So, I'm back

So, I'm back almost a full month after going off the air - it's been a tumultuous few weeks.  I moved back home after thinking that I was going to be in Philadelphia for nearly a year.  So, unfortunately, I don't get to talk about the Philadelphia Fringe, because I'm Not There.  Which is a huge sadness.

BUT - making up for it are some lovely perks, like my rent has decreased by 200 dollars, and I am now the proud owner of a baby blue vespa named Simone (de Bouvoir, if you want to act like my mother and make everything more literary and fancy-schmancy).

So, in honor of my return, I provide the lovely links of wonder (i.e. I don't want to write 30 posts, but still think that all these things I missed are cool).  Just so you know, Arts Journal on my blogroll is the primary source of many of these articles - they do a really amazing job of filtering out valuable arts content, so check them out.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/aug/26/theatre-critics-artists - This link takes you to a British article on how blogging, artists and critics are all getting really up close in each others' business right now and changing the way criticism is viewed and told.  So it's pretty important, at least as far as this blog is concerned :).

A recession hits everyone differently - especially non-industry cities.  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2009752523_actors30.html?cmpid=2628

Maybe this would be a great movie, or maybe I assumed the movies would get to the topic first.  In that case, I think I'm happy that live theater is doing it instead.  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090826/ennew_afp/entertainmentfrancetheatrebankingcrime_20090826190728

Oh wonderful wonderful (and then past all hooping) would this make an interesting avant-garde theater project...http://playgoer.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-if-woodstock-had-tweeted.html

And, to top it off, an article on my favorite Philadelphia Group, Pig Iron - http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20090827_Pig_Iron__unalloyed.html