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...about 70 seconds you could mistake Franz Ferdinand for the Strokes. Take Me Out, from the group's March 9 self-titled debut, opens with a standard modern-rock guitar riff and studiously disinterested vocals from singer Alex Kapranos. Then the pace shifts, the guitar goes punk, the rhythm section goes disco, and Kapranos goes nuts. He's singing about how he would rather be shot than live without his girl, but Kapranos doesn't get overwrought. He doesn't really sing either--he swings, like Dean Martin on uppers...
Bush the Candidate made his 2004 debut privately when he called Kerry to congratulate him on his Super Tuesday victory. This display of old-fashioned manners reminded me of the evening in October 2000 when Bush and Al Gore competed head-to-head at the New York Archdiocese's Al Smith dinner. A brief, humorous speech was called for--and Bush smoked Gore, making most of the jokes at his own expense. Gore was funny too, but less gracious. Bush won the evening when he said, "My opponent and I have had some strong differences, but let me tell...
Local director Pamela Corker presents her debut feature film, a light-hearted exploration of the musical genre known, often with little fondness, as Muzak. The story centers on Burt, a trumpeter whose work is only appreciated tangentially in elevators and barbershops. He has aspirations of playing professional jazz, but is unable to come to grips with natural flair for nerdiness. A miracle arrives in the form of Linda, who admires his playing and eventually allows him to embrace his EZ listening roots. Tickets $9. 7:30 p.m. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline...
Director Patty Jenkins’s debut feature, Monster chronicles the sanguinous final chapter of infamous serial killer Aileen Wuornos and the personal trials that may have led to her murder of seven men. The film has garnered as much attention for star Charlize Theron’s monstrous makeover into the less-than-comely prostitute murderess as it did for the actual performance. Nevertheless, the Academy will likely see beyond the cosmetic alterations to reward Theron’s breakthrough work, which painstakingly recreates the intense discomfort of a woman desperate to find a reason not to shoot herself...
Zero 7’s 2001 debut, Simple Things, featured the great single “Destiny,” which got moderate play on MTV and exemplified what was to be the fad of “chill-out” music—electronic keyboards, acoustic guitars, a slow beat and that sexy, sexy female voice. Two years later, When It Falls tries to recapitulate the same feeling of relaxed, soulful bliss. The trouble is the whole chill-out thing feels weary and used-up. While Air and Britain’s Kinobe have moved on to more...