Dougie MacLean, Inside The Thunder
(Dunkeld-Blix Street Records, CD) Dougie MacLean is a Scottish folk music superstar. His latest CD, Inside the Thunder, is about his 20th release in 30 years of music-making. It contains a bit of everything that has made him such a popular performer: dreamy lyrics, heartfelt songwriting and lush guitar parts that match his honey-smooth singing…
Widespread Panic, Earth To America
(Sanctuary Records, CD) Athens, Georgia’s Widespread Panic are known for their meat ‘n’ potatoes approach to jam. Unlike their more progressively minded peers, WP trade in monolithic guitar rock that rarely, if ever, catches fire. Their latest, Earth to America, is about as exciting as watching paint dry, but with less in the way of…
News Quirks 09.13.06
Curses, Foiled Again New York City police received an obscenity-filled letter containing white powder that taunted, “Ha, Ha (you) thought it was anthrax,” and ended with “Catch me if you can.” Officers promptly arrested Abdullah Date, 18, because the envelope had his return address, and the letter was signed “Abdullah Date.” They said Date mailed…
DISTRICT B13***1/2
Luc (La Femme Nikita) Besson directs this futuristic thriller, in which a gang holds the government of France hostage with a nuclear warhead. Starring Cyril Raffaelli and David Belle. (85 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/districtb13/
