“Spencer Hickman, formerly of Rough Trade Record Stores and co-ordinator of Record Store Day, says many still like the ‘ritual’ of buying and playing physical formats.”
Tag: 01.04.13
So How Do You Write A Memoir To Correct A Family Member’s Memoir About Family?
“My wife said this funny thing: ‘Now I understand that in your family you have to write a book in order to be taken seriously as a human being.’ And that is sad, and true. And we probably could do a better job as a family not having to write books in order to consider each other as human beings.”
Printed Book Sales Slump In The UK
“The rate of decline slowed slightly, principally because of EL James’ Fifty Shades trilogy, which accounted for one in every 20 books bought last year.”
Why Do Audiences Still Love Godot?
“The play has acquired a remarkable record for being performed in very different international settings. No disaster or civil strife is complete without its own Godot.”
Nonprofit Arts Organizations + Internet = Love?
Not always: “Digital technologies are primarily being applied to nuts-and-bolts issues of institutional survival, maintenance and growth. … Less useful is the digital capacity for education, artistic creation and collections management.”
How Robert Caro Researches His Many, Lengthy LBJ Biographies
“‘I was the first one to write the truth about Johnson,’ Caro says, before pausing to wonder if this is why Lady Bird stopped talking to him during his research for the first book.”
Super-Organizers At Library Of Congress Meet Their Ragnarok: Twitter
“The size of Twitter is on the order of the size of the Internet, just in tweets instead of web pages.” How will the LoC make the archive searchable?
Artist’s ‘Ghost Trees’ Burned, Probably By Arson, In Australia
The trees, whose bark glows in the moonlight, were famous because of the work of Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira – and their destruction has shocked Australia.
Do Arts Beamed To Movie Theatres Hurt The Arts?
“Much like those New Yorkers, arts administrators find themselves in the dark, fretting about how this rapidly growing trend will affect them.”
How The Debate About Movies Is Changing
“Does controversy help or hurt a movie’s Oscar campaign? For that matter, does campaigning help or hurt during Oscar season?”