Thanks to the Third Floor's recent nuptials, blogging has been less-than-sporadic around here the past few weeks. Please forgive; today we're starting again in earnest.
Baton Pass:
's appointment as the
's new music director (starting in '07), and the surrounding brouhaha, may be old news, but it's still worth taking a look at some of the out-of-town press. Well, first, check out the
Sun
's
, which contains all the local daily's reportage. Then visit
New York Times
music critic Anthony Tommasini's smart piece on
. For a more standard take, it doesn't get much more straightforward than Lev Grossman's
Time
magazine
.
Left Coast:
Former
Sun
editor in chief John Carroll's recent departure from his post at the
LA Times
was mentioned only
locally. For a more thorough look at what's going on, you couldn't do better than
LA Weekly
columnist Nikki Finke's
report.
Reason to Be Crabby:
D.C. beats Baltimore with this great
Washington City Paper
shouldn't-
-have-done-this-story about the
of
' crabs. Hint: It ain't the bay.
