“Telecom companies, the primary opponents of net neutrality, … [have] smartly turned the language of net neutrality on its ear. While neutrality advocates want network owners not to interfere with data, telecom companies say they want the government to keep its hands off the Internet.”
Tag: 01.20.10
Rochester Phil Posts $776K Deficit
“The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra revealed a $1 million challenge to the community at its annual finance meeting this afternoon to try to make up a $776,000 shortfall.”
Why The U.S. Market Is Resistant To Foreign Literature
“In a recent interview about Jane Austen, Fran Lebowitz said that great art is ‘not a mirror, it’s a door.’ Mediocre art is a mirror, and either you get it or you don’t, either you relate to it or you don’t. … But your own country’s mediocre, mirror-like writing is going to hold more appeal than, say, France’s. (The Greats, the doors, the Tolstoys and Kafkas and Flauberts don’t even enter the conversation of translated literature.)”
Martha Stewart Meets Megadeth In The Heavy Metal Cookbook
“Mummified Jalapeño Bacon Bombs. New Orleans Blood Red Beans and Rice. Thundering Beef Brisket. Those are just a few of the recipes you’ll find in Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook. Author Annick ‘Morbid Chef’ Giroux talks about the recipes she gathered from more than 100 bands from 32 countries, including Anthrax, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Sepultura and Gwar.”
Joan Of Arc Relics Are A Forgery (And How)
“The so-called ‘relics of Joan of Arc,’ overseen by the Archbishop of Tours in Chinon, France, do not contain the charred remains of the Catholic saint. Rather, the artifacts consist of a mummified cat leg bone and human rib, both dating to the 6th-3rd century B.C., according to a new study.”
When Pop Stars Thwart Classical Publicity
“It’s pretty standard that when an artist” — Sting, say, or Alec Baldwin — “accepts a date” with an orchestra, “he or she accepts some of the responsibility for selling the house by doing publicity. When the house isn’t sold out, observers tend to blame orchestra management,” but sometimes the fault belongs to an interview-shunning star.
Philadelphia Orchestra-Philly Pops Merger Imperiled
“The Philadelphia Orchestra and Peter Nero and the Philly Pops … have been sparring in recent months over a deal brokered less than five years ago – with the help of now-incarcerated State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo – that was to expand the groups’ donor base, increase the shared budget, and lead to economies by eliminating overlapping functions.”
Is Second-Guessing Curators The Job Of An Art Critic?
“I find most exhibitions quite interesting, but often wonder if they could have been done another way, or used a different theme instead. If critics actually expressed these feelings, very few exhibitions would get positive reviews. But wait a minute: I’m a critic and it’s my job to express my doubts – isn’t it?”
Arts Council England Proffers A ‘Politician-Proof’ Plan
The proposed 10-year plan is “intended to be ‘politician-proof, so that it doesn’t really matter what the political climate is, we’re clear what we want to do in the arts’.” Among the “more radical suggestions” in the plan “is a thorough shake-up of ACE’s current funding system.”
Amy Winehouse Pleads Guilty To Theatre Manager’s Assault
“Winehouse lashed out at Richard Pound, 27, after disrupting a performance of Cinderella at Milton Keynes Theatre in Buckinghamshire last month.” The singer “was given a two year conditional discharge and must pay £85 in costs” as well as “£100 in compensation to Mr Pound, the theatre’s front-of-house manager.”