Since Brexit, musicians touring the EU have faced barriers introduced in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). They can work up to 90 out of every 180 days, which causes problems for longer tours, musicians who work in multiple bands or orchestras, and crew required on site before and after performances. - The Guardian
“I was only ever a hair’s breadth away from being exactly as much of a failure as the people I write about,” he said by Zoom from Nashville. - The Wall Street Journal
“The question of how to use images responsibly isn’t new, but in our era of endless transmission and surveillance, even a project meant to honor someone can become more than a little exploitative. The conundrum derives from the lack of agency we have over our digital selves.” - The Atlantic
Novelist Tracy Chevalier: The middle ground "is where people (women!) make things and are not patronised for it. ‘Crafter’ … is being superseded by the vaguer but more muscular ‘maker.’ The Swedish have even merged the two concepts into one word: konsthantverk, or artcraft.”- The Guardian (UK)
“This creature of pure sex and mischief and silky ambiguity, I now saw, was also dark, vindictive and sad. This artist who liberated so many could be pathologically controlled and controlling.” - The New York Times
They met as freshmen at Michigan. “They won an Oscar in 2017 for their original song 'City of Stars,' featured in the film La La Land.” Then they won a Tony for the score of Dear Evan Hansen. Then that cast recording won a Grammy in 2018. - Los Angeles Times
“The most difficult products are the ones that have a human face, because getting skin tones and the shadows and all that stuff can be challenging. Once the paint is figured out, we make sure it functions the way we originally intended it to.” - Slate
Benítez was “an American dancer and choreographer who, as the founder of a popular Spanish dance troupe, played a major role in making New Mexico a hotbed for flamenco.” - The New York Times
The Internet Archive “is the only keeper of the internet’s first days, via the Wayback Machine. ... The archive is a huge source for Wikipedia citations, and makes a stand against publisher monopolies. Most of all? If it’s destroyed, millions and millions of cultural items could be lost to history.” - LitHub
A new exhibition shows how local architects in Ghana and India took the British idea of tropical modernism and turned it into a symbol of postcolonial self-determination and self-rule. - Hyperallergic
“By the late 1980s, Tikkun had established itself as an outlet for writers who shared his conviction that some form of Palestinian self-determination was not just morally correct but also Israel’s best way forward.” - The New York Times
He tried the United States for a while, but then a spot opened in Japan - and, like many other Chinese intellectuals, he’s found his spot in a country closer to home, with a changing immigration policy. - Associated Press
Just as Boomer nostalgia influenced Gen-X for far longer than it perhaps should have, Gen-Zers (and the rest of us) will have years of Millennial-influenced pop culture in our lives. - Fast Company
Winslet is playing Lee Miller, a photojournalist in WWII (and also the lover of Man Ray and a model for Vogue). She wanted another woman to direct, though “potential investors had been ‘patronising’ in their dismissal of Lee as 'a woman’s story.’” - The Observer (UK)
