merging of the folk/rock scene with classical/opera:

anais mitchell & michael chorney (hadestown)
the minotaur (iht review)
spring awakening (duncan sheik PA alum '91)

our generation of "millenials" enters the workforce...


razorbloodz (girl-punk on dartmouth campus)
roger bourland's site (chair of the ucla music dept)
ucla architecture and urban design dept

sonny okosuns
ian mcewan and opera librettos
christian wolff's accompaniments
bent leather
jazz and photography
world cafe radio

Cai GuoQuiang's record sale broken
lois dodd in maine
carroll dunham at the addison (andover) and boston globe interview
cynthia norton exhibit in houston
summer art around denver and the national democratic convention, including: krystof wodiczko, ann hamilton, DJ spooky
paul slocum's your not my father

roethke on npr

Obama fills in for Ted Kennedy at Wesleyan Commencement

post doi moi: vietnamese art after 1990
unwed pregnant women have haven in vn
african art from discarded materials
public tile project
true about van thanh rudd
no more family bitterness
killing of filipino peasant leader
john burnside
new beats?

waiting for jazz (ussr 1979-1989)
guitar hero world tour
gnawa musicians

sandra day o'connor & cowboy poets
first female british poet laureate in 340 years?

vn allows foreigners to own apts
mud between barack and mccain
vn customs
mega casino in ho tram
paparazi free nha trang

african art in musuems, not auctions
art prague
new ways to fundraise in museums
lyndal jones' crying man
christie's asian art in hong kong