Word: musician
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Favorite Work of Art: As a musician, I would have to go with John Coltrane’s recording of My Favorite Things at Newport...
Stringer will be asked to export that leaner, meaner strategy to Japanno easy task. One knock is that in a company dominated by engineers, he isn't an engineer. "I'm not a musician, yet I manage a music company," he counters. "I'm not an actor, and I manage Hollywood." His goal: to concentrate on products, not process, which has choked innovation at Sony. "We have to find a way to streamline the place," he says, "to focus on engineers and products and get out of the way." But he also has to rid the company of its infamous...
...your ass on the line like you used to, motherfucker.” Heard at a concert, these words might suggest a pissed-off crowd or a burgeoning riot. It’s quite a different matter, however, when these words are spoken by the musician to himself, as Lou Barlow proved when he wittily muttered them at the Middle East Upstairs last Wednesday. In the context of that intimate setting, on one of the first dates of his new tour, the words shed an old light on the new Barlow...
...play rock n’ roll, it’s now, right? At this point, though, I’m hesitant about turning music into a career just because that might make it a chore rather than a joy, and also it’s not easy being a musician these days, so support your bands...
...engaging new book, The Debt Threat (HarperBusiness; 257 pages), by Noreena Hertz, a University of Cambridge globalization expert, who tells the story of how debt burdens are crushing many developing countries. We see rock star Bono, on a debt-relief crusade, bring Senator Jesse Helms to tears as the musician quotes verses from the Bible. We also learn of practical solutions. Hertz insists that debt relief should be delinked from International Monetary Fund and World Bank "good governance" conditions, arguing that there isn't time for impoverished countries to revamp their political systems. Instead, Hertz proposes that debt savings should...