“If technology moves along a linear axis, it is complemented by a cyclical resurgence of human forgetting, folly and failure. We might not be in danger of lapsing into the Dark Ages, but we do find ourselves relearning the same life-or-death lessons each generation.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Why Did Popular Music Break Up With Jazz?
“Soldiers who had come back from World War II didn’t seem to be as interested in the more complex, challenging kind of popular song, the more jazz-based song. Sentimental ballads and, yes, novelty numbers, suddenly was much more appealing.”
Women Fight On Many Fronts To Gain Equality In Hollywood
“Increasing numbers of people — if mostly women — are pushing back hard at the industry’s biases. And they’re pushing back publicly, a gutsy stance in an industry that runs on secrets, lies and fear.”
Ballet Dancers Take To The Air – The Rock-Climbing Air, That Is, For An Aerial Ballet
“This is not choreography for the faint of heart. Tethered by harnesses and ropes, belayed by riggers from above, the dancers engage in constant risk management, watching for jagged surfaces, crumbling sandstone beneath their feet and the ever-present threat of rope snarls.”
The Ulster Orchestra Wins A Temporary Reprieve – But Can It Be Saved?
“The current situation, of a fragile status quo, and an orchestra having to run ever harder and harder to stand still, is too precarious to sustain in the medium and longer term.”
The Vocal (Cord) Life Coach Behind Some Of The Biggest Belters
“Vetro has lived through the rise of Auto-Tune, and he says it’s never had an impact on his business. He asserts that proper technique and vocal maintenance are still crucial for working artists, and that many singers and producers who record in fancy studios still push to get the most genuine vocal performances possible.”
How The Feds Hunted And, Essentially, Destroyed Billie Holiday
“The Treasury Department told Anslinger he was wasting his time taking on a community that couldn’t be fractured, so he scaled down his focus until it settled like a laser on a single target—perhaps the greatest female jazz vocalist there ever was.”
Actors Who Impress Web Shorts Or Series Directors Are Finding Larger Roles
Which is good, because web shorts pay in what’s known in the biz as “deferred compensation” – aka nothing.
That One Time No One On Jeopardy Knew About Esa-Pekka Salonen
Be sure to follow the link to the full Twitter conversation about the entire category. To quote one participant, “Sibelius was $1,600. No one got him either.”
Someone Broke Off King Tut’s Beard – And Glued It Back On With A Ruinous Epoxy
“The mask should have been taken to the conservation lab but they were in a rush to get it displayed quickly again and used this quick drying, irreversible material.”