A Four Corners investigation has found Live Nation has expanded its reach to every part of the Australian music industry and its practices are angering some of the country’s most talented musicians. - ABC
“The Wyoming Episcopal Church possessed the Northern Arapaho tribe’s artifacts for nearly 80 years — ranging from children’s toys to bows and arrows to traditional dresses. … The state’s Episcopal leadership had been reluctant to return the artifacts for decades.” - Washington Post (MSN)
Yes, AI is a problem, and so are human-generated fakes. “People do a pretty poor job at discerning a fake review from a real one. It’s essentially a coin flip – studies have shown that shoppers can correctly identify a fake review only half of the time.” - The Conversation
Potentially huge changes in the city’s arts funding - canceling the $35 arts tax, for instance, and downgrading the longstanding Regional Arts and Culture Council - make November’s election choices vital for the city's and even the state’s continued “arts”creative future.” - Oregon ArtsWatch
As in, as big as movie screens across the world. “The paintings and the film developed in tandem. Kaphar would wake up to write at 5 a.m., drive his children to school, then come to his studio and listen to what he’d written via an app on his phone.” - The New York Times
There was simply no way to keep the jazz fest going in the devastated region this week, organizers said. They "called the decision ‘heart wrenching and devastating,' but said they are 'committed to rebuilding, and carrying on the tradition.’” - Tampa Bay Times
Less than a year ago, “‘my goal was 20 to 25 kids,' Pieken said. ‘(I thought) if we don’t have at least like 15 signed up to audition … then we probably might want to rethink some things.’ … Now, the groups boasts 94 players.” - KCUR
But he finally realized there was no avoiding it. "There is this moment of incredible tension and excitement before going on stage, you know, before appearing. And then when you're there, everything is amazing. Everything is just incredible. So I think I'm the best version of myself." - NPR
"We’ve got lots of old Victorian statues of men, particularly in Leeds, and I think there was an ambition to redress this gender imbalance in public art in the city.” - The Guardian (UK)
That was when he used a generated voice for Anthony Bourdain. "I was like, ‘Oh, it'd be fun to use this, and it'd be a funny thing to talk about when we do.’ … Then the shit hit the fan.” - Wired
This is just confusing. “The film stages each number with curious hesitancy, as though it were embarrassed to go full Sondheim. Phillips has made a jukebox spectacle that’s bold in conception but oddly cautious, even timorous, in execution.” - Vulture
