ArtsJournal: Daily Arts Newstag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//52008-05-13T16:04:33ZMovable Type 3.33NYTimes Cuts Five From Arts Staff; Holland, Dunning, Van Gelder Take Buyoutstag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834642008-05-13T15:59:03Z2008-05-13T16:04:33Z"Among those taking the recently offered buyouts are Bernard Holland, music critic; Jennifer Dunning, dance critic; Diane Nottle, deputy editor for classical music and dance; Gwen Smith, assignments coordinator for dance and art; and Lawrence Van Gelder, senior editor. That leaves Alastair Macaulay as the only full-time dance critic at the Times."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"Among those taking the recently offered buyouts are Bernard Holland, music critic; Jennifer Dunning, dance critic; Diane Nottle, deputy editor for classical music and dance; Gwen Smith, assignments coordinator for dance and art; and Lawrence Van Gelder, senior editor. That leaves Alastair Macaulay as the only full-time dance critic at the Times."
Musical America 05/13/08
How To Hit It Big On YouTubetag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834632008-05-13T15:56:48Z2008-05-13T15:58:25Z"The brightness of many of YouTube's original stars (Brookers, LisaNova, thewinekone, et al.) has waned, making it seem more difficult for homegrown stars to succeed on clever writing and talent alone. Now it's turned into a kind of contest about who can hit the high note at just the right moment to grab a microsecond of collective attention. And a group of five Belgian filmmakers/pranksters/activists may be one of the early masters of this game."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"The brightness of many of YouTube's original stars (Brookers, LisaNova, thewinekone, et al.) has waned, making it seem more difficult for homegrown stars to succeed on clever writing and talent alone. Now it's turned into a kind of contest about who can hit the high note at just the right moment to grab a microsecond of collective attention. And a group of five Belgian filmmakers/pranksters/activists may be one of the early masters of this game."
The Star-Tribune (Mpls) 05/12/08
Publishers Dropping Paper Catalogstag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834622008-05-13T15:53:02Z2008-05-13T15:53:58Z"HarperCollins announced Monday that it was planning to make their listings of upcoming releases available only online, calling the current system both economically and environmentally indefensible."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"HarperCollins announced Monday that it was planning to make their listings of upcoming releases available only online, calling the current system both economically and environmentally indefensible."
Yahoo! (AP) 05/13/08
Network TV Losing Audience Faster Than Newspapers Are...tag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834592008-05-13T15:46:19Z2008-05-13T15:55:40Z"ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC had nearly 9 percent fewer viewers in April and May so far than during the same period a year ago."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC had nearly 9 percent fewer viewers in April and May so far than during the same period a year ago."
Yahoo! (AP) 05/13/08
Rap/Hip-Hop/Salsa Musical Leads Tony Nominationstag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834582008-05-13T15:45:36Z2008-05-13T15:46:51ZAnd "to no one's surprise, Tracy Letts's ambitious prizefight of a family drama, August: Osage County, was the leader among the new plays, with seven nominations (a robust haul for a play), picking up three acting nods and one for its director Anna D. Shapiro."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
August: Osage County, was the leader among the new plays, with seven nominations (a robust haul for a play), picking up three acting nods and one for its director Anna D. Shapiro."]]>
The New York Times 05/13/08
The Simpsons Compete For This Year's Turner Prizetag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834572008-05-13T15:42:39Z2008-05-13T15:44:54ZFour artists, Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes, have been selected to compete for Britain's Turner Prize.... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
Four artists, Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes, have been selected to compete for Britain's Turner Prize.
Museum Kills A Living Exhibittag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834562008-05-13T15:39:38Z2008-05-13T15:41:39Z"One of the strangest exhibits at the opening of Design and the Elastic Mind, the very strange show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York that explores the territory where design meets science, was a teeny coat made out of living mouse stem cells. The 'victimless leather' was kept alive in an incubator with nutrients, unsettlingly alive. Until recently, that is."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
Design and the Elastic Mind, the very strange show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York that explores the territory where design meets science, was a teeny coat made out of living mouse stem cells. The 'victimless leather' was kept alive in an incubator with nutrients, unsettlingly alive. Until recently, that is."]]>
The New York Times 05/13/08
A Serious Drift Away From Network TVtag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834552008-05-13T15:37:33Z2008-05-13T15:38:53ZBroadcast network ratings have been declining year-to-year for many years, but "a confluence of several difficult dynamics came together" to make this a particularly bad season... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
Broadcast network ratings have been declining year-to-year for many years, but "a confluence of several difficult dynamics came together" to make this a particularly bad season
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 05/13/08
Does Anyone Read Political Memoirs?tag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834542008-05-13T15:34:58Z2008-05-13T15:36:48ZThere are so many of them. Politicians seem to be obsessed with writing books about their exploits after they've left office. There seem to be three audiences for these books...... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
There are so many of them. Politicians seem to be obsessed with writing books about their exploits after they've left office. There seem to be three audiences for these books...
