A case for the 20 most important jazz recordings ever. – Commentary
Month: October 1999
PIRATE HUNTING
Music theft has become rampant on the internet. Now a plan by the global music industry to fight digital pirates. – Wired
THE SOUND OF NEGOTIATION
Toronto Symphony musicians have been on strike for five weeks – they haven’t negotiated for a month. This week they offered to come individually to orchestra board members homes and play for them – and plead their case. – CBC
WOODEN WONDER
When an instrument upstages the performer playing it. – San Francisco Chronicle
(PREVIOUSLY: PAGANINI’S FAVORITE VIOLIN – a Guarneri called “the Cannon” – is brought out only for special occasions. This week it got only its second-ever concert in America. – San Francisco Examiner 10/28/99)
GREVE IN MONTREAL
A six-month stage hands strike threatens the health of the city’s dance company Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. – CBC
EXPLAINING NATURAL PHENOMENA IN CULTURAL TERMS
John MacDonald’s inaugural speech as head of Australian art at the National Gallery of Australia. Sydney Morning Herald
EXPLAINING NATURAL PHENOMENA IN CULTURAL TERMS
John MacDonald’s inaugural speech as head of Australian art at the National Gallery of Australia. Sydney Morning Herald
BOOKER BICKER
The usual publishers’ rows, sponsor complaints and judges’ griping behind England’s top literary prize. – Salon
CROSSING AMERICA
For the past six months Greg Zanis has traveled around the country in his truck making crosses wherever he goes – so far 3,400 of them. Washington Post
CRITICAL DISCONNECT
An artist puts up a show consisting of 25 decorated decomposing rabbits hanging from trees. The city has a lively debate about the work and then it’s vandalized in the middle of the night. Now the curator of the rabbit show talks about art that seeks to confront. CBC