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...although she expressed nostalgia for earlier times when the crowd was more knowledgeable. "Many people now come just to be seen," she complained. "I think we are losing part of the art of the bullfight, because people are not interested anymore in what happens between the bull and the matador...
Acho's four or five fights each season are but a small fraction of the estimated 500 staged annually throughout Peru. Many of the smaller plazas are much more hands-on, with spectators jumping the barricades to get a brief shot at playing matador. Spectator involvement may be one reason why these smaller rural arenas were spared the downturn suffered by Acho. Another reason is the price. Staging the bullfights at Acho costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is why the price of seats even in the less expensive sunny side of the arena is $50. By contrast...
...Records, whose mission statement spoke fundamentally to the ethic of “Do It Yourself” and otherwise progress-in-obscurity, have been reorganized—transformed from cultural agents to cultural artifacts—in the shadows of the pseudo-indie juggernauts, Sub Pop and Matador. 2008 marks 20 years since the appearance of underground rock’s most ambitious, interesting, and accessible showcase of work—the showcase to which “indie” perhaps owes its existence—My Bloody Valentine’s “Isn?...
...series of macabre duets with his partners and victims. The music, by British composer Terry Davies, a long-time Bourne collaborator, is contemporary club scene with a sinister edge. "The show's very fast-paced," says Winsor, who prepared for the role by watching films like Peeping Tom, Matador and American Psycho. "We're making him much more psychopathic than in the book. He spirals completely out of control...
...sold in 2007, up 15.4% from the 858,000 units bought in 2006. Mike Dreese, CEO of Newbury Comics, a New England chain of independent music retailers that sells LPs and CDs, says his vinyl sales were up 37% last year, and Patrick Amory, general manager of indie label Matador Records, whose artists include Cat Power and the New Pornographers, claims, "We can't keep up with the demand...