“We have ideas, many of them, every day. We have them, but we don’t often reflect on them. Mostly they just come and go. How many ideas did you have today? What was their character? Some you might describe as big or small, simple or complex. Is it possible to gain a better understanding of ideas, their types and value to us? Is it possible to establish a taxonomy of ideas?”
Author: Matthew Westphal
‘Cultural Corridor’ Proposed For Northern Berkshires
“The project, intended to draw more visitors to the northern Berkshires and to help the economy of North Adams in particular, would include a new contemporary art museum, the renovation of a 1938 movie palace and the building of what Mr. Krens calls a museum for ‘extreme model railroading and contemporary architecture,’ all in or near North Adams.”
The Man Who Acted With Orson Welles, Produced Alfred Hitchcock, Played Tennis With Arnold Schoenberg’s Son, And Watched Hanns Eisler Pass Out
Alex Ross: “One morning last May, I walked up a driveway in Mandeville Canyon, on the west side of Los Angeles, and stepped back nearly eight decades in time. I had entered the home of the actor and director Norman Lloyd, who turned a hundred and one on November 8th.” (includes audio interview)
Former Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn Dead At 69
“‘I was very happy when I gradually became a Warhol superstar. I felt like Elizabeth Taylor! Little did I realize that not only would there be no money, but that your star would flicker for two seconds and that was it. … You live in a hovel, walk up five flights, scraping the rent. And then at night you go to Max’s Kansas City where Mick Jagger and Fellini and everyone’s there in the back room. And when you walked in that room, you were a STAR!”
The Linguistics Of ‘YouTube Voice’
One linguist calls it “‘intellectual used-car-salesman voice.’ You get the same kind of thing in other high-energy sales pitches. I guess the purest form of this style is the carnival barker.”
Knoedler Gallery Settles Lawsuit Over Fake Willem De Kooning
“With a trial looming, the Knoedler Gallery, its former director Ann Freedman, and Knoedler’s owner 8-31 Holdings have reached a settlement with the New York collector John Howard. Howard had bought a fake work by Willem de Kooning from the gallery for $4m.”
For All The Fuss About Trigger Warnings At Colleges, Are They Really Such A Big Problem?
“No one really knows whether the few anecdotal reports about truly ridiculous trigger-warning requests … are indicative of a bigger problem, or merely isolated instances that shouldn’t be spun into grand arguments about the decline of higher education, or the fragility of millennials, or whatever else.
Teaching Kids To Choreograph – Even Five-Year-Olds
“[Ellen Robbins] has been teaching modern dance to children as young as 5 since the 1970s. She has a knack for tapping into the creativity of her students while painlessly introducing the rudiments of music theory and compositional structure … Even the 5-year-olds are given a chance to make up their own dances. By the time they are teenagers, they’re composing multipart group works.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 12.03.15
They just don’t do it
“They”means conductors. “Don’t do it” means that when they conduct Lulu, they don’t follow the markings in Berg’s score. I’ve posted about that, after seeing the movie-theater stream of the Met’s new Lulu. But now I’ve gotten the Lulu full score from the Juilliard library, … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2015-12-03
So you want to see a show?
Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-12-03
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Philadelphia Orchestra Offers New Information About Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s Pay
“After a Nov. 22 Inquirer article about the orchestra’s finances, the Philadelphia Orchestra Association reported that in addition to paying $519,319 in 2013 to Yannick Nézet-Séguin, it paid the IRS $227,950 on his behalf for taxes, plus $12,564 for primarily travel-related expenses.”