Seriously, America? We’re giving more money and attention to cheap little movies like ‘The Conjuring’ while ‘Pacific Rim’ stumbles? (Yes, and we have our reasons.)
Tag: 07.20.13
From The Deepest, Dimmest Vaults, ‘Storage Art’ Makes A Comeback
“There is this public assumption that museums are hoarding objects in dark rooms, and by the way that isn’t totally wrong.”
The Theremin: Still Weird Even As Japan Sets A World Record For Playing It
“Theremins are usually box-shaped, but the workings of these particular ones were contained inside small Russian dolls.”
Sensationalizing Famous Actors’ Addictions Is Good For Clicks, But Not Much Else
“This is an epidemic that now claims more lives per year than car accidents. It kills more people per year than guns. Drugs are now the No. 1 cause of deaths in emergency rooms. Yet there is zero government financing for research. There are no swanky benefits to raise funds to eradicate it.”
Can Architects Spiff Up Newark’s Waterfront Without Gentrifying The City?
“Marcelino Arce, a youth baseball coach, described how some children in the Ironbound neighborhood had no idea the river was even there. Now, they must dodge traffic on the boulevard; but once across, he told me, it’s ‘a whole new world.'”
Can Canada’s New Minister Of Canadian Heritage Step Up For The Arts?
With budget cuts ringing alarms, the arts community is wondering if the former pregnant teenager, cop, and politician has the goods to help Canadian culture survive.
How A Computer Science Professor Outed ‘Robert Galbraith’ As J.K. Rowling
He “loaded e-books by five British authors into his program. Galbraith, Rowling, P.D. James, Ruth Rendell and Val McDermid. He then searched for multiple indicators that would reveal the writer’s distinctive use of language.”
Remember Carefree Euro-Youth Movies? Those Days Are So, So Over
“Beyond the simple and depressing economic facts, ‘Juliette’ also speaks of a moral and cultural malaise nobody has found a name for. Bergès-Frisbey sums it up: ‘We live in a vacuous world, yet we do so with a feeling of urgency.'”
The New Trend In E-Books: Mini-Memoirs From Famous Authors
Perhaps they’re just long essays, but they provide insights into authors’ histories and concerns – and they’re catching on.