Whew, she won't have to cut any tresses for the mission--they all fit in the helmet.
Sarah Brightman is taking musical travel to new heights. She's scheduled to blast off in a Russian Soyuz rocket Sept. 1, visit the International Space Station for 10 days and become the first professional musician to sing from orbit. She'd announced these plans back in 2012, but since she's been training in Star City near Moscow, it's been back in the news lately. Here's a good article on the project.
Her ex-husband, Andrew Lloyd Weber, is helping her find appropriate music to sing, and there's some consideration of having someone back on earth accompany her. Maybe David Bowie can join her on some of his Major Tom stuff.
Her ex-husband, Andrew Lloyd Weber, is helping her find appropriate music to sing, and there's some consideration of having someone back on earth accompany her. Maybe David Bowie can join her on some of his Major Tom stuff.
Selfie tourism is getting out of control. Seoul, South Korea has recently banned the selfie stick. U.S. parks are getting stricter, especially since one New Jersey hiker was mauled to death by a bear who apparently didn't like being included in the shot. Amazingly, a British man was fined last summer - lol - in Pamplona - snort, snicker - for taking one during the Running of the Bulls. Condé Nast Traveler has a recent article on the trend here.
Finally, I'm sharing this clip of the "Dance of the Little Swans" from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. The clip was made last may in Odessa, Ukraine. It's a satirical presentation--the announcer says that Swan Lake always appeared in Soviet media during a change of power (to crowd out any serious speculation on the succession struggles--see this article here) and expresses his hope that Putin's aggression in Ukraine was a fatal mistake.
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