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Dave Bidini: The English maestro’s new record, Kisses on the Bottom, proves once and for all how Paul McCartney imagines himself: as an old lady from Kent in a bonnet and slippers eating quince candy and drinking her weekly glass of stout.
Gary Clement’s week in review for Oct. 9 to 15, 2011
Better late than never…
RIM apologizes for outage with free BlackBerry apps
‘Underwear’ bomber pleads guilty to airline attack
Crosby cleared for contact in practice
Front-runner Romney keeps to himself at Republican debate
Paul McCartney weds for third time
Occupy Toronto: Handful of protesters gather outside TSX
Culture Club: Are pop stars and celebrity kitsch ruining the fine arts?
Last week, Paul McCartney announced that he is writing a major orchestral work for the New York City Ballet and film director Danny Boyle unveiled his stage version of Frankenstein in London’s West End. Meanwhile the Alberta Ballet which brought us contemporary works based on Joni Mitchell and Elton John, is set to premiere Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, featuring the music of Sarah McLachlan in May.
In this week’s edition of the Post’s Culture Club, we debate star-studded classic art. While it’s wonderful that pop stars are lending their cachet to classic forms of entertainment, does a constant obsession with star appeal overshadow the art form itself?
