Today’s Links

The canny madness of a remarkable man and his musical talent. Review of ‘The Life and Art of Glenn Gould’ in Washington Post. (Via Leander Kahney.)
The Chronicle: The New Urban Studies. “Michael J. Dear and a growing number of his colleagues argue that the California city is now less an exception than an archetype. In fact, they say, the future of urbanism looks a lot like Los Angeles.”
Is ‘new urbanism’ truly a step in right direction? “[Disney’s gated community] Celebration [...] has the pretense of a social experiment—one that seriously suggests we can escape urban woes by retreating into a sanitized, white bread version of America that never really existed in the first place.”
Narrative and Dramaturgy. I found this when searching for stuff on hypertext dramaturgy. Looks interesting.
The Life and Death of a Masterpiece. “What went wrong with a 1988 park by the late Dan Kiley, and what can we learn from its imminent demolition?” (Via David Sucher.)
Alexandra Waluszewski: Försöker någon styra nätverk dör de. Essä om ekonomisk teori och nätverksvetenskapen.
Axess, tema: Nya städer blir som gamla. Temanummer om stadsplanering.