"I never met an 'art surfer' I didn't like - Will Rogers

City of Dallas Museum. Musea and D.M.N. agree on little, but the daily is right in celebrating the museum of Dallas County History which is coming next year to the perfect spot, Old Red; the red sandstone , Victoriana-looking, fort of a courthouse, built in 1892. We salute.

More on Media. 2001 was not a good year for journalists. The International Federation of Journalists, which represents journalists from 106 countries, said recently that as many as 100 news media staff were killed around the world, many directly or indirectly involved with the terrorist attacts in the U.S.

Theater. After 42 years and 17,162 performances, the light romantic comedy/musical The Fantasticks is closing. It is the longest running show of all time. "Try to remember...." miniQuiz. Who, in talking about the consolidation of Corporate Art, said, "It is sad we're losing so much diversity of thought." Clue: it isn't this editor. Answer later.

New Name - .name. .Coming soon a new prefix to url's. Added to .com, .net and .org will be .name that will be limited to personal websites. This is one of 7 new add ons, the first since the mid 80's. (AP)

Blah, I Vant a stake in this... The Romanian gov. Is in negotiations to build Dracula Land, a 148 acre theme park in Count Vlad Tepes's birthplace - the 15th century count inspired the Bram Stoker novel. (Conde Nast Traveller)

True Car-nage. This zine has often railed against urban sprawl, and the lack of safety for pedestrians on our roads. etc. All this is great for people. But there is also this side of it - 1 million animals a day are slaughtered on U.S. roads. (Culture Change)

TV. Musea recommends the PBS Canadian show The Industry, itself a farce about TV production. In a recent issue they were trying to put on a live version of one of their shows. The dialogue ran: "(Live TV is) just like doing theater."/ "Yes but we're expecting an audience."

Making a Fashion Statement. 'I love used clothes shops - you see a 100 different clothes lines from all these different time periods - all in one place." Art S Rev.

Answer to minQ: Ted Turner! (CNN, AOL Time Warner, etc.)

Rich Man, Poor Man (On behalf of struggling artists everywhere) "Let's look at economic and financial interests...Without a free press, you don't get accurate financial information. Without viable opposition groups, you have rampant corruption. Without an independent judiciary, you do not have enforcement of the law. And without the political stability that comes with human rights, you have widespread violence." William F Schulz, Dir. Of Amnesty International. /// You may be richer than you think.
Consider these 2 thoughts - the average amount that workers in an El Salvador factory are paid for each $12.99 Gap T-Shirt they sew is 11.6 cents (B Henry, Adbusters). "If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy." (Internet circular).

Which leads us to ...
It's Vienna, the city of music, May 1, 1835. Orchestras are going to dance halls, street musicians are heading for their lucky spots. Then the Emperor of Austria died and they decreed 6 weeks of mourning during which no music would be allowed. That was a death sentence of starvation to some if nothing could be done. So they draped their instruments in mourning crepe, went to their usual street corners, laid out their hats for tips, and stood their silently. For 6 weeks they would play the subtle music of total silence. (The Opera Glass).

Stay tuned, and stay revolutionary!

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