“Thousands are listed for sale on Amazon, all with the same cover design (albeit with different stock photos swapped in) and the same three names (Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, and John McBrewster) listed as the ‘authors.’ Some go for as much as $100.”
Tag: 03.23.14
Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.23.14
What’s The Best Course For the Bamian Buddhas?
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-03-24
A tenor laments the abolition of San Diego Opera
AJBlog: Slipped Disc | Published 2014-03-23
Creativity, Craft, and the Quants
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-03-22
Candy-coloured world of stupid
AJBlog: Performance Monkey | Published 2014-03-21
Dallas Park Pavilions: CooperJoseph outshines Snohetta
AJBlog: Aesthetic Grounds | Published 2014-03-21
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Will Apple Make A Deal With Comcast?
“If talks come to fruition, such a venture would mark a breakthrough for Apple, which has futilely attempted many times to get in on the TV business.”
Is This The End Of Cheap Music Downloads?
“The chancellor will bring in new laws making sure that internet downloads are taxed in the country where they are purchased, meaning web firms such as Amazon and Apple will have to charge the UK’s 20% rate of VAT.”
What Does Curating Mean In The 21st Century?
“Before 1800, few people went to exhibitions. Now hundreds of millions of people visit them every year. It’s a mass medium and a ritual. The curator sets it up.”
‘First Lady’ Of Czech Cinema Who Made ‘Mordant Satires Of Life’
“The only prominent woman among the Czech New Wave directors —a group of avant-garde auteurs in the 1960s who included Milos Forman and Jiri Menzel — Ms. Chytilova was known for films that were formally rigorous even by the standards of the movement.”
The BBC’s New Plan To Make The Arts ‘Less Elitist’
How? Add some big shows both new and old, sprinkle arts coverage into popular news shows – and raise arts coverage for the BBC by 20 percent.
How Will Deputy Director Erica Whyman Change The Royal Shakespeare Company?
First step: Get the RSC performing more work by female playwrights – and consider how to talk about gender and theatre without going directly to Issue Of The Day 101.
Starting Women Conductors Out Young
“It’s not so much actively sexist but there is a stereotype, really, of conductors being slightly older men. But hopefully a course like this will get younger women interested. It’s a big opportunity.”
James Rebhorn, ‘Homeland’ Actor, Dead At 65
“During his prolific five-decade career, the Philadelphia native also was memorable as the district attorney that sent Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer to jail on the Seinfeld finale in 1998 and as the prosecution’s FBI expert automotive witness in the hilarious film My Cousin Vinny (1992).”