May 3-9, 2006
The Home and Garden Issue: The Immigration Anthem; Carrigan Come Back; Kisonak Watches the Famous Fibbers
The Aztext, Haven’t You Heard?
(AZT Records, CD) It’s official: The Queen City is in the middle of a hip-hop boom. Over the last couple of years, Burlington’s rappers and DJs have raised the bar for homegrown “urban” music. Make room for The Aztext, whose excellent Haven’t You Heard is destined to become a local hip-hop classic. Featuring the microphone…
News Quirks 05.03.06
Curses, Foiled Again Police in Pleasanton, Calif., reported receiving a call that someone had hit two parked cars and sped away with his horn honking. Minutes later, another caller said that his roommate had parked his pickup truck in the driveway with extensive front-end damage and its horn sounding incessantly. According to Lt. Bob Lyness,…
Astrology 05.03.06
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Any idiot can face a crisis,” said Russian writer Anton Chekhov. “It is the day-to-day living that wears you out.” Your main assignment in the coming weeks, Aries, will be to use your ingenuity to keep from being burned out by the subtle and minor trials of the daily grind. It…
TRISTAN & ISOLDE**1/2
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves director Kevin Reynolds brings us the big-screen version of this legendary love story in which a young man and woman from warring countries form a deep romantic bond. With James Franco and Sophia Myles. (245 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/
SHOPGIRL***
Anand Tucker brings Steve Martin’s bestselling novella to the screen. Martin plays a successful older gent who falls for the young woman behind the counter at an L.A. boutique. With Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman and Rebecca Pidgeon. (104 min, R)
MATCH POINT*****
Woody Allen serves up his finest film in more than a decade with this philosophical thriller about a former tennis pro who winds up with everything a socially ambitious young Londoner could ever want — except a conscience. With Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Scarlett Johansson and Emily Mortimer. (124 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/match_point/
CASANOVA***
From acclaimed filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom comes this comic take on the legendary lothario’s adventures. Starring Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Oliver Platt and Jeremy Irons. (108 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/casanova/
Faun Fables, The Transit Rider
(Drag City, CD) Faun Fables are the brainchildren of San Francisco-based singer-songwriter Dawn “The Faun” McCarthy. Accompanied by a revolving cast of players, McCarthy delivers songs loaded with passionate, pagan imagery. FF’s latest disc, The Transit Rider, is the musical equivalent of staring into cat’s eyes: intriguing, if somewhat unnerving. The group owes a good…
