Congratulations! “organized labor” wins our Hemingway award for April 12, 2023.
NEWARK, NJ, USA, April 1, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — Exits and Entrances (AuthorHouse.com) wins Official Selection Award on Film Freeway (2023) in Rome, Italy.
Exits and Entrances (AuthorHouse.com) wins award on Film Freeway as best book in 2023 in Rome, Italy.
Having produced and seen opera since I was in high-school EVERY performance that goes well is a miracle. There have been disasters at The Met, NY City Opera between management and singers; directors and designers; stage-hands and stage managers and Off-Broadway. Don’t break a leg is often in play on or off-stage.
Exits and Entrances (AuthorHouse.com) chronicles 30 years of some of these. Break a leg but look 3 times in all directions., believe me
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Exits and Entrances: Producing Off-Broadway, Opera & Beyond: 1981-2006
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Congratulations! “organized labor” wins our Hemingway award for April 12, 2023.
This was our 4th Award since 2022 (as noted below). “Sweet Democracy Film Awards was created by the production team that made the latest film with Nobel Prize-winning writer Dario Fo…
This report provides a complete analysis of Worldwide Industrial Hemp Industry. The Global Industrial Hemp Market will grow to US$ 15.01 Billion in 2028, according to the publisher.
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Inspired by Quentin Tarantino’s book, Cinema Speculation, I resolved to spend 2023 going deep into the movies of the late 1960s and through the ’70s. Tubi has been my friend for the D-grade grindhouse and horror films that Tarantino loves (I do, too) while other on-demand channels have filled in some gaps.
One of the first things I did was re-watch 2001: A Space Odyssey for the 945th time, paying close attention to the things Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke got right and wrong about the future. Yes, they were pretty optimistic about the future of space exploration, but they viewed things from the space race era, a period when we went from janky rockets that exploded if you looked at them wrong to landing on the moon in less than 10 years. Why wouldn’t we have space tourism, moon colonies, and an atomic power mission to Jupiter overseen by a homicidal AI by 2001?
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Both keeping a New Year’s resolution and predicting the future are hard, but I’m going to try to do both.
Resolution:Learn more about the coming metaverse. I’ve had several eye-popping demonstrations of metaverse technology that make me think this will be a big part of the future of music. If I’m going to keep up, I’m going to have to buy some new hardware.
Prediction: I’ll buy Apple’s new AR/VR headset when it comes out, use it for about a week, get bored, and move on to the next shiny object. My wife will then yell at me. I need help.
Resolution:Start buying physical music magazines again. Having electronic issues delivered to my iPad is fine, but paper versions seem to contain a lot more.
Prediction: I used to spend thousands on the monthly editions of Q, Mojo, Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, Record Collector, Prog, Classic Rock, and a ton of others. Some are still publishing actual magazines, but given the decline in inventory on magazine racks, they’re getting harder to find. Time to subscribe. I’m already enjoying having quarterly issues of the newly resurrected CREEM magazine show up in my mailbox. I feel good about this one.
Resolution:Use the record review sections of those magazines to create fresh Spotify playlists. There’s too much music in the universe for anyone to sort through on their own. These review seconds are a godsend.
Prediction: Already started. My Spotify Wrapped for 2023 is gonna be…weird.
Resolution:Cancel reoccurring subscriptions to streaming services I don’t use. During the pandemic, I ended up subscribing to all kinds of services just to keep myself occupied. It’s to the point where I don’t know everything I have. I really need to go through my credit card statements.
Prediction: This is going to be a hassle, but it’s the fiscally responsible thing to do. Have I ever used BritBox more than a couple of times? How did I end up with two accounts for Qello? And who’s idea was it to get AMC+? Does this household really need that much Walking Dead content?
Resolution:Change all those passwords that Google says have been compromised. That seems…important.
Prediction: I must make time for this. I just have to figure out which password manager is best.
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Resolution:Expand my musical range. In years past, I vowed to learn more about jazz and opera and failed at both.
Prediction: I’ve given up on opera (I just can’t do it). Country will always be a no-go for me (I’ve tried so hard to no avail) And although I’ve made some headway with jazz (Brubeck, Davis), it’s still a struggle in most areas. Same with a lot of current hip-hop (I’m looking at you, Drake). I am, however, gaining ground with reggaeton and some African music, especially material coming out of Nigeria. It’s an eye- and ear-opening break from Western music. Recommended.
Resolution: Keep an eye on AI-generated music. This is a part of the recorded music industry that’s set to explode.
Prediction: I believe it’s only a matter of time before we have a string of hit songs generated by AI. Computer scientists know that if they can get a machine to create reasonable facsimiles of songs, it will be a major technological breakthrough. HYBE, the entertainment company behind K-pop juggernauts BTS, recently bought an AI firm capable of doing some amazing things with music. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear new BTS material over the next few years while the members complete their national service in South Korea. In the army? No problem. We’ll have AI cover off your parts.
Resolution: Buy more merch at concerts. Especially swag from smaller bands at smaller venues. Merch sales are an important revenue stream. A good night at the merch table and the band can afford to sleep in a hotel instead of begging for space on a fan’s couch.
