Ripple Effects
Book review: Confluence: A River, the Environment, Politics & the Fate of All Humanity by Nathaniel Tripp
Rodney Crowell, The Outsider
(Columbia Records, CD) Texas songwriter Rodney Crowell might not enjoy the name recognition of some of his peers, but he has still done pretty well for himself. Back in 1970s Nashville, he rubbed elbows with the legendary Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. Both men served as musical mentors, as well as drinking buddies –…
Zac Clark, Faking Amnesia
(Self-released, CD) Eighteen-year-old Essex High School senior Zac Clark displays some serious versatility on his debut disc, Faking Amnesia. Playing keyboards, bass and drums in addition to handling all vocal and lyric-writing chores, Clark is an efficient one-man band. His songs — which fall into the well-worn genre of gentle male singer-songwriter — are certainly…
Astrology 07.13.05
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Always star in your own movie,” said novelist Ken Kesey. In other words, don’t let some charismatic authority or well-meaning companion play the lead role in your great adventure; don’t be a supporting actor or actress who only indirectly advances the plot of your life story. This is an ideal time…
News Quirks 07.13.05
Curses, Foiled Again Police in Boise, Idaho, arrested Kathy Lynn Jean, 42, and Robby Joe Jean, 39, after the Arizona couple moved into a home that they paid for with a forged check. Investigators said that the Jeans bought a legitimate cashier’s check worth $37.06, altered the amount to read $317,000 and presented it to…
HIDE AND SEEK**
John (Swimfan) Polson directs this psychological thriller about a widower who worries that his daughter’s imaginary friend may not only be very real but very dangerous as well. Starring Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning. (105 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/hide_and_seek
DEAR FRANKIE***
Emily Mortimer and Gerard Butler are paired in Shona Aeurbach’s heart-warmer about a little boy whose mother says his father is working aboard a ship, then has to find a flesh-and-blood person to fill the role. With Jack McElhone and Sean Brown. (102 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/dear_frankie.html
BRIDE AND PREJUDICE***
The folks who gave us Bend It Like Beckham lavishly update Jane Austen’s classic love story and set it in modern-day India, London and America. Aishwarya Rai and Martin Henderson star. Gurinder Chadha directs. (120 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/bride_and_prejudice.html
