Monday Reads

A fascinating nugget within Matthew Erikson's preview of a Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra concert:

According to recent figures from the American Symphony Orchestra League, Beethoven's Ninth is becoming even more popular in American concert halls. In the 2005-06 season, it was performed 72 times by professional orchestras, compared with 45 times two seasons before. The piece has surpassed crowd pleasers such as the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Brahms' Symphony No. 1 and Beethoven's Fifth.

"Radio Golf" opens on Broadway, but not without some help from marketing.

CultureGrrl has some juicy info from the Clark, though director Michael Conforti wouldn't come clean with the "big news" coming in a few months.

Is Jann Wenner keeping the Monkees from getting Rock and Roll Hall of Fame consideration? Maybe it's time somebody remind Jann of this.