Not much, it seems. She tells Rebecca Nicholson about vocoders, Miley Cyrus, Sonny, how bad some of the things she’s sung and acted in are, gay fans, and the incident with Salvador Dalí the chocolate clocks and the fish-shaped vibrator.
Tag: 11.07.13
Munich Stash Of Looted Art: There Will Be Lawyers (Natch)
“The recently revealed discovery of more than 1,400 works of art stashed away in an apartment in Munich, Germany, could pose a number of legal challenges for individuals looking to make a claim, an art expert said in an interview. ”
New Restrictions On Cruise Ship Traffic To Venice
“The Italian government had decided to reduce the number of cruise ships sailing through Venice by 40% from November 2014, but at the cost of further damaging the lagoon through deep dredging a channel to allow the ships to arrive in the port of Venice round the back of the city.”
London Theatre, Only One Year Old, Loses Both Its Bosses
The directors of the St. James Theatre, David Gilmore (artistic) and Guy Kitchenn (executive), ” will step down on 23 November when their contracts expire. They plan to create a new independent production company. Executive producer Robert Mackintosh (brother of Cameron) will remain at the helm of St James.”
Commercial Theatre Badly Needs Reform, Says Boss Of UK’s Top Subsidised Theatre
National Theatre executive director Nick Starr: “The problem is that the commercial theatre is so unresponsive to the audience. They are coasting along in largely outdated buildings, with outdated cost structures and desperately unfair distribution of the profits among those who create the value.”
Hacktivist Ballet: Creating A Dance Work About Cyber-Guerilla Group Anonymous
“How do hacks on Twitter and LinkedIn accounts translate to physical movement? Neither the dance nor the music is neatly representative of things like Web site defacements, distributed denial-of-service attacks, and data theft, though they do aim to capture the mood of cyber insurgency.”
Operating Room Pre-Mastectomy Dance Video Goes Viral
“Deborah Cohan, a trained gynecologist, can be seen getting down – dressed in full pre-op gown and colorful protective cap – with a team of anesthetists and other surgical staff … just before undergoing a double mastectomy.”
Some Arts Organizations Deserve To Fail, Says Terry Teachout
“The strike-bound [sic] Minnesota Orchestra is all but dead. New York City Opera has filed for bankruptcy. I know, you’ve heard it before, but bear with me, OK? What we’re seeing here is not a string of isolated high-culture horror stories but something far more significant – something that requires a different kind of response.”
Valery Gergiev’s Credibility Is Shot Over His Political Statements
“In my day-job reviewing CDs, I’ve given at least one glowing accolade to a disc of Gergiev conducting Shostakovich. But now I believe his credibility as an interpreter of Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, the two composers around which his reputation is built, has been shot to pieces.”
Why Attacking Gergiev Over Anti-Gay Putin Is Misguided
“The protesters have an overwhelmingly powerful case, but it is not one that they need to make to Gergiev. He has made his position clear; now they should lay off him.”