The NSA and Hollywood “have been feeling each other up at arm’s length for decades, but after the 9/11 era, the romance became official.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Greek Government Relents A Tiny Bit On Public Broadcasting Station
“A small number of people could be hired to produce news and current affairs programmes until a new public service broadcaster is set up.”
iTunes Radio May Provide A Cash Bonanza For Music Labels
“Just keeping it in the US, if we assume that 50 million people upgrade, and listen to 10 hours of iTunes Radio per month (about 200 tracks), that’s $96.9m per month going to the labels. Pure gravy! Order some fresh flowers!”
Humans Of The Future May Look Like Octopi (No, Seriously)
“That’s okay. That’s a win, if we do that. Because it means we survived, and we changed to meet changing environmental conditions.”
Swashbuckling Defenders Of Peru’s Artistic Treasures Stake Out The Post Office
“Gladiz Collatupa, an archaeologist, once stashed six mummies at her parents’ house for safe keeping. That was when she dug for artifacts in the dirt of Peru, rich with the leavings of past cultures like the Inca and the Moche. Now she digs through packages at the post office instead, searching for ancient treasure being smuggled out of the country.”
Returning To The Stage With A Terrifying Task
“Probably this world of theatres and galleries is the strange fantasy, and most people in the world live lives closer to those desperate people on the verge of collapse every day.”
What’s Up With Our Obsession With Science Fiction And Fantasy?
“Western societies perceive the world as knowably rational and systematic, leading to a widespread loss of a sense of wonder and magic.” Hence The Hobbit, etc.
What’s Next (And What’s Past) For The Guthrie Theatre At 50?
“It is a long way from Broadway and the people have a sort of Scandinavian freshness.”
Is Kanye West The Andy Warhol Of Hip-Hop?
“He said crazy stuff in this interview, but he also referenced making his album by going to the Louvre five times. He talked about architecture and design. When was the last time you read that in a hip-hop interview? You know, he’s just – he’s a genius.”
Note To Self: Do Not Believe Historical TV Shows Are Actually About History
Blackadder, the (hilarious) British series, “can be viewed as a kind of satire of school history books and the weird mishmash of fact and exaggeration that is left in many people’s heads a couple of decades after their last history lesson.”