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John Adams

The Met: Live in HD to Broadcast to Dubai

It was recently announced that the Met's wildly-successful Live in HD series will extend its influence even further; it will now broadcast to Dubai this season, beginning Oct. 11. The Dubai Event Management Corporation...

Downturn is hurting cities' car dealerships: Auto revenue sputtering

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 12--Ventura County auto dealerships are reeling from the spillover of a nationwide economic collapse that is forcing them to consolidate or close. A grim picture emerged last week from the auto...

Elegant synchronicity

Oh, the sheer elegance of synchronicity! Two recent posts here touched on musicians as literary figures and John Adams' views on Britten's settings of English texts. The next book after Hallelujah Junction in the pile collected...

Why Negative Ads Are Good for Voters

Attack ads are ubiquitous this campaign season, but they are not the threat to the electoral process that do-gooders claim. New Englanders, Advertising Age noted in an editorial last April praising negative campaign ads,...

Private sector loans, not Fannie or Freddie, triggered crisis

At right, Alan Greenspan. If you want to blame someone for this financial crisis, here is the man.Image via WikipediaMcClatchy Washington Bureau As the economy worsens and Election Day approaches, a conservative campaign that...

EDITORIAL:We need answers, not mud-slinging

• EDITORIAL: Why pay for cable signal that’s lost? • EDITORIAL: We need answers, not mud-slinging Updated: Saturday, October 11, 2008 6:43 PM PDT Most political experts say there are two truisms when it comes to negative...

British Style Genius, BBC2 The American Future: A History, BBC 2 John Adams, More4

The subject of episode one of British Style Genius was high-street shopping, a topic about which it is hard to be revelatory. We are all experts in this field. It did, however, include extremely rare, once-in-a-decade footage...

Aeros begin 15th season tonight at Toyota Center

American Hockey League (AHL) • Discuss this story on the American Hockey League message board... HOUSTON, Texas - The American Hockey League's (AHL) Houston Aeros will begin their 15th Anniversary Season Saturday at Toyota...

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra: Conductor's debut has familiar ring

Originality lies at the core of the best creativity. A performance by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra last night at Heinz Hall was a study of two artists searching for their own voice, violinist Sarah Chang and conductor...

How did we get here?

I find myself wondering this election how America got here, probably like everyone else. How did we go from the vision of the "City upon the Hill" (Originally proposed by John Winthrop, a Purtian settler, not Ronald Reagan!) to...

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