Missoula Art Musem director Laura Millin was interviewed and quoted for a story published late last week by Bloomberg News, about the seeming double-standard that applies to artists and collectors when donating artwork to museums and other charities. It’s an interesting read, and I think Millin’s point is the best example in the [...]
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One of my fellow newsies forwarded a link to this amazing rant written by a certain Douglas Britt, the visual art and society reporter at the Houston Chronicle. It seems Mr. Britt has grown tired of creative types getting creative in how they communicate with him. If they’d just stick to the system and follow “simple instructions,” it would make everything better! Unfortunately, those “simple instructions” come in the form of a rambling, 1,400-word screed that I, for one, would have a hard time following even if I had to. It’s worth a cursory read, but only in the same way that a train wreck is worth craning your neck to see as you drive by. Yet there’s definitely a part of me that sympathizes with Mr. Britt’s plight. [Read More...] Advertisement I’ve been on vacation for the past week, but in the meantime my good friend (and fishing and hunting buddy) Bryant Ralston of Clinton decided to write up a guest post for the blog. Bryant spent the past weekend in Kaycee, Wyoming, for the dedication of the Chris LeDoux Memorial Park; as part of his trip he got to see Garth Brooks perform a concert with the Sun Valley Symphony. There’s an interesting and very personal connection that strings all of this together for Bryant. I’ll let him explain. Thanks for the post, Bryant! [Read More...] I’ve been away from the office for a week, just getting back in the flow now. Thought I’d share this 60 Minutes segment about Gustavo Dudamel and his quest to transform the musical culture of America. This guy inspires me like few others. Enjoy. Watch CBS News Videos Online Share [...] Josh Quick designed a really awesome PSA about wearing earplugs at concerts. This is a real pet peeve of mine, made prominent by my own significant problems with tinnitus. As of today, there’s no way to correct this problem. So every night, I go to sleep to the loud sound of a high-pitched [...] A friend of mine sent along a quote that I found rather thought-provoking, about the current state of the online world: The ubiquity of Facebook plus the end of Net Neutrality plus the conversion of the open internet into increasingly walled off proprietary information delivery systems is turning the public sphere into a [...] So now that the Dave Matthews / Michael Franti / Slightly Stoopid free concert fliers have been proved a hoax, I’ve been hearing from folks who think it was either a brilliant little prank, or a mean-spirited jab toward those who have lost their jobs at Macy’s and Smurfit-Stone. I’m curious what you [...] This Atlantic story is a pretty fascinating analysis of the importance of the Grateful Dead as a business model. And we’re not talking about the kids selling phatty veggie burritos in the parking lot. Share on Facebook Local musician Chris La Tray has a really moving post up on his blog about one of those moments in parenthood when you see the world shift right before your eyes. It’s worth checking out just for the great little photo series at the end. Enjoy. Share on Facebook |
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