So... the Washington Post published an article Pearls Before Breakfast.
And I finally understand what "good Journalisim" is all about.
I was reading a peice on CNN about the Post having difficulty remaining solvent as advertising revenue for print goes the way of the dodo. The interesting parts of the CNN article dealt with why losing the post (more specifically it's investigative division) would be a tragedy. They also aluded to (Pearls (PBB)) to demonstrate how presenting mixed media was possible on the web, and in some kind of bid for relevancy.
When I've picked up the times or the post I've enjoyed their writing, but I don't make time for a paper anymore (not that, frankly I ever did). however it would indeed be a tragedy if writing of this caliber were to no longer be made due soley to the invention of a new communications style.
Todo:
"Chaconne" from Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita No. 2 in D Minor.
"AVE MARIA"
Manuel Ponce's sentimental "Estrellita,"
Jules Massenet
Bach gavotte
"The Voice of the Violin,"
Ripped from the article:
The song that Calvin Myint was listening to was "Just Like Heaven," by the British rock band The Cure. It's a terrific song, actually. The meaning is a little opaque, and the Web is filled with earnest efforts to deconstruct it. Many are far-fetched, but some are right on point: It's about a tragic emotional disconnect. A man has found the woman of his dreams but can't express the depth of his feeling for her until she's gone. It's about failing to see the beauty of what's plainly in front of your eyes.
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
-- from "Leisure," by W.H. Davies
