“For the first time, MIT neuroscientists have identified a neural population in the human auditory cortex that responds selectively to sounds that people typically categorize as music, but not to speech or other environmental sounds.”
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Dance Magazine’s Readers Choose The Best Of 2015
“This year we gave our readers the power to weigh in on the most memorable dance moments of the year. You nominated performances you loved, voted on the top five and selected a diverse group of artists and productions that span the country. Here’s what you chose as your favorites.”
When Actors Run Away To Join Circus Theatre
“People have muscle memory from years of play and putting their butt over their head. … The play and the sense of adventure and creating a character hits on a deep childhood thing—everyone has an aspiration to be a famous performer. Doing something like circus speaks to that.”
A 21st Century Version Of A Blockbuster 18th Century Shakespeare Museum
“The three-room Shakespeare Gallery, opened by the publisher John Boydell in 1789 on the fashionable Pall Mall in London, closed in 1805. In its day, it was a sensation, attracting emotional crowds who came to gawk at enormous canvases depicting scenes from Shakespeare’s tragedies, comedies and history plays, commissioned from Britain’s leading painters and hung cheek by jowl on the pale blue walls. ‘It was the Georgian equivalent of binge-watching Shakespeare,’ said Janine Barchas, an English professor who led the project.”
Is A Tyler Perry Musical About The Crucifixion Of Christ – On Live TV – Really A Good Idea?
“No one [at Fox] stopped to think that maybe a musical about the death of Jesus broadcast live from New Orleans, which culminates with a 20ft illuminated crucifix being paraded through the streets, would be a good idea. … There are so many ways this could go wrong and/or verge into unmitigated camp that it’s absolutely unbelievable.”
Study: Why Images Of Jesus Show His Face Turned
“A newly published study that analyzed 484 paintings found Jesus is more likely to be portrayed with his head tilted so as to show more of his left cheek. The Buddha, on the other hand, is more frequently depicted looking straight ahead.”
Judges Rule Pandora Must Pay Higher Royalties For Streaming Music
“The Copyright Royalty Board on Wednesday ruled that online radio companies will have to pay 17 cents per 100 plays of songs through 2020. That’s a notable increase over the current rate of 14 cents per 100 streams. The new rates take effect Jan. 1.”
Music Streaming Royalty Fee Won’t Imperil Pandora
Pandora is no longer a newcomer that needs help—it’s a music industry giant that should pay a fair price to artists.
Why Are We So Interested in Marginalia In The Age Of E-Books?
“Considering marginalia have been found in texts for as long as there have been books, scrolls, or writings on papyrus, it seems odd to say that now is the moment. But indeed it may be. There is an obvious reason for this, and a less obvious one.”
They’ve Picked A Site For London’s Long-Awaited New Concert Hall
“A new concert hall for London would cost £278m and should be built near St Paul’s Cathedral on the site of the Museum of London, a six-month feasibility study has concluded. … [The venue] would be home to the London Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Sir Simon Rattle.”