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...stretches across the southern United States. The original blues and country compositions are enjoyable. There are quite a few covers, too; Duritz's remake of Warren Zevon's "Carmelita" stands out, as does Willie Nelson's interpretation of "Everybody's Talkin'." Even Cuban guitarist Eliades Ochoa (featured in Buena Vista Social Club) joins in, performing "El Guateque de Don Thomas," a traditional Cuban song; as the liner notes explain, Cuban music was popular along the Gulf of Mexico...
...looking for students in their preferred element, though, try the banks of the Charles River, Harvard's most beautiful vista on warm days. But this isn't Stanford--Cambridge weather is spastic, with summery weather in February and snow in April. (It's not always like this, we promise...
...although the slapstick is highly and unevenly concentrated in the beginning of the film. He and Blumberg also seem intent in showcasing their knowledge of pop culture. In just the first half hour of the film, references are made to Lauren Hill's departure from the Fugees, the _Buena Vista Social Club_, Tuesdays With Morrie, VH1's "Behind the Music," and even the movie _Seven_ , the "ultimate Bible Cliff Notes" to which Brian directs his congregation when no one can name the seven deadly sins. The most resounding image, however, is undoubtedly Jacob and Brian's sauntering down...
...Vida Es Silbar (Life Is to Whistle), which was shown at a Miami film festival last month, is critical of Castro's society. (Nonetheless, Miami-Dade County has threatened to pull its $49,000 funding for the festival.) Members of the popular and apolitical Cuban music troupe Buena Vista Social Club, which recently played Carnegie Hall, were supposed to perform on Miami Beach this year but pulled out because of safety concerns...
...live that historic exploration--without the danger or the dogmeat--by taking the seven-day rail-and-road tour "In the Path of Lewis and Clark." Traveling part of the way by motor coach and the remainder aboard the American Spirit--a daylight train with refurbished passenger cars and vista domes from the late '40s and '50s--you set out from Billings, Mont., and end up near Astoria, Ore., journeying through large swaths of Lewis and Clark territory in between. You will cross the rugged Bitterroot Mountains, where the corps nearly starved; navigate the Clearwater River in canoes like those...