Monday Links

June 13, 2010 • Quotidian • 0 • Previous | Next

Warning: In an effort to get unruly tabs under control, this edition of Link Love has been super-sized. Please be sure to stretch your legs ever two or three links to ensure optimum circulation.

Side effects may include cognitive dissonance, existential crisis, a changing worldview and DVT but it’s totally worth it.

The excellent independent film site, The Auteurs is having an Agnès Varda restrospective. Stream her entire oeuvre ad-free for as little as as $1/film.

Michael Kesteron, Kennedy Centre Prez, has toured the country to find that the arts scene looks pretty much the same everywhere. This has led him to despair about The State Of Things. If there’s one area where classical music is consistently on the cutting edge, it’s in the Sky Is Falling Department. As Anne Midgette points out, we have been moaning about this for years.

Surprise. Miss Mussel isn’t the only one have UK work visa nightmares. The English National Ballet’s 60th anniversary celebration will have to go on without its No.1 swan. Odette/Odile, aka Polina Semionova is stuck at her home in Berlin until admin snafu is sorted out.

From McSweeny’s – Great Literature Retitled To Boost Traffic

An opera in a swimming pool? You bet. Esther Williams rides again.

Three men think they are Jesus. What happens when you put them in a room together?

Are online journal publishers shaking down universities for insanely high fees? The University of California is holding their ground and saying no to a 400% hike in the subscription rate.