Apr 26 – May 2, 2006
Frankel Earnest – Chatting up the Left’s Funniest Front Man; UVM Students Pay for Facebook Faux Pas; Advocates Advise Legislators to Get the Lead Out
Alex Toth & The Lazybirds, Vermont Sky Session
(Self-released, CD) Local trumpeter Alex Toth is one of the most visible young players in the Queen City’s vibrant jazz community. From his weekly sets at Burlington’s Radio Bean to side projects and jam sessions, Toth is, in a word, industrious. The latest example of his big-league work ethic is Vermont Sky Session, a disc…
Lady on the Lake
There’s a bronze bust by French sculptor Auguste Rodin at Crown Point. Who knew?
Viscus, Merging
(Self-released, CD) A recent “Saturday Night Live” skit parodied a Regis-style morning show, complete with an interminably cheesy theme song. The joke was that the house band played for so long that there was no time left for the show. Vermont funk act Viscus’ new disc Merging feels a bit like that sketch. The CD…
News Quirks 04.26.06
Curses, Foiled Again Philadelphia police investigating a bank robbery identified Daniel Magee, 29, as their suspect after they recovered a jacket that witnesses said the fleeing robber tossed into a trashcan. In one of the pockets, officers found a pawn ticket for a digital camera. They asked the pawnshop owner, Nat Leonard, to alert them…
Astrology 04.26.06
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Let’s put your salary in perspective. If you earn more than $2182 per year, you’re wealthier than 85 percent of the world’s population. That’s according to www.GlobalRichList.com. Even though you’re pretty well-off, however, I’m going to dare you to ask for more. It’s the perfect astrological phase to do so. The…
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS***
Judi Dench stars in Stephen Frears’ fact-based period piece about a widowed English socialite who opens a burlesque theater during World War II. Bob Hoskins plays her feisty stage manager. Also featuring Christopher Guest. (103 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/mrshendersonpresents/
HOSTEL***
Writer-director Eli Roth follows up his hit debut Cabin Fever with the even grislier saga of two college buddies who backpack and party their way across Europe until they decide to spend the night in a Slovakian hostel, which proves not to be as welcoming as it appears. Starring Jay Hernandez and Derek Richardson. (95…
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO***
Cillian Murphy has won rave reviews for his portrayal of a transvestite who flees Ireland for the freedom of London during the tumultuous 1970s. With Liam Neeson and Stephen Rea. Neil Jordan directs. (129 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/breakfastonpluto/
Medical Mystery
“Plausible fiction” by UVM’s Jeffrey Marshall exhumes the story of a 19th-century abortion
