Back in May 2009, I blogged about my fellow ArtsJournal blogger Culture Grrl's campaign to be paid by readers for her blog. That post is here. If you don't feel like delving into Vintage Amanda, and who could blame you, the long and the short of it is that Culture Grrl asked her readers to pay her directly for the reporting on her blog. If the money didn't come in, she would blog less frequently. From an entry on March 31, 2009: I have juicy, nourishing morsels to serve up from this 75-minute brainstorming session, but I was disheartened to … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2011
Holiday doldrums: SOLVED
I will be tooling around the city with Jean-Yves doing press for the NY Philharmonic gala and the film score he's the soloist on, but if you're home and bored and in avoid-the-family mode, allow me to direct your attention to two of my artists' competitions. The first is David Lang's piano competition. David has posted the sheet music to one of his pieces, "wed", for free download on his publisher's site. Pianists are meant to learn the music and film themselves playing the piece. They then post videos of themselves playing the work on … [Read more...]
And I’m like, F you and, F her too
I just got back from Coney Island, where I thought I was going to have an Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-esque winter beachwalk, but ended up just eating cheese fries at the Nathan's and loaning a drug dealer my phone. Aliza and I got on the F train at 57th and 6th. As part of Make Music NY's first winter installment, cellists (and, we learned, violinists, too) were performing the prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no. 1. The idea, as I understood it, was that F train riders would hear the same repeated melody every time the subway doors … [Read more...]
See, this is why I always wear my hair up.
Via Reddit, via Gawker, via Anastasia Tsioulcas's Twitter feed, we have an amazing post-internet-date-rant. The webbie date took place--WHERE ELSE--at the New York Philharmonic. Out. Standing. ——— Message From: Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 14:19:39 -0500 Subject: Hi Lauren Hi Lauren, I'm disappointed in you. I'm disappointed that I haven't gotten a response to my voicemail and text messages. FYI, I suggest that you keep in mind that emails sound more impersonal, harsher, and are easier to misinterpret than in-person or phone … [Read more...]
Art appreciation
Via Cory Arcangel's Twitter feed: … [Read more...]