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...have little personal interest in football, and I suspect the same holds for many others; the main thrill comes simply from the scale and circumstance of it all. Many things have changed in the years since the first Game in 1875; the increased mix of nationalities, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds represented in classrooms and stadium stands speaks to the prodigious accomplishments on behalf of diversity over the last century...
Still, this very unfamiliarity can sometimes produce a particular kind of thrill. One evening at the Forbidden City Concert Hall this month, American pianist Murray Perahia was performing a selection of classical compositions. He held the audience fast as he moved from Beethoven to Mozart to Bach, but he truly blew the doors off the place when he reached his Chopin. As he left the stage after his last listed piece, some of the audience members - unfamiliar with the tradition of the encore - left the hall. Perahia returned to play some more, and the remaining audience not only applauded...
...possesses an old-school “easy listening” voice, especially in “Blood in the Water,” a call to Harvard Law School students to roll up their sleeves and realize “you’re nothing until the thrill of the kill becomes your only law.” Supporting cast members contributed greatly to the performance. Natalie Joy Johnson was perfect as the ridiculous and bootylicious stylist Paulette, who becomes Elle’s confidante. Ven Daniel was the true star of the show...
...ALBUM Funhouse How can a pop album about boys and fame be dignified? Because Pink worries her smarter-than-necessary lyrics to a glossy economy, then gets top producers (here, riff machine Max Martin) to make sure you can dance to them. The result is a thrill that feels far from cheap...
Norway has become a popular vacation destination for thrill seekers because it still permits BASE jumpers on many of its fjords. But it, too, is a dangerous place: in 1984, Boenish died from a failed jump off Trollveggen, the tallest vertical rock face in Europe. He had just set the record for tallest BASE jump a few days before - Trollveggen is 3,600 feet (1,100 m) tall - when his parachute failed to open. After 11 accidents and another three deaths, BASE jumping was banned at the site...