“For about a decade, the United States has implanted ‘beacons,’ which can map a computer network, along with surveillance software and occasionally even destructive malware in the computer systems of foreign adversaries.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Choose The Books You Want To Read Carefully, For You Have A Limited Time On This Planet
“Life is too short for Martin Amis. Life is too short for Ayn Rand. Life is too short for 1,000-plus pages of Infinite Jest and life is too short to give Philip Roth another chance.”
Wait, Someone’s Launching A New Radio Show All About The Nitty-Gritty Details Of Jazz?
Yep: “What instantly sets ‘MusicHeads’ apart from other jazz shows is the format: Barber converses with fellow musicians before asking them to perform musical examples solo and alongside her. In effect, we in the radio audience are eavesdropping on a dialogue among peers.”
The Polish Author And Filmmaker Who Illuminated The 20th Century Journey Of Disillusionment
“Often experimental in structure, mixing diary entries with intensely lyrical passages, [Tadeusz] Konwicki’s work was not always political, though his anti-Soviet novels, published underground, are among his most esteemed works.”
24 Pieces Of Life Advice From Werner Herzog
“Send out all your dogs and one might return with prey.”
Theatre Companies In Southern California To Release A Plan To Bring Diversity To The Stage
“Tim Dang, producing artistic director of East West Players, has written an initiative that calls for at least 51% of those employed by Southern California theater companies by 2019 to be people of color, women or those younger than 35.”
Amazon Is Making TV, Of Course – And Now It’s Going To Make Movies, Too
“‘Whereas it typically takes 39 to 52 weeks for theatrical movies to premiere on subscription video services, Amazon Original Movies will premiere on Prime Instant Video in the U.S. just 4 to 8 weeks after their theatrical debut,’ the company said in a press release.”
As An Orchestra Turns More Professional In Tennessee, A Patron Laments The Loss Of Local Talent
After a patron writes a letter (which you can read here) calling West Tennessee’s Jackson Symphony “random good musicians hired from all over” and lamenting a lack of local music teachers on stage at the concerts, the Symphony responds with a letter that involves donors, standards, and football.
Do Britain’s Film Awards Not Care About The Great Mike Leigh Because He Spurns Them?
“Bafta does not have a dazzling modern-day record in the field of independent voting. The shifting of its awards ceremony in 2001 to pre-empt the Oscars has done nothing to diminish the impression that it will always be a feeble facsimile of its US counterpart. The difference now is that, rather than mimicking the Oscar nominations, the Baftas mostly second-guess them.”
A Choreographer For A Ballet … With Boats
“‘Now you get into the heart of the choreography challenge,’ Scully said. ‘You can’t teach a sailboat to do a cartwheel.'”