Nov 16-22, 2005
The Food Issue: Bringing the Balkans to Burlington; Berlin Chef David Horner; Vermont Progressives; Hunger Pangs in Vermont
Astrology 11.16.05
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty designed to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases and thereby slow global warming. Though 157 nations have ratified it, a notable exception has been the United States, which is the planet’s leading polluter. To their credit, millions of American citizens have launched a grassroots…
News Quirks 11.16.05
Curses, Foiled Again Sheriff’s deputies in Lancaster County, Neb., had few leads in a rural home burglary until IBM called two weeks later to report that someone had called its toll-free technical-support number for help booting up a ThinkPad. When the caller gave the machine’s serial number, support personnel realized that it had been stolen.…
Two for the Dough
Jozef Harrewyn and Rene Ball double the pleasure at their Williston cafe
Trey Anastasio, Shine
(Self-released, CD) I’m sitting here with a stupid smile on my face, and it’s Trey Anastasio’s fault. The legendary axeman’s new CD, Shine, inspires the same indescribable elation as his ex-band Phish once did, before they succumbed to weighty pondering and repetition. There was joyful exuberance in Phish’s best music, and it’s terrific to hear…
Lobot, If It’s You It’s Me
(Self-released, CD) Burlington’s Lobot are possibly the most unabashedly rock-centric band in the area. Unlike other B-town acts, there’s not even a hit of jam, jazz, shoegazer, indie-pop or alt-country in their music. With densely layered, snarling guitars and darkly melodic vocals, the quartet’s sophomore release, If It’s You, It’s Me, sounds like a cross…
THE DEVIL’S REJECTS**1/2
Rob Zombie’s latest tells the blood-drenched tale of a backwoods sheriff who takes the law into his own hands (Can you do that, technically, if you’re a sheriff?) in order to avenge his brother’s murder. Starring William Forsythe and Sid Haig. (101 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/the_devils_rejects/
CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS*
This year’s Christmas-related Tim Allen comedy concerns a married couple whose plans to forgo holiday celebrations in favor of a Caribbean vacation are foiled at the last minute. Based, believe it or not, on a novel by John Grisham. Jamie Lee Curtis costars. Joe Roth directs. (94 min, PG) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/christmaswiththekranks/trailer/
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY***1/2
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton reteam to reinterpret the beloved Roald Dahl classic about an eccentric chocolatier and the little boy who lives in the shadow of his fantastic factory. With Helena Bonham Carter and David Kelly. (106 min, PG) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/charliechocolatefactory/large.html
