Interest in Shostakovich is increasing, and a flury of activity put him under examination. “Scholarship on Shostakovich is still in its infancy. There’s still a lot that we don’t know. The good news is that things in Russia have changed back. Now Russian scholars are going into the archives.”
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Is iTunes Killing Jazz?
Okay – maybe that’s an overstatement. But “the digital music era should offer listeners more information about jazz, not less. The stakes are high. If jazz fragments into millions of digital files, future generations could be left with a maddening cultural jigsaw puzzle. This music could quickly become one of the mysterious art forms that is translated to the public by a small group of experts.”
Slate Could Fetch Premium Price
Analysts are speculating that the online magazine Slate could sell for $10 million – $12 million, or twice the publication’s annual revenue. “Whereas magazines generally sell for an amount equal to or just above their annual revenue, the ‘prestige value’ of Slate will probably warrant a significantly higher price tag.”
Inducing A Chill On Technology
Critics are lining up against the Induce Act, the anti-copying legislation now being considered by the US Congree. “The Induce Act would have a definite chilling effect on technological innovation. Even if judges are not inclined to interpret it broadly, the vague language opens the door to harassing lawsuits. Companies creating multipurpose technologies would have to be prepared to defend themselves against copyright infringement allegations.”
Seattle P-I Architecture Critic Quits Over Review
After Seattle Post-Intelligencer architecture critic Sheri Olson wrote a negative review of a local housing project, the architects threatened to sue. Olson – a freelancer – asked the paper to “guarantee that it would represent her should [the architects]decide to sue.” When the paper declined, Olson quit. Oddly, the architects – Weber + Thompson – didn’t dispute the quality of the building; rather, they maintain that “most of the changes… have been out of our control.”
Scandale! – Manet Son Really Brother?
A new documentary claims that Manet’s father, “one of France’s most esteemed judges, had an illegitimate son whom the painter brought up as his own.”
Movies Hit The Net (Legally)
Downloading movies over the internet is becoming a viable and popular business. “A technological step beyond video rentals and pay-per-view cable movie channels, these online movie services provide a legal and reliable way to download and stream thousands of films, from recently released Hollywood blockbusters to vintage serials.”
Movies Hit The Net (Legally)
Downloading movies over the internet is becoming a viable and popular business. “A technological step beyond video rentals and pay-per-view cable movie channels, these online movie services provide a legal and reliable way to download and stream thousands of films, from recently released Hollywood blockbusters to vintage serials.”
Love And Death (Threats) At The Opera
Opera can be a dangerous business. To prove it, Albrecht Puhlmann has a collection of death threats, all sent to him during his time at the helm of the Hanover State Opera…
Examining The DNA Of Opera-Booing
“Booing at the end of opera performances has long been common in Germany, but was virtually unheard of in Britain until the late 1980s. But for the past 10 years, during which ENO has traced a shaky artistic path, audiences have reverted to docility. Which prompts the question of whether audiences conform to national stereotypes – and what makes continental Europeans apparently more discerning, and certainly more partisan, than their counterparts in the English-speaking world.”