“Though he has a license from the city, he’s received tickets for using public property for storage after putting down his spare clarinet on a sidewalk while he played, and for ‘super noise’ while playing his clarinet without an amp on Michigan Avenue. On multiple occasions he has been to court, where judges throw out the case every time.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Remember The (Extremely Slow) Travels Of L.A.’s Most Famous Art Boulder?
Now there’s a movie: “Pray’s doc is at its grooviest when you can simply watch the surreal sight of a giant shrink-wrapped boulder moving through the streets of L.A. at night, like the world’s most ginormous frozen turkey.”
Whatever Happened To The Poets Of Protest?
“Could it be that modern poetry has lost its vibrancy? I ask: has poetry ceased to penetrate our national consciousness because we are no longer stirred by what’s being said? When was the last time a poet made enough noise to be threatened with censorship?”
Want To Make Someone Feel Happy? Praise Them Many, Many Times For Each Criticism
“If you have just finished nagging your partner over housework, be sure to praise him five times very soon. Couples who went on to get divorced had four negative comments to three positive ones. Sickeningly harmonious couples displayed a ratio of about 20:1.”
Margaret Atwood’s New Work Won’t Be Published For 100 Years
“Every year until 2114, one writer will be invited to contribute a new text to the collection, and in 2114, the trees will be cut down to provide the paper for the texts to be printed – and, finally, read.”
Franz Welser-Möst Suddenly Quits Vienna State Opera Over Artistic Differences
“The resignation, reportedly tendered via letter to Vienna State Opera artistic director Dominique Meyer, was said to be effective immediately and leaves the company without a conductor for several new and revived productions in the 2014-15 season.”
Sometimes Even Successful Writers Abandon Novels After Years Of Work
Esther Freud: “Sitting down at your desk every day is an appointment with doubt; that is the nature of writing. But eventually I just had to admit that it wasn’t working; there just wasn’t enough happening to keep me interested.”
A Successful Edinburgh International Fest – At Least, By The Numbers
“Some 80% of available tickets were issued, and overall audience attendance is estimated at more than 415,000.”
The Head Of The BBC Trust Will For The First Time Be A Woman
“A member of Bournemouth Flying club, she is almost certainly the first BBC Trust boss with a pilot’s licence – useful if she has to make a hasty exit.”
Here We Go: This University’s ‘Library’ Is Completely Print-Free
“It has a collection of roughly 7,000 books it obtained from another recently-closed polytechnic university — though administrators still have to figure out what to do with the paper books.”