Is this a January publishing gold rush? “Publishers are convinced that viewers who obsessively tune in to follow the war-torn travails of an aristocratic family and its meddling but loyal servants are also literary types, likely to devour books on subjects the series touches.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Get British Film Out Of The Art House And Into The Multiplex, Says Prime Minister
British Prime Minster David Cameron: “Our role, and that of the BFI (British Film Institute), should be … helping UK producers to make commercially successful pictures that rival the quality and impact of the best international productions.”
Velvet Underground Says No Banana On Apple Products
“The band have accused the Warhol foundation of trying to ‘deceive the public’ into thinking they had given their ‘sponsorship or approval’ to a number of products that now carry the image – including iPad covers and accessories.”
Everything Is Disrupted, And boyd Knows What To Do: Change
danah boyd: “Any time there’s a radical disruption, everyone rushes to reform a new power structure, to restabilize things. Some people win in this process and some people lose. Tech forces a disruption, but who gets to win?”
Hey Law Firms And Newspapers, You Should Hire A House Playwright!
And the State Department, Target, hospitals … the job opportunities for playwrights could become endless.
In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream – Or Can They?
“The sounds astronomers attribute to cosmic activity have enormous wavelengths and low frequencies that make them inaudible to us. But while we may be deaf to the sound of space, technology is not.”
You Can Enjoy E-Books WIthout Amazon – And Here’s How
“Amazon’s holiday-season gambit, and a New York Times op-ed denouncing it written by novelist Richard Russo, alerted readers who value their local bookstores to the possibility that those stores will vanish if we don’t make a point of patronizing them. But what if you prefer e-books?”
If You’re Feeling Bad About Your Life, Get Off Facebook For A While
“The phenomenally popular social networking site may be skewing the way users perceive their lives. It finds those carefully selected photos of cheerful, contented people cumulatively convey a self-esteem-shattering message: Our lives are fantastic! What’s wrong with you?”
Art Might Be Good For You, But Who Cares? More Important: It’s Fun
“Art that feels like a duty is probably bad art. But most of the art industry is geared towards foisting that kind of art on us. … It’s the joyous, uninhibited art that truly matters – and this is what keeps me hooked.”
What Should The Dance World Be Talking About In 2012? (A List Of Ten Ideas)
Think 3D, globalization, contemporary choreography and so much more.