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...Romenesko's MediaNews poynter.org/medianews) a site that in addition to aggregating news stories about the media posts e-mail from media professionals. (A recent topic: a schoolyard fight between journalists and p.r. agents in which the reporters accused the flacks of being overly aggressive and underinformed.) Investment bankers prefer vault.com where they can keep tabs on which of their colleagues is getting richest and who's sleeping with whom. On greedyassociates.com young lawyers gripe about working conditions and compensation. And truckers can compare rigs and routes on truckinlife.com...
...just prefer the craftsmanship and care and humility of design and artifacts from the earlier era," says Ware, who collects pop ephemera like turn-of-the-century sheet music. "[There is] this arrogant sexuality to the modern world that I find very annoying, and I guess threatening. Everything has to be cool. Everything has to be sexy and fast-paced and rock-and-roll." Daniel Clowes, creator of Eightball comics, remembers visiting a modern-art museum in Amsterdam with Ware: "After about three rooms of Damien Hirst-ish paintings, I thought he was going to start tearing...
...those who prefer their music sans message needn't feel left out. Michael Tilson Thomas, the Great American Conductor, celebrates the centenary of the Great American Composer by leading the San Francisco Symphony in Aaron Copland's electrifying Symphony No. 3 (Sept. 27-28). Cecilia Bartoli and Bryn Terfel, the hottest tickets of the post-Pavarotti era, join forces for a gala concert at New York City's Metropolitan Opera House (Oct. 29). Ace countertenor David Daniels, opera's freshest star, makes his triumphant return to the New York City Opera in a new production of Handel's Rinaldo...
...know. It's a problem I have, I guess. I collect a bunch of junk from the turn of the century - sheet music and records and musical instruments. Essentially, I think I just prefer the craftsmanship and care and humility of design and artifacts from the earlier era. And I don't know if that's just the result of me having the benefit of hindsight and sort of editing things out, or if it really is there. But it seems [there is] this arrogant sexuality to the modern world that I find very annoying, and, I guess, threatening...
...According to Tuesday?s Wall Street Journal, it?s not just annoying when business travelers can?t make it to their destinations on time - it can be financially ruinous. Even with new video-conferencing technologies, many companies prefer to send their employees to meet clients face-to-face. That humanizing touch can be a deal-maker, but there is a risk involved: It requires employees to grit their teeth through countless airport disasters, often arriving four or five hours late at their destination hotels, and slogging through the following, critical workday on just a few hours? sleep...