ANALOG blog Blog - Bands on tour

• Beckett vs. Shakespeare

  When you pit two of theaters unparalleled geniuses against each other on the same subject matter (subjugation of the female) in two plays that were written nearly 350 years apart, the differences are striking for the performer.A Winter's Tale contains the most famous stage direction in all of Shakespeare ("Exit,...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • You ON TOUR (US)
• Niccolo Castiglioni, "Daleth"

  Ciro Scarponi, clarinetto; Massimiliano Damerini, pianoforte (Edizione: Ricordi, Milano) concerto del 29 settembre...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Milano
• For All The Süßmayrs

  There was a fascinating little feature in New York magazine recently which showed a page of a Danny Elfman score along with his comments. It is deeply revealing of just how much of a hand an orchestrator has in working with a composer like Elfman, in case you're interested. And...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • New
• The Art Of Saying Nothing (And Getting Paid To Do It)

  There's something in the water at New York newsrooms that turns good writers with sharp minds into addle-brained, insta-historians enamored with striking cultural commentary gold. At the Times, it's quick-witted scribes like Maureen Dowd and Alessandra Stanley who weave observations about Desperate Housewives into some elaborate discussion of a zeitgeist...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • New