Matthew Inman explains it all simply and clearly for those who don’t yet get it. (includes gratuitous references to crab tacos)
Author: Matthew Westphal
Some People Are Biologically Incapable of Dancing
“Most bad dancers have nothing but their own awkwardness and self-consciousness to blame, but for a few, a complete lack of rhythm could have a biological explanation, suggests some new research published this week … It’s called beat-deafness, and it’s a sensory deficit analogous to being tone-deaf, or color-blind.”
A Typeface Designed To Help Dyslexics Read
Designer Christian Boer (who is himself dyslexic): “When they’re reading, people with dyslexia often unconsciously switch, rotate and mirror letters in their minds. Traditional typefaces make this worse, because they base some letter designs on others, inadvertently creating ‘twin letters’ for people with dyslexia.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.10.14
Opening Soon In Tacoma: New Wing, New Collection
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2014-11-10
Is Opera Really “Dead”?
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2014-11-10
“Meaningfully Profitable”: Sotheby’s Bill Ruprecht on the Performance of Auction Guarantees
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2014-11-10
Zurbarán In The News!
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2014-11-09
Laugh, and you laugh alone
(Terry Teachout on pianist Harriet Cohen)
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2014-11-10
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It’s Official: Atlanta Symphony Lockout Is Over
The ASO Players’ Association, the orchestra’s board, and parent organization the Woodruff Arts Center have all ratified the collective bargaining agreement negotiated with the help of Federal mediators. Concerts begin next Thursday, Nov. 13.
Detroit Institute Of Arts Saved As City’s Bankruptcy Plan Is Approved
“With his decision on Friday approving this city’s federal bankruptcy plan, Judge Steven W. Rhodes – aided by nearly a billion dollars in private and state rescue money – ended an unprecedented threat to the Detroit Institute of Arts, whose world-class paintings and sculpture could have been parceled off at auction to help pay city debt.”
How DIA’s Art Got Caught Up In Detroit’s Bankruptcy In The First Place
“The idea to rescue a bankrupt American city started with a doodle on a legal pad. U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen … wrote the word ‘art’ on the pad and drew a box around it. Then he drew an arrow from the box to where he had written the word ‘pensions’.”
Your Belief In Free Will Depends On Whether You Need To Pee
“Something as small as needing to use the bathroom seems to be enough to remind us how much of our waking hours are devoted to attending to the physical needs of these bone-and-muscle sacks we’re dragging around.”
Another Public Radio Station Cuts Classical Music To Add News/Talk
“Atlanta’s public radio battle is about to get interesting as WABE 90.1 FM, which for years has relied on a heavy rotation of daytime classical music, plans to expand its news programming in part to compete with Georgia Public Broadcasting.”
St. Petersburg’s Upstart Ballet Company Makes Its U.S. Debut
“When we think about Russian ballet, our minds inevitably drift to two companies, the Bolshoi and the Mariinsky. They represent a kind of yin and yang of Russian aesthetics. … [But] the Mikhailovsky Ballet of St. Petersburg, has lately seen its fortunes rise, propelled by the ambitions of Vladimir Kekhman, a Donald Trump-like tycoon who built his fortune on fruit imports.”