Monthly Archive for September, 2006

Deutsche Oper in Berlin Cancels Idomeneo due to protests and threats from Muslim Groups

Read on…
From Breibart

From the Political Pittbull

From the Times


Listen to this

Let the battle of the iPods begin…


After years of being the hottest MP3 player on the market apple’s popular Ipod may have a run for its money…Yesterday Microsoft, a fierce Apple rival, announced that it was launching its own MP3 player which looks very much like its rival and will be priced just the same. It only has two differences: 1 – it will work with Microsoft’s own MP3 service and 2 – it will include WIFI for document transfer!

For more check out:

Microsoft’s ‘Zune’ to spark war of the iPods with Apple

Also check out Microsoft’s teaser site:

https://www.comingzune.com/

Istanbul’s Kanyon Mall….it has its own climate!!!

http://men.style.com/news/going_out/092706

Wallpaper* City Guides by Phaidon

Wallpaper*, one of the world’s best and most important magazines for Design and Architecture and Phaidon, a leader in the world of publishing of Architecture and Design books have joined forces to bring you Wallpaper* City guides. This collection of 20 guides include:

Amsterdam, Bangkok, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Istanbul, London, Loas Angeles, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney and Tokyo

Here is what Phaidon has to say about their guides:

Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design-conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider’s checklist of all you need to know about the world’s most intoxicating cities.
Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days, visiting for business or vacation, we’ve done the hard work for you, from finding the best restaurants, bars and hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores and sites, and the most enticing architecture and design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip, however brief, with a real taste of the city’s landscape and the satisfaction you’ve seen all that you should.
Wallpaper* City Guides are compiled by the magazine’s travel experts, both by in-house editors and correspondents who actually live in the highlighted cities, providing up-to-the-minute information. They are published on the occasion of the magazine’s 10th anniversary and highlight its mission to present the best in new design and sophisticated travel.

For more information go to www.phaidon.com/travel

Blah Blah of the Day

NYT: Inside the Museum, Dylan�s Youth Goes on Display

NYT: The Frick as a Place for a Small Reunion

NYT: Boston Museum Returns 13 Ancient Works to Italy

NYT: New York Film Festival Quietly Demands Attention

NYT: Steve Reich, Sunny? Well, It Is His Birthday

NYS: Beauty in the Bronx

NYS: �Mad About Music’ Celebrates Five Years on the Air

IHT: First, inject formaldehyde; then, restore an artwork

Blah Blah of the Day

NYT: And the Orchestra Plays on, Echoing Iraq�s Struggles

NYT: The City Changes. Its Museum Will, Too.

NYS: Stone Faces, Expressive at the Met

NYS: A Truly Grand Opera

Venice Biennale Superblogs!

Have a look at these two blogs – interesting stuff!

www.contessanally.blogspot.com

www.venicesuperblog.net

Blah Blah of the Day

NYT: New Ideals for Building in the Face of Modernism

NYT: New Look at �Mona Lisa� Yields Some New Secrets

NYT: Tate and Scottish Museums Plan to Share a Trove of Contemporary Art

NYT: Berlin�s Post-Wall Master Builder Retires

NYT: At Long Last, a Shostakovich Premiere

IHT: When a picture says everything

IHT: Revealing the essence of Hong Kong

Blah Blah of the Day

NYT: Met Opera Brings a Little Punch to Its Puccini

NYT: Glimpses of a Genius Who Blazed His Paper Trail

NYS: A Little Sun Goes a Long Way

NYS: A Birthday Bash That’s Anything but Minimal

NYS: Arias on Canvas

Eco friendly design

Have a look at this website that lexus put together for the launch of their new sedan – great expose on eco friendly designers. Also takes you on Hybrid Living tours of three cities: NY, LA and SF.

http://www.articulate-sf.com/Lexus/