“A typical week for each of the Adamses — middle-class musicians who are stalwart section players rather than stars — includes 24 hours onstage, at least 12 hours of practice and perhaps an unpaid fundraising concert. Now, like any other out-of-work white-collar professional, they are looking for new gigs.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Short, Beautiful History Of Instant Photography
“For quite a few young people, an event undocumented is an event unlived. It’s easy to forget that a lifetime ago, in the late 1940s, almost nobody did this.”
Yes, We Are Living Through A Revolution
“My generation has seen a transformation in the world of letters unequalled since the days of Gutenberg. What’s more, it has happened at warp speed.”
About Failure, And How We Should Value It
What The Social Network didn’t show about the development of Facebook (and why we need different scripts): “Moments when predictions don’t come true and adjustments become necessary. Moments when creativity and decisiveness converge.”
The Old Regime Is Dying, But How Do We Adjust To The New?
“What we’re doing now isn’t sustainable. So why should new things have to prove they can do something our current system cannot provide? … I’m not in favor of abandoning ideas because we can’t figure out how to put them to a test that the status quo has already failed. Miserably.”
Behind The Scenes, A Dramatic Power Struggle At The Studio
“Morale is low and anxiety is high on Warner’s Burbank lot. Some insiders describe an atmosphere in which executives are hesitant to extend contracts, staffers are afraid to cross department lines for fear of ‘taking sides’ and potential partners are wary of signing long-term deals without knowing who will be in charge.”
New Isn’t Exactly Best In London’s Explosion of War Memorials
“None of the modern memorials can match [the Cenotaph]. Walking around them this week, I was struck by how they divided between banal literalism and meaningless abstraction.”
50 Shades Of Grey Hair
“Gran-lit” appears on the e-book scene.
Making Movies Is Hard. Let’s Just Buy The Star Wars Brand, K?
“Movie studios are no longer in the movie or even the entertainment business at all. They are in the branding business, and Lucasfilm is one of the biggest brands. It is a brand that is so large it dwarfs any movie, TV show or video game.”
How Do We Evaluate War Art?
“There’s no reason to believe art shouldn’t be as much in the thrall of the horrors and heroism of war as Renoir was to his boating parties.”