In Urban Souls Dance Company’s Canvas and Choreography, “company dancers became human canvases and guests with pots of paint became the surprise artists.”
Month: January 2013
Let’s Skewer The Technophobes Who Think The Internet Is Killing The Novel
“So: to recap. Writers can’t write anything because they keep looking at the internet, which, as it does with everyone, is making them stupid. If they do write something, no-one wants to read it. If someone does want to read it, they can’t, because the internet has permanently disabled the part of their brain that enables them to concentrate on any text longer than a tweet.”
All This Fuss Over A Poem (Too Shocking To Be Read On Radio?)
“It was described by the Daily Mail as a “torrent of filth”. MPs called for it to be banned from the airwaves. But does Tony Harrison’s controversial poem V still have the power to shock?”
Bad Month For Entertainment Retailers – Blockbuster UK Files Bankruptcy
“The chain has 528 stores and employs 4,190 staff. Deloitte, the accountancy firm which will now take over running the firm, said Blockbuster would keep trading while it tries to find a buyer.”
Jumping Ship – Another Curator Leaves LA’s MOCA
“Her departure leaves only two curators at MOCA (Alma Ruiz and Bennett Simpson), down from a high of seven curators in early 2009. That year the museum implemented various cost-cutting measures and layoffs, following a financial crisis and bailout by trustee Eli Broad.”
The Bookless Library – Redefining Access To Information
“This replacement of jacket covers for hard drives is a calculated choice that many other libraries and officials around the nation have also considered, yet — in most cases — quickly abandoned.”
Why HMV Really Failed
“HMV’s problem wasn’t just that it was expensive, compared with the online retailers. It was that, by and large, it had become an awful shopping experience. Where once it was a byword for music shopping, it became – from this music buyer’s perspective – a place of last resort.”
HMV Failure Doesn’t Spell End Of Music Shops (Far From It)
“Despite HMV’s inability to make high street music retailing pay, many independent record shops are already reporting higher demand and sales, due partly to a backlash against Amazon’s tax set-up and the difficulty of stumbling across unexpected gems online.”
Canadian Movie Box Office Up 9 Percent In 2011
“Gross theatrical box-office revenue in Canada for 2012 was close to $1.1-billion, a 9-per-cent increase over 2011. Canadian movies accounted for around 2.5 per cent of that, grossing, as of Dec. 21, $25.06-million, a drop of roughly 12 per cent from 2011.”
HMV’s Failure – Part Of A Bigger Shift In The UK Economy
“HMV’s collapse means that nearly 200 retailers have collapsed over the past 12 months, including the electricals chain Comet just before Christmas and the sportswear retailer JJB in the autumn. It is also last remaining nationwide entertainment chain, following the disappearance of retailers such as Our Price and Zavvi.”