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Friday, September 8, 2006

IHT: The vision behind the Louvre’s metamorphosis

In 2004, there were close to 6.9 million entries, and in 2005, 7.5 million, making the Louvre the most heavily attended museum in the world. Of these, two thirds came from outside France.

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Monday, May 29, 2006

TMN: Binge Listening: the Art of Consumption

“The more I hear, the greater my craving, and this keeps going until it seems the only way to satiate myself would be to funnel the songs into my skull two or three at a time. I listen to everything they’ve ever written, and then I go searching online for live tracks.”

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Sunday, May 7, 2006

NYT: Things I’d like to read, but don’t have time to:

Someone Has to Pay for TV. But Who? And How?
Early Intensity Underlines Role of Races in Ohio
For Bush, the Economy Is a Glass Half Empty
Contra-Contraception: A growing number of conservatives see birth control as part of an ailing culture that overemphasizes sex and devalues human life. Is this the beginning of the next culture war?
Oh, My: Now That Was Italian
Five ‘Don’t Miss’ Exhibitions This Summer

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

NYT: ‘West Wing’ Writers’ Novel Way of Picking the President

Turns out, the writers were going to have Alan Alda’s Sen. Arnold Vinick win. Then John Spencer died. (And if you don’t want to know anything about the final episodes, be careful reading this.)

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Thursday, March 30, 2006

CinPost: Show here lures N.Y. bigwigs

Company revival now playing (we’ll see it later this month) may be headed to Broadway next.