Nov 8-14, 2006
Rethinking the American Way of Dying; A Cop Tries to Comprehend Violence; Montpelier’s Best-Kept Food Secret Serves it Up Three Times a Day
The Times They Are a-Changin’
Peter Freyne, who has covered Bernie for decades, puts Sanders’ Senate win in historical perspective.
News Quirks 11.08.06
Curses, Foiled Again Police in Clark County, Ore., reported receiving a call from a motorist who said he noticed smoke coming from a public utility district regulator station, stopped and spotted a man on fire inside the fenced area. Police and fire fighters responded, but the live electrical wires prevented them from reaching the victim…
Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood, Out Louder
(Indirecto Records, CD) Medeski Martin & Wood are the standard-bearers of instrumental, organ-driven groove-jazz. John Scofield is a forward-looking guitarist who once skronked with the legendary Miles Davis. When these musicians join forces, as they did on Out Louder, the results are often remarkable. The four previously played together on Scofield’s 1998 album, A Go…
Bluegrass Gospel Project, Makes You Strong
(Vital Records, CD) On their fourth album, Makes You Strong, Bluegrass Gospel Project solidifies their legacy as one of the greatest acoustic bands ever to spring from northern Vermont. It’s no small wonder, as each of the band’s six members is a seasoned player. Ace mandolinist and tenor vocalist Taylor Armerding covers the high end…
Behind the Crime Scene
For investigators, the Michelle Gardner-Quinn case is about more than law and order
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III***
Fresh from his award-magnet stint in Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a scenery-chewing villain in the latest installment of the action franchise. Also featuring Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames and Billy Crudup. J.J. (Gone Fishin’) Abrams directs. (120 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/missionimpossibleiii/
KEEPING UP WITH THE STEINS***
Scott Marshall directs this comedy about a hyper-Hollywood agent who uses his son’s bar mitzvah to one-up some of his showbiz competition. With Jeremy Piven, Jami Gertz, Daryl Hannah and Garry Marshall. (84 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/keepingupwiththesteins/
