Nicholas Carr may be asking if Google is making us stupid, but I’m pretty sure that technologies don’t make us stupid. Why? Because they can’t make us smarter or better. That is: a technology might make me better at something, or it might make me worse (especially if I’m missing it). But it can’t inherently […]
Are you in the arts? Frantic about funding? You might want to take an hour to listen to Michael Kaiser‘s presentation at the Fifth Street School in downtown Las Vegas: the entire presentation, including an extended discussion period, is here. Kaiser is the president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in […]
A couple of nights ago I watched Alfred Hitchcock’s clever and satisfyingly grippping Shadow of a Doubt – what a great film! At the risk of sounding like a fogy, I’ll say it anyway: They don’t make ’em like that anymore. (Blue Velvet was just a happy aberration!) There’s an interesting 4-page analysis/ synopsis that […]
Joe Average is a Canadian painter who changed his name to Joe Average. It wasn’t his name when we were in high school, but it has been his real name for decades. Joe Average was on Facebook, but last night (at the GFs-from-highschool-meetup) I learned that his personal account has disappeared. His fan-page still exists, […]
Another night out for me, and now it’s almost midnight – where’s my blog post for today? I got to hear Joshua Redman and his new collaborative project, James Farm Band, this evening. The concert, which took place at the Royal Theatre, was part of the TD Victoria International Jazz Fest. The musicians: Joshua Redman […]
Hedda Gabler, that is. Tonight I went to see Theatre Inconnu‘s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. The play is long and it’s past 11:30p.m. now – I won’t even pretend that I’ll come in under the midnight wire with a thorough blog entry about this play or any other topic today. I’ll venture this, […]
As we wait (and wait and wait) for summer to arrive in Victoria Canada, they’re all set to celebrate the approach of winter in Sidney Sydney Australia. And boy, are they doing it in style… . Click through to Flavorwire for the full story. (Thanks, melanieb for noticing the spelling error!)
The newest public sculpture unveiled in Victoria BC reminds some observers of zombies, proving that hyper-realism does not equal effective art.
Last night, while I was scribbling away on my “-ectomy” post, the spouse and son popped My Man Godfrey into the DVD player. We’ve all seen the movie multiple times, but it has such great dialogue that it’s a cinch to watch often. Tonight, I’m not writing the blog post now in my (imaginary) “must-write” […]
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