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...most interesting combinations. "Until now, we've used the computer as an automated opponent," says Wright. "Now we're trying to give it the intelligence to run the show." The result, Wright believes, will hook in an even wider circle of players than The Sims did. So cue Also Sprach Zarathustra and let the computer-induced epiphanies begin. --By Chris Taylor
...perform - the wine smashed against the ship for its maiden voyage, as it were - was the Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira, a symphony orchestra decked out with traditional (violins, etc) and modern (electric guitars, etc.) instruments. The Orquestra kicked things off with an ear-splitting version of Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" - that's the theme from "2001: A Space Odessey" for those of you who don't follow classical music. The group was so startlingly loud I didn't really look up to see whether they were actually playing "Also Spach Zarathustra" or whether it was prerecorded. I was doubled...
...delay, and smoke started to filter out into the audience from backstage. The crowd was getting tense, eager to see what Guster had in store. At last, the three band members, dressed in tuxedos and seated in aluminum space-age chairs, descended to the smoke filled stage to "Also Sprach Zarathustra," the theme to 2001: A Space Odyssey. As I soon learned from the band members, the audience was there to help Guster ring in the new millennium...
...young crowd stranger than one would find at the Rocky Horror Picture Show; a countdown to the end of the millennium-cum-doomsday-inspired Y2K electrical blackout; and the three members of Guster--bedecked in black tie---descending to the stage in special chairs while Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" whipped the crowd into a frenzy...
...music selection managed to be tasteful, despite the focus on now cliche classical favorites. After all, when a piece is more recognized by the name of the movie it was featured in--the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey or Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra?--the professional group has a hard time making an overplayed theme unique. However, when Joseph Lin '00 appeared on stage, violin in hand, the concert began to offer the special excitement that comes with a live performance. Roberta Flack introduced him as a theology concentrator (well, she actually said major) and introduced Tchaikovsky as "that...