Seems I'm not the only person wondering about the constant barrage of corporate layoff announcements lately, specifically from healthy companies like Microsoft and Viacom -- here's an insightful blog on the same subject:
http://www.businessethics.ca/blog/2009/01/layoffs-by-profitable-companies.html
On another note (musical -- I can't be outraged all the time, can I?) -- the Grammys last night were eminently watchable and, unfortunately, predictable, with Robert Plant and Alison Kraus walking away with album of the year and former Led Zeppelin frontman Plant sounding like an industry insider as he managed to thank everyone responsible for handing him a "lifeline". Standout performances from Radiohead (didn't those marching band members look happy?) and "let's give the award to the talented chubby girl" Adele instead of the abstinence espousing Jonas kids, I'm still wondering why M.I.A., the Sri Lankan rapper extraordinaire, got drowned out by the rap pack boys when she managed to show up on her baby to be's due date. Give the girl 3 minutes air time for her trouble, guys !!
And good on Grammy President Neil Portnow for calling attention to the fact that while the arts are one of our biggest cultural exports, arts funding in schools remains abysmal (abysmal? non-existent is probably more like it). Will we get a cabinet level arts member? Probably not. But it speaks volumes that artists now feel empowered to *ask*.
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