Monday, May 20, 2024
I was at the Nelson-Atkins Museum last month, and saw some of this- I had never heard of the eye miniature tradition before. I love it when I spend a day at a museum and learn something new. Sometimes a museum tells you about the history of the place: when was it at it's economic peak, what was it that made the rich people their money, how did they live? And sometimes, as with this, its something unique to a culture that I just never knew about.
Thursday, May 09, 2024
I think about this essay by Steve Albini, on the economics of the music business, all the time.
