Nightcrawler: Early Bird Special

Nightcrawler: Early Bird Special

by | May 8, 2008 | Music

Cellist Lindsay Mac has appeared on the cover of Strings and studied at London's Royal College of Music and other top-flight conservatories. While even the most casual music fan quickly realizes such credentials are well warranted the first time they hear her live...
Yodel Me This

Yodel Me This

by | May 8, 2008 | Music

If shoegazing angst and a flailing guitar hand aren't your folk style, lend an ear to the old-school folk of Bill Staines. Staines started playing in the early '60s in Boston, and eventually emceed Sunday sessions at Cambridge's Club 47.Staines arrives in...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | May 8, 2008 | Music

James McMurtryJust Us Kids(Lightning Rod Records) James McMurtry's latest is a muscular, masculine look at politics, relationships and life that's not for kids. On "Ruby and Carlos," he sings, "I can't go back to Tennessee/ that NASCAR...
America: The Movie

America: The Movie

by | May 8, 2008 | Leisure

Aaron Russo was good at getting Mad as Hell (the name of his TV pilot) and stirring up the muck. The deceased Hollywood producer (The Rose, Trading Places) had a penchant for taking on the government and corporations. Russo's outspoken libertarian leanings were...
Cinemadope: Cock of the Walk

Cinemadope: Cock of the Walk

by | May 8, 2008 | Film

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (3 stars)Directed by Nicholas Stoller. Written by Jason Segel. With Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, and Russell Brand. (R)It's hard to believe that so much has been made of a single scene of male nudity, but the publicity...