The Independent (UK) 05/13/08
Livent Fraud Trial: Contractor Says He Was Told To Inflate Ticket Salestag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834532008-05-13T15:17:35Z2008-05-13T15:34:06ZA witness tells the court that Livent officials ordered the men to charge "what has been claimed as up to $1.7 million on their personal credit cards to purchase tickets for the Los Angeles run of Ragtime. This was done, the Crown Attorney claimed, not only to paint an exaggerated portrait of the show's success, but also to increase the amount of fixed assets on the Livent balance sheet."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
Ragtime. This was done, the Crown Attorney claimed, not only to paint an exaggerated portrait of the show's success, but also to increase the amount of fixed assets on the Livent balance sheet."]]>
Variety 05/12/08
Piracy - It's Part Of The Solutiontag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834482008-05-13T03:15:37Z2008-05-13T05:18:16Z"From CEOs to struggling artists, in everything from health care to entertainment to education, many of us are being challenged by the problem of others sharing and using our intellectual property without permission. This challenge requires a change of attitude, because sometimes piracy isn't the problem, it's the solution."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"From CEOs to struggling artists, in everything from health care to entertainment to education, many of us are being challenged by the problem of others sharing and using our intellectual property without permission. This challenge requires a change of attitude, because sometimes piracy isn't the problem, it's the solution."
The Guardian (UK) 05/10/08
Actors Vs. Hollywood Sign Of Media Industry Remakingtag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834472008-05-13T03:08:27Z2008-05-13T03:11:48Z"The debate is the latest example of how the economics of traditional media are being upended by the growing popularity of video-sharing Web sites like YouTube, and how audiences' tastes and habits are being transformed in the process. According to Internet marketing research firm comScore, 134 million Americans view online videos each month, with YouTube alone attracting 80 million unique visitors monthly."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"The debate is the latest example of how the economics of traditional media are being upended by the growing popularity of video-sharing Web sites like YouTube, and how audiences' tastes and habits are being transformed in the process. According to Internet marketing research firm comScore, 134 million Americans view online videos each month, with YouTube alone attracting 80 million unique visitors monthly."
Yahoo! (Reuters) 05/12/08
Architectural History Comes Up For Saletag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834462008-05-13T03:05:32Z2008-05-13T03:06:46Z"Buying an architectural landmark is a daunting proposition. Maintenance is complex and expensive, restoration even more so. Few of these houses meet contemporary standards of energy efficiency. There is also the obvious problem of geography. You can't move a landmarked house to wherever you wish, as you can a painting or sculpture."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"Buying an architectural landmark is a daunting proposition. Maintenance is complex and expensive, restoration even more so. Few of these houses meet contemporary standards of energy efficiency. There is also the obvious problem of geography. You can't move a landmarked house to wherever you wish, as you can a painting or sculpture."
International Herald Tribune 05/11/08
Next Jukebox Show: The BeeGeestag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834452008-05-13T03:00:59Z2008-05-13T03:01:58Z"Robin Gibb said the project was already in the pipeline and could be on stage in the next 12-16 months."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"Robin Gibb said the project was already in the pipeline and could be on stage in the next 12-16 months."
BBC 05/10/08
Outer Circle Critics Honor Broadway Showstag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834442008-05-13T02:57:42Z2008-05-13T02:59:33ZLincoln Center's revival of the Rogers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific and Tracy Letts' August: Osage County topped the list of honorees at the Outer Critics Circle Awards Sunday night.... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
South Pacific and Tracy Letts' August: Osage County topped the list of honorees at the Outer Critics Circle Awards Sunday night.]]>
Backstage 05/12/08
Singer Coverting NY Building Into Giant Instrumenttag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834432008-05-13T02:53:55Z2008-05-13T02:57:31ZDavid Byrne is transforming New York's Great Hall of the Battery Maritime Building by "connecting devices to beams, pipes and other structural features. At the heart of the 'instrument' will be an antique organ which will control vibrations used to make the sounds."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
David Byrne is transforming New York's Great Hall of the Battery Maritime Building by "connecting devices to beams, pipes and other structural features. At the heart of the 'instrument' will be an antique organ which will control vibrations used to make the sounds."
BBC 05/12/08
How Old Music Is Transforming Remote Boliviatag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834422008-05-13T02:51:44Z2008-05-13T02:53:39ZPerhaps in few places on earth is music transforming the lives of a new generation more than in this remote low-land section of South America. The biennial baroque festival, which wrapped up last week, draws artists from across the globe who perform a repertoire of classical music that always includes at least one piece from the impressive, sacred archive, begun by the missionaries in the 17th century. It has spurred many of the region's kids to gravitate toward the world of Bach and base clefs. In recent years, some 2,500 youths from area towns, many of them indigenous, have enrolled in music schools, choruses, and orchestras."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
Perhaps in few places on earth is music transforming the lives of a new generation more than in this remote low-land section of South America. The biennial baroque festival, which wrapped up last week, draws artists from across the globe who perform a repertoire of classical music that always includes at least one piece from the impressive, sacred archive, begun by the missionaries in the 17th century. It has spurred many of the region's kids to gravitate toward the world of Bach and base clefs. In recent years, some 2,500 youths from area towns, many of them indigenous, have enrolled in music schools, choruses, and orchestras."
