The foundation that runs the crisis-stricken Brazil Symphony Orchestra has announced overnight that it setting up its own blog to give an official spin to fast-developing events.
Here’s the url. The opening page features a damage limitation statement by the foundation president, Eleazar de Carvalho jr. I’ll post it below.
Clearly the bosses have been rattled by the dynamics of slipped disc over the past few days. It remains to be seen whether their page will try, like slipped disc, to present both sides of the story.

Here’s the announcement, from my mailbox:
OSB em Pauta é o blog que a Fundação Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira (FOSB) lançou nesta segunda-feira, dia 14 de março de 2011, para tornar públicos seus posicionamentos oficiais sobre os fatos relacionados à entidade.
Você é nosso convidado para visitar e participar do blog da mais tradicional orquestra do Brasil.
And here’s the Carvalho statement:

I noticed in the comments policy that they will block, among other things, comments of a political, social or cultural nature. Excuse me, but doesn’t this matter have some possible political, social or cultural ramifications? They write that they’re trying to prevent “ideological discrimination” (Google translation), but I wonder about that.
At least the FOSB blog gives the opportunity for people to comment!!!
What about the OSB Musicians Commission blog that doesn’t let ANYONE comment AT ALL?!?!
See for yourself: http://cmusicososb.blogspot.com/