JILL SOBULE’S NEW CD DISCUSSED IN NY TIMES
By Tom Teicholz at 9 February, 2009, 10:41 am
David Carr’s media column in the New York Times this morning highlight’s Jill’s new CD, and the way she went about raising the funds for the Don Was produced collection, as a new model for artists. Check it out:Â http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/business/media/09carr.html?_r=1&ref=business
Read More >>A plan to save Moca
By Tom Teicholz at 8 December, 2008, 11:30 am
Roberta Smith writing in the New York Times this morning put forward a plan to save MOCA which was reasonable and would work. To read her article click here. Noting that the gap that MOCA needs to fill is $25 Million she called upon board members, trustees, art collectors, art patrons, artists and individual citizens […]
Read More >>Fact vs Fiction
By Tom Teicholz at 21 March, 2008, 2:26 pm
There’s a post by Bob Harris on Paper Cuts, the New York Times’ Blog about books, about fact vs fiction, a topic that’s gained currency in light of all the recent faked memoris. Harris turns to author Kathryn Harrison to discuss a similar set of facts that appears in both a work of her fiction […]
Read More >>Good & Bad, Real & Fake, Cain & Abel, Jacob & Esau
By Tom Teicholz at 4 March, 2008, 2:31 pm
Lot to discuss: First the Good: Richard Price‘s new novel, “Lush Life” got a rave review From Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times. How’d you like to wake uo to this line: “No one writes better dialogue than Richard Price — not Elmore Leonard, not David Mamet, not even David Chase. Or how about […]
Read More >>Monday Morning roundup
By Tom Teicholz at 25 February, 2008, 11:30 am
THE OSCARS Here’s the strange thing: There’s not much to say about the Oscars. Jon Stewart handled himself well, more confident than last year and he had a few good jokes, but there were no home runs. It was clear that as part of their “plan B” in case they had a show without writers, […]
Read More >>AMAZON / AUDIBLE DEAL: IS EG responsible?
By Tom Teicholz at 1 February, 2008, 9:24 am
As reported in The New York Times and by Cynthia Turner’s Cynopsis (see quote below), Amazon has purchased Audible for $300 Million.Amazon acquired spoken word digital audio company Audible for $300 million, adding a potential new content provider for its Kindle digital book device. Audible has compiled a catalog of over 80,000 digital programs from […]
Read More >>Funny Lady or Ms. Stanley, I presume
By Tom Teicholz at 29 January, 2008, 10:52 am
One of the wittiest reviewers out there is the NY Times’ Alessandra Stanley on Television. Here’s how she began her review of HBO’s “In Treatment”: Some things sound simply awful: a family reunion holiday cruise, an all-you-can-eat haggis buffet, a television series set entirely in a psychotherapist’s office. Stanley goes on to praise the show […]
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