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Archives for January 12, 2014

Top Posts From AJBlogs 01.12.14

AJBlogs Posted: January 12, 2014 9:48 pm

The New NEA Jazz Masters: Jamey Aebersold
Source: RiffTides | Published on 2014-01-12

This composer might help you overcome performance anxiety
Source: Slipped Disc | Published on 2014-01-12

Woody Guthrie’s Sad End Revealed In Picture Book
Source: Real Clear Arts | Published on 2014-01-12

 

AJBlogs Published: 01.12.14

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The Return Of The Mozart Effect

MUSIC Posted: January 12, 2014 8:40 pm

“Playing Mozart and Beethoven to young children improves their listening skills, concentration and self-discipline, according to a study this week by the Institute of Education.”

MUSIC Published: 01.12.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 01.12.14

Golden Globes Might Be A Bit More Diverse, But Hollywood Isn’t

ISSUES Posted: January 12, 2014 8:30 pm

“This year’s awards, which celebrate the best writing, acting and production of the year, are being hailed as the most diverse yet, with a significant number of minority actors up for awards. … Beyond those standout actors and writers, Hollywood is still a tough town for minorities.”

ISSUES Published: 01.12.14

Read the story in NPR Published: 01.12.14

We Know Corporations Are Rich, And They Have The Best Art, Too

VISUAL Posted: January 12, 2014 8:10 pm

But that’s not new – there’a a “remarkable scale and breadth of art that has been collected by corporations since the Renaissance, when the Monte dei Paschi bank in Siena decided it needed nice things for its walls and established what is thought to be the first corporate art collection, in 1472.”

VISUAL Published: 01.12.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 01.12.14

Texas Movie Theater Cancels All Other Films In Favor Of Lone Survivor

MEDIA Posted: January 12, 2014 8:00 pm

The Grand Theatre 14 “apologized for the cancellation of multiple screenings of films such as The Wolf of Wall Street, American Hustle, Grudge Match, Paranormal Activity, Anchorman 2 and other titles.”

MEDIA Published: 01.12.14

Read the story in The Hollywood Reporter Published: 01.12.14

Making A High Concept Comedy Mystery Mountain Adventure Film, In France

MEDIA Posted: January 12, 2014 8:00 pm

“I first thought of making the film when I read an article in Liberation that interviewed actors who played corpses in the reconstruction of crimes with the real-crime witnesses. Some actors had problems doing this.”

MEDIA Published: 01.12.14

Read the story in Variety Published: 01.12.14

Amazon’s Kindle Vending Machine Shows The Power Of The Behemoth

IDEAS Posted: January 12, 2014 7:50 pm

“When Amazon ventures into the physical world — whether with in-store delivery lockers or grocery trucks or vending machines — the company’s sheer scale and ambition demand that you think in terms of world domination.”

IDEAS Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in Wired Published: 01.10.14

When A Convicted Murderer Wins A Mystery-Writing Contest

WORDS Posted: January 12, 2014 7:40 pm

“Before this phone call, it had never occurred to Kirkpatrick that her contest winner might have spent the past 25 years in prison, where he’s serving a life sentence for murder.”

WORDS Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 01.10.14

The Complete List Of Golden Globes Winners

MEDIA Posted: January 12, 2014 7:31 pm

Updated as it happens.

MEDIA Published: 01.12.14

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$20K Tuition Coming This Fall At Cooper Union

VISUAL Posted: January 12, 2014 7:30 pm

“The Board of Trustees announced they had voted against the Working Group’s report, which, among other things, suggested the school reduce faculty’s salary expenses, sell the school’s sole resident hall and slash the president’s salary.”

VISUAL Published: 01.11.4

Read the story in Gothamist Published: 01.11.4

What Amiri Baraka Meant To Young Musicians

PEOPLE Posted: January 12, 2014 7:30 pm

“Mr. Baraka got himself into trouble sometimes with the things he said, but then he got himself out, too, and it wasn’t his fault if you decided to pay attention only to the first part. He had an unshakable devotion to change, even if his ideas were imperfect.”

PEOPLE Published: 01.12.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 01.12.14

Poet, Painter, Architect Who ‘Forswore Mortality’ Dead At 72

PEOPLE Posted: January 12, 2014 6:50 pm

“[Madeline Arakawa] Gins practiced an idiosyncratic and highly personal brand of art that sought to deploy architecture in the service of large essential questions about the nature of being.”

PEOPLE Published: 01.12.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 01.12.14

Does The Wolf Of Wall Street Glorify Jordan Belfort?

