Mar 7-13, 2007
Paul Wright Goes to the Wall for American Prisoners; Health Inspector Al Burns Keeps Vermont Restaurants Clean; Sanders Adjusts to Senate Life; Planning for a Post-Carbon World
Nowhere Found, Bleed Like Me
(Self-released, CD) Vermont has its fair share of heavy acts; many are excellent, others not so stellar. Either way, you gotta admire the balls it takes to play this kind of music in an area that clearly favors jammier fare. Milton’s Nowhere Found are a solid, if somewhat unoriginal, quartet whose new disc, Bleed Like…
Class Clown, Like A Wave
(Self-released, CD) Rutland’s punk-pop outfit Class Clown seem like they’re on the cusp of something big. The band has already claimed victory over 50,000 other contestants in the2004 VH1/School of Rock Battle of the Bands; household-name status may not be far off. VH1 viewership appeal is not a barometer I personally use to gauge quality,…
News Quirks 03.07.07
Curses, Foiled Again Thieves who took $2.5 million in art, antiques and rugs from a San Francisco mansion apparently spent months planning the heist, according to police investigators. Posing as a moving crew, the gang pulled up in a U-Haul truck and spent two days cleaning out the house while homeowner Robert Kendrick was out…
Let the Sun Shine!
Sanders on adjusting to Senate life: A lot of the important work takes place off the floor in quiet meetings, said the sole Independent.
Planning for a Post-Carbon World
Book Review: The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook by Greg Pahl
Tale of Two Cities
EXHIBIT: “Burlington and Winooski 1920-2020: The evolution of our built environment.” Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington. Through June 24. ARTWORK:”Good By Trolly Car” (sic) by H. Kurilchyk, 1929 It’s hard to visit “Burlington and Winooski 1920-2020” without musing over what might have been. The major exhibit at the University of Vermont’s Fleming Museum gathers architectural drawings,…
TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY**1/2
Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring the characters they made famous in a series of short films to the big screen for the first time. The story concerns two rock fanatics’ quest to acquire a mystical guitar pick with the power to transform them into history’s greatest band. With Tim Robbins, Amy Poehler, Meat Loaf…
STRANGER THAN FICTION****
Adaptation meets The Truman Show in this surreal laugher from Marc Forster. Will Ferrell plays an IRS employee who discovers that he is actually a character in a novel and, even more unsettling, one not meant to survive to the last page. With Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman. (113 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/strangerthanfiction/
THE RETURN**
Sarah Michelle Gellar continues her campaign for the title of current horror queen with this thriller about a young woman determined to learn the truth about her ever-more-terrifying visions. Sam Shepard and Peter O’Brien costar. Asif (The Warrior) Kapadia directs. (85 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/rogue_pictures/thereturn/
HEART OF THE GAME****
Documentary-filmmaker Ward Serrill directs the inspirational story of a girls’ high school basketball team and the star player whose off-court struggles threaten to sideline her dreams. (102 min, PG-13) Web: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/movies/info/lnav/trailers/?http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/
A GOOD YEAR**1/2
Russell Crowe reteams with Gladiator-director Ridley Scott for this adaptation of the Peter Mayle bestseller about a no-nonsense investment banker who learns that life shouldn’t be all business when he inherits a small vineyard in Provence. With Marion Cotillard and Albert Finney. (118 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/agoodyear/
