Or Download this issue (~35mb) as a PDF - Hippo

More documents

Recommendations

Info

44 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Hippo | July 1 - 7, 2010 | Page 44 44 MUsIC, pop CULTURE Index CDs pg45 • Minus the Bear, Omni, A • The Golden Filter, Voluspa, A BooKs pg46 • Excavating the Sutler’s House: Artifacts of the British Armies in Fort Edward and Lake George, A Includes listings for lectures, author events, book clubs, writers’ workshops and other lit- erary events. To let us know about your book or event, e-mail Lisa Parsons at lparsons@ hippopress.com. To get your author events, library events and more listed, send informa- tion to listings@hippopress.com. FILM pg48 • The Tiwlight Saga: Eclipse, C+ • Mother And Child, B BooKs, GAMEs, CoMICs, MoVIEs, DVDs, TV AND MoRE Dork vs. Dork: The Twilight saga: Eclipse Glenn is ‘on’ Team Jacob; Dan ‘supports’ Team Edward. (What, no mummies?) There is but one scientific certainty that I know: werewolves are It all begins… with a choice. Indeed. And if given a choice far, far better than vampires. Werewolves have a longer historical between Edward Cullen and Count Dracula (you know, the record than vampires. They are referenced in the Satyricon from actual vampire), my money’s on Bela Lagosi. This is going 60AD and the founders of Rome were probably werewolves when to get complicated, so try to not be distracted by Dakota Fan- you think about it. When was the earliest vampire story? Oh, what ning here, OK? Focus! was that? The mid-17th century? Werewolves have two millennia There’s this scene in the 1931 film where a guest at Dracula’s of kicking ass and taking names all over Western history. Also, castle cuts his finger on a kitchen knife, and Lugosi’s Dracula is werewolves aren’t Native American “yah” dudes who never discovered the T-shirt; unable to restrain himself and lunges for the speck of blood. The moment is more they are dudes who turn into half-man half-wolf monsters, come to your house and or less pulled from the Bram Stoker book and sort of similar to the silent film Nos- wreck up the place. Silver bullets don’t stop them, buddy; that is a myth introduced in feratu. It’s that lack of restraint, the blood lust, as opposed to Cullen’s — I don’t early 20th-century retelling of the French Beast of Gévaudan tale, and was added to know — mopey urges, that set the standard for vampires. make something French seem tough. There have been so many vampires over the years, mostly ridiculous, but some Fact: Werewolves are hardcore atheists who are not scared of crosses. Double memorable and true to the spirit of vampires. Christopher Lee was pretty good. fact: Werewolves are the subject of much better heavy metal than vampires are. Chris Sarandon in Fright Night was fun. Remember that line about how it’s not Triple fact: HBO’s True Blood is really dumb. the cross that defeats vampires, it’s belief. That’s a throwback to Lugosi. Then Ann While Joss Whedon, Charlaine Harris and even J.K. Rowling have all cashed fat Rice came along, and vampires began the slow, dreary slide to melodrama. Buffy checks by emasculating the ferocious total awesomery of werewolves and betting had fun, sometimes, when Angel was bad or with early Spike. on the supposed sexual magnetism of vampires, let me ask you this: Who would The Twilight Saga is, of course, the natural progression of the vampire’s decline. you rather make out with, a brawny hunk who can toss you around like a rag doll The defanging, if you will, of a cultural touchstone, replaced by trite and hollow tween or a clammy dweeb who perpetually smells like a pack of clove cigarettes chain angst. No blood lust. No fear. Just another sanitized soap opera for the ringtone set. smoked on a hot plate of roadkill? Also, a technical but salient point: since none But it could be worse, I suppose. The werewolves could win, and that’s just plain of the “werewolves” in Twilight turn into half-man half-wolves they are not true silly, as the Underworld series has illustrated. And now Edward and Jacob have to werewolves and thus do not tarnish the good werewolf name. The same cannot be team up to protect Bella? Ugh, why? There’s more heat between the two of them, said of vampires, but frankly, they didn’t have much gravitas left to lose. than anything Kristen Stewart can muster. I don’t know, it’s all so sad. In the end, I’ll go with Team Edward, but only because there’s no Team Lugosi. DAN REspoNDs Really, those are your facts? Here’s some more. Fact: Michael Landon was a werewolf. And Michael J. Fox. And Seth Green. Not exactly the werewolf dream team, buddy boy. Heck, Wolfman Jack was the best werewolf in history and he was born that way! Fact: in 1971 a werewolf faced a vampire woman (in the classic Werewolf vs. the Vampire Woman) and got its mangy butt kicked. No, I’m afraid any “monster” that can be defeated with a rolled up newspaper and is constantly complaining about his curse pales in comparison to pretty much any vampire. Except Gary Oldman. 