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The Group proposes to abolish the allocation to Culture Ireland generating a saving of €4.6m. This Programme includes the allocation of grants for overseas activity to Irish artists or arts organisations as well as the funding and facilitation of Irish participation at strategic international arts events. Funding for these Programmes cannot be sustained given other public expenditure priorities. http://www.irishelection.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bl100vol2.pdf A small saving of €4...
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/07/06/090706crbo_books_gladw... Great intelligently-written article.
Everybody is becoming like Stasi agent, constantly observing himself or his friends. Ralf Hütter, Kraftwerk
“If you practise for 10 years, you may begin to please yourself. After 20 years you may become a performer and please the audience.” RIP Ali Akbar Khan http://bit.ly/PBSxf
http://www.therestisnoise.com/2009/06/and-the-world-was-not-calm.html To tweet or not to tweet? Amanda Ameer ponders the new fad for Twittering during concerts, checking in with David Lang and Hilary Hahn. Greg Sandow is pro; Matthew Guerrieri is con; Lisa…
http://oliviagiovetti.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/bangover/ Great stuff - one of the most creative uses of Twitter I’ve seen so far.
http://www.sequenza21.com/index.php/1358 Good article on why it takes so long to record works that people want to hear. Why not the EP for new music?