A nice bunch of guise
There’s this… thing about Mike Patton; this spooky, almost intimidating vibe. For years now, Patton has been flying below radar, creating challenging and experimental music. Naturally, accompanying this kind of output is the perception that he’s as unnerving as his discography, in the same way that parents once thought Ozzy was the Prince of Darkness…
Recordings
New releases from Sonic Youth and the Respect Sextet
Rewards and surprises at Shaw
The final three productions of the Shaw Festival’s 2002 season are impressive indeed. The world premiere of Simon Bradbury’s Chaplin, though, looks more like a brilliant work in progress than the final solution to the problem of Charlie Chaplin’s tramp having to deal with Hitler. Christopher Newton’s choice for his final directing stint before…
Rochester Rhinos
Last time out. The Rhinos (15-3-6) hit the road for a pair of matches against two of the weaker teams in the A League. On Friday, they earned their first bonus point of the season with a 3-1 win over Cincinnati (8-0-16). Hamisi Amani-Dove scored twice in that game, and added one the following evening…
The Superman that we deserve
It surely suggests something about the state of the culture when two of the biggest hits of the summer, accompanied by enormous quantities of the usual hoopla and hype, playing practically around the clock in a theater near everyone, descend in some twisted way from the James Bond novels and films.
Classic film noir comes to town
Samuel Fuller’s Pickup on South Street opens with a scene that is downright dazzling, even by today’s standards. It takes place on a crowded New York City subway. As people shift about, a man and woman eventually end up face to face. They begin to make goo-goo eyes at each other, but the flirtation…
Have you had enough?
Either the stress of the job has gotten to him, or the man is just plain mean. This community, once simply sliding slowly downhill, is now about to implode.
Reader feedback 8.21.02
It’s what we want; Where’s the outcry?; Is the money there?; Dems in disarray; Shut out; Moms in playland
Smokin’ signal
It’s been on the radio dial for 30 years and it’s been playing jazz for more than a decade. But WGMC has just recently found its groove.
News briefs 8.21.02
The greeting card industry is a $7 billion monster that commodifies human emotions into trite sentimentality. At least that’s how local entrepreneur and wise guy Tom Rusling sees it.
County social service cuts: too much, too fast?
The county giveth and the county taketh away. Furthermore, it can do so without warning or regard to the wider implications of its actions. That’s the hard lesson the heads of local social service agencies say they have learned in the wake of County Executive Jack Doyle’s decision to cut county funding for their…
War of the words
County Executive Jack Doyle has been getting an earful from people unhappy with his proposed social service cuts. And in an interview with WXXI radio broadcast on August 14, Doyle responded with a mouthful of criticism. Regarding social service agencies with which the county contracts to provide services, Doyle told WXXI: “Most of their…
The next Bush war
As the Bush administration beats its chest — louder one day, softer the next — it’s necessary to remember the US is already at war with Iraq.
