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...liquor laws. Mostly it was very stylish folks engaging in a little nostalgia. I've got no fight with aging artists and aging concert-goers, but what interested, and saddened, me, was that when you get older people with money in a concert hall, you get a very laid-back concert. Madonna's set list included almost her entire new album. It's a good album, but it's dance heavy, and the crowd just wasn't going to dance to stuff they didn't know intimately. The only time everyone got on their feet was for "Lucky Star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Madonna Still Rock? | 7/21/2006 | See Source »

...actually surprised that the Madonna audience was as young as it was - mostly people in their 20s and 30s. And I wouldn't call the concert laid-back. Programmed within an inch of its life, is more like it. The choreography, the elaborate video presentations, even Madonna's patter - there's almost no sense any more of an artist interacting spontaneously with the audience. Even the way the concert ends - her big hit "Hung Up," blackout, lights go up, goodbye! Not even an encore. Sure, encores have gotten to be as programmed as anything else, but at least there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Madonna Still Rock? | 7/21/2006 | See Source »

...YORK: British Airways has gone for a laid-back and unpretentious feel at its sprawling Terraces lounge in J.F.K. airport. There are loungers, umbrellas and giant potted plants. Complimentary treatments?including facials and massages?for first-class and Club World passengers at the Molton Brown spa add to the stress-free atmosphere. There are even highfalutin' hydrotherapy showers for the ultimate in pre-flight relaxation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lounging Around | 5/21/2006 | See Source »

...travel polls. First-class passengers can enjoy spacious cabanas and a fine-dining restaurant, The Haven. Business-class passengers are offered "personal living spaces" consisting of a desk, armchair and dataport, along with shower suites and an excellent noodle bar. NEW YORK: British Airways has gone for a laid-back and unpretentious feel at its sprawling Terraces lounge in J.F.K. airport. There are loungers, umbrellas and giant potted plants. Complimentary treatments - including facials and massages - for first-class and Club World passengers at the Molton Brown spa add to the stress-free atmosphere. There are even highfalutin' hydrotherapy showers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lounging Around | 5/16/2006 | See Source »

...countryside.After about an hour, a squad of school buses will pick them up and shuttle them to the elite Greenwich Polo Club, where they will enjoy a champagne reception and a buffet lunch.Around 4 p.m., they will take to the open grounds and situate themselves for an afternoon of laid-back Ivy League polo.There will be almost 70 ponies. But no college kids to ride them. That’s the whole point of the Ivy Cup Charity Polo Match, scheduled for Saturday, May 20th. It will pit alumni teams from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Cornell against one another...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ivy Cup for Alumni Polo Players | 5/5/2006 | See Source »

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