“Steve Jobs is nearing the end of his long and winding pursuit of the Beatles catalog. Apple Inc. is preparing to disclose that its iTunes Store will soon start carrying music by the Beatles, according to people familiar with the situation, a move that would fill a glaring gap in the collection of the world’s largest music retailer.”
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The World’s Greatest Prep School Art Museum
“The Addison Gallery of American Art [at Phillips Academy, Andover] is a phenomenon. Its impressive collection ranges from John Singleton Copley to Jackson Pollock, from Eadweard Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion to early paintings by Frank Stella, plus extraordinary examples of the formative years of American modernism.”
Why Ballet BC Is Abandoning the Tutu-fied Classics
Company artistic director Emily Molnar: “Ballet’s been evolving … for many years and we have a lot of people that won’t step in our doors if there is a tutu.”
The Man Patti Smith Says Is ‘Like Another Kind of Bible’
That would be William S. Burroughs. As John Waters says admiringly, “He was the first person who was famous for things you were supposed to hide. He was gay. He was a junkie. He didn’t look handsome. He shot his wife.”
Latest Day Job for NY Actors: Bedbug Removal
“Ever since the city began suffering from a widespread infestation of the pernicious bugs last year, demand has soared for people to get rid of them. Actors, it turns out, make the perfect bug busters. ‘Actors have great personalities and follow directions well,’ says [the] owner of Bed Bug Busters NY.”