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Actually, lots of people. After Gates outlined creative capitalism in a speech at Davos, Switzerland, in January, I started a website on the topic creativecapitalismblog.com) with the Tom Sawyer--ish intention of inviting distinguished economists, journalists and ordinary people to discuss their reaction to Gates' notion and then turning it all into a book. It has worked like a dream, and the book will be out by the end of the year. The remarkable thing is the variety of objections to what seems like an idea that's hard to dispute...
...well aware of the possibility that the oppressed might eke out moments of joy amid their sorrows. This was the subject matter of a sprightly little tale titled A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It, published in the 1870s. The narrator asks his 60-ish black servant, Aunt Rachel--who spent most of her life as a slave--why she is so happy all the time. The story is her answer, and I will not spoil it other than to suggest that Twain manages, in just a few pages, to lead us through the complexities...
...Most great (and great-ish and not-so-great) art finds inspiration in what has come before, even if it's just in the eyes of the viewers. So in hopes of understanding the style and strut of Zohan - an undercover Israeli Mossad agent who leaves a life of violence to set up shop as a New York hairdresser - we take a look back at two other cult cinematic icons: Borat, and Jesus. (Full-disclosure: This kind of article was totally ripped off, er, inspired by Entertainment Weekly...
MUSIC Death Cab for Cutie Narrow Stairs; out May 13 On their second major-label album, the kings of emotional nerdiness mine their broken hearts with just enough sonic abandon to keep things sharp. The single I Will Possess Your Heart builds over eight brooding, Wilco-ish minutes (take that, mainstream radio!), while there's actual guitar feedback on Talking Bird. A nice step in a darker direction...
...Hannon are just two of the Dolls’ cult of street-performer fans known as The Dirty Business Brigade who follow the band on tour and provide extra vaudevillian touches to already chaotically theatrical shows. “I first had the idea back in, oh God, 2004-ish to be living painted statues, because [Palmer] had always been a living statue and I had done that too, so we thought, how could we make it interesting?” Paterson says. The pair feel that the painting echoes the experimental sentiments of the Flower Generation; it?...