Tag: 11.21.00

Boston’s historic Opera House is crumbling, “and while the designated developer and neighbors argue over loading docks, the roof on the 73-year-old Washington Street landmark will not survive another winter. Why is it so hard to save a theater in this town?” – Boston Globe

This year four recordings have sold 1 million copies in their first week of release. In the previous history of the music industry, only two albums ever generated those kinds of initial sales. “Why the sudden increase of records achieving what not long ago was considered an impossible dream? Part of the answer is the overall growth of the music business, which soared from sales of $7.5 billion in the U.S. in 1990 to $14.5 billion last year, according to the Recording Industry Assn. of America. But mostly it’s marketing.” – Los Angeles Times

“Classical concerts are a free-for-all these days, with no human behavior apparently too shabby for public display. Last week at the Academy of Vocal Arts, a trio behind me reviewed the singers in real time. Part of this orchestras have brought on themselves. In an effort to drum up business, they have stressed informality and accessibility. The come-as-you-are message of the 1990s has been interpreted beyond its intended sartorial directive. It has come to mean behave-as-you-want.” – Philadelphia Inquirer

It’s singer Charlotte Church versus her ex-manager in court, as the manager sues to get a percentage of all her earnings through 2002. – BBC