By Manuel Gutierrez Rojas [M]odern technology has [. . .] shifted the metaphor from exceptional accomplishment on paper by “composers” to exceptional accomplishment on hard disk by “producers.” Moreover, the producer and his machines are on stage, just as the composer was once a performer. At the top of the current charts, one increasingly finds […]
Stories are everywhere, even without us knowing them: “The world is full of books that we haven’t read, but that we know pretty well.”[1] Umberto Eco’s words reflect the idea that we read much more than just books. We know the great stories without necessarily having read them. It can go from the Bible to One
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Beatrix Theatre – Utrecht – 20:00 On Your Feet **** A cold wind is blowing, while I slowly walk down the stairs of Utrecht Central Station. In the distance I see the flickering lights of the billboard that promotes the musical On Your Feet. The closer I get to the theatre, the more I can
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Last Christmas, I heard this song “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…’’ The chances are high that you read the first sentence in the melodic style
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