“Flags of Our Fathers”
The war in the Pacific, and at home Movies Whether because of public dubiety about all the conflicts since World War II, a willingness to exploit any trend, or perhaps the inexorable progress of history itself, Hollywood continues to produce movies about the last truly global conflict, “the Good War.” Despite its soppy weepiness, The…
The “Pusher” trilogy
Are you collecting scars or what? Movies It’s pretty much Quentin Tarantino’s fault. He didn’t invent the heist movie or the drug film, but 1992’s Reservoir Dogs and 1994’s Pulp Fiction arguably put the breathlessness back into two of cinema’s more played-out clichés and set the stage for countless imitators. Luckily, though, for every overrated…
Inside A.F.I.
This article was edited October 31, 2006* Since simply hanging a sign reading “plays good music” on a band would be entirely too vague, fans and critics clamber for ways to label music acts. A.F.I. (A Fire Inside) gets tagged as hard core-revivalist, goth, punk, and so on. The labels can get pretty creative, and…
I SCENE IT 10-25-06
This week Frank hits Flogging Molly’s show and takes in the Cowboy Junkies
Music reviews – 10-25-06
This week Flogging Molly, Scissor Sisters, Beck, and Lynne Arriale Trio
Metro ink – 10-25-06
Metro ink HELPING CITY TEENAGERS Before Coty Harris joined TeenCity at the Thurston Street YMCA, he says, he spent his time “just hanging outside walking up and down the street.” “I got nothing at home to do,” says Coty, a freshman at WilsonFoundationAcademy. Others, like Ayonna Titus, a seventh-grader at Frederick Douglass Preparatory School, say…
Reader feedback – 10-25-06
The problems we face with Ren Square
A librarian’s clash with the Patriot Act
Less than two months after 9/11, in the nation’s heightened state of anxiety, Congress passed the Patriot Act with little debate. The act is one of the most significant changes ever made to laws involving the federal government’s ability to investigate and jail US citizens. Among the first to voice concern were librarians, and one…
Info for State Legislature chart
55th State Senate District JAMES ALESI, Republican incumbent Current job: Businessman Political experience: MonroeCounty Legislature 1989 to 1992, State Assembly 1993 to 1996, State Senate 1997 to present http://www.senatoralesi.com/ Did not respond to interview requests. EUGENE SALTZBERG, Democratic challenger Current job: Electrical engineer Political experience: Pittsford Democratic Town Leader On redistricting reform: Supports a non-partisan…
The state of New York
Take back the country This year may be an off-year election, but it is surely one of the most important in recent history. The Bush administration has done incalculable damage in its first six years, and the nation will have to endure two more years with the Bush team in charge. Only Congress can begin…
501 Lakeview Park
Charming Maplewood Neighborhood Home I stepped into this charming 1915 American Foursquare style house at 501 Lakeview Park on a sunny afternoon and light was dancing through prism and stained glass windows. I entered through an enclosed front porch and walked through the original beveled glass front door into a large foyer. As a child,…
Cost of war – 10-25-06
The totals: 2800 US soldiers, 238 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 44,501 to 49,440 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to October 20. 4295 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports. American soldiers killed between October…
Who is Jerry Spinelli?
Literature=Books We here at the Family Valued journalism school, typesetting pool, and ink refrigerator have randomly selected a 10-year-old from among the one immediately available. Who is this Jerry Spinelli guy? He’s a guy who writes cool books about school-age kids like in college, in fourth grade, et cetera. The books are funny. They have…
JCC’s “Ancient History”
A harrowing History Theater Here’s a little ditty ’bout Jack and Ruth. OK, that’s not exactly how the song goes, but it’s close enough. Jack is a lapsed Catholic and a poor, but proud, high school teacher. Ruth is a polished, wealthy woman conflicted about her faith as a Jew. The two of them, over…
New daddy diary
New daddy diary, October 25, 2006 Every morning my 9-month-old daughter wakes up sweet and bright-eyed, as if the sun has a smiley face on it and the breeze is playing Ranz des Vaches through an open window. I’ve always been a grump before coffee, but her morning mirth has softened me. She smiles, I…
Edoya
Gut instincts The doctor and the octopus Can it have been 20 years since Duke the Punk said, “Let’s go get sushi and not pay?” in Repo Man? Yes, sushi has been a mainstream American food for a long time. In Rochester, we have a bunch of places to get it, from the homey authenticity…
The JesusPan
Take a bite out of Jesus It has been a few weeks since anyone reported seeing an image of Jesus on a skyscraper window, in the bark of a tree, or on a potato chip. But now with the help of the JesusPan, you can create your own miracles. Move over George Foreman, Jesus is…
The other election: reforming Albany
Elections 2006 View our State Legislature Chart here! Read our endorsements here! Reform in the state legislature: two years ago it was the issue at the tip of everyone’s tongue. The BrennanCenter’s report was freshly out, chronicling the legislature’s dysfunction in excruciating detail. Making the changes the BrennanCenter recommended became a major issue leading up…
Sensing the Fox sisters
Mediums, rare With apologies to Marshall McLuhan, sometimes the Medium really is the message. By relaying messages from the spirit realm, the ability of a Medium to communicate with spirits can provide proof that there is life after physical death. The most famous of the early modern Mediums were the Fox sisters, who in the…