Prediction: Done deal. Got vinyl for sale at your gig? I’m in.
Resolution:Make time to listen to more of my vinyl collection. There’s no excuse not to. Besides, I’m buying vinyl at gigs.
Prediction: I’m such a big fan of the format and the warm sound it delivers. Instead of binge-watching yet another true crime series on Netflix, my mind will be better served by being immersed in music. I can do this.
Resolution: Clean up my CD closet. I have a small room off my home office with shelves and drawers full of CDs, all long since full. On top of the shelves is a pile of several hundred discs that have yet to be filed anywhere. The only way this is going to work is if I cull my collection. No problem. There are only about 10,000 CDs in there. The good thing is that they’re in alphabetical order. Mostly.
Prediction: For the fifth year in a row, I’ll find some excuse to put it off. Meanwhile, that pile of unfiled discs will just get bigger. Better luck in 2024.
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Alan Cross is a broadcaster with Q107 and 102.1 the Edge and a commentator for Global News.
The first trading days of January loom large on Wall Street as being able to foretell the U.S. stock market’s direction for the full year. What does that mean for 2023?
Not much. January’s reputation is largely undeserved. Even when the market declines over the first sessions of January, it still is more likely than not to rise over the remainder of the year.
That should provide some solace to followers of these “first-days-of-January” indicators, who are biting their nails over the stock market’s weakness out of the starting gate on the first trading day of the year.
The accompanying table reviews the track records of the various iterations of these indicators. The percentages are based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.03%
back to its creation in the 1890s.
Length of initial period
% of time DJIA rises over remainder of year when it rises during initial period
% of time DJIA rises over remainder of year when it declines during initial period
First trading day of January
73%
53%
First 2 trading days of January
70%
56%
First 5 trading days of January
70%
58%
All of January
74%
56%
On the one hand, notice that there are greater odds of the market rising if it also rises in the first sessions of January. On the other hand, notice also that even when the market falls in those first sessions the odds of the market rising for the remainder of the year are still above 50%.
To put the table’s data in context, bear in mind that the odds of the stock market rising in any given calendar year are 64% (based on the Dow’s track complete history). So, depending on the “first-day-of-January” indicator on which you focus, the odds of an “up” year increase or decrease by a modest amount — between 6 and 11 percentage points. These differences are only marginally significant at the 95% confidence level that statisticians often use when assessing if a pattern is genuine.
There are several additional reasons not to put too much weight on these first-days-of-January indicators:
There is nothing particularly unique about January. Many other days of the year have the same apparent ability to foretell the market’s direction over the remainder of the next year. A trader intent on following the lead of all such “indicators” would be whipsawed into and out of stocks on a near-daily basis.
The marginally significant success of the early-days-of-January indicators traces in large part to the earlier part of the 20th century. Since 1960, in contrast, their track records are not statistically significant.
The bottom line? Regardless of how the market performs over the first days of this month, the intelligent bet is that the stock market will rise this year.
Mark Hulbert is a regular contributor to MarketWatch. His Hulbert Ratings tracks investment newsletters that pay a flat fee to be audited. He can be reached at mark@hulbertratings.com
Adventureland unveiled a new attraction coming to Altoona next summer.At an expo in Orlando, representatives showed off the “ships that will set sail” next summer on the viking-themed super flume water ride called “Draken Falls.”Each of the 10 viking ships seats six people in a three-row boat. Nordic theming will turn riders into vikings as they take on Draken Falls.According to Adventureland, the falls alternate between tranquil beauty and exhilarating thrills, including speeds up to 33 miles per hour. “Our guests voiced a desire for a new log flume ride, and this next-generation version is bigger and better than anything else in the country,” said Adventureland General Manager Bill Lentz. Adventureland staff members say the new “Super Flume” ride features the biggest wave of any flume ride on the market, plus airtime and speed hill moments.Draken Falls is one of two new integrated rides manufactured by Zamperla for Adventureland in 2023. The 1,312-foot “Flying Viking” roller coaster will soar over, under and around Draken Falls. Adventureland says Season Passes are available in a special “early Black Friday” sale for a limited time.
ALTOONA, Iowa —
Adventureland unveiled a new attraction coming to Altoona next summer.
At an expo in Orlando, representatives showed off the “ships that will set sail” next summer on the viking-themed super flume water ride called “Draken Falls.”
Each of the 10 viking ships seats six people in a three-row boat. Nordic theming will turn riders into vikings as they take on Draken Falls.
According to Adventureland, the falls alternate between tranquil beauty and exhilarating thrills, including speeds up to 33 miles per hour.
“Our guests voiced a desire for a new log flume ride, and this next-generation version is bigger and better than anything else in the country,” said Adventureland General Manager Bill Lentz.
Adventureland staff members say the new “Super Flume” ride features the biggest wave of any flume ride on the market, plus airtime and speed hill moments.
Draken Falls is one of two new integrated rides manufactured by Zamperla for Adventureland in 2023. The 1,312-foot “Flying Viking” roller coaster will soar over, under and around Draken Falls.
Adventureland says Season Passes are available in a special “early Black Friday” sale for a limited time.
