Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Review Bombing Is Warping Whether A Book Is Successful Or Not
Given its influence, some authors have come to think of Goodreads as a necessary evil, and a minefield. - The New York Times
Why LA’s Center Theatre Pressed Pause On The Mark Taper Forum
“Taper shows lose the most money. That’s always been true. But right now they’re costing us twice as much as they would have before....
Archaeologists Use AI To Translate 5000-Year-Old Ancient Language
A team of archaeologists and computer scientists have created an AI program that can translate ancient cuneiform tablets instantly using neural machine learning translations....
How AI Is Reimagining Urban Design
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are rapidly changing how we investigate and imagine the world and the urban environment. They can generate a highly "realistic" representation...
Experiments In Sustainable Theatre Design
The structure consists of a 26-metre-long timber frame, shaped roughly like the number six with one long wall clad in mycelium – a biomaterial grown from...
Behold: The Mighty “Sonic Sphere”
The Sonic Sphere, a realization of a modernist dream by the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, aims for a new kind of listening experience: surrounding the...
The Marvel Movie AI Credits: No Artists Were Replaced
"It is crucial to emphasize that while the AI component provided optimal results, AI is just one tool among the array of toolsets our...
Dani Filth: Streaming Is Killing Us
"Spotify are the biggest criminals in the world. I think we had 25, 26 million plays last year, and I think personally I got...
The 257 Recordings Of Claudio Abbado
If Abbado’s life had a theme, it was this question of power: of what power means in music, where it comes from, and to...
Might HBO License Its Content To Netflix?
Talk of such a move was a surprise, largely given the frostiness between the two rivals, which have been battling it out on the...
The Long Slow Decline Of Pixar
In retrospect, it seems clear that “Inside Out” was when Pixar’s Silicon Valley brain trust began to peel off from the universe and float...
The Academic Right — Obligation — To Cancel
The whole point about academic freedom: the freedom to exercise academic expertise in order to discriminate between good and bad ideas, valid and invalid...
Book Bans Are Only Part Of The Assault On Reading
A precious domain of imaginative and intellectual freedom is menaced by crude authoritarian politics. Exposure to the wrong words is corrupting our children, who...
Theatre’s Labor Shortage Woes Are Growing
Put simply, it has become extremely difficult for theatres to find enough competent craftspeople, even to recruit untrained laborers who can hammer sets, paint...
Will Atmos Revolutionize The Way We Listen To Music?
For Dolby, the audio company that developed Atmos, and Apple Music — which has invested heavily in it — the technology could lead to the most...
Stoppp!: There’s Way Too Much Streaming
To the average consumer, streaming companies have maneuvered with what appears to be only rapid growth and blind excess in mind. Sure, we reap...
Berlin Biennale Postpones 2024 Edition: Too Much Going On
“Because other international biennials were also postponed to 2024 due to the pandemic, a competition for resources can be expected, which will ultimately result...
Sweden Building World’s Largest City Of Wood
Mass timber—panels and beams made from layers of wood stacked together for extra strength—avoids the massive carbon footprint of standard construction materials like concrete...
Why Today’s “Best” Writers Don’t Have Readers
Want to be a novelist here in 2023? Well, there are thousands of people on hand to encourage you, tutor you and wave you on your way....
Museum Attendance Is Down All Over The World. Is There A Lesson?
Anecdotal evidence suggests that, post-Covid and the other assorted turmoils of the past couple of years, galleries and auction houses around the world have...
The Emotional Toll Of Dying Onstage Every Night
“Halfway through the Broadway run, I started to feel the weight of doing this every single day. Everything was tight, so I talked to...
Disney Used AI For Opening Credits Of The New Marvel Movie. Backlash Ensues
In an interview with Polygon on Wednesday, director Ali Selim confirmed that AI operated by a company called Method Studios produced the opening sequence to the...
Artistic Exodus From Seattle — Seattle Opera Head Is Latest To Go
Christina Scheppelmann’s departure announcement comes amid leadership vacancies, or impending vacancies, at other high-profile Seattle arts organizations. - Seattle Times
Taylor Swift’s Billion-Dollar Machine
"If the current spending pace continues through the end of the tour, the Eras Tour will have generated an estimated $5 billion in...
Indignities Of The Old-School Book Tour
One day in 1990, I was flown first class from Dublin to Phoenix, Arizona, to read at the Irish Cultural Centre there. Five people...
