Word: coliseum
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...band, underground entertainment conglomerate, earning vast amounts of street cred instead of big bucks. And whether they like it or not, mainstream acceptance is on its way. Last month, the band performed alongside Countess of Canto-pop Sammi Cheng when she sold out the 20,000-seat Hong Kong Coliseum 11 nights...
...won’t feel even the slightest wave of nausea the next time you see an American landmark blown to bits in a cheesy action film? (Especially with today’s advanced technology, directors with designers and programmers can realistically destroy the White House, fill a coliseum with spectators or create violent forces of nature with the click of a mouse. Ironically, Independence Day was slotted to run on the Fox network last week; it was replaced by the comedy Mrs. Doubtfire...
...Pavarotti drank the Trevi fountain b) Mount Etna erupted c) Roberto Benigni won't let go of the Tower of Pisa d) Coliseum ticket takers can't bear to hear "Strength and honor!" anymore...
Getting to see Steve Jobs at Apple is like having an audience with one of the later Roman Emperors, powerfully charismatic men who loved the adulation of the crowd in the Coliseum but made sure to put many veils between themselves and visitors. The object, it seems, is to drench you in anticipation...
...People simply want laptops more than they want desktops these days, and neither the adoration of the Coliseum nor the intimidation of the veiled Emperor will change this fundamental fact of the marketplace. Does that mean Jobs will be a softer touch to interview one of these days...