February 2008
41 posts
MoFo Radio: DJ Lone Wolf, International Player →
Kevin holding it down on MoFo Radio with DJ Ghostdad. Listen up!
“It’s about putting artists together in combinations that might not be the most...”
– A Downtown Impresario’s New Uptown Canvas: NYT, February 27, 2008 Bill Bragin, former booker of Joe’s Pub, is moving to the Lincoln Center and leading two summer programming efforts. NICE!
“I have always believed that the arts, per se, and their exponents, artists, have...”
– Why We’ll Play Pyongyang - WSJ.com An excerpt from Lorin Maazel’s op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal responding to criticisms of the NYPhil playing a concert in North Korea this month.
This American Life: Episode 349, Valentine's Day... →
Nothing better than This American Life on NPR with Ira Glass. Richard Bausch’s voice on “Letter to the Lady of the House” breaks my heart it is so beautiful. Listen to this. Free download via This American Life website.
Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2008 Ready-to-Wear... →
A-mazing!
Concert in North Korea to Be Broadcast Live - New... →
Text for Gloryland
wordsearch: Pleasure beach, Portable radio, Something in 4/4 time. Italian girls: Hold on to me. Money changes everything. Cab driver, Ghetto smile. Bad habits and infections. Without tears, I’m in a Philly mood. Crime pays. Better watch your back. A recent post from a friend’s new blog. Bookmark it. Follow it. You won’t regret it.
Modern Art Notes: Toll roads threatening Chianti... →
One of my favorite (yet to be visited) places in the world Marfa, Texas may be changing before I get a chance to vist. (Editor’s note: I will NOT let that happen, if this all turns out to be true - I’m going to Marfa tomorrow. “Totally fact”.) A new highway is being considered to stretch across this portion of Texas, threatening the remote artistic destination of Donald...
How I Met Your Mother: A History Lesson in Love,... →
As an avid lover of romantic comedies (romcoms), I am SO excited for this newest film by Adam Brooks. Although there have been a lot of romance-related comedies recently (esp. written by men), they’ve felt more like frat-boy romcoms than REAL romcoms. I am totally ready for my generation’s “When Harry Met Sally” or a “Love Actually” 2.0. Maybe this will be...
“The feelings of desperation and unhappiness are more useful to an artist than...”
– This follows up on the Chronicle Review’s article I posted the other month on the importance of the RANGE of emotions necessary to both create and experience art (and obviously life). Francis Bacon (painter) - Wikiquote
“As I stepped down onto the tarmac at Quaid-e-Azam International Airport in...”
– NPR: Memoir: Bhutto Knew of Dangers in Her Return This is an excerpt from ‘Reconcilication”, Benazir Bhutto’s posthumously published memoir.
“The best work, at least for me, is the stuff you get to do. If you are really...”
– Seth’s Blog: Have to vs. Get to
“This week reflects American narratives in their most classic forms: the underdog...”
– The opening line of this week’s issue of Activate, World News Filtered by Flavorpill | 85
Betting a Farm Would Work in Queens - New York... →
This summer’s PS1 Young Architects Program winner has been selected. It will transform the courtyard into a functioning urban farm.
“In commercial terms, the Maison Tropicale was a failure - it was too expensive...”
– More on Jean Prouvé’s La Maison Tropicale in London Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - art: La Maison Tropicale is one hot house
"Things" by Fleur Adcock
There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public. There are worse things than these miniature betrayals, committed or endured or suspected; there are worse things than not being able to sleep for thinking about them. It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking in and stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse and worse. as heard on “The Writer’s Almanac...
Upcoming Exhibition @ the Carpenter Center
EXHIBITION: TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER February 28-April 6, 2008 Reception Thursday, February 28 following the 6 pm Carpenter Center Lecture by Catherine Lord Two or Three Things I Know About Her brings together the time-based video, sound, and slide pieces of five artists living and working in New York: Moyra Davey, K8 Hardy, Sharon Hayes, Ulrike Müller, and Wynne...
When Lowbrows Subsidize Highbrows - WSJ.com →
Interesting article @ the WSJ on how the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is proposing to alter their business model to allow big name acts (rock bands) to subsidize their classical music offerings. The new model for achieving success in the arts???
zachklein:Tumblrs are like bedrooms, and we’re teenagers spending idle hours postering them with pictures and magazine cutouts. THIS is who we are, we’re showing.
Bookmarked for some weekend reading: The History... →
