“When the respected Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra announced this month that it was canceling its United States tour set for April, it cited fiscal woes. Left unsaid were the lurid allegations of sexual harassment and financial improprieties that have rocked the orchestra recently, culminating in a police raid of its offices.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
How Did An 1830s Woodblock Print From Japan Go Viral?
“Hokusai’s print was becoming more familiar just as the word tsunami was working its way into the English language … and the word and image soon became linked.”
The Johnny Carson Comeback Special That Never Made It To Your Screen
“Carson had taken up business in a laid back office in Santa Monica where he would take lunches with former friends and employees. At one of these lunches with Barrie and Mulholland, Carson mentioned that he had been considering what a return to TV special might be like.”
Did Buena Vista Social Club Sell A Tourist-Approved View Of Pre-Revolution Cuba?
“There is a huge disconnect between what Cubans are listening to and what tourists want. There is more modern and international-sounding dance music. There is timba or salsa cubana, a mixture of son, US funk, jazz and reggaeton, and local folklore drum styles. It’s very modern-sounding, very dense rhythmically.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 03.22.15
The Problem with the L Word
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Quantum Theory, Soul Removal, and Atheists
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2015-03-21
News: A Jan Lundgren Compilation
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2015-03-21
The Horatio Alger Myth: Amanda Palmer
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2015-03-20
Ask a Simple Question… or Three
AJBlog: Field NotesPublished 2015-03-20
Stop Talking About Art as an Abstract Concept
AJBlog: Field NotesPublished 2015-03-20
Arguing for the Arts in Contemporary Society
AJBlog: Field NotesPublished 2015-03-20
Exhibitions To See This Spring
AJBlog: Real Clear ArtsPublished 2015-03-20
Classical Music Should Be A Short Click Away From Every Kid
“Spotify and iTunes have plenty of classical music. Unfortunately, they hate it. (Or seem to.) Keeping the four movements of one symphony together can be a stiff challenge because the only unit of music these sites recognize is the ‘song.'”
If SpongeBob Can’t Save Paramount Pictures, What Will?
“Though the Star Trek, Transformers and Mission: Impossible franchises continue to post big numbers, they have not been enough to fill the pipeline and improve Paramount’s rankings.”
The Homeless, 86-Year-Old First-Time Author
“‘He thought he’d wasted his life,’ Carpenter says, ‘and he thought if only he could finish this book, and I could help him, then that would be his immortality.'”
Why Do Little Girls Think There’s Only One Plot?
“The girls were terrific. Silly and shy, coy and rambunctious, attention-seeking, wise beyond their years, strikingly immature, they strutted about the room like little heroines in a post-modern novella. … Their monologues, however, were a disappointment. Not because they were poorly written or lacking in style or stingy with words, but because only one girl wrote a monologue that wasn’t about getting a boyfriend, keeping a boyfriend, or losing a boyfriend.”
A Shadow Ballet Between Human Dancers And Dancing Drones
“It’s more than a cool gimmick. Instead of having drones on stage just for the sake of having them, the clip shows how the machines can be used in subtler, more expressive ways. Being able to choreograph the three independently-moving light sources around a performer presumably lets you create all sorts of visual effects you simply couldn’t achieve otherwise.”