Christian Science Monitor 05/12/08
The Venerable Dictionary. Only Online?tag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834412008-05-13T02:45:28Z2008-05-13T02:46:50Z"Lexicographers are uploading their work to the Oxford English Dictionary online. Their revisions sit cheek-by-jowl with old entries, some of which haven't been touched in 150 years. A chicken in the online O.E.D. is therefore "the young of the domestic fowl; its flesh," which seems poetic and factually not bad but also ambiguous and barely idiomatic in the 21st century.... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"Lexicographers are uploading their work to the Oxford English Dictionary online. Their revisions sit cheek-by-jowl with old entries, some of which haven't been touched in 150 years. A chicken in the online O.E.D. is therefore "the young of the domestic fowl; its flesh," which seems poetic and factually not bad but also ambiguous and barely idiomatic in the 21st century.
New York Times Magazine 05/11/08
How Our Brains Detect Others' Emotionstag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834402008-05-13T02:41:08Z2008-05-13T02:42:55Z"People who are good at interpreting facial expressions have 'mirror neuron' systems that are more active, say researchers. The finding adds weight to the idea that these cells are crucial to helping us figure out how others are feeling."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"People who are good at interpreting facial expressions have 'mirror neuron' systems that are more active, say researchers. The finding adds weight to the idea that these cells are crucial to helping us figure out how others are feeling."
New Scientist 05/12/08
Bands Finding That Free Music Downloads Pay Bigtag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834392008-05-13T02:29:01Z2008-05-13T02:38:10Z"Coldplay has become the latest band to discover that giving away your music - even a little bit for a little time - may, in the long run, end up being worth more than the conventional model of only selling it."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"Coldplay has become the latest band to discover that giving away your music - even a little bit for a little time - may, in the long run, end up being worth more than the conventional model of only selling it."
Newsday 05/12/08
Indiana Sues Publishertag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834382008-05-13T02:27:10Z2008-05-13T02:28:02Z"Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter is suing book publisher Airleaf, formerly known as Bookman Marketing, for accepting payment from authors and not following through on its promises to provide book publishing, royalty reimbursement and promotional services."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter is suing book publisher Airleaf, formerly known as Bookman Marketing, for accepting payment from authors and not following through on its promises to provide book publishing, royalty reimbursement and promotional services."
Publishers Weekly 05/09/08
A New Look At Duke Ellington's Operatag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834372008-05-13T02:25:20Z2008-05-13T02:26:36Z"Duke Ellington's Queenie Pie, the jazz opera he left uncompleted at his death in 1974, some infectious music, a strange libretto and a satiric opera buffa style pose a considerable challenge. The consistently ambitious Oakland Opera Theater has taken it on in a fitfully engaging, overstuffed production, under Tom Dean's artistic direction, that opened over the weekend at the Oakland Metro Operahouse."... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
Queenie Pie, the jazz opera he left uncompleted at his death in 1974, some infectious music, a strange libretto and a satiric opera buffa style pose a considerable challenge. The consistently ambitious Oakland Opera Theater has taken it on in a fitfully engaging, overstuffed production, under Tom Dean's artistic direction, that opened over the weekend at the Oakland Metro Operahouse."]]>
San Francisco Chronicle 05/12/08
Oakland Museum Remakestag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834362008-05-13T02:22:11Z2008-05-13T02:24:35Z"The Oakland Museum is especially ambitious among Bay Area institutions. But there is no other local museum so out of date." Now the museum is undergoing an extensive $53 million renovation.... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"The Oakland Museum is especially ambitious among Bay Area institutions. But there is no other local museum so out of date." Now the museum is undergoing an extensive $53 million renovation.
San Francisco Chronicle 05/12/08
When Viral Marketing Makes You Sicktag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834352008-05-13T02:16:04Z2008-05-13T02:19:39Z"Entire industries have been built on developing viral campaigns. Movie and games companies lead the way with clever, funny and attention-grabbing ideas. These are shrewd campaigns which normal web users will instinctively Fwd to their friends." But when organizations try to "manufacture" viral campaigns...... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
"Entire industries have been built on developing viral campaigns. Movie and games companies lead the way with clever, funny and attention-grabbing ideas. These are shrewd campaigns which normal web users will instinctively Fwd to their friends." But when organizations try to "manufacture" viral campaigns...
The Guardian (UK) 05/10/08
Needed: A Parliament For Artiststag:www.artsjournal.com,2008:/artsjournal1//5.834342008-05-13T01:45:40Z2008-05-13T02:06:20ZI like the idea of artists debating publicly about the arts - wider cultural questions as well as specific funding decisions - and for these open debates to form a key part of arts council thinking.... ArtsJournalhttp://www.artsjournal.com/diacritical
I like the idea of artists debating publicly about the arts - wider cultural questions as well as specific funding decisions - and for these open debates to form a key part of arts council thinking.
The Guardian (UK) 05/12/08