Yearly Archives: 2023
Jackass Tourists Paint Graffiti On Vasari Corridor In Florence
The Carabinieri have identified two German tourists in their early 20s as the alleged culprits who spray-painted letters and numbers associated with a Munich...
500 Scientists Spent €600 Million Over 10 Years On The Human Brain Project. How’d...
During its run, scientists have published thousands of papers and made significant strides in neuroscience, such as creating detailed 3D maps of at least...
Hollywood Studios Make Proposal To Striking Writers Public
By releasing the proposal, the companies are essentially going around the guild’s negotiating committee and appealing to rank-and-file members — betting that their proposal...
This Summer’s Movie Box Office Might Just Turn Out Okay
Thanks in large part to Barbenheimer, summer revenue now rests at $3.797 billion, a 16.6 percent spike over the same summer corridor in 2022....
How Hip-Hop Revitalized American Poetry
America is celebrating more than just a musical form. It’s celebrating the moment when rap gave America back its poetry. - The New York...
More And More AI-Written Books Are Getting On Amazon
Searches on Amazon — estimated to control at least half of all U.S. book sales, and an even bigger share of the growing e-book market —...
Describe What You Want: Think Text-To-Image AI Is Cool? Now There’s Text-To-Music
These tools are mainly targeting creators, who can use copyright-free music in their videos or podcasts. The developers are also hoping that musicians notice...
NBCUniversal Is Facing A Big, And Dramatic, Lawsuit Over Its Reality Shows
In a warning letter, two attorneys allege that "NBC has exceeded the moral and legal limits permissible in a civilized society … (with) a...
EU Gigs For UK Musicians Have Dried Up Since Brexit
“Work has come to a halt … The offer of European gigs simply dried up … My band simply can’t make any kind of...
This Art-Dealing Dynasty Is Even More Filthy Rich Than Anyone Knew — For Now
The Wildensteins' business goes back five generations and 150 years; family members have always been secretive, even by art-world standards. But a lawsuit by...
Stephen King On Teaching Computers To Write
"Creativity can’t happen without sentience, and there are now arguments that some AIs are indeed sentient. If that is true now or in the...
Yes, Indie Bookstores Can Help Change The World, Especially Now
Josh Cook: "People use books to develop their morals, support and test their belief structures, come to conclusions about the state of the world,...
A Masterclass In Biography-Writing: How Patti Hartigan Got To Know August Wilson
The blood’s memory really coursed through August. You also have to remember that the man read everything ever written—he was an autodidact. But he...
“We Are Smack Dab In The Middle Of A Neofascist Revival”: Is The Directorship...
Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government is replacing the directors at the country's landmark museums — a number of which, such as the Uffizi, have highly...
Remember Choreographer Yvonne Rainer’s “No Manifesto”? She Didn’t Really Mean It.
The 1965 declaration was absolutist: "No to spectacle. No to virtuosity. No to transformations and magic and make-believe ... no to moving or being...
Belfast’s Arts Center Could Be Shut Down Due To Financial And Management Troubles
Northern Ireland's state arts funding body is reportedly reconsidering its support of the Metropolitan Arts Centre in the province's capital. MAC — which includes...
“Fleabag” Has Been Casting A Long Shadow — Too Long — Over Women At...
"For a long time critics couldn't stop talking about the 'next Fleabag' in a way that may have been constraining for other women writing...
How Do You Translate A Musical Like “Chicago” Into Arabic?
You transpose it to Beirut. It was a complicated endeavor, especially (given the huge differences between Arabic and English) for the songs. But it...
Should We Just Drop The NC-17 Rating Altogether?
"(The film) Passages and its battle with the ratings system (are) another flash point in a long-running argument. ... Many question the value of...
Pew Research Center Runs The Numbers On US Radio Listenership
"First and foremost, the firm notes that approximately eight-in-ten Americans (12+) listen to broadcast radio weekly. Weekly listening to radio has remained relatively steady...
They’re Called Haptic Suits, And They Let Deaf People (And Others) Experience Music As...
"Developed by the Philadelphia-based company Music: Not Impossible, the device consists of two ankle bands, two wrist bands and a backpack that fastens with...
Is The Market Power Of BookTok Starting To Fade?
"But a new analysis by BookScan shows that BookTok's effect on sales is diminishing. The most notable sign of that softening came in July,...
Pre-Inca People Built Floors Like Drums On Which Dancers Stomped Beats
Different layers of soil, ash and guano created a floor that absorbed shocks while emitting resonant sounds when people stomped on it. This ceremonial...
British Museum Knew Of Thefts From Its Collection As Early As 2021
According to the PA news agency, the missing items are believed to have been taken over a "significant" period of time. Some of them...
How AI Can Help Make Books
"For me, generative AI has been instrumental in tasks that previously demanded hours of effort. It’s helped me create engaging and targeted marketing copy...
