tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post8005110031044242303..comments2024-03-29T04:15:17.481-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: In Brief: Potomac Primary EditionCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-24735453044049504562008-02-11T23:10:00.000-05:002008-02-11T23:10:00.000-05:00I know, I know, I don't know why I think the gover...I know, I know, I don't know why I think the government would do any better with the arts than it does with anything else!Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-467323270784067262008-02-11T19:00:00.000-05:002008-02-11T19:00:00.000-05:00Thanks for the kind words.Thanks for the kind words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-47770139753573454772008-02-11T12:01:00.000-05:002008-02-11T12:01:00.000-05:00"Couldn't they let the poor woman play in a place ..."Couldn't they let the poor woman play in a place suitable for listening rather than out in the corridor?" <BR/><BR/>I agree, Charles. I also recall the disaster when, on December 18, 1999, Margaret Leng Tan tried to honor the 70th birthday of American classical composer George Crumb ["Crumb at Christmas" -- sic] by performing Crumbs' "A Little Suite for Christmas", and "Makrokosmos, Volume I, Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-32221458789800560982008-02-10T18:31:00.000-05:002008-02-10T18:31:00.000-05:00"How about creating a Department of Culture?"Be ca..."How about creating a Department of Culture?"<BR/><BR/>Be careful what you wish for. They'll never just be content giving money for "great things"... they'll want a say, too. It would be the greatest mess. Except, of course, the surprisingly successful program that will be the "No Soprano Left Behind Act of 2014"jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.com