Longhorn Reviews

Restaging the Sixties: Radical theaters and their legacies

[Longhorn Review] Restaging the Sixties: Radical theaters and their legacies

Material Type: All, books — Tags: falstaffpicks, theatre — Posted on May 30, 2007, 11:30 am

By: James M. Harding & Cindy Rosenthal

This book explores eight theaters (The Living Theatre, The Open Theatre, At the
Foot of the Mountain, The San Francisco Mime Troupe, El Teatro Campesino, The Free
Southern Theater, The Performance Group, and Bread and Puppet Theater) that were
significant in that period. The first section on each theater is a historical
overview talking about the people who started the theater, what they were trying to
do, and a description of how it evolved over time, and in most cases how the theater
eventually went away. The second section discusses the contributions made by that
theater to the overall subject of political theater. Finally an essay goes over the
legacy of those contributions over the time since the sixties (and seventies). UT’s
own Dr. Charlotte Canning writes this essay about At the Foot of the
Mountain.

Reviewer: Beth

Beyond exoticism : western music and the world.

[Longhorn Review] Beyond exoticism : western music and the world.

Material Type: All, books — Tags: exoticism, falstaffpicks — Posted on May 30, 2007, 11:27 am

By: Taylor, Timothy Dean

This book considers how western cultures’ understandings of racial, ethnic, and
cultural differences have been incorporated into music from early operas to
contemporary television advertisements, arguing that the commonly used term
“exoticism” glosses over such differences in many studies of western music.

Reviewer: David

Bulletin of the International String Figure Association

[Longhorn Review] Bulletin of the International String Figure Association

Material Type: All, Books — Tags: falstaffpicks, string art — Posted on May 30, 2007, 11:25 am

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FAL has several issues.

There's also this (website) with links to other publications on the subject of world string art.

Reviewer: Ellen

Wire Magazine

[Longhorn Review] Wire Magazine

Material Type: All, Books — Tags: falstaffpicks, Music — Posted on April 30, 2007, 11:47 am

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A great place to find new music, especially if Spin, NME, and Rolling Stone
aren't producing any worthwhile results for you. This British publication is always
full of clearly written and interesting reviews of new (and old) music in most
genres.

Reviewer: Tommy

What do pictures want? : the lives and loves of images

[Longhorn Review] What do pictures want? : the lives and loves of images

Material Type: All, books — Tags: falstaffpicks — Posted on April 1, 2007, 9:41 am

By: Mitchell, W. J. Thomas

My favorite book in the library at the moment

Reviewer: Longhorn reviewer

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Phaidon Design Classics

[Longhorn Review] Phaidon Design Classics

Material Type: All, books — Tags: design, falstaffpicks — Posted on April 1, 2007, 9:38 am

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I can spend hours looking at this set to find new things to look for on EBAY.
Modern furniture, freaky looking electronics, as well as just classic designs. It is
all in here.

Reviewer: Boris

Performing architecture : opera houses, theatres and concert halls for the twenty-first century

[Longhorn Review] Performing architecture : opera houses, theatres and concert halls for the twenty-first century

Material Type: All, books — Tags: architecture, falstaffpicks — Posted on April 1, 2007, 9:35 am

By: Michael Hammond

This book contains the most inspiring and simply incredible modern structures
that exist anywhere, including works by Herzog & de Meuron, who were, at one
time the architects assigned to give us our new Blanton. Ah well.

Reviewer: Adam

Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s

[Longhorn Review] Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s

Material Type: All, books — Tags: falstaffpicks — Posted on March 1, 2007, 10:03 am

By: Rewald, Sabine

I saw this exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and was blown away. The
images are so real, so creepy. Through the portraits you get a true glimpse into the
mindset, attitudes and experience of Germany during the '20s. Otto Dix, Max
Beckmann, and George Grosz are just a few of the artists featured. If you did not
get to New York to see this show, you must see this exhibition catalogue.

Reviewer: Laura

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Hiroshi Sugimoto

[Longhorn Review] Hiroshi Sugimoto

Material Type: All, books — Tags: falstaffpicks, photography — Posted on March 1, 2007, 9:57 am

By: Brougher, Kerry

Great photos!

Reviewer: Adam