Lots of articles about the new Rem Koolhaas Casa do Musica building that just opened in Porto. It’s a music hall, symphony hall… small — 1300 seats. Not one word, not even one, in all the articles about how the hall sounded. Not a mention of acoustical engineers, baffles — nothing. Only that the hall is box-shaped, which sounds like a recipe for acoustic disaster.
Most of the people arrested around the Republican convention held in New York last year were arrested and detained for no reason — some were merely out picking up their takeout orders — no reason except the reason that the Republicans desire a police state and mayor Bloomberg was happy to kiss their ass and comply. This was all painfully obvious at the time, that the city conspired with the Republicans, but now it seems there is hard evidence, so it is actually news to some folks.
