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Guest Curator at Saatchi Online [18 May 12, 8:04am] “Stars are Dying in my Chest” by Geoff Diego Litherland I was recently asked by Saatchi Online to curate a selection of work for them, how cool is that? The Saatchi Gallery has launched so many careers over the years, and now I get a chance to gi…
Forget Smell-O-Vision! Now We Have Edible Movies [18 May 12, 7:53am] "For hot on the heels of 4D, scratch & sniff and dress-up cinema comes the latest immersive cinematic experience, and this time it's comestible. ... In your seat, you find a tray of numbered cups and parcels. During the screening, in th…
Bring Back The Sitting Ovation!, Says Ben Brantley [18 May 12, 7:53am] "Because we really have reached the point where a standing ovation doesn't mean a thing. Pretty much every show you attend on Broadway these days ends with people jumping to their feet and beating their flippers together like captive sea li…
English Arts Orgs Get £30M To Develop Fundraising Capability [18 May 12, 7:52am] "The money is being distributed through {Arts Council England's} Catalyst programme, which is aimed at helping cultural organisations to increase their fundraising potential. Overall, 173 organisations have been given more than £30 million…
Scotland Changes Arts Funding To Focus On One-Time Projects [18 May 12, 7:51am] "The agency's new funding strategy puts far greater emphasis on theatre groups, art centres, galleries and festivals competing against each other for subsidies for one-off projects from next April to help it cope with a £2.1m cut in its fu…
Herbert Breslin, 87, Manager Who Made Pavarotti's Career [18 May 12, 7:47am] Anne Midgette: "When in 2002 an offer to write a book with this character fell into my lap and I began sounding out people in the business about it, I started to get the impression that he was universally hated. But there was a lot more to Herbe…
Art Hong Kong’ 12 [18 May 12, 7:21am] Back for its fifth year, ART HK 12 – Hong Kong International Art Fair takes place from 17-20 May 2012...
badlands – battles within [18 May 12, 8:02am] one of our most popular posts this year was a demo from badlands. now their ‘battles within’ ep has dropped and its brilliant. swirling vocals, shuffling beats and smooth bass hooks We Want More by BadlandsA New Day by BadlandsPurest Heart by B…
It's the Birthday of Big Joe Turner [18 May 12, 8:00am] Very Best of Big Joe Turner (Reis)click above imageI just love Big Joe's big booming voice, makes you want to get up and dance.According to Wikipedia;"Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr., May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985{1}) was…
What, Me Worry? 60 Years of MAD Magazine Art Exhibition [18 May 12, 8:00am] What, Me Worry? 60 Years of MAD is an exhibtion at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, California. It “celebrates the rich history of MAD from the original comic book through the black-and-white magazine to its latest incarnation as a full-col…
Suburban Metal Dad no. 161: “Salty Week, Part II” or, “B.F.C.: The Return.” [18 May 12, 7:36am] Welcome to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s new webcomic. It runs every Monday and Friday. Each edition of SMD features Sort-Of Soundtrack, an optional metal song that plays in a new window. Click HERE for a rad chicken jam. Click the pic to enlar…
Free Music Friday (05/18/12) [18 May 12, 7:15am] This week's installment of Free Music Friday can be found in the replies.
Alexandra Burke talks the meaning of "Heartbreak On Hold", plus album samples [18 May 12, 7:00am] Alexandra Burke is almost ready to unleash her second LP, "Heartbreak On Hold", which hits stores June 1st. Amazon have now uploaded 30-second samples of each track, and the entire album sounds extremely upbeat, joyous, dance-ready and radi…
Flash Points: Mommy's Breast, Marriage Equality and Why Chipotle Is King (Feature) [18 May 12, 7:00am] Welcome to the first edition of Flash Points -- a new weekly feature that provides a critical overview of cultural trends and developments. This week: the controversial Time cover, the gay marriage debate and the annual CLIOs.
