Commentary
In this episode of the Short Fuse, host Elizabeth Howard and Editor-in-Chief and founder of the “Arts Fuse,” Bill Marx, discuss the vital role arts commentary and criticism play in nurturing an open and democratic society
In many ways, “Now and Then” is the fitting gift — a single closing bookend, which Paul McCartney has called the Beatles’ last record.
It’s good to discover that George Scialabba is as lively as ever and that “Only a Voice” is filled with provocative arguments that make the reader want to argue right back.
The journalistic value of blathering out weekend tips to the ears of the comfortable in a social media world awash with likes is dubious.
Carla Bley was an original. We will never see her like again. It is a great blessing that she left so much music.
Dan Canon provides not only the statistics but powerful stories to demonstrate the extent to which plea bargaining has bankrupted the justice system
These projects are more conventionally jazzish in their sounds than the four in the companion post, but that does not make their ambitions less worthwhile or less adventurous.
Four recent releases illustrate what can happen when the only limits are the imagination of the composer and the passion of the performers.
“American Purgatory” is the sort of book reactionary politicians and organizations are trying to ban. It’s full of evidence that many of the attitudes and conditions prevalent in this country from its founding were racist, bigoted, even genocidal.
Film Anniversary: From Punchline to Plausibility — The 50-Year Transformation of “Soylent Green”
“Soylent Green” should be seen as a work of future history, a docudrama of things that, in 1973, had yet to happen but are happening now, 50 years later.
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