Word: loudnesses
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...THINK OPERA NEEDS CELEBRITY SINGERS TO GET YOUNGER PEOPLE INTERESTED? [Audiences] want to hear the most thrilling singing. When a human being without amplification makes a sound that is high and loud, it is almost unworldly. To get younger people interested, you also need a sense of theater and spectacle. Titles have made it more accessible. But I think the real future is streaming video over the Internet--then you can be heard not just by 3,000 people in the hall but live all around the world. One of the biggest markets for classical music is China...
...written in 1996 where he advocated looking abroad to find the grounds to invalidate a law punishing drug possession too harshly. “Well, I do like to be on both sides of an issue; that way I can bat .500,” Posner said to loud laughter in reference to the potential contradiction. Young said that the heart of the controversy was whether the Supreme Court was submitting to the authority of foreign courts or whether it was being persuaded by their reasoning. After reading the opinion, Young said he concluded that the Court was not being...
...acceptance of the calamity and absolution of responsibility.” Khwaja also emphasized that the fight is not over because people are not done dying and not enough is being done. “No my respectful silence and my serene candle are not enough. They are not loud enough or bright enough,” Khwaja said. He then said that he hoped that the audience would return home “enflamed.” The idea for a vigil arose out of an overwhelming sense of passion for those affected in last month?...
...friendly, and it’s a good place to get gigs,” Minami said. “I’m doing what I want to here, unlike at school.” It’s definitely a welcoming place, and the diverse crowd shows loud and frequent appreciation for the music. As far as places to get sloshed go, it’s a hell of a lot better than the smarmy B-schoolers at Grafton Street—and it’s a lot cheaper, too. The Hotspot had its sad introduction...
...time, only conservative detractors of music they deemed too loud, fast, or hard referred to it as “noise.” Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Ramones, Public Enemy; all of them were saddled with this dubious mantle in their time by more conservative tastes, before eventually winning enough converts to establish their legitimacy...