Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
Today’s title comes from the closing paragraph of David Remnick’s 11/9/2016 New Yorker article and I wanted to take a moment to examine the full excerpt. But despair is no answer. To combat authoritarianism, to call out lies, to struggle honorably and fiercely in the name of American ideals—that is what is left to do. That is all there is to do. But despair is no answer. To combat authoritarianism, to …
The thought of writing an article for the day after the election seemed a bit overwhelming but it dawned on me that I haven’t posted any sort of formal link love style post in quite some time. Consequently, it is high time to rectify that oversight so here’s what has been catching my attention as of late. At Inside The Arts… If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million …
The 11/4/2016 edition of The Los Angeles Times published an article by Michael Hiltzik that examines the growing labor dispute at the Pacific Symphony. Currently, both sides appear to be approaching a work stoppage and the musicians have warned that if they are unable to reach a new agreement, they could declare a strike as soon as this week. But what makes this dispute different than others is just how unique …
Simply put, tomorrow’s election scares the living daylights out of me. But as President Obama says, ‘Don’t boo. Vote!’ and that’s precisely what I hope everyone plans on doing tomorrow, if you haven’t done so already. But in an effort to keep the anxiety at bay, I decided to occupy my mind with mindless, but useful, webmaster tasks such as database optimization and making data driven user experience changes to the …
Technically, yesterday marked Adaptistration’s thirteen-year anniversary, and what a year it’s been! According to data compiled by Google Analytics, here’s what happened. Audience New readers increased by 14 percent, one percent more than the previous year. Although the 25-34 age group comprise the majority of readers, the 35-44 age group increased their ratio by 25 percent from the previous year. 25-34: 22.82 percent of readers 35-44: 20.64 percent of readers 45-54: …