Apr 19-25, 2006
Why Vermont Needs a Strategy for Electrical Energy; How One Vermont Family Lives Off the Grid; Queer Community Seeing Red Over Blood-Donation Policy
Various Artists, Greetings From Vermont: An Introduction To Burlington’s DJs & MCs
(Tru North Records, CD) On the surface, Burlington probably doesn’t look like a hip-hop haven. Can a city lacking skyscrapers and subway routes produce quality urban music? A new compilation CD, Greetings From Vermont: An Introduction to Burlington’s DJs & MCs, is a declaration to the affirmative. The disc is the first release from local…
Astrology 04.19.06
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “When the only tool you have is a hammer,” said psychologist Abraham Maslow, “you tend to treat everything as if it were a nail.” Since it will be crucial for you not to regard everything as if it were a nail in the coming weeks, Aries, I suggest you make sure…
News Quirks 04.19.06
Curses, Foiled Again After a man flagged down a sheriff’s deputy in Brown County, Ohio, to report that someone had stolen a large construction trailer worth $12,000 from a job site, investigators observed that the trailer had been hauled away with its air brakes locked, causing the tires to leave rubber marks on the road.…
Minus The Bear, Menos El Oso
(Suicide Squeeze, CD) Seattle’s post-hardcore quintet Minus the Bear are known as much for their absurd song titles as for their music. Unfortunately this may have hindered their career. For some, a song called “Hey, Wanna Throw Up? Get Me Naked” is distracting, if not outright annoying. But the band’s penchant for linguistic juvenilia has…
WOLF CREEK**1/2
From Australian writer-director Greg McLean comes this gore-fest in which an Outback vacation becomes a blood-drenched nightmare. With John Jarratt and Kestie Morassi. (95 min, NR) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/wolfcreek/
THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED***
Shia LaBeouf stars in Disney’s latest underdog sports saga — the true story of an amateur player who stunned the golf world in 1913 by winning the U.S. Open. With Justin Ashforth, George Asprey and Stephen Dillane. Directed by Bill Paxton. (115 min, PG) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/thegreatestgameeverplayed/
FUN WITH DICK AND JANE**1/2
Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni are paired in this update of the 1977 George Segal-Jane Fonda comedy about a suburban couple who turn to crime in order to maintain their upscale lifestyle. Directed by Dean (Home Fries) Parisot. (100 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/funwithdickandjane/
DEEP BLUE***1/2
Pierce Brosnan narrates director Andy Byatt’s critically acclaimed documentary, which takes the viewer on an epic tour of the planet’s final frontier: the ocean. (90 min, G) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/deep_blue.html
AN UNFINISHED LIFE**
Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman and Jennifer Lopez star in this Western with a heart, about a grieving father who rustles up new hope when the granddaughter he never knew he had comes to stay. (100 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/an_unfinished_life.html
