The burial mound, thought to be more than 2,000 years old and containing thousands of pieces of goldwork, was discovered in the Tarbagatai mountains near the Kazakh-Chinese border.
Tag: 08.06.18
Now Even The Biggest Pop Stars Go To Songwriting Camp, Or At Least Sing Songs Written There
“Songwriting camps have convened since the early ’90s, when Police manager and I.R.S. Records chief Miles Copeland invited heavy hitters such as Cher and Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook to his French château.” They’ve become something of an industry since then, and they, “or at least the collaborative songwriting process, have fundamentally changed the way pop music sounds.”
The Secrets Of Costuming For Outdoor Summer Shakespeare
“Across the country, as actors and audiences endure rain, heat, and bugs to present and partake of free professional performances of the Bard’s classics, one group of designers has a special challenge: costume designers, who must conceive innovative ways to protect actors, their clothes, and the integrity of the story. How does the process of working al fresco differ from being in more enclosed venues, and how do costumers think sustainably to preserve their designs night after night?”
Serial Box, Publishing Books For The Age Of Peak TV
“Let’s go back to the Dickens model,” says Serial Box co-founder Molly Barton. “Let’s be Shonda Rhimes for books, and harness the power of telling a little bit of the story each week.” That’s what the company does, publishing books on the limited-TV-series model: the books come out in chapters meant to take 40 minutes to read (so you can do it on your commute); the various titles have seasons, writers’ rooms, and even showrunners; customers can purchase by the episode chapter, season, or entire span of a series.
A Campaign To Save Unloved Architecture Of The Old Soviet Bloc
From the faded grandeur of the State Circus in Moldova’s capital, Chisinau, to the concrete curves of Kiev’s Memory Park, many of these buildings have been abandoned and left to ruin, while others sit waiting for demolition in rapidly developing eastern European cities.
‘I Just Wanted To Put It In The Blender’ – Choreographer Takes Six Modern Dance Classics, Chops Them Up, And Messes The Pieces All Around
Journalist Gia Kourlas talks to Netta Yerushalmy about her Paramodernities, in which she puts in the blender deconstructs Vaslav Nijinsky’s Rite of Spring, Martha Graham’s Night Journey, Alvin Ailey’s Revelations, George Balanchine’s Agon, Bob Fosse’s dances for the musical Sweet Charity, and three Merce Cunningham pieces (Merce probably wouldn’t have much minded which ones).
BBC Rejects Same-Sex Couples On ‘Strictly Come Dancing’
The show that launched the modern reality-TV dance competition genre has not featured a single same-sex pair in its 15 seasons on the air. And, despite calls from the public, previous contestants, and even some of the show’s own judges, there will be none this coming season, either.
Ian McKellen Injured Himself, Couldn’t Do ‘King Lear’ – So He Did A Q&A With The Audience Instead
The actor was on his way to the West End for his performance on Saturday when he strained his calf, rendering him unable to kneel or carry Cordelia. The show was canceled, but to make it up to audience members as they queued for refunds, he took questions and spoke to them from the stage.
Can A Truth Be Pragmatic Or Is It A Slippery Slope To Corruption?
Beliefs about what is right and wrong might well be evaluable in ways similar to how other kinds of beliefs are evaluable – in terms of whether they fit with experience and survive scrutiny.
How Spotify Became A Dominant Music Industry Force
Since its 2008 launch, Spotify has realigned the global music industry toward streaming, popularizing the idea of music as a service rather than goods that consumers own. As the company has grown—it now has 170 million users in more than 60 countries and 75 million of them are paying subscribers—it’s turned around the fortunes of what had been a declining industry.