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MUSICAL REDUX
Musical hackers have been mining recordings to digitally remix music of all sorts and re-release it. Latest object of their affection – world music. Says one: “It is from such encounters that the most beautiful projects are born.” CBC
REMOTE WRITE
Collaborating over the web is redefining artistic partnerships. These screenplay writers collaborated on a script and never met until the first day of shooting. Wired
TALK AMERICAN
American movies have been shot in Canada for some time. But Canadian actors have been frustrated in not getting roles because of their up-north accents. So some of them have hired a coach. Toronto Globe and Mail
RADIO DAZE
It’s been a good year and times are good for the radio industry. But, warns a consultant, total audience has shrunk since 1990 and proliferation of ads (1980’s average: 10-12 per hour; Now: 20) could help chase away more. Chicago Tribune
CHARGES DROPPED
Earlier this fall, prominent New York art dealer Mary Boone was arrested after her gallery gave out live ammunition accompanying a show by artist Tom Sachs. Her brush with New York’s legal system was a “kind of interesting adventure,” she says. New York Times
COLORING INSIDE THE LINES
Gary Hume is the UK’s latest new thing, and galleries and museums are lining up for a chance at his work. But his “woeful, inadequate, flat” work leaves one reviewer perplexed as to what all the fuss is about. Financial Times
VERSACE’S ART COLLECTION –
– to go at auction. BBC
ALL THE SPIN DOCTOR!
Philadelphia Orchestra is desperate to raise the last $25 million for its new hall. Will it sell its current digs – the venerable Academy of Music? Absolutely not, it says. But…the orchestra would “transfer ownership” of the Academy in exchange for $50 million. “Under the right conditions, the orchestra would accept money for the 142-year-old hall, turn over title to someone else, and no longer own it.” But it wouldn’t be a sale. Really. Confused? – Philadelphia Inquirer
NEW YORK CITY BALLET comes to agreement –
– with striking musicians. – New York Times
ALSO: Musicians vote to accept contract – New York Times 12/8/99