the truly insane things audiophiles will do in pursuit of the perfect sound, I can’t help reflecting back on that unfortunate period in my life when I almost fell down the same rabbit hole.”
Tag: 12.10.13
What’s The Value Of Sacred Music In A Secular Age?
Here are answers from half a dozen contributors: conductors Peter Phillips (The Tallis Scholars) and Harry Christophers (The Sixteen, Boston Handel & Haydn Society), a documentarian, an atheist, an archbishop, and a prominent rabbi. (And no, they did not walk into a bar.)
Natalia Osipova On The Bolshoi’s Troubles
“My first five years [there] were amazing. … Then, slowly, difficulties started and I decided to leave. I didn’t want scandals: our profession is dancing, not politics. But the Bolshoi is still my home: I am from Moscow. For us, the Bolshoi was something holy. I just hope the theatre will find a way out of this.”
L.A. County Museum Of Art Is Reviving Its Art-Meets-Tech Companies Program
But they’re doing it differently this time around – and the companies involved include Google and SpaceX.
Judge Tosses Booksellers’ Suit Against Publishers, Amazon Over Kindle
“Federal Judge Jed Rakoff has dismissed a lawsuit filed by independent booksellers against Amazon and the big six publishers that alleged a murky conspiracy to restrain trade.”
The Case For The Serial Comma, Made In One Screenshot
(Slate‘s always-lively commenters are not all convinced, however.)
Hitting That Snooze Button Will Only Make It Worse, You Know
Why? Because it’s unnatural, basically. (Not to mention sleep inertia and social jetlag.)
Watch The Young Margot Fonteyn Dance
“YouTube does deliver – here with some rare shots of Margot Fonteyn. Could it be the earliest dance footage the BBC ever recorded?”
Disney Is Buying Up All Our Pop Culture
“Disney remains intent on discovering, rescuing, and rehabilitating precious pop culture artifacts so they can be found or rediscovered by audiences around the world–a modern-day Indiana Jones, indeed.”
The Problem With The “Great Man” Approach To Great Music
“Until we rid ourselves of the notion that the best music of all time was created by a handful of men who lived an ocean away from us and who all died more than a century before any of us were born, we will never have programming that truly reflects the vast array of musical creativity all around us.”