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Back on the ground floor, as the giant sphere hovers overhead, you enter the Hall of the Universe. It features, among other things, a video wall flashing the very latest astronomical images, including downloads from the Hubble Space Telescope, and an updated version of the Hayden's popular "how much you'd weigh on other worlds" scales...
...like status could lead to complacency on the artist's part, Morrissey proved even to a neutral observer that without a record label or new album to promote, he still has the magnetism lacking in many bands today. Always the showman, he appeared onstage looking like a fetish version of Elvis in a black PVC outfit and launched into "A Swallow On My Neck." The lesser-known song started the show on a weaker note, but Morrissey's jovial mood and his backing band's incredibly tight, focused musicality only created momentum...
...Actually, at this point in her career, Madonna is probably miles above criticism. Her cult of personality is so large that to even criticize her music seems something of a moot point. When asked how he felt about Madonna's version of his song, even Don McLean said, "I have received many gifts from God but this is the first time I have ever received a gift from a goddess...
...American Repertory Theatre. "Full Circle" is loosely based on a 13th-century Chinese fable called "The Chalk Circle," but it owes even more to the "The Caucasian Chalk Circle," a play by early 20th century German playwright (and confirmed communist) Bertholt Brecht. Rather than simply updating Brecht's version for a new millennium, however, Mee undermines it by setting his story during the fall of the Berlin Wall...
...Internet has its version of road rage: impulsive anger expressed from inside a capsule of anonymity, an aggressive connection made from the safety of disconnection. In recent days, a Stanford University study found that the Internet is dangerously atomizing American society. "The more hours people use the Internet," said Norman Nie, a principal investigator for the study, "the less time they spend with real human beings...