“The mistake that I’ve seen a lot of jazz stations make is that they’re too close to the music to be broadcasters. When we talk about broadcasting, we talk about casting a wide net and trying to find a lot of people.” - Oregon ArtsWatch
“It all felt so good. The comfort of self-mythologizing, of thinking of ourselves as a nation of revolutionaries — delicious.” But, ouf, times have changed. - Seattle Times
Funny? Surprising? Weaves together various plot threads? Mentions death? “For some, a perfect episode tells a story that reverberates throughout their life." - The Atlantic
Irish Eurosong winner Emmy says that Laika’s story “is really sad, so I wanted to create a scenario where she doesn’t die, but is having her own party in the sky.” - Irish Times
Chang "turned his collection of the Beatles’ White Album into a meditation on the aging of a vinyl classic,” for instance, and also, "melted down 10,000 pennies into a copper block to make a statement about the value of each red cent.” - The New York Times
“More than a month after Anora lost every award it was nominated for at the Golden Globes, the Sean Baker-directed comedy took top honors at awards shows held by the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America.” - The New York Times
“She was committed to keeping the project alive, so she rented a shipping container and used it as a rehearsal space, continuing to improve her work despite the limitations. ... Black Ballerina was performed via live stream, reaching audiences remotely” - including artistic directors. - Globe and Mail
“With their meandering plots, pop-philosophical asides and frequent jabs at social convention and organized religion, Mr. Robbins’s books were the perfect accompaniment to acid trips, Grateful Dead shows and weekend yoga retreats, long before those things became middle-class and mainstream.” - The New York Times
"The nine-hour, bombshell documentary was in development at Netflix for five years before the streamer reportedly pulled the plug in a deal with the superstar's estate.” - USA Today
“Regardless of what the one percent are slathering on toast points in their backseats, if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my years writing about food, it’s that Americans are loyal to brands, especially when it comes to condiments.” - Slate
“The original name of the magazine was to be the Paris Review. The name was switched because the first serial advertisement was from Compagnie Transatlantique." - LitHub
In the novel, Demon and his people experience a full range of opioid addictions. With the money she made from her Pulitzer prize-winning (and hugely bestselling) book, Kingsolver "has founded a recovery house for women in Lee County, where the novel is set.” - The New York Times
“Employees are on edge about Zuckerberg’s next round of ‘low-performer’ layoffs that are arriving on Monday. And many are still reeling from his politically-charged changes to content moderation and DEI programs.” - The Verge
“For two decades, a crew from Lackawanna County in Pennsylvania traveled to a dozen small museums across the country, where its ringleader smashed through security systems to strip them of art and precious memorabilia.” - The New York Times
