Polymath's Guide to News and Ideas
The rise of an orchestral superpower
WWW.SCENA.ORG : On March 26 1977 I was flicking the four terrestrial channels in my Hong Kong hotel room when, through a blizzard of static, up popped Beijing TV with an unscheduled programme... READ MORE
The Dozens
WWW.JAZZ.COM :In 1995, Vijay Iyer, then a 24-year-old Berkeley PhD candidate in Physics with an interest in the neurobiology of musical cognition, who was moonlighting as a gigging jazz pianist in the Bay Area, met educator/trombonist/computer installation artist George Lewis... READ MORE
How America Failed Theater: Theater from a Business Perspective
TYNAN'S ANGER :In case you're not convinced that it's essentially impossible to make money as a theater blogger, try this experiment. First, watch this video by online media guru Gary Vaynerchuk... READ MORE
3-2-1 Content
STOREFRONT REBELLION :There's an interesting discussion going on at Tony's blog about whether we in the theater community/blogosphere/barroom discussion are putting too much emphasis on business models, nonprofit statuses and playwright demographics (to name a few) and not enough on the actual content on stage... READ MORE
Gerard Mortier resigns from New York City Opera
LA TIMES BLOGS : After promising to revolutionize the opera scene in New York, Gerard Mortier has announced to New York City Opera that he can no longer run the company in the current economic climate... READ MORE
Gay Activists vs. Utah and Sundance
THOMPSON ON HOLLYWOOD :In the wake of California voters passing the gay marriage ban known as Proposition 8, gay activists are targeting Mormons and the State of Utah. A.P. reported the news of a movement toward a Utah boycott this weekend... READ MORE
Why did Opera Pacific fail?
WWW.OCREGISTER.COM : Opera is expensive, folks. We aren't talking about tickets to it here (though those can be expensive too), but putting it on. No one makes a profit doing it... READ MORE
Royal Opera House stars strip naked for charity
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH :The male and female artists, along with an assortment of backstage staff, posed entirely naked for the project to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support... READ MORE
It's A Great Day To Be A Newspaper
GAWKER.COM : We all know that print is dead and so forth but, darn it, nobody can deny that today is a great day to be a newspaper... READ MORE
Hot nanotube sheets produce music on demand
TECHNOLOGY.NEWSCIENTIST.COM :Sheets made of carbon nanotubes behave like a loudspeaker when zapped with a varying electric current, say Chinese researchers... READ MORE