For all his liberal social views, Bennett doesn't mind seeing vice continue paying its old tribute of hypocrisy to virtue: "The vicar likes you to pretend you believe in God.
"It's the 21st century equivalent to the old tribute to the emperor – we've all always had to pay to play in China, but wind-up clocks and oompah bands are old hat so now we have to build pavilions, sponsor things, cut cheques to official charities," argued Paul French of the Shanghai-based consultancy Access Asia.
On Friday the New York Guitar Festival honors Brian Eno's 30-year-old tribute to the NASA moon landings, with "The Apollo Project," a reimagined score performed by the Brooklyn ensemble Itsnotyouitsme, the guitarist Larry Campbell, and special guests like Jeff Parker of Tortoise and Mike Gordon of Phish.
A fiddler saws away, while Mr. Jackson sings his old-fashioned tribute to an old-fashioned patriarch who does what old-fashioned patriarchs are supposed to do: he makes a family and works nonstop to provide for it.
There's a soul-tinged duet with blues singer Susan Tedeschi and Three Year Old, a tribute to his son, that's heartfelt, if cloying.
Anyway, modern and older art seemed mutually benefited by the connections, and I left the Bellotto show realizing that it had not exactly provided the typical pleasure of an old master tribute.
She had collaborated with Guy Maddin on My Dad Is 100 Years Old, a tribute to her film-maker father and fellow nature enthusiast Roberto, but she had always struggled over projects of her own that would stretch to television, let alone feature-length.
For all intents and purposes I could have been at any D-list club at an old skool tribute night, except David was actually there, and it was exhilarating.
But where the recently released Sonic 4 was a distinctly old-fashioned tribute to the hedgehog's good old days, Colours is a mix of 2D and 3D, of familiar visual and musical motifs and exciting new level design.
Stockley, who admits he was daunted by the stadia and supporters as a 15-year-old, paid tribute to the work done by former Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe, as well as the guidance he is receiving from Bradbury and assistant Steve Fletcher, both of whom have huge experience in leading the attack.
After leaving the RVH on Friday the 66-year-old paid tribute to the hospital's staff.
