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It's not the recording industry! Please. It's the record companies. There is a difference. .< 2:38:33 PM  >Global summit opens with calls for action to help the world's poor 
The largest summit in UN history got under way in Johannesburg on Monday with a call to fight the "global apartheid" that separates wealthy nations from poor countries. [CBC News] .< 2:37:44 PM >A king worth his salt With Christopher Plummer in control as Lear, Jonathan Miller's stripped-down production proves that something can come from nothing
By KATE TAYLOR -- King Lear Written by William ShakespeareDirected by Jonathan MillerStarring Christopher PlummerAt the Festival Theatrein Stratford, Ont.Rating: ***From its very first moments, as the villain Edmund quietly takes his place in the shadows, Jonathan Miller's King Lear announces itself as a finely detailed and intelligent production. And from his very first moments, casting a sharp eye over the map he has tidily unfurled, Christopher Plummer announces himself as an actor masterfully in control of the title role as the Canadian-born star of Hollywood and Broadway returns to his Stratford roots. FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts] I really should take Cait to see this. I think mom's going. .< 2:01:21 PM >If you close your eyes, you'd swear it was Tuscany
By DAVID MACFARLANE
-- I'm warning you right now: TV is going to be especially unpleasant the next little while. Sorry, but it's going to happen, so you might want to prepare yourself. FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts] This new court is located in The Hague, in the Netherlands, where this news doesn't sit too well. The general vibe here in the lowlands is that the US can and will invade to free any US citizens held in tribunal custody. Pretty unnerving, considering the Netherlands just recently agreed to invest 800 million dollars in Joint Strike Fighter development funding. Perhaps that decision should be revisited? [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] Americans are more equal than others? .< 1:40:03 AM >Apple releases updates for OS X 10.2 [The Macintosh News Network] .< 1:28:34 AM >Going Forward to the Past. The 20/21 series from Deutsche Grammophon has produced many important new recordings of contemporary music in its four years of existence and has just issued another: Wolfgang Rihm's By James R. Oestreich. [New York Times: Arts] .< 1:10:50 AM >Classical Music Wriggles Out of Its Tux. Stuffy, elitist: that's long been the charge against classical music. But it's a less valid one now as young, adventurous audiences emerge. By Anthony Tommasini. [New York Times: Arts]'In Europe they elect playwrights and scientists as presidents. But President Bill Clinton seemed to feel that he had to mask his keen intelligence, and President Bush, during his campaign, essentially brandished anti-intellectualism as an asset.' The quote is a bit off-topic but I couldn't resist. Vive la différence. .< 12:49:48 AM >Quebec town votes to shut down
People who live in a small community in eastern Quebec voted almost two-to-one Sunday to abandon their town and ask the province to help them move elsewhere. [CBC News] 'The mining town in the Gaspé Peninsula has lost its major employers in the past few years. In many homes, the desire to stay has also disappeared.' .< 12:35:03 AM >If you've been wondering, I've got the database with the 150+ features of Jaguar and will start posting a couple of them every day.[Ken Bereskin's Radio Weblog] Tune into Bereskin's blog for more details. .< 12:25:30 AM >A fantastic weblog covering the World Summit on Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Thanks to Shelley Powers for the link.  [Scripting News].< 12:20:57 AM >Happy Mac Becomes an Icon of the Past. Without fanfare, Apple Computer has retired the smiley-face computer screen logo that has been an emblem since the introduction of the Macintosh computer. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology]'While some Windows-based computers still start up with a series of cryptic text messages, the smiling Macintosh icon has for 18 years been the first thing to greet Macintosh users as they start their computers.' Goodbye happy Mac. Sniff . . . .< 12:11:48 AM >Revolt in the Den: DVD Sends the VCR Packing to the Attic. Digital video discs and their players, which five years ago were not much more than the toys of gadget-lust sufferers, have now taken full wing as a true pop-culture phenomenon. By Rick Lyman. [New York Times: Technology] |
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