“At the end of August, an FM transmitter will be set up in the middle of the Galloway Forest to broadcast music from dozens of artists over the course of 24 hours. Those who want to hear it will have to head to the forest. There will be no repeats, and the files will be deleted after they are played.”
Tag: 06.22.13
Want To Be Creative? Get Ye Some Noise
Researchers “found that a level of ambient noise typical of a bustling coffee shop or a television playing in a living room, about 70 decibels, enhanced performance compared with the relative quiet of 50 decibels.”
NPR Shows Off New Headquarters; Critics Use Building To Bash Public Radio
“In effect, the building briefly became a new club with which to beat NPR over an old issue: whether public radio and television should be subsidized with federal and state funds.”
Syrian Art Smuggled Out At Risk Of Death For Show In London
“The artists are worried that they could be traced if the work is stopped at a checkpoint. Some haven’t signed their work. The security police wouldn’t understand their message but they’d still see it as a danger.”
The Author Of ‘World War Z’ Worries A Lot, But Not Always About Zombies
Max Brooks: “I’ve never seen a zombie movie where someone drank from a puddle and died of explosive diarrhea.”
The Human Spine Can Be Hell Of Sexy, But Not On *Every* Book Cover
“One of the proposed jackets for a literary novel written by a friend of mine had a woman sitting cross-legged on the beach, her back to us. ‘Who is this woman?’ my friend asked. ‘What yoga DVD did she escape from?'”
How Will The Art World React To Charles Saatchi Now?
The powerful collector was photographed with his hand at his wife’s throat at a restaurant – “and as Saatchi knows only too well, a single image can wield immense power.”
Social Networks Have Been Threatening Human Productivity For, Oh, Centuries
1677: “‘Why doth solid and serious learning decline, and few or none follow it now in the University?’ he asked. ‘Answer: Because of Coffea Houses, where they spend all their time.'”
When English Majors Go Away, The World Is Going To Be A Lesser Place
“What is an English major good for? In a way, the best answer has always been, wait and see — an answer that satisfies no one. And yet it is a real answer, one that reflects the versatility of thought and language that comes from studying literature.”
Male Movie Stars, Aging In The Public Eye, Should Look For (Good) Mentors
“The book on what not to do is being written by De Niro. One of our greatest working actors has lost himself in crummy, mindless comedy. I honestly believe the Oscar nod for ‘Silver Linings Playbook”s crusty dad was a part of the academy’s positive reinforcement program so he wouldn’t do another Fockers film.”