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Tag: 05.23.08
Musician Flees North Korea To Find Cultural Freedom
“I did not leave North Korea because I was hungry for food, but because I was hungry for music. People do not leave because they know that they deserve food, but because they know that they deserve freedom.”
Britain Bans Misleading Theatre Blurbs
“British theaters will no longer be able to hoodwink potential audiences with out-of-context review quotes that seem to show the production is a hit, when the review actually conveys something different.”
Does Slump In Adult DVD Sales Portend Bad News For Movie Industry?
“Adult DVD sales have slumped 10%-30% this year due to a massive shift by consumers to online content, and companies aren’t making up the lost coin on porn streamed over computers. Short clips are available for free or as little as 8¢ or 10¢ a minute online, and porn producers often get only a tiny cut. ‘People are scared, quite honestly. The majority of adult producers don’t know what the future holds’.”
Musical Hallucinations
Musical hallucinosis is a mysterious condition that usually strikes elderly people with poor hearing. Auditory hallucinations, in particular hearing voices, are one of the diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia. It is, however, the nature of the hallucinations and the patient’s understanding of them that point to the underlying problem.”
Street Art At The Tate – Where’s Banksy?
“The exterior walls of Tate Modern have been covered with six towering works of Street Art, all around 15 metres high. Each is by one of the world’s leading international street artists but there’s one figure who is glaringly absent – the most famous one of them all. Where’s Banksy? “
The Mega-Festival That Came Out Of Nowhere
How did Luminato, a “10-day Toronto arts festival, which had completed only one season, win a direct provincial grant of a kind usually reserved for established government agencies? How did Luminato, that ill-defined grab bag of splashy public spectacles and pricey international performances (which gets under way for a second season on June 9) come out of nowhere so fast?”
Revived Faberge Plans To Create First Egg Since 1917
“Pallinghurst Resources LLP, which bought the rights to Fabergé last year, plans to mine the wealth of the Fabergé name by restoring the firm to its origins with the help of the Russian founder’s relatives, the firm told Reuters. In recent years, the Fabergé brand has been used to market cosmetics.”
ArtsJournal Is Taking Memorial Day Weekend Off
We’ll resume posting Monday night.
Are Academics To Blame For The Fall Of Critics?
The issue of whether time and technology have passed the professional critic by is being heatedly debated across all cultural genres. “The culprit is none other than … cultural studies! By treating literature as an impersonal text from which any manner of political meaning can be wrung, cultural studies professors have robbed criticism of its proper evaluative function — the right to say this is good, this isn’t, and here’s why.”