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Awarding high school theater?
July 10, 2008
Comments(2)Forgive the randomness of today's posting. I'm in a clearing-my-desk frenzy before taking off tomorrow afternoon
for a family trip to the Jersey shore. (Thank goodness I have some LA Theatre Works plays on tape to get
me through...
MoreMayor Ballard, arts patron
June 26, 2008
Comments(4)When I attended last night's sneak preview of the "On the Road Again..." exhibition at the IMA, there was
Mayor Ballard.
When I attended Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre's "Hooray for Bollywood" performance at Pike Performing Arts
Center, there was...
MoreTobias Theatre events announced
June 23, 2008
Comments(4)The folks at the Indianapolis Museum of Art have named names (at least some) for programming at its soon-to-be-opening
Tobias Theatre.
The initial schedule for this new "living room" for the arts includes:
--"Virtuosos and Visions," featuring violinist Cho-Liang Lin, pipa artist Min Xiao-Fen,...
MoreThe death of the CD
June 20, 2008
Comments(8)Reports of the death of the CD aren't exagerated.
Wired magazine reports that Apple's ITunes store has sold over five billion songs.
Meanwhile, Price WaterhouseCoopers LLC released a report that sales downloaded songs will surpass that of CDs
by 2010.
In...
MoreDC: Critical mass in Washington
June 17, 2008
Comment(1)It’s been about a decade since I’ve been to Washington, D.C., but memories rush back.
On a junior high field trip, a kid sticking his hand in front of my Super-8 movie camera as I tried to
film a “Hard Day’s...
More500 winners: Florence, Jim and us.
May 27, 2008
Comments(8)I'd like to add one brief A&E thought to all of this weekend’s Indy 500 coverage: Two of the reasons
why it's still possible to love the race--even if you aren't an open-wheel racing fan--are Jim Nabors and
Florence Henderson.
That...
MoreArts and depression
May 20, 2008
Comments(6)Two books I’m in the midst of reading combine to raise questions about the future of art and audiences.
The first, “Against Happiness,” posits that our society’s increased emphasis on smoothing over the rough edges
of life (through pharmaceuticals and...
MoreKnow your pros
March 27, 2008
Comments(4)Today I noticed in another publication that a fully-professional arts organization in town was referred to
as a “community theater.”
I brought this up at lunch and an arts professional dining with me said something to the effect of “Yes,
a...
MoreArtwork in front/drop box in back
March 26, 2008
Comments(6)Yesterday I had my first encounter with the new Central Library’s conveyor-belted drive-up drop-off box. And
in its own small way, it made me like the library even more — especially when I received a courtesy call
saying that we...
MoreAnother critic bites the dust
March 4, 2008
Comments(4)The Los Angeles Times has decided it doesn’t need a full-time dance critic and so Lewis Segal is now out
of a job.
What does that matter to you?
Well, it’s no secret that daily newspapers are placing less emphasis on arts...
MoreReviews, previews, blogs, etc.
February 28, 2008
Comments(0)While this blog has loads of readers (110,000 page visits in January.), I’ve found, anecdotally, that that
number includes some who know little about IBJ’s other arts and entertainment coverage.
So I thought I’d take today’s posting and give you a...
MoreThe end of poetry?
February 13, 2008
Comments(8)I have flexible hours here at IBJ due to the amount of evening and weekend A&E events I attend.
One of the advantages of such a non-schedule is that at least twice a week I’m in the car at 9 a.m....
MoreThe Kindle, bootleg movies, etc.
January 31, 2008
Comment(1)A few technology and the arts stories for you forward-thinking readers:
According to yesterday’s Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com has experienced better-than-expected sales of the temporarily-out-of-stock
Kindle, the $399 electronic book gizmo it launched last November.![]()
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Live … from the Toby
January 23, 2008
Comments(10)The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Tobias Theater will be renovated and reopened thanks to a $1 million gift
from the Randall and Marianne Tobias.
Announcements of specific programs for “The Toby” are still forthcoming, but IMA reps say it will be...
MoreOscars, ‘trotters and “Menopause”
January 22, 2008
Comments(3)Some unrelated thoughts on a catch-up Tuesday:
The Academy Award nominations are out and it’s interesting to note that “Transformers” (3) received more
nominations than “Norbit” (1).
Seriously, though, for those of us who watch the Oscars the way others...
MoreYou-review-it Monday, 1-21-08
January 21, 2008
Comments(4)I had a busy A&E weekend, with the "Three Girls and Their Buddy" concert at Clowes Hall on Friday night
(more on that later), the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s hot ticket "Rite of Spring" performance on Saturday
(see previous blog entry...
MoreCruise and the cult of biography
January 15, 2008
Comments(14)Yes, it’s the big day. The unauthorized Tom Cruise biography is out.
Guess who won’t be reading it?
For one, a few clicks will get you all the couch-jumping, the Scientology, the wild rumors, and the rest
that you could possibly want....
MoreSuper hero museum closes
January 8, 2008
Comments(5)Superman leaps tall buildings in a single bound (note: If he can fly, why does he bother leaping? Just
asking).
Dane Nash took his own enormous leap—of faith—when he decided to put his Superman and Batman memorabilia
collection—including a full-sized Batmobile...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
January 7, 2008
Comments(6)This weekend, I caught Dance Kaleidoscope’s “Funny Feet,” The Phoenix Theatre’s “End Days,” Beef & Board’s
“Run for Your Wife” and stopped in, briefly, at the Midwest Museum of Contemporary Art’s “Backyard” at the
Harrison Center.
In short, I spent a...
MoreIndy arts: The Ballard years
January 2, 2008
Comments(19)“… Frankly, if it comes down to another piece of art or another cop on the street, that’s not a close
call.”
So said Greg Ballard in a post-election interview with IBJ.
With Ballard now officially on the job as mayor of...
MorePrice points
December 17, 2007
Comments(7)One of the productions I’ll be reviewing in the next IBJ is “Assassins,” the Stephen Sondheim musical staged
by the new Indy-based company Lowbrow Productions (information at www.lowbrowproductions.org).
Something I probably won’t be mentioning in the article: The fact that...
MoreEnd Times/Good Times
December 14, 2007
Comments(7)Today, “I am Legend” opens in theaters and “The Mist” is still lingering. I’m hoping to see both this weekend.
Next month, “End Days” opens at the Phoenix Theatre, and Spotlight Theatre will stage the apocalyptic “Early
One Evening at the...
MoreThe Value of Controversy?
December 11, 2007
Comments(5)“As long as artists are at liberty to feel with high personal intensity, as long as our artists are free
to create with sincerity and conviction, there will be healthy controversy and progress in art.”
That line isn’t from Michael Kammen,...
MoreThe Art of the Blog
December 7, 2007
Comments(16)Welcome to the IBJ A&E corner of the blogosophere—a salon of sorts where arts and entertainment issues
large and small, local and national, low-, medium- and high-brow, will be discussed, debated, argued about
and wrestled with.
It’s a place I hope...
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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