“It is a disconnect that is growing in the Internet age as concepts of intellectual property, copyright and originality are under assault in the unbridled exchange of online information, say educators who study plagiarism.”
Tag: 08.01.10
Michael Moore’s Plans To Revive Old Movie Theatres
The Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker has a plan to refurbish or prop up downtown movie houses in his home state of Michigan, and eventually nationwide.
A Small Texas Town Does Music Education Big
“And what would lure a music columnist for the Toronto Star to this miniest of metropolises, deep in the heart of you know where? It’s the International Festival Institute at Round Top, and for my money it represents one of the most remarkable fusions of education and music-making anywhere in North America.”
How To Piss Off An Audience
“When you take away the self-congratulatory speechifying and a slightly delayed curtain, that made for about 65 minutes of show. There were no encores — just some embarrassed bows from the performers and awkward glances from the members of the CSO who clearly understood they’d just upset the people at the back.”
Seattle Conductor George Shangrow, 59
“Shangrow had founded the Seattle Chamber Singers and Orchestra Seattle, and had conducted with the Seattle Symphony and orchestras around the northwest. For many years, he was host of Live by George, a Seattle radio show that featured live, in-studio classical performances.”
Choreographing A Video Game
“A year ago [Chase] Brock was selected to choreograph a Wii game, Dance on Broadway, that has become a top seller, and members of his small troupe, the Chase Brock Experience, were enlisted as models for the game’s avatars.”
NEA Reduces Funding For “Big Read” Project
“The current NEA bosses have cut $2.7 million and 193 participants from the shiny jewel of the former Dana Gioia regime, a devastating rejection of a federal initiative that Mr. Gioia once suggested reversed the country’s decline in reading.”
“Glee” Cleans Up At TV Critics Awards
Fox’s musical comedy “Glee” was the big winner at the Television Critics Association awards Saturday. “Glee” took the top honor as “Program of the Year,” as well as “outstanding new program” and “individual achievement in comedy” for Jane Lynch.
Court Ruling Puts TV Content Censorship Rules In Freefall
“Now, until the commission can formulate new guidelines that are satisfactorily less vague, or the Supreme Court weighs in again, we are in a state of regulatory free-fall in which most of the already few rules that applied to content on broadcast TV have been suspended. The fear, or the hope, depending on where you stand in the culture wars, is that anything can happen now.”
Return Of The Cassette Tape?
“A tiny but busy tape-based music culture is growing from roots in economic necessity, thrift-store crate-digging and, yes, a pride in being difficult for its own sake. But cassettes also carry a different nostalgia…”