“Once everything is in focus it requires a lot more staging, and a lot more sophistication in visual effects, and more attention to prop work, set design, and costuming.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Met Cuts 22 Nonunion Jobs
“The company said it had eliminated nonunion positions across the opera house, cutting jobs in its artistic, finance, marketing, development, and technical departments — through attrition in some cases, but primarily through layoffs.”
People Are So Sad About The End Of The iPod Classic That Yes, Here’s Another Paean To That Object
“Looking at someone’s iPod was like looking into their soul. In their music you could see who they were. You could tell if they were sophisticated or rough. You could see in their playlists the moments they fell in love and the moments they fell back out again. You could see the filthiest, nastiest hip hop in the little white boxes of the primmest people, and know their inner lives a little better than you did before.”
Should London Try To Outdo New York’s High Line With Its Forested Floating Bridge Design?
“In six months, the public cost had gone from minimal to £60m, with limited transparency, on the basis of wavering cost estimates. These facts were not made available at the time of the public consultation on the project in November 2013.”
Jane Austen Fans Really Love To Dress Up Like Jane Austen’s Characters
“It is not just about Jane Austen, it is about a way of life which was much more elegant, much more refined.”
Building A Television Empire Requires A Lot Of Drama
“In giving [Shonda] Rhimes the key to Thursday, which remains a lucrative night as film studios promote weekend releases, the alphabet network is acknowledging how big a draw her name has become with her patented style of traditional procedural meets emotional roller coaster — and showing that it sees her as a vital figure in helping them crawl out of a three-year spell in fourth place in the advertiser-preferred 18-49 demographic. “
The Power Of Technology: An Ending To 13-Year-Long Quest To Find People In 9/11 Wedding Photo
“She’s looking at the pictures, the perished, the fallen, trying to match them up to the people in the photo, and the whole time she’s been keeping this photo safe in her favorite Ernest Hemingway novel.”
Joe Sample, Pianist Of The Jazz Crusaders, Dead At 75
“The Jazz Crusaders, who played the muscular, bluesy variation on bebop known as hard bop, had their roots in Houston, where Mr. Sample, the tenor saxophonist Wilton Felder and the drummer Nesbert Hooper (better known by the self-explanatory first name Stix) began performing together as the Swingsters while in high school.”
‘Longmire’ Canceled Because Its Big Audience Was Just Too Old
“A&E said it pulled the plug on ‘Longmire’ because it appeals primarily to older viewers—the median age of the show’s viewers is 60 versus 48 for the network as a whole.”
The New, Gorgeous Instrument That You Have To Qualify In Order To Purchase
“The reliance on craftsmanship suppresses supply: It takes years to learn to build a handpan and requires patience, physical strength, dexterity, and a pitch-sensitive ear.”