[contextly_auto_sidebar id="nlkSqy50Zn5Bw3CQlhpyfd29maMq78kr"] ONE of my guiding principles on this site and in the soon-to-be-published book it accompanies is that the creative class it almost entirely embedded within the middle class, and that musicians, writers, artists, etc. are even more exposed to contemporary economic pressures than the average burgher. This is despite the fact that the … [Read more...]
Culture Crash the Book Goes to Washington
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="mf4rE6xWgZDul2vj7Ls64RZGrkkXbufG"] THE august D.C. bookstore Politics and Prose will host an event for my book a few days after publication, on Saturday evening, January 17. This is a great bookstore with a smart staff and a great hand-picked selection; it's exactly the kind of place I write about in the book, and the kind of place that tends to disappear in the … [Read more...]
The New Republic is Not About Politics
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="Gjg4drHdDm8TMo6CAVQekqDcci6u6t5u"] FOR a few days now, I've been discussing the ideology of one of the nation's most storied magazines, with friends on both left and right; for many, it's best known as a policy journal. But the reason I am most saddened by the destruction of a great publication by a Silicon Valley coup has nothing to to with politics, no matter how … [Read more...]
The Corcoran Gallery, and Help for Indie Bookstores
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="7mQJ6eVfmMvVhLp6vBoK3Zj91LEskmke"] THE big news in the culture world right now is the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and its new, uh arrangement. There are several ways to look at this, but I'm persuaded by a strong piece that calls this the effective end of an institution that was the city's first art museum (founded 1869.) This from Philip … [Read more...]