“One of the things I had to actually learn was how to be a journalist. ‘Music critic’ isn’t satisfactory to me. I’ve learned to do reporting, to do research. It’s not about saying, ‘This music makes me feel this way!’ The context and the story behind it are often just as rewarding, and are crucial to understanding the actual music.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Let’s Say Barnes & Noble Sells The Nook To Microsoft. What’s Left?
“Barnes & Noble would lose the unit that added attention and store traffic…and kept its stock higher. It’s not a clear parallel yet to Borders, but it’s hard to ignore the comparison.”
What Happens When Publishers Invest In Long Online Stories?
Basically? Readers like longform stories so much that they’ll crash publishers’ servers with their love (and attention).
Jacqueline Brookes, 82, Who Played Equally Well In Hamlet and Naked Gun
In 1955, “Theater World cited her as among ‘the most promising personalities of the stage’; the others that year included Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.”
Dan Brown Is Crying All The Way To The Bank
“The voice at the other end of the line gave a sigh, like a mighty oak toppling into a great river, or something else that didn’t sound like a sigh if you gave it a moment’s thought.”
Greece’s Financial Crisis Might Kill Off One Of The Country’s Best Museums
“When Mr. Delivorrias takes a list of employees from the top drawer of his desk, his hands are trembling just a bit. There are red question marks beside some of the names — the ones who might be getting laid off next. “
NPR Goes Crowdsource For ‘Rite of Spring’ Anniversary
“We’re inviting professionals and the public alike to take the last minute of Stravinsky’s inimitable score,” says the venerable public radio institution, “and create a new video to go along with this music.”
Gormenghast: The Cult Classic Novels Are Actually About The Modern World
“What they show is that it’s the modern age that’s based on fantasy. If we know anything, it’s that our actions will produce a world that’s quite different from anything we can presently foresee or imagine.”
Are ANY Books Off-Limits To The Great Maw Of Film Or TV Production?
“With adapters no longer inhibited or intimidated, works totalling over 1,000 pages are tamed by gleefully drastic slashing and/or exploiting the ampler air-time available in TV series.”
Insects: Where Humans Got Rhythm And Music (Wait, What?)
“At what point does noise become music, and vice versa? If you take insect noises and break them down to their smallest component parts, and then recombine the bits into music, is it still bug music?”