1000 Elm Street, Manchester (On the Courtyard) 622.7944 7–4 M–F — 9–1 Sat 062816 GLENN REspoNDs Twilight has done for vampires what Starbucks did to your local coffee houses. It has scrubbed the character and danger out of your town and made it safe for the painfully bland who spend their time walking their chocolate labs instead of cutting themselves for attention. I confess, I’ve done the goth dance at NYC’s Bat Cave and spent my fair share of allowances on Vampire: The Masquerade RPG books. But, given the choice between Edward’s mope-a-dope of my senses and wolf goofing teen charm through a bong haze, I’ll disagree with Dr. House — this time, it IS Lupus. Rita's Got the Biggest & Best Tasting Haddock Dinners in Town! Come try the one that didn't get away! Rita Mae's Family Style Restaurant 280 North Main St. Manchester Sun - Thurs 6am–2pm Fri 6am–8pm Sat 6am–2pm 668-4077 062633 Monday - Friday • 3pm - 6pm $1.99 Appetizers Saturday - Sunday • Noon - 5pm Burger & fries -or- 2 hotdogs & fries $2.95 Thursday - Friday • DJs Saturday - Live Music (no cover) 061556
pop CULTURE: CDs Minus The Bear, Omni Dangerbird Records, May 4 I don’t know if we can say that we’re in a time when “grower” music — stuff that takes a while to grow on you — is doomed. If anything is suffering, it’s rabid fandom. A band gets an idea, people grow to like it, and all of a sudden there are 500 clones of that artist with which to contend. Immediately, things get ruined by idiots putting out albums, and fans lose interest. Overall a much better environment than during the ’70s, when there were about 10 bands with records on real record labels, but perhaps a case could be made for being able to copyright a vibe itself as opposed to an individual song. That’s one solution anyway — call me a snob, but quantity is not a synonym for quality. Seattle grower band Minus The Bear have accepted their birthright with this album. Having abandoned the puzzling but great indie fusion of records past, they’re now a cross between 90125-era Yes and Jackson Browne with just enough hiphop/funk/ glitch thrown in to be a pain in the neck to lame-brained taste-makers. Sure, it’s antiquated AOR-radio for the first two tunes, like Spyro Gyra risen from the grave, but “Secret Country” needs to be in every proggeek’s iPod, for its fiercely male vibe but for this one riff that clubs you over the head with a “crap, I’ll be humming this for the rest of the week” stick. The band is scarytight, too, which is a trip coming from this generation — thank Allah they’re not off being a generic fusion unknown. A — Eric W. Saeger • The flood of new summer releases has slowed to a trickle — with all manner of sexy bare flesh around, attention spans are too short for albums, and so we get EPs, like the new one from goth charlatan Trent Reznor and his wife, under the band name How To Destroy Angels, streeting Tuesday. The video for “The Space in Between” is a wholesome, helpful how-to about what to do if you’ve killed a person: you write a song that sounds like old Nine Inch Nails, and then get your wife to sign a prenup that includes the recording of an EP in which she will star as a talking bloody-mess corpse in a video, simple. I am overcome with hope for the future as art-loving kindergarteners are striking for Hostel to be shown during playlist A seriously abridged compendium of recent and future CD releases Wednesday snack times. • Shameless L.A. false god Bret Michaels will release new album Custom Built next week, but it is actually a secret Nobama government tactic to take the census of all American women over 40 who have leopard print somewhere in their wardrobes. “Every Rose” is on there, as is the Rock of Love theme song “Go That Far,” but worst of all is the appearance of underage Disney horror cartoon Miley Cyrus, who will help Bret sing the sexytime ballad “Nothin To Lose,” the lyrics of which were written by Vladimir Nabakov a couple of weeks before a comet destroyed all intelligent life on Earth. • Benise is the awful, awful Fabio of guitar. His live concert-spectacle video The golden Filter, Voluspa 101 Distribution, June 15 I sometimes test the goth-feverdream efficacy of albums on my wife. After just a couple of spins of this perfect cross between Collide and Goldfrapp (that’s reviewer-ese for “early Madonna with a creepy-eerie spiderweb edge and some techno-glitch,” in case you don’t know either of those bands) I was completely sold, but the missus — who’s as goth-minded as they come — is still, to date, not. There I was, hanging brackets for the damn pointless window drapes, cranking this and fully expecting to hear a familiar “Well this is kinda cool,” but