With the dusty Western noir Red Rock West (1993) and the fabulous The Last Seduction (1994), director John Dahl emerged as a fine “B” movie director in an age when action blockbusters had supposedly eradicated such distinctions. But Dahl’s subsequent graduation to bigger budgets and more respectable projects with 1998’s generic poker tale Rounders was […]
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Blowback, Tricky (Hollywood) When he emerged from Bristol in 1995 at the height of yet another Rock is Dead craze, Tricky did indeed seem to herald a new age of pop. A child of Prince and (Eric B. and) Rakim, Tricky seemed electronica’s best bet for stardom — a Phil Spector of the post-rock era, […]
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To Tell the Truth
In Don’t Say a Word, Michael Douglas stars as Nathan Conrad, an average-enough man and talented psychiatrist who has given up the grimy, chipped-tile walls of the city mental hospital for a more prosperous wood-paneled practice, shifting from slobbering patients doped up on anti-psychotic drugs to slobbering prep-school teens with panty fetishes. “It’s okay to […]
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tuesday, 2
LIFE CLASSES. Classes help senior citizens remain independent while making necessary adjustments in their lives. St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 692 pOPLAR (324-3299), weekly on Tuesdays, 10 a.m. ENGLIOSH TEA. Sponsored by the Woman’s Exchange. 88 Racine St. (reservations required, 767-4932), $15. 2:30 p.m.
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Box-cutter’s Tale
My brother César, an Ecuadorian, and I were in a local department store recently buying perfume for his girlfriend. We had made the purchase from one salesclerk and were ready to leave when another salesclerk approached us and, after examining my brother close enough to get his phenotype, said carefully, “It seems like you have […]
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Sebastopol Jay Farrar, (Artemis) With Sebastopol, his first solo album, Jay Farrar may have finally found the way he most enjoys working: alone. The famously shy Farrar abruptly abandoned his seminal alt-country band, Uncle Tupelo, in 1994 after four great albums, including the industry-launching debut No Depression. He then went on to form Son Volt. […]
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City Reporter
St. George’s Day School adds grades, new campus, plus other news.
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Is This It The Strokes (RCA) A bunch of New York City guys in their early 20s who have been on the cover of basically every British music magazine before their debut album was even released, the Strokes arrive with an almost deafening buzz. But, to flip the script on another great NYC act, Public […]
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wednesday, 26
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP. Joann Self presents “Writing the Personal Essay: The Art of Self-Expression,” for high school juniors and seniors preparing college essays. BuckmanPerforming Arts Center, St. Mary’s Episcopal School, 6:30 p.m.
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tuesday, 25
BOOKSIGNING BY BOBBIE ANN MASON. PEN/Hemingway Award winner will sign Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail. Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square,Oxford, MS. 5 p.m. FINANCIAL FORUM. Financial services specialist D. Hal Otey will share tips on making sound financial decisions,navigating the stock market, and more. Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women, 6019 Walnut Grove Rd. 6:L30 – […]
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A SOLDIER STORY
These men — boys themselves, really — are extremely well-trained and devoted to the job in a way that makes them lousy boyfriends, great drinking buddies, and exceptional soldiers.
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monday, 24
JEWISH HIGH HOLY DAYS BROADCAST. WKNO-FM will broadcast programs honoring Jewish holidays. 7-8 p.m.