Everyone remembers the Beatles. Anyone remember their producer? Producers are blamed when they flop, forgotten when they score. A new Encyclopedia of Record Producers reveals the producer’s life. – The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
Tag: 09.17.99
Elliott Carter’s first opera (about an auto wreck)
It premiered in Berlin this week and the audience went wild. Unfortunately, that would not be the reaction back home, says the Washington Post critic. – The Washington Post
Tampa Tribune says new Pinewood Cultural Center
is one of the few places in the nation to boast an art museum, cultural center and a botanical garden on a single campus. Tampa Tribune 9/17/99
Media Mergers sends Creatives to Court
As corporations combine, artists and producers reach for their lawyers to protect their interests. Los Angeles Times
Cultural Desert
With only 67,000 people, Billy Apple writes, Santa Fe has a cultural life worthy of a European metropolis. New York Times
Take Out
According to Demographics Monthly, more than 60 percent of Americans ask for a doggie bag when they dine out. Chicago Tribune
LONDON’S WEST END THEATER DISTRICT IS IN MELTDOWN
It’s not audiences or lack of new plays, reports the Financial Times. It’s the theatre buildings – almost half of them – including some of the most venerable – are up for sale. The new economics prevails. Financial Times (London)
Last time sitcoms were declared dead –
– “Cosby” came along. This time feels different, one critic says. The sitcom is ailing. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
TV NETWORKS WERE IN CONGRESS –
– protesting they do have shows with people of color. Not enough, says NAACP. And by the way – how come only one percent of those behind the cameras are African American? Variety
Music insider takes apart LA music scene
Music is a cutthroat business says John Doe, talking about his new indie movie about the contemporary LA music scene. Los Angeles Times