“As it has become nearly universal, Facebook may have lost some of its edge — or, at the very least, it may no longer feel novel or original to some of its users,” especially the younger ones.
Author: ArtsJournal2
How Exactly Did A Long-Dormant, 40-Year-Old British Sci-Fi Show Revive Itself So Thoroughly?
“At the risk of sounding glib, basically ‘Doctor Who’ became ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ speaking to its self-referential audience in a hip shorthand of knowingly cheesy dooms and pop lingua franca.”
Zapruder’s Kennedy Footage, At The Moment When Film And TV Converged
“While the Zapruder film holds an important place in the evolution of media … it also belongs to the story of cinema. What Zapruder made, after all, was not a Vine or a YouTube post, but a film.”
Europe’s Flailing Capital Of Kitsch
“Jets of water spurt into the air in front of the warriors: red, yellow, blue, violet. The eight bronze men stare fiercely through the spray of the fountain, while far above their heads, Alexander the Great sits enthroned, raising one sword up at the sky. Wagner and Tchaikovsky blare out of the speakers and the water shoots more or less in time with the music.”
The Music World Is Small; Why Can’t Critics Review Friends Or Family Members?
“One risk, it’s true, is that personal partiality may sway a reviewer to be overly kind to an undeserving work; but even more, there is a risk that a too-honest review can destroy a friendship.”
How Did Miami (Yes, Miami) Become A Center For Book Culture?
“In 1984, when Eduardo J. Padrón, the president of Miami Dade College, asked Mitchell Kaplan, owner of the fledgling Books & Books shop in Coral Gables, to help him start a book fair in Miami’s downtown area, the preferred ZIP code for prostitutes and vagrants, quixotic was a polite term for their vision.”
Are Men Hopeless Haters Of Musicals?
“As men become more cosmopolitan, there’s less of a stigma I think about going to see a show.”
That Time A Charity Asked Starchitects To Design Dollhouses
“Each dollhouse was to include at least one feature that made life easier for a child with a disability, and that request seemed to inspire designers, who responded with Braille exteriors and free-flowing spaces.”
The Next Grove Dictionary Edition Gets Hip To U.S. Music
The $1195, 8-volume, almost 6000-page set of books no longer neglects country music – and expands its focus on Hawaiian, Native American, Asian American and Latino musicians.
In Ballet – Unlike Opera – Shaking Up The Classics Is Practically Required, But Why?
“Ballet music should serve the drama – i.e. the ever-renewable choreography – whereas in opera, the music is the drama’s main substance and inviolable.”