AUSTiN: PleasurePleasureClick to Download Scores by New American Composers- October 10, 2002 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..http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/arts/music/09NOTE.html?ex=1034740800&en=b0c625bfd0ba... Met Studies 'Adam's' Neighbors for Stress- October 10, 2002 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: Artshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101101/categories/pleasure/2002/10/10.html#a724 Jewish-style delicatessens in Los Angeles- October 10, 2002 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: Artshttp://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/10/arts/10BAGE.html?ex=1034827200&en=762592ed5f9628a9&a... The Junebug Symphony- October 10, 2002 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..http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/arts/theater/09JUNE.html?ex=1034827200&en=ff8c8437a7... Tops takes requests- October 9, 2002 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 cobrashttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101101/categories/pleasure/2002/10/09.html#a699 The flaming lips- October 9, 2002 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 cobrashttp://www.flaminglips.com/main.php Toy otaku heaven- October 8, 2002 Sweaty Frog is a toy-review magazinestore, 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 Bloghttp://boingboing.net/#85534186 |