Commentary

Fuse Book Commentary: Found in Translation — Out in the ‘Burbs

February 21, 2015
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Every writer fantasizes about passionate readers. These were as passionate as they come.

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Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Who Will Buy?

February 19, 2015
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The writing is on the wall, and it’s not just a warning to the composer who trifles with the idea of writing a JIPC. It’s a warning to everyone who takes music seriously.

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Fuse Remembrance: Poet Philip Levine — A Voice of Muscle and Grit

February 16, 2015
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Last Saturday, poet Philip Levine died at the age of 87 in Fresco, California. Here is a reprint of an Arts Fuse appreciation of the writer, originally posted in May of last year.

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Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Who Cares?

February 11, 2015
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The media tools now available have brought us closer than ever to getting the amusements we want as soon as we want them, which puts all forms of art music at a serious disadvantage.

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Fuse Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Setting the Margins

February 10, 2015
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This post is the first of 17 in an ambitious series examining the traditions and realities of classical piano concertos influenced by jazz.

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Book Review: “Culture Crash” — The People Who Followed Their Bliss Off a Cliff

January 13, 2015
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Truth is, the fraying of the middle class is not just something that has happened to creatives.

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Visual Arts Commentary: The Telling Anonymity of Political Street Art

January 12, 2015
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Highlighting the identity of artists is essential in art world journalism, but it appears to be unimportant when reporting on the artistic contributions to political street demonstrations.

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Arts Commentary: On Michel Houellebecq, Islamophobia, and “Charlie Hebdo”

January 12, 2015
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It is unlikely that those who turned automatic fire on the staff of Charlie Hebdon ever read Michel Houellebecq.

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Theater Commentary: On The Firing Of Theater J’s Ari Roth

January 7, 2015
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The Theater J debacle points to the difficulties Jewish theater faces within the Jewish community.

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Arts Commentary: The View from Free — 2014 Edition

January 2, 2015
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The exploitation of the free labor of artists may finally have hit a critical mass in 2014, generating enough publicity to make observers righteously angry.

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