“Shoppers spent £1.033 billion – an 11.4% rise – on downloads, with video games accounting for more than half that figure with sales of £552.2 million. Physical sales of CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray and videogames still account for more than three quarters of the entertainment market, but sales fell by 17.6% compared to 2011.”
Month: January 2013
Minnesota Orchestra, SPCO To Meet With Deadlocked Musicians This Week
“The management of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the musicians union have agreed to meet with a federal mediator Wednesday and Thursday. Meanwhile, musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra have accepted an invitation to meet with management this week.”
An Infinity Of Infinities
“In the ever-evolving view of scientists, philosophers and other scholars, there really is no single, implacable entity called infinity. Instead, there are infinities, multiplicities of the limit-free that come in a vast variety of shapes, sizes, purposes and charms.”
When You Write: A Little Self Humiliation Is Desirable
“It’s counterintuitive, but qualities that make you likable and popular in real life — good looks, wild success, happy marriage, lovely home, healthy confidence — will make a reader despise you. The more of a wreck you are from the start, the more the audience is hooked.”
Does It Matter If Pianists Perform With Scores?
“Somehow the idea persists that for a pianist to use a score in a performance suggests a lack of mastery or sufficient preparation.”
Words That Should Be Banned
According to a quick database search, “spoiler alert” occurred 39 times in the print edition of The New York Times in 2012, up from 31 in 2011, while “double down” occurred 59 times, up from 38.