There's Still A Feeling That Uncensored Emotions

Why Not Invest In The Future Of Music, Instead Of Building Fortresses To Preserve Its Past?

The Very Best [infographics] Engender And Facilitate An Insight By Visual Means - Allow Us To Grasp Some Relationship Quickly And Easily That Otherwise Would Take Many Pages And Illustrations And Tables To Convey. Insight Seems To Happen Most Often When Data Sets Are Crossed In The Design Of The Piece - When We Can Quickly See The Effects On Something Over Time, For Example, Or View How Factors Like Income, Race, Geography, Or Diet Might Affect Other Data. When That Happens, There's An Instant "aha!".

My Favorite Term For A New Kind Of Performance Is "security Theater." In This Genre, We Watch As Ritualized Inspections And Patdowns Create The Illusion Of Security. It's A Form That Has Become Common Since 9/11, And Even The Government Agencies That Participate In This Activity Acknowledge,off The Record, That It Is Indeed A Species Of Theater.

With Music, You Often Don't Have To Translate It. It Just Affects You, And You Don't Know Why.

A Lot Of Cities Are Making A Real Effort, Neighborhood By Neighborhood, To Make Themselves Into A Place Where Life Can Be Pretty Good.