“Now, as the [New York Philharmonic] prepares for a major renovation expected to cost more than $500 million, the Fisher family has agreed” – in exchange for a payment – “to relinquish the name, so the Philharmonic and Lincoln Center can lure a large donor with the promise of rechristening the building.”
Month: November 2014
“It’s About A Community”: Bill T. Jones On His Dance Company And “Story/Time”
“There are others who are actually my arms and legs. When I’m fantasizing about a new work, it’s not about me doing it, it’s about individuals in a community. […] The company is the world as we want to live in it, not as the world may be. But a social vision exists in a larger context. And we have to be aware of that.”
“I Had To Own My Own Inauthenticity”: Jon Stewart On His New Film Set In Iran
“With this film I have the caveat of knowing that it will be simplistic and reductive to people who live in Iran. … I can’t create an Iranian masterpiece out of this situation. I don’t have that ear. … So I wanted to create kind of palettes that were – not innocuous, but bland enough that the audience could easily dismiss them … as the eccentricities of one oppressive regime.”
Grimm Brothers’ Original Fairytales Were Even Grimmer Than You Thought
“It was only after the Grimms published two editions primarily for adults that they changed their attitude and decided to produce a shorter edition for middle-class families.” Wait until you see how Cinderella’s stepsisters made their feet fit into the golden slipper.
This Year’s Booker Prize Winner Is Finalist For Bad Sex In Fiction Award
At least Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North is in impressive company: fellow nominees for this year’s dubious honor include Haruki Murakami, Michael Cunningham, and BBC news presenter Kirsty Wark.
Wall Street Journal To Kill Radio Network And Sunday Edition
Dow Jones’s CEO wrote in a memo that “it will come as no surprise that in order to do even more, we must do fewer things that are not core to our business so that we can move faster in pursuit of our goals.” In the comments section (!), award-winning business journalist David Cay Johnston provides analysis.
My Little Pony Marrying Shrek? Hasbro In Talks To Buy DreamWorks Animation
Okay, we could call it “G.I. Joe will train your dragon,” but negotiations are in an advanced state.
YouTube Launches Streaming Audio Service (Spotify Gets Nervous)
“The service, called YouTube Music Key, is a paid subscription service currently in beta, and you’ll need an invite to start using it. For early adopters, it will cost $7.99 per month with the first six months free, and eventually it will cost $9.99 per month, the same price as Spotify Premium.”
El Sistema Is A “Model Of Absolute Tyranny”, Says UK Academic
Geoffrey Baker: “I went to Venezuela in search of the program’s secret. But to my surprise, Venezuelan musicians and cultural observers told me privately about a different Sistema … Seen overseas as a beacon of social justice, at home the program was characterised variously as a cult and a corporation.”
No, El Sistema Isn’t A Tyranny, It’s A Flawed But Important Project
“I have to wonder if [Baker] spoke to any of the parents of the kids from the barrios, the slums, who are desperate to get their kids into El Sistema because for them the alternative is these kids getting involved in drugs or crime,” responded one Venezuelan.