Author Archives: jsl915@aol.com

David Carr posing the not-just-rhetorical question about how far magazines must fall today in the Times is a lot sharper than his rather credulous hoo-ha about those oh-so-“shocking” magazine covers.  But where the tailspin of the magazine sector is concerned, the elephant in the … Continue reading →

 Only in today’s media environment could the fact that Newsweek and Time went for the old tits-and -blow job cover playbook be treated as “shocking,” a bold, major departure–they actually didn’t put a celebrity on the cover.  Cultural literacy may not … Continue reading →

How is it that that global warming deniers still retain a shred of credibility?  Welcome to July, 2012–hottest month in the U.S. since record keeping began two centuries ago.  http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/08-7

Interesting that in the mostly-anti, but now somewhat more balanced critical response to Lifar’s 1943 Suite en Blanc, and its recent performances by POB in New York, I haven’t read an acknowledgment of the cranking arabesque penches in the adagio … Continue reading →

Really, we’d expect him to be no less, but his role in the Ivan Bunin adaptation In Paris gives us a rare opportunity to hear him in his native language.  I review it for Capital New York.

One of the ironic and damning things about the Paris Opera Ballet’s visit was that, if you rely on TV for reality depiction, you would never have known that it happened.  The company was returning to New York after an … Continue reading →

That’s because I’m a self-employed person, and I have been paying that double whammy  ever since Reagan’s Social Security revamp in 1983.  And I make considerably less than Keller does.  Nor did my father, unlike Keller’s, ever serve as CEO … Continue reading →

After that shaky opening July 11, the entire company danced magnificently for the balance of the two-week season.  They’re on the cover of City Arts, and they deserve to be.  After the season was over, I went back and re-read … Continue reading →

in The Nation.  Alterman asks, “Why, after everyone else has given it up, do members of the mainstream media persist in helping to hide—and therefore empower—the radicalization of the Republican Party?” I see a direct parallel between the ostensibly-news-gathering media … Continue reading →

I asked Armond White would he have any objection to my doing two French stories in a row this month for City Arts.  He replied with a flattering remark about my judgment.  I can’t repeat it for fear of blushing … Continue reading →