May 31 – Jun 6, 2006
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel New Graphic Memoir; Security Guru Bruce Schneier on Post-9/11 Safety; John Birch Society Explains Who’s Destroying America
Off the Clef
Move over, jazz fest — Burlington’s Jazz Guys kick out the jams and stomp on them
Tales from the Cryptographer
Security guru Bruce Schneier busts the myths of post-9/11 safety measures
News Quirks 05.31.06
Curses, Foiled Again Los Angeles police investigating the hit-and-run deaths of two homeless men learned that the men had millions of dollars in life insurance. The policies had been taken out by Helen Golay, 75, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 72, who police said aroused suspicion because the men were run down right after the two-year waiting…
Colin McCaffrey, Tired Of Town
(Self-released, CD) Colin McCaffrey’s new CD, Tired of Town, is a gloriously tidy affair. His third solo release finds the central Vermont singer-songwriter bagging the overdubs for a stripped-down tour of some of his favorite music, past and present. McCaffrey makes sure the attention is right where it belongs: on his exceptional guitar, mandolin, fiddle,…
Carrigan, Young Men Never Die
(Radar Recordings/So Good Music, CD) Two years in the making, Carrigan’s latest CD is a major achievement for its creators. For their inordinately patient fans, it’s a cause for celebration. The band has undergone several stylistic and personnel changes in its six-year history, and will probably mutate again. But for now, there’s Young Men Never…
TRANSAMERICA****
“Desparate Housewife” Felicity Huffman steps out of the suburbs and into the year’s most unusual road movie, with this saga of a pre-op transsexual getting to know the son she never suspected she had fathered. With Kevin Zegers and Elizabeth Pena. (103 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/transamerica/
Life Drawing
With a new graphic memoir, cartoonist Alison Bechdel proves she’s more than just a Dyke to Watch Out For
BLOODRAYNE*
Kristanna Loken stars in the video-game-to-big-screen story of a half-human-half-vampire avenger out to bump off the king of the bloodsuckers. With Ben Kingsley. Directed by Uwe Boll. (R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/bloodrayne/