The Ball: Discovering the Object of the Game (Feature) [18 May 12, 7:00am] Anthropologist John Fox sets off on a worldwide adventure to the farthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancient past to answer a question inspired by his sports-loving son: "Why do we play ball?"
Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death (Column) [18 May 12, 7:00am] Britain’s pop culture knight, Christopher Frayling, offers the definitive biography and interpretation of the Spaghetti Western maestro, Sergio Leone.
Echotone: Austin, Texas: The Quiet Fight for a Louder Future (Review) [18 May 12, 7:00am] This is a scattershot documentary about live music in Austin, Texas, that features a lot of great material with local musicians, but bails out on its intriguing noise vs. neighbors premise early in the film.
EP of Previously Unheard J Dilla Tracks to Be Released [18 May 12, 6:59am] Detroit patron saint of crate-diggers J Dilla left way too soon, but in addition to his legacy, he left behind a whole lot of material. On May 25th (June 12th outside the US), Dillatroit,
Puck Rock: The Hockey Playoffs Playlist Podcast #321 [18 May 12, 6:48am] listenHost (and goalie) Grant Lawrence stacks the pads and the podcast for the first-ever PUCK ROCK Podcast with ten slashin', bangin', heartfelt tunes for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in conjunction with CBC Sports.Get set as the puck drops…
Literature News
Fuentes: a novelist who blended literature and political commentary - DAWN Group [18 May 12, 2:43am] MEXICO CITY: Carlos Fuentes, who died on Tuesday after a literary career spanning more than five decades, was one of Latin America’s best-known authors and a sharp critic of governments in Mexico and the United States. Fuentes wrote more than ...
Forest of Reading awards highlight children’s literature festival - Toronto Star [17 May 12, 6:29pm] Twelve authors and illustrators were named popular-vote winners of the 2012 Forest of Reading awards over the course of the two-day Festival of Trees children’s literature festival at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre Tuesday and Wednesday. The award…
Chicago Lit: Wen Huang revisits his Chinese roots - Chicago Sun-Times [17 May 12, 10:40pm] Huang’s The Little Red Guard unveils a story that is new and refreshing and adds a different perspective into the canon of immigrant literature. Caught between two worlds — the old and the new — the memoir sorts out an avalanche of ...
Influence of classic literature on writers declining, study claims - The Guardian [14 May 12, 5:42pm] Harold Bloom famously dubbed it the "anxiety of influence" (paywall): the effect which the literary canon has on writers. Less today than it did in the past, according to a mathematical study which analysed thousands of works written over t…
Carlos Fuentes: Elegant man with two hats: literary, political - El Paso Times [17 May 12, 5:57am] He was often mentioned as a likely candidate for a Nobel Prize for Literature, and he often said, as he did with a smile that day, that his friend "Gabo," Garcia Marquez, had his Nobel. He said he believed he had many books in him yet ...
Beat The Odds with Stewart O'Nan's latest novel - Examiner [16 May 12, 11:45pm] He has won a number of prizes, including the Drue Heinz Literature Prize and the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Prize for the Novel, and has published a number of fiction works and a chronicle of the 2004 Red Sox season with Stephen King. Stewart O&#…
Cryonics is Trending in Literature and Hollywood - Marketwatch [16 May 12, 4:36pm] BOSTON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- In the two-way mirror that often is a reflection of life or art, another trend is forming. The worlds of literature and Hollywood are colliding again, this time with a focus on cryonics, the ...
English Renaissance Literature Expert Promotes Lofty Poetic Standards - YAHOO! [17 May 12, 1:47am] It is not enough to “have an idea for a poem,” as French artist Edgar Degas once said. One must also have the proper training to formulate it. William Guy, a specialist in English Renaissance literature, publishes his latest book of poems, Defunc…
Vermont Reads: The Literature Of War - Vermont Public Radio [16 May 12, 4:36pm] Many of us first learn about war by reading about it, in stories and novels, poems and memoirs. Often in school. As part of VPR's weeklong series, Vermont Reads Bull Run and The Red Badge of Courage, we look at how war is written about in litera…