no. Later, in the car, driving around: still zippo. I finally asked and got, “It’s like background music.” For what? Cutting? Forget that noise. The woman is spoiled, getting free Coldplay and Pink and Scissor Sisters albums for her car and not having to suffer reviewing Glitch Mob and trombone-jazz albums in order to earn them. Be ready: there’s a PR/Pitchfork scheme to front this boy-girl pair as the next Portishead. There’s barely a trace of hiphop in here, however, and as far as glitch and squelch and on-the-phone-patched vocals, Collide has it by a length. But Collide couldn’t write a song to save their mothers, thus I pronounce this the greatest goth-slash-dance-pop album of all time, for this minute. A — Eric W. Saeger Benise: The Spanish Guitar will be in stores next week. It is an art experience, in which our long-haired hero plays awesome Yngwie “licks” while saving the universe from the Scientology pyramids or something, and there will be bras thrown on stage, many bras, of all cup sizes, because he is the only man on Earth who’s aware that chicks will always dig hair. • Had enough yet? Ready to stick your head in a jet engine yet, so you won’t accidentally hear the groovy hip new sounds, above? No? Well, there’s always Skynyrd-tinged grind-metal band Texas Hippie Coalition, whose new album Rollin’ will be in your Pandora’s “Suggested, but only if you hate yourself” list next week! The single is “Pissed Off and Mad About It,” which steals from Pantera and Rob Zombie, but I’ll admit it does have a spooky cool part with a talk box for your ringtone, so not a total loss. — Eric W. Saeger 45 German John’s Bakery Hearty German Breads Original Soft Pretzels Crusty Rolls & Pastries We also carry deli meats and other imported items. Come see us and try our “Balloon Bread” at the Hillsboro Balloon fest July 8th - 10th ! Call for orders: 464-5079 5 West Main St., Hillsboro www.germanjohnsbakery.net Hours: Tues 11-3:30, Wed-Sat 9:30-5 Always made from scratch! 063042 Pasquale’s Ristorante Experience a Taste of Italy 143 Raymond Rd. Candia 483-5005 www.pasqualeincandia.com Gift Certifi cates Always Available! America’s Favorite Drive-in Try Our Premium ice cream made On LOcaTiOn 11am - 10pm, 7 days a week Take out orders - 669-4430 250 Valley St., Manchester N o w o n l i n e a t c r e m e l a n d . c o m Check Out Our www.graniterestaurant.com 96 Pleasant St., Concord 603.227.9000 Packages BEST OF 2010 Romantic Getaway Dinner & A Movie 060835 061507 059244 Create a dining experience with us. Contemporary Asian- American Fusion with Japanese Hot Pots and Full Sushi Bar BEST OF Casual Fine Dining 2009 San Francisco Kitchen 133 Main St., Nashua 886-8833 Sun. 4-10 • Mon.- Wed. 11-10 • Thurs. - Sat. 11-11 Dine In or Take Out Have a Safe Holiday! Closed Sat. 3 rd - Wed. 14 th Re-Open Thurs. 7/15/10 Ice Cold Beer 60oz for the price of 48oz 7 Days a Week Join us for Dinner! Try our famous Teriyaki Steak Tips & the Best Baked Lamb in town. 712 Valley St., Manchester Corner of Valley & Belmont Dine In or Take Out • Call 622-1021 Page 45 | July 1 - 7, 2010 | Hippo 063277 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 45
Page 1 and 2: 1 Hippo the JULY 1-7, 2010 LOCAL NE
Page 3 and 4: e outgoing WITH FREE INCOMING.
Page 5 and 6: Artists redesign richard’s Downto
Page 7 and 8: les in interesting a voter base tha
Page 9 and 10: QoL JuLY 1, 2010 QuALITY OF LIFE In
Page 11 and 12: Sport Glossary: Luckiest Man Speech
Page 13 and 14: october 10, 2002 January 2, 2003 do
Page 15 and 16: er was named Best Actress in a Musi
Page 17 and 18: England Republican — small govern
Page 19 and 20: Why did you decide to reenter the r
Page 21 and 22: A TRADITIOn OF ExCEllEnCE. An InnOV
Page 23 and 24: 23 THIS WEEK EvENTS To CHECK ouT Ju
Page 25 and 26: Work by Scott Bulger. Courtesy phot
Page 27 and 28: • Hall of fame: The Actorsingers,
Page 29 and 30: 29 INSIdE/ouTSIdE ACTIvITIES foR CH
Page 31 and 32: An antiques expert helps you search
Page 33 and 34: THANK YOU ! For hosting our Ice Cre
Page 35 and 36: 063003 35 Concord Nissan #11050 Bad
Page 37 and 38: larger restaurant, or pinch pennies
Page 39 and 40: Bill Annis. Photo by Madeleine Stau
Page 41 and 42: Formerly Molly Stark Tavern Lunch &
Page 43: Red, white and green A lot of wine,
Page 47 and 48: pop CULTURE: BooKs Author events
Page 49 and 50: IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT
Page 51 and 52: POP CULTURE: Cinema locator AMC Tyn
Page 53 and 54: “I’ve always tried to be around
Page 55 and 56: Across 1. ‘Stay’ Lisa 5. Group
Page 57 and 58: tain Radio Silence, No Man Is An Is
Page 59 and 60: Cheech & Chong The comedy duo will
Page 61 and 62: VELMA All quotes are from Joey Pigz
Page 63 and 64: 2 + 2 = 4 or 2 or maybe 8 New York

Or Download this issue (~35mb) as a PDF - Hippo

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?