The last pagan Roman emperor’s rear-guard action against the “Galilean” religion was a “protest against what he saw as his culture’s progressive abandonment of the traditions that had sustained it from time immemorial … a history of incomparable achievements in philosophy, the arts, law, warfare, and civil administration.”
Tag: 08.06.10
Hey, Artists and Journalists! Enough With the Personal Profiles Already!
Conductor Simone Young: “It’s not enough that a woman is a great pianist – excitement is generated in the media by the odd fact that she keeps wolves. … We, the musicians and artists, must find some way to make the story be about what we do … rather than the story of who we are or how we became who we are.”
Lorene Yarnell, of TV Mime Duo Shields and Yarnell, Dead at 66
“After working together and separately as mimes in San Francisco … they moved to Los Angeles in 1975 and their career took off when they became regulars on The Mac Davis Show. A stint as regulars on CBS’ The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour led the network to give them their own show in 1977.”
LA City Council Approves Broad Museum
“The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved Eli Broad’s downtown museum Friday, a step closer for the estimated $80-million-to-$100-million structure to house 2,000-plus contemporary artworks he and his wife Edythe have collected.”
LA’s KCET Gets An Earful From Viewers When It Proposes Cutting PBS Ties
“Recognizing the danger of asking people for more money at the same time you are telling them their favorite programs may be pulled off the air, KCET canceled its on-air solicitations on Wednesday and Thursday nights.”
Reality TV Is Bonanza For Featured Businesses
“Owners of local businesses that have been showcased on TV reality shows say the exposure is priceless. The smallest plug can boost business, they said, and an appearance on a show is generally free, or at least cheaper than traditional advertising.”
World’s Biggest Recording Label Pulls Music Videos Off MTV.com
“Vevo, now the number three most popular video site on the internet behind YouTube and Yahoo, is a Universal- and Sony-led initiative to concentrate all major label music videos under one roof, so that websites including YouTube must embed those videos from Vevo if they want to display them, rather than forging deals directly with the labels themselves.”
New Jersey City Threatens To Close All Its Libraries
“The library board in Camden, one of the nation’s poorest cities, is preparing to close all three of its libraries by the end of the year, saying its funding has been slashed so drastically that it cannot afford to keep operating.”
Big Publisher Switches To Digital, Print-On-Demand
“Dorchester Publishing Inc., a closely held book and magazine house, said it is making the switch after its book unit sales fell 25% last year, in part because of declining orders from some of its key retail accounts, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc.”
Guerrilla Dance In New York
“By getting the dancers to pull off their difficult poses surrounded by normal people in everyday situations, Jordan hopes to highlight the skill of talented individuals who walk among us everyday.”