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Click to Download Scores by New American Composers

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 16:23:20 GMT

New Music Jukebox promises to be a powerful Web portal for contemporary American music and the composers who create it. New Music Jukebox offers a 24-hour "virtual" listening room with streaming and downloadable sound files, as well as extensive composer biographies, works lists, publishers, performance data and other information, all cross-referenced. If things go well, browsing through New Music Jukebox may give today's online users some sense of what it was like to hang out at the center's bustling, ramshackle office some 60 years ago, to talk shop and trade scores with other people in the field.[ By Anthony Tommasini. New York Times: Arts]

Met Studies 'Adam's' Neighbors for Stress

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:14:49 GMT

As part of its investigation into the collapse of a 15th-century statue of Adam on Sunday, the Metropolitan Museum has temporarily removed five other Renaissance statues that were nearby in the gallery. By Celestine Bohlen. [New York Times: Arts]

Jewish-style delicatessens in Los Angeles

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:57:27 GMT

Knish Fulfillment: Culture of Los Angeles Delis. Are Jewish-style delicatessens in Los Angeles as good as or better than those in New York? That was among the hottest topics at the festival of Yiddish culture in Los Angeles. By Bernard Weinraub. [New York Times: Arts]

The Junebug Symphony

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:03:27 GMT

Sleepless and Wordless, He Leaves 'Em Speechless. In this nonstop short day's journey into nightmare, James Thiérrée turns a sleepless night into a masterly display of usually wordless comedy and circus arts.

With Charlie Chaplin as his grandfather and Eugene O'Neill as his great-grandfather, it seems only natural that James Thièrrèe should be pulled hither and yon by the forces of light and darkness.

Happily for audiences fortunate enough to make their way to the New Victory Theater before Sunday, the comic side of Mr. Thiérrée's pedigree prevails, even if a bit of Freud, Kafka, Dada and MoMA pop up now and again. The result is "The Junebug Symphony," a delightful and fanciful 80-minute intermissionless excursion into physical theater intended for audiences 8 and older.

By Lawrence Van Gelder. [New York Times: Arts]

Tops takes requests

Wed, 09 Oct 2002 17:49:12 GMT

With a 4-week euro-excursion planned, tonight's spinning tops show on interFACE is a request special. Drop us an e if you have any requests from the last few weeks' shows.

Track listings are here and tonight's tracklisting will appear here... [playing with cobras]

The flaming lips

Wed, 09 Oct 2002 06:49:48 GMT

One of the first tunes of the day today was by the flaming lips... check out the flash vid thing for their song 'Yoshimi battles the Pink Robots' here... mac version here [playing with cobras]

Toy otaku heaven

Tue, 08 Oct 2002 21:53:42 GMT

Sweaty Frog is a toy-review magazine/store, focusing on collectible toys with great, MegoSteve-style erudite toy-otaku commentary. Toy_Design_Guru, who suggested the link, recommends their occassional email newsletter as a must-read.[Boing Boing Blog]

You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers

Tue, 08 Oct 2002 21:11:55 GMT

Travelers in a Giving Mood, But Agonizing on the Way. Dave Eggers's new book is a pastiche novel that borrows from myriad sources without ever quite knowing how to meld those borrowings into something new. … By Michiko Kakutani. [New York Times: Arts]

Cardinal Richelieu at the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal

Mon, 07 Oct 2002 23:18:59 GMT

Richelieu, Politician as Connoisseur. "Richelieu: Art and Power," an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal, is both original and provocative, panoramic and full of surprises. By John Russell. [New York Times: Arts]

The Stone Virgins by Yvonne Vera

Mon, 07 Oct 2002 23:07:50 GMT

Zimbabwe's Writers Explore Despair and Violence Under Black Rule. Once a silenced subject in Zimbabwe, recent novels confront the killings by black soldiers in the years after white rule ended in 1980. By Rachel L. Swarns. [New York Times: Arts]

Handel's Giulio Cesare at the Opera Garnier

Fri, 20 Sep 2002 07:47:25 GMT

Mystery Music Stops Paris Opera. Phantom of the opera? Perhaps not, but strange voices could be heard in the Opera Garnier on Monday as a production of Handel's "Giulio Cesare" opened the 2002-3 season. By Alan Riding. [New York Times: International]