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...group's show at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., on Feb. 3 started with a simulated meteor shower and gradually grew more frantic. The music, like good sportsmanship at an XFL game, was subordinate to spectacle...
...beings, poorly cooked diarrhea-inducing refreshments that force concertgoers to renounce their humanity and use those horrifying portable toilets, frustratingly short sets, frustratingly long set breaks, public drunkenness, lewd behavior, bad weather, sunburn, hailstorms, plagues of frogs, herds of monkeys, unicorn attacks, tornadoes, oil spills, illegal medical waste disposal, meteor showers and, worst of all, bad acoustics. But that being said, festivals can be a lot of of fun. However, Rock in Rio - in part because of its sheer size - promises not only to be a megaconcert but to be megaconfusing as well...
Some of the Web-inspired magazines feel like the afterthoughts they are. Space Illustrated, for example, a spin-off of the website started in July 1999 by former Moneyline anchor Lou Dobbs, is a spotty collage of Hubble-telescope photos and itty-bitty stories about meteor showers and upcoming shuttle launches. The glossy Expedia Travels is more substantial but thoroughly conventional, despite gestures toward matters digital. In a story on Hawaii, the writer plans his trip online, but otherwise the journey is a standard odyssey of surf and sand. Travelocity, whose format is broken up into zippy information-age chunks...
...veteran who led the first scientific expedition into this region in 1869. Some of the rocks here still bear his initials. At night, I showed our girls the fluffy film of the Milky Way--light from stars that have been traveling through space for thousands of years. A meteor streaked across the sky with its ephemeral tail of fire...
Could someone not on the ballot win the race? There's a meteor-landing-in-your-backyard chance. If Bush-Cheney or Gore-Lieberman won the race but, say, were caught in some scandal, the electors could vote for someone not on the ballot. President John McCain? Vice President Bill Bradley? The media would love that infinitesimal possibility. The incredible thing about the Electoral College is that it's a possibility...