“While concerts themselves are a great way for us to communicate with each other musically (as well as with a general audience), opportunities for performers, composers, or both (depending on the topic) to explore and debate amongst one another in a safe environment is healthy, necessary, and all too rare.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Sounds We Can’t Hear Anymore, Except On Our Computers
“In a sense, each time you listen to a piece of music, a podcast, or whatever else, you are reviving a lost sound.”
Laid Off? Rent Out Your House – And Your Car, And Your Computer …
The rise of the “share economy,” epitomized by the rapid growth of Airbnb, will transform everything in our lives. (So say its proponents, anyway.)
Yes, Yes, Shakespeare Makes Us Human – So Says A New TV Series
“Because the plays continually require inquiry, and because they touch on so much of what it means to be human, their study can make as good a moral, philosophical or spiritual education as might possibly be had.”
On Amazon, The Literary Pile-On Claims Victims
“Attack reviews are hard to police. It is difficult, if not impossible, to detect the difference between an authentic critical review and an author malevolently trying to bring down a colleague, or organized assaults by fans.”
‘My Job Is About Building Stuff:’ #UpgoerFive Challenges Jargon
“Enforced avoidance of jargon brings benefits, and some of the authors who have tried the ‘ten hundred words’ approach have delivered some beautiful, clear prose which would definitely have Big Brother rethinking his strategy. Double plus good.”
British Writers Who Get Pubs Wrong Deserve The Opprobrium They Get
“Any false note in a pub scene (pints of bitter served in the wrong kind of glass, the publican calling time an hour too soon) may be fatally damaging to the reader’s suspension of disbelief.”
Kickstarter Loves Games And Movies, The Numbers Say
Want to get funded on crowdsource big name Kickstarter? Your best chance comes if you’re making a game – and second best is making a movie. (Dance … er. Maybe you could try funding a movie about dance?)
Behind The Acid Attack At The Bolshoi
“The looming neoclassical theater across the street from the jagged Kremlin wall has often served as the backdrop to dark conspiracies and malfeasance.”
Yes, Drive-In Movie Theatres Still Exist – But Digital Is Killing Them
“The vast majority of indoor theaters — hardtops, in drive-in lingo — have already converted to digital projectors, but 90% of drive-ins have not, according to an industry trade group.”