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Comment on Sitting Still with Clyfford Still by jeff weinstein

jeff weinstein — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:27:11 +0000

Hi Chloe Veltman,

I visited the museum last year, and agree completely. It’s probably the most beautifully designed museum of its size in the U.S. It makes Still’s bad and ordinary artwork look OK and the really good pieces look wonderful. Thanks for the post. Jeff W.

Comment on A Day In Denver by Gordon HIlgers

Gordon HIlgers — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:28:26 +0000

My home town.

Comment on Defining Cabaret by Jill

Jill — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:28:22 +0000

Wow! Your credentials are intimidating! Read your article, “Defining Cabaret”, which was informative and thought -provoking. It got me thinking of my experience with cabaret, and, yes, believe it or not, this mother of six homeschooled children, wife of a soldier, born and raised in little, old Yuma, Arizona, never lived any further than West Texas (whew) is adventurous and has seen a cabaret! It is very unique, which is what Vegas does, in that the waitresses take turns performing, singing and acting, onstage while involving the customers, who are generally surprised to see their waitress singing so beautifully on top of that piano! “Don’t tell Mama” on Fremont Street is the name and it certainly was a “gay” bar. Thanks!

Comment on The Human Larynx. Up Close And Personal. by Chloe Veltman

Chloe Veltman — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:17:30 +0000

thanks for posting this, william.

Comment on The Human Larynx. Up Close And Personal. by Jody Kreiman

Jody Kreiman — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:24:31 +0000

We’d like to acknowledge the innovative and important work of our colleagues Gerald Berke, MD, and Abie Mendelsohn, MD, who developed the excised human larynx model. We are lucky indeed to work at UCLA!

Comment on The Human Larynx. Up Close And Personal. by william osborne

william osborne — Thu, 09 May 2013 05:55:38 +0000

A video of a woman talking after a larynx transplant — only the second such operation in history:

Comment on Neil LaBute’s Miss Julie by MWnyc

MWnyc — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:04:09 +0000

Nice review! Speaking of making Strindberg's tale feel raw and feral for 21st-century audiences, if you should get a chance to see Yael Farber's South Africa-set adaptation, Mies Julie, don't miss it. Your ArtsJournal blogger colleague David Patrick Stearns wrote about it here.

Comment on Neil LaBute’s Miss Julie by neil labute

neil labute — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:33:12 +0000

thank you for your thoughtful comments about my adaptation and the production–it has not been for everyone’s taste and that is the nature of the business but i was happy to read that you enjoyed it and, more importantly, gave insightful reasons as to ‘why’ in your review. keep up the good work.

Comment on Towards a New Taxonomy for Arts Journalism by aleek

aleek — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:54:26 +0000

I love this idea! I bookmark things like this – to see, to read, to watch, to do (it’s interactive) because I couldn’t label an experience as just one thing, yet I have a specific experience in mind to take people to.

If it became only five categories, what a simpler review world! But would *emotionally* feel be a sixth?

Comment on Shrinking Rose by william osborne

william osborne — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:01:35 +0000

As so often, disagreements about music are not attributed to different tastes or perspectives, but to being a bad and stupid person. In reality, Chloe’s concerns were expressed in a fair, reasoned, and well-articulated manner that might even be constructive criticism. It is some of the reactions here that are over the top.

The angry aggression created by those for and against musical tastes is nothing new, of course. I remember how, during a very dark period of American history, the intolerance was even worse. The era involved beatings, riots, imprisonment, and murder that was not only reflected in music but also motivated by it. In that sense, its interesting to place Ms. Rose’s songs in the context of “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young based on events that happened 43 years ago last Saturday. It can be listened to here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI7-m919ynU

Anyway, I think some of you folks can put down your torches and pitch forks…