http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/books/review/Filkins-t.html
'And here is Lt. Col. Bill Ostlund, the battalion’s commander, instantly recognizable to anyone who has spent time in Iraq or Afghanistan, “seemingly immune to heartbreak, way more knowledgable than most of the press corps that came through and capable of working 18 hours a day for 15 months straight,” Junger writes: “He had such full-on enthusiasm for what he was doing that when I was around him I sometimes caught myself feeling bad that there wasn’t an endeavor of equivalent magnitude in my own life.”'
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Cross over
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/arts/music/30crossovers.html
'Many crossover projects aim straight for the middle-ground, middle-brow market and hit their targets squarely, albums like “Joshua Bell at Home With Friends,” on which you can hear, among other cross-stylistic collaborations, this enormously successful violinist playing “Eleanor Rigby” with the pop pianist and vocalist Frankie Moreno, or the cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s album “Songs of Peace and Joy,” in which he joins James Taylor, the Brazilian guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad, and others. These releases apparently appeal to buyers intrigued by classical artists they have seen on television but who are not ready to buy a recording of Beethoven Cello Sonatas or the Barber Violin Concerto.'
'Her work in popular culture tainted her in the eyes of impresarios like Rudolf Bing at the Metropolitan Opera, although today an opera singer with such media exposure would be coveted.'
'Many crossover projects aim straight for the middle-ground, middle-brow market and hit their targets squarely, albums like “Joshua Bell at Home With Friends,” on which you can hear, among other cross-stylistic collaborations, this enormously successful violinist playing “Eleanor Rigby” with the pop pianist and vocalist Frankie Moreno, or the cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s album “Songs of Peace and Joy,” in which he joins James Taylor, the Brazilian guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad, and others. These releases apparently appeal to buyers intrigued by classical artists they have seen on television but who are not ready to buy a recording of Beethoven Cello Sonatas or the Barber Violin Concerto.'
'Her work in popular culture tainted her in the eyes of impresarios like Rudolf Bing at the Metropolitan Opera, although today an opera singer with such media exposure would be coveted.'
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
What was that line again?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/business/media/10lyrics.html
Here is an article by Joseph Plambeck that was published in NY Times. Basically he shines light on websites such as MetroLyrics.com that hosts lyrics. Major music publishers have realized that they can capitalize on the ad revenue stream of these websites. I think this phenomenon, however, is more than just a simple consequence of internet era. This is an example of how internet has spurred and consolidated the demands of consumers, enough to catch the attention of the suppliers, music publishers, in this case. As the author pointed out, lyrics were never really considered important by publishers,"relagated to album sleeves and sheet music." Consumers, who are used to finding out everything about everything on wikipedia instantly, could not be bothered to actually listen to songs to figure out the songs any more.
Here is an article by Joseph Plambeck that was published in NY Times. Basically he shines light on websites such as MetroLyrics.com that hosts lyrics. Major music publishers have realized that they can capitalize on the ad revenue stream of these websites. I think this phenomenon, however, is more than just a simple consequence of internet era. This is an example of how internet has spurred and consolidated the demands of consumers, enough to catch the attention of the suppliers, music publishers, in this case. As the author pointed out, lyrics were never really considered important by publishers,"relagated to album sleeves and sheet music." Consumers, who are used to finding out everything about everything on wikipedia instantly, could not be bothered to actually listen to songs to figure out the songs any more.
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