“Palmer believes we shouldn’t fight the fact that digital content is freely shareable — and suggests that artists can and should be directly supported by fans.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
William Miles, 82, Who Brought Black History To The Big (And Small) Screen
“Mr. Miles was part historical sleuth, part preservationist, part bard. His films, which combined archival footage, still photographs and fresh interviews, were triumphs of curiosity and persistence in unearthing lost material about forgotten subjects.”
Reveling In Luxury – And Sometimes In The Puritan Comeuppance It Can Bring
“Much as we may enjoy the spectacle of money, we usually prefer it to be accompanied by sentimental lessons about how there are more important things. We like cautionary tales about the dangers of greed and reassuring distinctions about the sources and uses of wealth.”
Eurovision Winner: Denmark
And the biggest loser? Ireland.
Sony Pictures Looks Pretty, But The Cracks Are Starting To Show
Its stars are aging, its profit margins are lower than the other studios – and now an activist investor wants to spin off the entertainment businesses. Tune in this week to see what happens next.
Why Is Gray’s ‘Elegy’ Such A Powerful Meditation On Death?
“A recent edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations draws from 15 stanzas and reproduces 13 of them whole.”
What Will Big Data Do For, And To, All Of Us?
“All cops carry smartphones and tablet computers to access the web-based prediction program while on patrol. They are encouraged to spend time in the marked zones whenever possible. Clark can tell many stories about how his officers have caught burglars and thieves red-handed in the predicted zones.”
Interactive TV: Wonderful – But What About The Robot Overlords?
“The new smart TVs, like the smartphones and tablets that have shaped them, are meant to seem like devoted servants, concerned with our welfare, eager to anticipate our needs — happy to collect and digest information we are, or imagine we are, too busy to collect and digest ourselves. It is all a bit flattering.”
Why Is Ballet Leadership Still Dominated By Men?
“Of the girls who grow up to become top dancers, few have actually graduated into the upper levels of leadership. Right now, the biggest U.S. ballet companies are run by men — with one exception.”
25 Years On, Does Prozac Harm Or Inspire Creativity?
“The worry for artists is that in banishing their black dogs they are also dousing the flames of inspiration, blunting the edge of their genius.”