Radio IST List: Graham Williams
Austinist's Will Mills Gets Dunked For Charity [Video]
Bibles and Rhymes: An Interview with Why?'s Yoni Wolf
Art
Austin's Long Center for the Performing Arts opened yesterday evening. Free events will continue through the weekend. /// An interesting overview of the current situation with Baghdad's major art museum, which, evidently, has not been bombed to smithereens yet.
Books
Dr. Seuss goes digital! /// When "reality" books aren't so real: The "Love and Consequences" hoax and what it says about both the publishing industry and human beings in general (according to the LA Times). /// Penguin is the next publishing house to go DRM-free.
Film
Apparently the Writers' Strike hurt broadcast television but actually helped cable television. /// And now, after an Oscar season full of the macabre, a barrage of comedy films from Hollywood! /// The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) just released its "Theatrical Market Statistics 2007" report. It turns out that the American film industry just had its highest box office sales....ever. Approximately $9.6 billion in movie ticket sales.
Music
Pitchfork Media is launching a TV station on April 7. The site is also expanding into TV and video game soundtracks. /// Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails will be headlining Lollapalooza 2008. /// The latest in U.S. copyright law: In order to hasten its progress toward final passage, a U.S. House panel removes controversial infringement language from the latest copyright bill.
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