The Tyne and Wear Metro, which serves the Newcastle-Gateshead-Sunderland area in northeastern England, played classical in some parts of the system 20 years ago to "curb anti-social behavior." This tie around, it's "to help create a soothing and warmer environment." - BBC
No announcement has been made, and the current president remains eligible for a second contract term. Nevertheless, several Italian newspapers report that author/broadcaster Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, a lifelong friend of the new culture minister with no management experience, is the leading candidate. - Artnet
Many large organizations, such as the Met Museum, have owned condos or houses that they provide to their CEOs rent- and tax-free, as both recruitment perk and venue for entertaining donors. Recently, with attention on the low pay of junior employees, some institutions are ending the practice. - The New York Times
In the UK, there are three potentially large funding pots for the arts: government, local authority and private. Anyone who has lived through the past 13 years in Britain will be able to tell you that two of those sources have drastically shrunk. - The Guardian
If we want to push the art of writing out of a computer’s reach, the questions posed in writing workshops should go past “How could this piece work better?” to “How could this piece be more honest? More emotionally effective? More resonant?” - The Atlantic
I am a composer who has used creative AI in my music and sound practice for almost two decades. My creative practice and research has focused upon the potential for a collaborative relationship between artists and AI. - The Conversation
Knowing there was no way for him to compete with the established recording companies, Asch’s plan was to do what they wouldn’t: record what they didn’t record, aim at sales to libraries and schools, and keep everything available from sale forever. - LitHub
Just about everyone has been made to feel like shit because someone with “good taste” declared that something they love is bad. We’ve been made to feel inferior because someone with authority is shocked we haven’t read this book, listened to this band, watched that movie. - LitHub
For a broad range of Sifnians the island is rapidly approaching a state of crisis, as unregulated development and overtourism have kick-started a grim cycle of widespread water scarcity, unmanageable quantities of garbage and sewage, loss of agricultural land, and soil erosion. - The New Republic
"The glittering scene seemed like a dream. Surveying the shoreline of Rockaway Beach on a recent morning, Patricia Lent, from the Merce Cunningham Trust, was elated. 'This is a dream come true,' she said, adding: 'It's someone else's dream — but it is a dream come true.'" - The New York Times
“We’ve lost four museums. If you’re into environmentalism, if you’re into surfing, if you’re into history, something was lost in all those ways.” - Artnet
And it's not called Fear and Loathing, either. In fact, its title is The Untitled, Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, it's premiering next week at the La Jolla Playhouse with a Tony winner in the title role, and the intent is to bring it to Broadway. - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
Neuroscientists currently agree that the creative process has two parts: coming up with ideas and then assessing them to choose the good ones. Led by scientists at the Paris Brain Institute in France, this study focused on that second stage, attempting to pin down characteristics that make people value creative ideas. - BBC
"Cameo, which allows celebrities to send personalized video messages to fans for a fee, … has seen a notable uptick of new talent onboarding or existing talent reactivating their accounts in the wake of the labor stoppage." - TheWrap
The discrepancy between the way digital download storefronts like iTunes and streaming platforms like Spotify value the worth of a song is going to be hard to reconcile in a satisfying way. - The New Inquiry
