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In Reply to: We live in an audio-visual environment posted by andy evans on April 18, 2014 at 00:48:04:
And as you imply, bad for traditional novels, though Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch and Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies tell us it ain't over yet. "I'm not dead yet."
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - tinear 07:22:54 04/17/14 (59)
- I did my bit when teaching in a country school decades ago - John C. - Aussie 17:10:17 04/21/14 (0)
- RE: The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - DanS 09:01:31 04/19/14 (0)
- RE: The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - frogman 07:51:25 04/18/14 (10)
- What makes you think attendance at classical concerts in Japan isn't declining? - Rick W 14:20:19 04/19/14 (0)
- RE: The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - David Smith 08:23:25 04/19/14 (8)
- RE: The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - frogman 09:14:56 04/19/14 (7)
- RE: The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - David Smith 13:18:53 04/19/14 (6)
- RE: The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - frogman 15:31:26 04/19/14 (5)
- RE: The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - frogman 17:27:40 04/19/14 (4)
- RE: The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - Rick W 23:49:25 04/19/14 (3)
- RE: The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - frogman 07:43:56 04/20/14 (2)
- RE: The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - Rick W 10:51:24 04/20/14 (1)
- RE: The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - merlinus 11:40:53 04/20/14 (0)
- Death of the Grown-up - briggs 05:50:47 04/18/14 (8)
- Sorry - Interesting and provacative title, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:19:08 04/18/14 (6)
- Have you read the book? nt - briggs 05:48:35 04/19/14 (5)
- No - and here's why - Chris from Lafayette 09:37:51 04/19/14 (4)
- I think you have a very valid point about a writer. Years ago, I decided Nabokov was a child - tinear 16:28:20 04/19/14 (2)
- Had to read "Lolita" - it was assigned in one of my college classes - Chris from Lafayette 00:17:43 04/20/14 (1)
- Nab also is known as one of the greatest 20th century essayists, but I confess to finding his non-fiction as - tinear 07:41:03 04/21/14 (0)
- RE: No - and here's why - briggs 12:47:22 04/19/14 (0)
- RE: Death of the Grown-up - Bob Neill 07:16:48 04/18/14 (0)
- We live in an audio-visual environment - andy evans 00:48:04 04/18/14 (1)
- Monty Python - Bob Neill 04/18/1407:21:29 04/18/14 (0)
- Yep. nt - David Smith 18:36:05 04/17/14 (0)
- The Root Problem Isn't In the Schools.......... [yt] - Todd Krieger 18:13:54 04/17/14 (16)
- RE: The Root Problem Isn't In the Schools.......... [yt] - Tom 12:28:49 04/18/14 (1)
- RE: The Root Problem Isn't In the Schools.......... [yt] - briggs 05:54:53 04/19/14 (0)
- Yup - Bob Neill 06:50:17 04/18/14 (0)
- You're looking at the problem, not the solution. - tinear 19:04:26 04/17/14 (12)
- Of Course It's the Problem......... - Todd Krieger 19:45:35 04/17/14 (11)
- RE: Of Course It's the Problem......... - Tony Lauck 19:43:17 04/20/14 (0)
- RE: Of Course It's the Problem......... - andy evans 00:57:13 04/18/14 (6)
- RE: Of Course It's the Problem......... - Todd Krieger 01:02:35 04/18/14 (5)
- The reason it airs in Japan - David Smith 03:32:43 04/18/14 (3)
- Even on PBS, I think it's declining, compared to how it used to be - Chris from Lafayette 00:01:52 04/19/14 (2)
- RE: Even on PBS, I think it's declining, compared to how it used to be - David Smith 06:08:22 04/19/14 (1)
- Yes - lack of education or even lack of basic exposure [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 09:41:03 04/19/14 (0)
- RE: Of Course It's the Problem......... - andy evans 01:48:47 04/18/14 (0)
- Arthur Fiedler - genungo 21:17:18 04/17/14 (2)
- RE: Arthur Fiedler - Todd Krieger 00:58:00 04/18/14 (1)
- RE: Arthur Fiedler - Bob Neill 07:14:08 04/18/14 (0)
- RE: The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - Inmate51 10:22:44 04/17/14 (9)
- As a matter of fact, I do, my rude friend. The only schools that have these classes are the ones - tinear 19:06:46 04/17/14 (2)
- Here's some stats from CA: - tinear 19:15:03 04/17/14 (1)
- This also points to a somewhat different issue. - D Harvey 09:31:37 04/18/14 (0)
- RE: The classical music continuing struggle and the 800-pound gorilla in the room: - David Smith 18:40:03 04/17/14 (0)
- Depends on where you are. - D Harvey 12:24:12 04/17/14 (4)
- Or you can move to Utah... - Ivan303 15:40:20 04/17/14 (3)
- RE: Or you can move to Utah... - briggs 05:32:59 04/18/14 (1)
- If I were in SE Mich.... - Ivan303 19:01:41 04/19/14 (0)
- Sorry, but a state dominated by one religion isn't for me. nt - tinear 19:08:36 04/17/14 (0)
- Not likely to happen... - genungo 09:42:11 04/17/14 (3)
- The problem stems from funding, i.e. budget cuts. Those directly relate to the "tax revolt." - tinear 19:10:37 04/17/14 (0)
- Just as predicted in the original "Rollerball" - Chris from Lafayette 09:58:44 04/17/14 (1)
- Another great movie. - rbolaw 15:59:00 04/17/14 (0)
- Exactly right. - rbolaw 08:10:47 04/17/14 (2)
- Kids don't read books anymore from what I've heard/ - Paul_A 17:24:53 04/17/14 (1)
- Don't believe it. Reading at our kid's school is extremely popular. I think the Potter series had - tinear 19:36:03 04/17/14 (0)
Follow Ups
- Monty Python - Bob Neill 04/18/1407:21:29 04/18/14 (0)