March 15th, 2008 • Balint
Live music alert, in Österreich - the Hungarian Radio Symphonic Orchestra will play some Zappa in Linz, at the Brucknerhaus:
F. Zappa: “Bogus Pomp”
B. Bartók: Der wunderbare Mandarin (Suite für Orchester) op. 19
L. v. Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 7 A-Dur op. 92
Today’s news: Conductor Ádám Fischer just got the highest award (”Kossuth Prize”) given to any performing artist in all of Hungary!
The same orchestra played on the 100% Zappa event (remember David Ocker’s comments? ).
March 12th, 2008 • Sharleena
David Byrne’s Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars.
Is this the future present so many people are afraid of?
Byrne’s one of those quirky visionaries and he does have a point. Still, I wonder… Perhaps, first and foremost, this notion whereby the internet will stick around for eternity, providing us with instantly downloadable digital delight, might well be a fantasy. Second: people like to own stuff. This is about tangible goods. Cardboard LP sleeves. Actual, physical CD boxes even.
The internets is a fragile house of cards. What if we come to depend on it for our sole source of music/entertainment? Am I being an old analog fart?
You tell me.
