How did these two men find each other? Why do they stay together? Even they do not know. Or, at least, they cannot say. … When we say that love is ineffable, as Beckett knew, what we mean is that, when we love, we don’t know what the hell we are doing. We can’t stop talking through it, trying to figure it out.”
Month: January 2013
Where Light Sculpture Meets Astronomy
“The light playing across the 4.5-metre-tall standing stone is that of cosmic particles as they dance through the Earth’s atmosphere. Or rather, as they are detected at the Super-Kamiokande observatory at the University of Tokyo’s Institute for Cosmic Ray Research.”
We’re Losing Something In The Digital Revolution – The Ability To Forget
“When today’s present turns into the distant past, today’s everyday life won’t fall into oblivion anymore. For the self-perception of society, the lack of historical memory loss is even more consequential than the current loss of privacy.”
Understanding The 20th Century By Way Of Its Music
“Audiences who are interested in geopolitics, the history of the 20th century, the economic situation [can find] a route via these things, for them to care who Bela Bartok was.”
National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists
“The late journalist Anthony Shadid, Los Angeles writer Reyna Grande and the novelist Zadie Smith were among the finalists announced Monday for the prestigious National Book Critics Circle Awards.”
Golden Globes Ratings Were Way Up
“The 70th annual Globes telecast, with hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, attracted 19.7 million viewers, a 17 percent increase from last year.”
What Happens When A Museum No Longer Wants Something? (It’s Complicated)
“Shoving items willy-nilly into a closet is not an option. There are strict and often costly standards dictated by the Association of American Museums on how to conserve and store art.”
How Do We Make Scholarly Research More Widely Available?
“While we should partly counter this state of affairs with moral suasion, the reality is that a truly successful academic open-access system will have to be based not just on ethics … but on the narcissism of the professoriate.”
Broadway Takes Its Usual January Box Office Dive
“On the silver-linings side, at least producers saw it coming, since B.O. goes into the same freefall every year after the Yuletide spike. And January, it turns out, can be a surprisingly good time to be a play.”
HMV Files For Insolvency Protection
“The decision followed failed requests to HMV’s suppliers for £300 million ($481.8 million) in additional financing. The retailer owes $282.8 million to banks having struggled from the ever increasing competition from online retail.”