Sunday 12th Sept
2pm
Culture vs. Cash. Explore the breach between the role of the musician as artist and the role of the record companies as a business. Oftentimes music rises up out of subcultures that are about much more than profits, but ultimately the industry is a business that must support itself financially. Dan Charnas (The Big Payback), Will Hermes (The Big Bang), Kristin Hersh (Rat Girl), and moderator Greg Tate (James Brown’s Body and the Revolution of the Mind) look at the conflicting interests of artists and executives.
ST. FRANCIS MARONEY SCREENING ROOM
http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/BrooklynBookFestival/events.html
This is a wonderful book festival, everything free (though long lines for big events). For music lovers I recommend Rob Sheffield (so funny). The range of speakers is wide - Salman Rushdie, Dennis Lehane, Sarah Silverman, Naomi Klein, Paul Krugman, Elizabeth Wurtzel...