The Echo prize went to Kollegah and Farid Bang, whose lyrics include claims that their bodies are “more defined than Auschwitz prisoners,” which they say is not anti-Semitic. The upshot: “The BVMI group initially defended its decision, saying the award recognises sales, not quality, but its chief Florian Druecke told the RND newspaper chain the Echo prize would be revamped in light of the protests and that the association rejected all forms of antisemitism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia and the glorification of violence.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
In Praise Of Quiet Books
Not every book needs to be splashy. Author Silas House: “To me, good literature examines the way the biggest moments of life happens in the quiet moments. I think the characters I create tend to be quiet observers, people who might lead quiet lives but are very sensory. I love the idea of examining what some might think of as ‘small, quiet lives.'”
French Singer Johnny Hollyday’s Assets Frozen By Court As It Considers Inheritance Dispute
French law forbids the exclusion of any children, but the singer left his estimated £100 million estate only to the daughters he adopted with his fourth wife. But he made his will in California. “A judge will now have to weigh up whether Hallyday, 74 when he died of lung cancer in France, was a US or French resident, thereby deciding if his will breaks French law.”
Sales Of Thrillers Have Overtaken Everything Else In Britain, But Why?
There’s an old bromide that people want certainty in uncertain times – and crime fiction usually ends with a very certain solution, that of the main mystery. In addition, “while the essence of writing crime fiction might come down to speed and fluency, crafting and control are vital. It’s not easy and few do it really well. A crime novel that works is as taut as a drum. Plus, readers can quickly sniff out a fraud – someone writing up or down, or for the money, and it’s now a very competitive market.”
Gillian Ayres, Abstract Painter Who Deeply Loved The Feel Of Oils, Has Died At 88
Ayres “used her hands, brushes, parts of cardboard boxes and brooms to arrange the vivid images that distinguished her work for more than 60 years. She often spent more time staring at a work-in-progress to determine how to organize shapes and space than she did painting it.”
Let Us Pause To Consider The Historic Cultural Significance Of Beyoncé Headlining The Coachella Festival
She created a performance themed around HBCUs – historically Black colleges and universities – and educated, while entertaining, the audience. “Coachella has come to be known for an easygoing, boho aesthetic, with the stereotypical Coachella attendee a drunk white hipster wearing a Native American headdress and loads of glitter. On Friday, Vince Staples referred to the main stage as ‘the white people stage.'” Then Beyoncé arrived.
Edward Gorey Spent Years Doing Covers And Illustrations For Paperbacks
Of course, he also drew his own covers and illustrated his own books, but he had a longtime gig with Doubleday Archer, illustrating “serious” paperbacks, for a while. “As collector Lance Casebeer wrote, ‘there is a haunting thematic consistency about the Gorey-drawn covers.'”
Theatre Has A ‘Titanic’ Disaster On Opening Night
That’s right, a theatre performing a musical Titanic had to cancel when debris started falling on stage “shortly after the ship hits the iceberg.”
Where Does The Tattoo Style ‘Black And Gray’ Come From?
The increasingly popular, and increasingly subtle and detailed, style comes from prison culture. “Black and gray used to be referred to as joint-style or prison-style, because of its roots in penal institutions, where inmates made homemade machines from ballpoint pens, guitar strings, needles, and parts from old boom boxes. The machines had one needle. No color ink was available in lock up, so the ink was black. But if you watered it down, it turned gray.”
Can A New Program Help Increase Orchestra Diversity?
The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra has launched a new education program, and half of the students will be Latinx and African American, by design. Executive Director Patrick Nugent said, “There’s a crisis of diversity in our field. … We will do a better job of attracting more diverse audiences if those audiences see themselves reflected on stage.”