“In a lifetime that spanned a substantial portion of the history of jazz, Wilson’s combination of articulate composition skills with a far-reaching creative vision carried him successfully through each of the music’s successive new evolutions.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Why Ira Glass Moved Into Modern Dance
“Glass has experimented with visual forms before: television, live shows, movies. Until he encountered Monica Bill Barnes & Company, dance was the exception. … But when he first saw Monica Bill Barnes, something clicked. There was confetti, goofiness, turtlenecks, pop music. ‘I really loved it,’ he said. … “It felt so much like the work I tried to do on the radio, and what was surprising about that is that you can’t get further from radio than dance.”
Maya Angelou’s Final Work Will Be A Hip-Hop Album
“In a new album titled Caged Bird Songs – you can guess which book inspired this – Shawn Rivera and Roccstar will sample Maya Angelou‘s voice. The producers initiated the project before Angelou knew about it, but she agreed to share recordings of her voice and even opened her home to the producers.”
Apple Sued By Its Own Shareholders Over Ebook Price-Fixing Fiasco
“According to a complaint filed on Thursday in California state court, [CEO Tim] Cook and other senior Apple figures bear ‘responsibility for ensnaring Apple in a multi-year anticompetitive scheme’ that resulted in a highly-publicized trial and a proposed $450 million payout … The shareholders claim that Cook and others … breached their fiduciary duty to the company and engaged in ‘waste of corporate assets’.”
Save The Footnote!
Nathan Heller: “Online, explicit source citation tends to be redundant: you don’t need notes, because, ideally, you can click to an original source. In this context, the removal of back matter makes some kind of sense. But publishers aren’t taking endnotes off the Web. They’re putting them on the Web. Instead, back matter is starting to vanish from books, the one place where it’s still very much needed.”
Your Fondest Childhood Memories May Not Be Real
“You might think you remember your 3rd birthday party when what you really remember are the pictures, or you might believe you have a very vivid memory from elementary school that in reality happened to your brother. Or, you might even be lifting your memories from the books and movies you loved as a child.”
Some French Bookstores Refuse To Stock Tell-All By President’s Ex-Wife
“As Merci Pour Ce Moment (Thank You For This Moment) hit the bookshelves last week, signs appeared in some bookshop windows across the country to explain to readers why they wouldn’t find Valérie Trierweiler’s opus in store. ‘This bookstore doesn’t aspire to be a washing machine for Madame Trierweiler’s dirty laundry,’ one read.”
Bill Cosby’s Work Is Never Done
“[He] surely has neither the time nor the need to do anything he doesn’t want to do. What he does want to do, even now [at age 77], is comedy: he performs about a hundred times a year, mainly on weekends, following an itinerary that often leads him into what promoters call tertiary markets, where fans are not just happy to be able to see him in person but surprised, too.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 09.10.14
More Dueling On the Corcoran Gallery
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-09-11
Artists should not retain copyright in publicly commissioned art
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-09-11
James Ellroy, The Big Picture
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-09-10
Opera in a Small House
AJBlog: OperaSleuth | Published 2014-09-10
Brooklyn Museum in Transition: The Arnold Lehman Years
AJBlog: CultureGrrl | Published 2014-09-10
The Visible Hand
AJBlog: Engaging Matters | Published 2014-09-10
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Qatar Philharmonic Music Director Han-Na Chang Quits Mid-Tour
“The musical director who took Qatar’s fledgling orchestra to the BBC Proms has quit, less than 24 hours after its triumphant debut at the festival in London. The shock departure of Han-Na Chang, the star cellist hired a year ago to transform the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra into a world-class ensemble, came amid reports of clashes with its management.”