“There’s this sort of shorthand that if it has ‘girl’ in the title, then I know what to expect.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Secret Lives Of Tumblr Teens, Making Millions With Nary A Ducklips Selfie In Sight
“Teens are free to express their low self-esteem on Tumblr, but they have confidence in one thing: Everyone will steal their jokes. A study by Priceonomics found that Tumblr is the top source for BuzzFeed’s viral content. The site’s biggest story in 2015—a photo of a dress that looked blue-and-black or white-and-gold—was found on Tumblr.”
Ukraine Uses Eurovision Competition To Send Pointed Message To Russia
“The lyrics begin: ‘They come to your house, they kill you all and say: ‘We’re not guilty’.'”
The Making-Up Oscar And Why It Matters
“A win for DiCaprio would continue a long Oscar tradition: Right Person, Wrong Year. The Academy has a consistent pattern of giving the award — or at least a nomination — to someone who totally deserved it for a different film. Often this happens because voters who should know better favor conspicuous acting over subtlety. Sometimes Academy members are out of sync with the times because they’re making up for previous slights.”
Why Are So-Called Bad Words Actually Bad?
It might have little to do with the sound or force of the words: “Swearing is a form of dispreferred linguistic behaviour.”
The Light Sculpture That Uses Space Data To Entertain French Drivers Stuck In Traffic
“Grasso used data collected by the French Space Observatory to create an algorithm that translates real-time solar activity into a dynamic, constantly fluctuating color and light show.”
The 11 Most Shocking Things About New York, According To Robert Caro
“I started to realize, I was doing political reporting, and I came to realize almost by accident that this guy Robert Moses had so much power. He wanted to build this bridge across Long Island Sound, and Newsday had me look into it.”
Advice For The New Contemporary-Focused Met, From Contemporary New York Artists
“The half-hearted attempts at diversity, minor noodling with the canon, and ‘re-presentations’ of collections are not enough. New histories are needed, a major reboot, if these institutions want to be relevant to future audiences.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 02.21.16
The Met versus The Met–At Least People Care
I am, of course, talking about the Metropolitan Museum* and the Metropolitan Opera. Since I last posted, on the Met Museum’s new logo, many people have weighed in both here and on other sites as… … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear ArtsPublished 2016-02-21
Shakespeare Wisely Shaken Up
John Scott and Valda Setterfield’s Lear. King Lear (Setterfield) besieged by a storm: Kevin Coquelard (L) and Marcus Bellamy. Photo: Maria Baranova “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! howls Shakespeare’s King Lear, defying the storm… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-02-20
Umberto Eco died yesterday (Friday) at the age of 84. I’ve written about his work on occasion over the years, including something on his analysis of the comic strip Peanuts, That’s not online. (My piece, that… … read more
AJBlog: Quick StudyPublished 2016-02-20
AJBlog: Quick StudyPublished 2016-02-20
Sullivan Fortner In Portland
In his solo piano concert opening the Portland Jazz Festival last night, Sullivan Fortner surveyed a wide territory of styles and wrapped them into his own. At the Böesendorfer grand in the rectal hall of… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-02-19
In his solo piano concert opening the Portland Jazz Festival last night, Sullivan Fortner surveyed a wide territory of styles and wrapped them into his own. At the Böesendorfer grand in the rectal hall of… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-02-19
Improvising preludes
In my Juilliard course on the future of classical music, we’ve been looking at how classical music was in the past. Why? Because it was looser, more flexible, with the audience applauding during the… … read more
AJBlog: SandowPublished 2016-02-19 Extracted, Diffracted, Destroyed
The poem is composed of words extracted from Joseph Roth’s The Radetzky March and mashed up in a collage that bends their meaning, so that it’s a diffraction as much as an extraction. The drawing… … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2016-02-19
In my Juilliard course on the future of classical music, we’ve been looking at how classical music was in the past. Why? Because it was looser, more flexible, with the audience applauding during the… … read more
AJBlog: SandowPublished 2016-02-19 Extracted, Diffracted, Destroyed
The poem is composed of words extracted from Joseph Roth’s The Radetzky March and mashed up in a collage that bends their meaning, so that it’s a diffraction as much as an extraction. The drawing… … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2016-02-19
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Can Chris Rock Do Anything To Save Oscars Ratings?
“The ratings numbers are of paramount concern to the academy, which derives the largest part of its income from the awards ceremony. Last year the audience fell 15 percent, to about 37.3 million viewers. At the same time, ABC has been raising prices for its ads; they now cost an average of $1.9 million to $2 million for a 30-second spot.”