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Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age Steve Knopper Free Pressr; 301 pages...
...True to their advanced age and ideological inclination, the Academy's geriatric Lefties chose as the five nominees for Best Picture films set totally or mostly in the past, when moral lessons could shine with pristine clarity. The members wanted to look back in a kind of rancorous nostalgia - to dedicate this year's selection to the preservation of a political and artistic status quo from the dear dead days of the '50s, '60s and '70s, back when the members were barely pushing...
...stratosphere - that's the layer above the troposphere, where we live - where there is no rain to clear it out. It would be blown across the globe and block the sun. The effect would not be a nuclear winter, but it would be colder than the little ice age [in the 17th and 18th centuries] and the change would happen very rapidly - over the course of a few weeks...
...chilled rapport with Roman Rykine as her Cavalier did not help. Nevertheless, there is something about seeing a glittering pink tutu and satin pink pointe shoes amidst a cornucopia of confections, delicacies, princes, and enchantment that never fails to win one over, no matter one’s age, gender, cynicism, and overall faith in the existence of magic. In a world full of not only civil strife but also “Giselles,” “Manons,” and “Romeo and Juliets,” “The Nutcracker?...
...cherished. The show itself is attempting to preserve the traditions of a time long forgotten, demonstrating that the joys of the holiday season transcend hundreds of years and thousands of miles.The program embodies a jubilant lightheartedness of celebration that is best appreciated when experienced with family, rather than college-age friends. It takes everyone back in time, but remains more quaint than edgy. Even so, with talented actors leading rounds of “Alleluia” and members of the audience cheerily singing along, “Revels” has proved itself worthy of being a tradition...