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As SPIN reports, the newly freed rapper Lil Boosie "wrote over a thousand songs, a book, and a musical while in jail," and he'd like very much to collaborate with Justin Bieber on something. -
Quickies: 'Terminator' Time Signature, 'Out to Lunch' at 50, Sibelius Off NASDAQ, New Orleans Jazz Market, Musicology Tumblr
“DAH-doonk, dah-doonk, dah-doonk, gonk gonk.” -- Slate's Seth Stevenson -
Quickies: James Rhodes on Classical Sexism, Boulez Gets Cleveland Laurel, Schick on Stockhausen, Global Online Orchestra, Paul Ryan's NEA
"Why is sexism still tolerated in our industry? We need an immediate and total change in attitudes across the board." -- James Rhodes -
Quickies: What is Killing Classical Music?, Carnegie Hall 2014-15, Tapestry Taps Michael Mori, Sounds of Gambling, Music Video Minus One
Will Robin: As the musicologist and pianist Charles Rosen so eloquently put it, “The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.” To place that tradition in context, consider the infographic below. Design credit goes to Andy Doe, a consultant../ -
Quickies: Anna Netrebko's Winter Olympics Bod, Classical is Dead, Classical's NOT Dead, Caroline Shaw Pedals Violin, 'Living Stars' @ Sundance
Ann Netrebko, second only to Val Gergiev as Vlad Putin's favorite court musician, lets her glasnosts fly high above New York City--"L'Elisir d'Flu," indeed. -
Quickies: 'Family Guy' on Bach/Debussy, Oscar Music, New Detroit Symphony Contract, Dance & Capitalism, Notation-Notation-Notation
The funniest classical music joke of all time? The funniest classical music joke of all time. -
Quickies: Edward Sharpe Scores Golden Globe, Dame Nellie's 'Downton Abbey,' Classical Karaoke App?, NYC Winter JazzFest Pix, Ballet Next
Beating both Hans Zimmer and John Williams, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros frontman Alex Ebert (a.k.a Ima Robot) took home the 2014 Golden Globe-Best Original Score for his music behind 'All is Lost.' -
Quickies: 2Pac's 'Holler if Ya Hear Me' on Broadway, Anna Netrebko's Flu, Blue Note Yourself App, Bolshoi to Lincoln Center, Dickie Landry Story
The $8 million production, sanctioned by Shakur's mother Afeni, opens on June 19 at the Palace Theater. -
Quickies: Dead Funny Kenny G, Operavore on Nudists, John Lurie on the Knicks, Selling Broadway to Sports Fans, Dance Dance Resolution
Wherein one Kenneth Gorelick helps Jon Daly score, in oh, so many funny ways. -
Quickies: Beethoven Sells for $200K?, Gramo's Classical & Jazz, 'Lion King' Out Grosses Broadway, Boulezian on Gluck, Cracked Movie Music
An extraordinarily rare sketch leaf manuscript by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven will be auctioned next month by New Hampshire based, RR Auction. More details can be found online at www.rrauction.com. -
Quickies: Mayor DeBlasio on the Arts, Electric Andrés Segovia, Wynton Marsalis/Drew Faust, American Ballet's Kevin McKenzie, Twelfth Night Fest at Trinity Wall St.
Honestly, how often should we expect New York City's brand new mayor--Bill DeBlasio, a Park Slope Democrat--to go to the Met? -
Quickies: Carly Rae Jepsen's Broadway Cinderella, Was Bach Lazy?, Jazz & Democracy, Latin-Jewish Dancing, Leland Smith Obit
Here's hoping Ms. Rae Jepsen's Broadway debut--a 12-week run in Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' starting Feb. 4--lands better than her infamous first pitch. -
Quickies: Billy Joel Donates Bösendorfer, Mentally Ill Orchestra, No More Artists' Quarter Jazz, 'Hamlet' Selfies, 'The Crucible' Ballet
Sag Harbor resident Billy Joel has donated a second piano to Stony Brook University--a $250,000 Bösendorfer Imperial grand piano. -
Quickies: Taylor Swift's $100K Birthday Gift, Caroline Shaw & Nico Muhly, James Wood on Britten Books, Monk in Paris '69, Wagner Sculpture
Here's Tay at Schermerhorn Symphony Center in December of 2011--showing off her Harmony Award from the Nashville Symphony.
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