ISSUES Posted: January 12, 2014 6:40 pm

And if it does, does that make it a reprehensible film?

ISSUES Published: 01.12.14

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Who Can Save Billboard? (Should It Be Saved?)

WORDS Posted: January 12, 2014 6:40 pm

Janice Min transformed The Hollywood Reporter. Can she work the same magic on a trade magazine that used to have all of the power in the music biz?

WORDS Published: 01.12.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 01.12.14

Spanish Opera House Removing Starchitect’s Crumbling Exterior

VISUAL Posted: January 12, 2014 6:20 pm

“The Valencia authorities threatened to sue [Santiago] Calatrava last month after chunks fell off in high winds, forcing the closing of the building ahead of Christmas performances and the cancellation next month of Puccini’s ‘Manon Léscaut,’ directed by Plácido Domingo.”

VISUAL Published: 01.12.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 01.12.14

Nudity: Not All About Titillating TV Critics

MEDIA Posted: January 12, 2014 5:50 pm

Yes, sometimes Lena Dunham is nude to be amusing – but “the nudity on Girls often serves another valuable function that is neither funny nor sexy, in that it illustrates the intimacy between the show’s characters.”

MEDIA Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in Time Magazine Published: 01.10.14

What Will Top The Golden Globes – And Which Movies Are Spoilers?

MEDIA Posted: January 12, 2014 10:50 am

Is it “12 Years a Slave” or “Gravity”? Or will “American Hustle” come from late in the game to win it all? And what about “Wolf of Wall Street”?

MEDIA Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in Gold Derby Published: 01.10.14

How LEGOs Could Cause A Revolution For Girls In Engineering And Architecture

IDEAS Posted: January 12, 2014 10:40 am

“She enforces order, here a street and there a house, and then – wham! – she is able to destroy the whole plan and start again. Given the God-like way many architects carry on, it’s probably helpful to get a sense of this feeling as early as possible.”

IDEAS Published: 01.11.14

Read the story in The Observer (UK) Published: 01.11.14

Bad News For Barnes & Noble’s Nook

WORDS Posted: January 12, 2014 10:30 am

Seriously bad news: The Nook division over the holidays saw “a 60.5 percent drop compared with the nine-week holiday period a year earlier. Barnes & Noble executives said their total share of the e-book market had fallen to 20 percent.”

WORDS Published: 01.09.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 01.09.14

Stop And Think For Just A Second: Does Her Make ANY Sense?

MEDIA Posted: January 12, 2014 10:20 am

“At bottom the hackneyed, infantile writing of Twombly underscores a terrible solipsism, a real, modern solipsism that is romanticized in a way that embodies the toxicity of modern life, and there’s nothing soft or clean or pleasurable about it at all.”

MEDIA Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in The Awl Published: 01.10.14

Tweeting Beowulf

WORDS Posted: January 12, 2014 10:20 am

The medievalist who compressed Beowulf into 100 tweets says it “forced me back to the Old English to try and capture, in the shortest possible length, what I thought were the essential components of the poem.”

WORDS Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in The Atlantic Published: 01.10.14

The Real-Life Son Of Philomena

PEOPLE Posted: January 12, 2014 10:10 am

“Mr. Hess’s attempts to find his birth mother were unsuccessful — he made three trips back to the convent, where he was told by the nuns that they had no records about Ms. Lee and they had no idea how to find her — he did opt to be buried in Roscrea, in the hopes that Philomena would one day find him.”

PEOPLE Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 01.10.14

Print Smells SO GOOD – Just Ask Pitchfork

WORDS Posted: January 12, 2014 10:00 am

“We love the speed and community of the Internet, but there’s so much noise. … We wanted an opportunity to give some pieces a second life, one that won’t be lost to Google searches.”

WORDS Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in The Chicago Tribune Published: 01.10.14

Book Fans Flock To The Frick Museum For The Goldfinch

VISUAL Posted: January 12, 2014 9:50 am

Donna Tartt’s bestselling book inspires fans to converge on the small museum, which has more than doubled its membership during the show that features the painting from the novel.

VISUAL Published: 01.11.14

Read the story in The Art Newspaper Published: 01.11.14

Hey, What’s Wrong With Likable Female Characters?

IDEAS Posted: January 12, 2014 9:40 am

“The distance between being willfully unlikable and a total Mary Sue is vast, and within that space live hundreds of female characters who are both challenging and appealing.”

IDEAS Published: 01.10.14

Read the story in Slate Published: 01.10.14

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