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Nov
9th

Mon

After the decoration of the Loggia, Raphael’s pupils later reaffirmed their interest in classical antiquity and its interpretation in the decoration of the Loggetta of Cardinal Bibbiena. The decorative program consisted of grotesque figures and of scenes from the Apollo myth. Only two of the three original paintings have been preserved. The scholar, Regid de Campos, reconstructed the third scene, whose theme was almost certainly the Flaying of Marsyas. The other two scenes represent Olympus praying to Apollo, and Apollo and Marsyas.

In Greek mythology, the satyr Marsyas is a central figure in two stories involving music: in one, he picked up the double flute that had been abandoned by Athena and played it; in the other, he challenged Apollo to a contest of music and lost his hide and life. In Antiquity, literary sources often emphasise the hubris of Marsyas and the justice of his punishment.

Nov
8th

Sun

Hellenistic culture

Thus, with the decline of the Greek polis, and the establishment of monarchial states, the environment and social freedom in which to excel may have been reduced. A parallel can be drawn with the productivity of the city states of Italy during the Renaissance, and their subsequent decline under autocratic rulers. However, in some fields Hellenistic culture thrived, particularly in its preservation of the past.

As has been noted, the states of the Hellenistic period were deeply fixated with the past and its seemingly lost glories.

Back Cover of Joe Meek and the The Blue Men’s I Hear a New World - an Outer Space Music Fantasy , 1960

George Maciunas was a founding member of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers, and designers.

Nov
7th

Sat

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Youth in Revolt, Japan 1964

Nov
4th

Wed

Paul Laffoley - Dimensionality: The Manifestation of Fate, 1992

I seem to rember reading in some old 80s mags that Graceland was kind of seen as a new model for selling an album in the MTV era around a concept (such as the world beat stuff) instead of having big hits or videos.

— Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain)

Nov
3rd

Tue

Pop, or at least the sort of pop that gets written about, exists in a state of permanent yearning to be more than it is. It speaks to the infatuated so well because it is itself infatuated – with the street or with the academy, it makes no difference. Preposterous to think now that the Beatles ever seemed raw or real (to these ears they always come across as narcissistic craftsmen) but in 1966 Lennon’s quoting the Tibetan Book of the Dead and McCartney’s borrowing of kitchen-sink drama tropes probably did seem like a blow for Art and realism in pop.

— Tom Ewing

—IMMEDIACY: Still get a static feeling on websites. Updated 6:57am looks old if you read it at 8:57. More second by second feel…less hour
by hour.

—ONLINE COMICS: Might be way too cost prohibitive, but imagine Online
animated versions of major comics that run in print. An evolution of the
print comic. Maybe if they ran in hundreds of websites it could work
economically…especially if Tribune syndicated them.

—STAR REPORTERS: I may have mentioned this before, but picture
reporters doing a short online video “Story behind the Story” where they
tell the story via video of writing a given piece. A video intro that:

a) Puts a face to the writer. Humanizes the story. An electronic byline.
b) Added “reason” to go to the website. An added dimension in story
coverage
c) Interesting stuff.

—“THEN”: A daily page that is “Today in Tribune History”. Long-time
fans would love to look back. Today in 1944, Patton…Today in 1977, a
huge storm… Reprint the page out of history. The key: Use this page to
drive what I think is an enormous revenue opportunity that hasn’t been
tapped—THE ONLINE ARCHIVES! These are amazing! Yet, a mystery…hidden.

This “THEN” page can drive awareness to the archives…then we need to
figure out how to monetize the archives to their fullest. Right now they
seem like a throw away, but I believe that if the archives are mobilized
you can see tremendous benefit and revenue. They are golden. They are
amazing. “THEN” can be the awareness vehicle.

—“BOOK BROWSER”: Your distribution is a godsend for record companies as a way to promote their heritage artist CDs. But also, book publishers! You are a natural for the big publishers to stuff samplers of upcoming titles in the Sunday (or other days) paper. You have one big thing going—You reach people who READ. Imagine a sneak preview of the new Stephen King book ONLY in the Trib. Those should be easy to pitch-you have READers, distribution and people are lazy. Instead of going to Borders to browse, it comes to your doorstep. Plus-older luddites are not about to go online. Newspapers are their Internet.

— Lee Abrams’ third dispatch to Tribune staffers

Psychographics

Psychographics are often confused with demographics. This confusion can create fundamentally flawed definitions. For example, historical generations are defined by psychographic variables like attitudes, personality formation, and cultural touchstones. The traditionally defined “Baby Boom Generation” has been the subject of much criticism because it uses demographic variables where it should be using psychographic variables. While all other generations are defined by psychographic variables, the old Boomer definition is based on a demographic variable—the fertility rates of its parents.