Drew McManus
No Pathos For Summer Festivals
Fri, Jun 6, 2008
by Drew McManus
Although daily traffic was on par for the blog average, the reader poll from Wednesday, 6/25/08 garnered the lowest number of participants of any poll in Adaptistration’s history. At the time this article was written, the Music Festival Convention poll only managed to generate 10 percent of average poll response. I admit that the low
Drunk Driver Convicted In Deaths Of Musicians Sentenced
Thu, Jun 6, 2008
by Drew McManus
16 months after her car struck and killed Eugene Symphony musicians Kjersten Oquist and Angela Svendsen, convicted drunk driver Fivea Sharipoff was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison by Circuit Judge John McCormick. Earlier this month, Sharipoff was found guilty on two counts of manslaughter in the first degree for the deaths
Poll: Music Festival Conventions
Wed, Jun 6, 2008
by Drew McManus
Before the NPAC stops rattling around in my head, I want to take a moment to mention the conference’s conspicuous absence of summer music festival managers and board members. It is no secret why they are represented in such low numbers as the timing for most annual conventions fall smack dab at the beginning of
He Would Have Been One Hell Of A Blogger
Tue, Jun 6, 2008
by Drew McManus
If he was born during the time of Generation-X he almost certainly would have been at the forefront of the blogging revolution. Instead, George Carlin preceded the age of unfiltered digital communication and had more than his share of experience dealing with the impact of words people didn’t want to hear and interpreting spin. One
Knowing When To Quit
Mon, Jun 6, 2008
by Drew McManus
The 6/19/2008 edition of the Wall Street Journal published an article by Janelle Gelfand (the Cincinnati Enquirer music critic) that asks whether or not this is truly the end of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO). Currently, the CSO executive board continues to rebuff calls for mediation, has fired the staff (although executives continue to work
