Mar 16-22, 2005
Vulnerable Vermonters Feel the Force of Bush’s Budget Ax; Addison County’s Working Poor; Poverty and Presidential Politics; Good News Garage’s Blues
Alexandria Heather
Eclectic Music with fantastic original video projections, animations and montages. The music encompasses rock, blues, funk and world styles, while the synchronized video montages film and television clips, original animations, text and still images create an all over narrative message that unites the groove of the music with provocative, funny and fascinating images. The band…
GregorSamsa
Pure electronica dance frenzy. House, world, industrial. Hours of the beat-down for all the little kiddies! Address: Alexandria Heather PO Box 454-1082 , 05667 Phone: 802-454-1082 Web: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=757 E-Mail: xan@alexandriaheather.com
Wolf Larson
Down & dirty, originals and covers. Styles include rock ‘n’ roll and blues. Vermont’s #1 gritty bar band with over 10 years experience. Guaranteed to make you dance. Address: Scott Graves PO Box 444 , 05667 Phone: 802-454-1082 Web: www.vtlive.tv E-Mail: scott@vtlive.tv
Paul Asbell, Roots & Branches: Further Adventures In Steel-String Americana
(Busy Hands Records, CD) On Roots & Branches, Paul Asbell’s second collection of gourmet guitar pieces, the well-known Burlington axeman further verifies his place as Chittenden County’s John Fahey. The disc is a wonderful follow-up to 2000’s Steel-String Americana; the originals and classics here are played on his collection of snazzy, exquisite-sounding acoustic and electric…
Orchestra Baobob, Specialist In All Styles
(World Circuit/Nonesuch, CD) Orchestra Baobab is one of world music’s most celebrated groups; its Cuban-tinged, African-rooted tunes have delighted audiences since the ’70s. Named after a Senegal club where they were once the house band, the group’s popularity has since spread far beyond its native land. Their latest release, Specialist in All Styles, finds the…
News Quirks 03.16.05
Curses, Foiled Again Police in Martinsburg, West Virginia, reported that a man broke into a home, took some guns from an upstairs bedroom and went downstairs, where he confronted homeowners Everett and Annie Laura Fogle with a gun in one hand and a hatchet in the other. He demanded money, but after Mrs. Fogle gave…
Astrology 03.16.05
ARIES (March 21-Apr. 19): Many supposedly scientific debunkers deride astrology but have done almost no research on the subject. That’s one reason why these ill-informed “skeptics” spread so many ignorant lies. For instance, they say that astrologers think the stars and planets emit invisible beams that affect people’s lives. The truth is, most astrologers don’t…
