A week after the finalization of his $2bn purchase, the gregarious Ballmer hosted a fan rally in LA's Staples Center on Monday, where he delivered something of a basketball-centric sequel to the infamous, out-of-control "Developers" speech he made back when he was the CEO of Microsoft.
I was the beneficiary of both these qualities as our show took shape, went through the trials and tribulations of the infamous out-of-town tryout, and finally arrived in New York for a successful run.
By the time Infamous came out, nobody was interested – yet Jones's performance was better than Hoffman's: Hoffman's was a wonderful impersonation, Jones's was more nuanced and humane.
Infamous plays out on a set that has the appearance of an underused warehouse (reminiscent of Punchdrunks Tunnel 228, but with more entertaining content), even though the The Palace Theatre's surrounds would be the perfect companion to the Victoriana that has characterised the look of his previous summer bouts of mentalism.
It resulted in the now infamous shoot-out between the hostage takers and the Yemeni army which ended with deaths of three Britons and one Australian.
The possible target of those comments was the Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri, no stranger to squad bickering after his infamous fall-out with his former Arsenal and France team-mate William Gallas.
He also was the musician "in charge" at the historic performance of Four Organs at Bam earlier this fall, when Glass and Steve Reich played on the same stage for the first time in 30 years after an infamous falling-out.
Maybe, it was Pat Riley's abrupt and infamous exit out-of-town.
David Shuster's now-infamous "pimped out" remark happened just two weeks ago yesterday — meaning that he returns to "Hardball" today after serving his two-week suspension.
