News entertainment 2008-07-10 Andanh.com

Viral 'Blood' Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:18:44 -0600

Viral sites for HBO's adaptation of Magnolia native Charlaine Harris' "Southern Vampire" series are popping up on the net.

The latest is for Tru Blood, a "synthetic blood nourishment beverage."

The show premieres on Sept. 7.

Wednesday To-Do: 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:15:31 -0600

UPDATE: Organizer Blake Rutherford says despite the clouds, the show goes on.

'WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY'
Sundown, Riverfest Amphitheatre. Free.

We had already written a fairly cool assessment of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” Tim Burton's hyperactive Johnny Depp vehicle, when we learned that Movies in the Park is actually showing the 1971 original, “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” A good choice, we say. The remake is eye candy, but it mainly seems geared to give Depp another offbeat character to add to his resume. The old edition can't match the new for spectacle, but it compensates with its focus on character and plot. By balancing the sentimental tale of impoverished Charlie with the sardonic ramblings of Gene Wilder's hermetic confectioner, “Willie Wonka” manages both pathos and humor. Plus, the original has the superior music: For better or worse, it's impossible to forget the Oompa-Loompa theme. —John Williams

Tonight: Dale Beavers! Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:58:05 -0600

Arkansas native Dale Beavers, who was big on the local scene a decade or two ago, returns to his old stomping grounds tonight to play some juke-style blues-rock. He's got some bona fides. He's played with Junior Kimbrough, Cedell Davis, Nathaniel Mayer, Dale Hawkins, Kenny Brown and (!) the Bloodless Cooties.

Longtime Cootie Jerry Colburn is sitting in on drums.

I'm there.

A chance for fame! Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:30:51 -0600

Little Rock native and cycle 6 winner Danielle Evans modeling...spring funeral wear?

Hey ladies! Did you watch Danielle Evans and Furonda Brasfield on "America's Next Top Model" and think, you know what, I'm hot and from Arkansas, why can't I be "America's Next Top Model"?

Well, here's your chance. There's an open casting call in Little Rock on July 22 at the Metroplex.

Details below.

Backyardigans Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:13:11 -0600

Parents of young tykes, take note. “The Backyardigans,” those lovable, puffy knights and dragons from Nickelodeon, are bringing the “Tale of the Mighty Knights” to Robinson Center Music Hall Aug. 5-6 for three performances. The story follows Uniqua and Tyrone “as they be-come knights and embark on a quest to protect King Pablo’s unpredictable egg.” Who couldn’t appreciate that?

Buy tickets here.

Allman Bros coming to Fayetteville Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:08:57 -0600

Mark your calendar: The Allman Brothers have been confirmed as the headliner for Fayetteville’s Bikes, Blues and BBQ event. The Southern rock legends play the Randal Tyson Track Center on Friday, Sept. 26. Michael Burks and the Lee Boys are also part of the weekend bill. Tickets go on sale on Friday, July 11, via bikesbluesandbbq.org.

Throwing hot liquid rocks Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:26:29 -0600

Molten Lava, the popular ’80s-flavored pop band out of Fayetteville, is no longer Molten Lava. They’ve changed their name to Boom Kinetic. In a press release, the band says that the name change follows a trademark filing by another band named Molten Lava. This band — the one that filed for the trademark — claims in a blog post on their MySpace page that a member of “bogus” Molten Lava — that’s the one based in Fayetteville; try and keep up — was a friend and fan of the “real” Molten Lava back in 1998, when they formed and released an album called “Hot Liquid Rock.” The 1998-vintage Molten Lava, which includes Isaac Alexander of the Easys and Big Silver fame, is currently at work on a follow-up. Boom Kinetic, too, plans to release an album in August, hopefully around the same time as another ’80s-flavored local act, Kyoto Boom.

Gina's gets it Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Sushi places seem to have been cropping up in the Little Rock area faster than you can say ?wasabi? in recent years, but there?s still something to be said for a nice, hot plate of Chinese food.

Sadly, not about transvestites Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
It?s probably a safe bet that ?Bra Boys,? the new Australian documentary about the notorious Sydney surfing gang, owes its existence to Rus-sell Crowe, who narrates the film and executive-produced it. Or, if not its existence, at least the distribution that, four months after its release, landed the film at Market Street. Because there ain?t much here.

The Week that Was, July 2-8 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT
It was a good week for ARKANSAS. The state will be spared a divisive and hateful campaign for a measure to severely restrict aid to immigrants. A petition drive to pass such a law fell short.

Bombers staying busy this summer Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:06:00 EST
Football isn't just for the fall anymore.

Jeweler merges technology, craft Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:01:00 EST
Mary Jehnke, formerly of Mountain Home, had a one-of-a-kind ring to give to her daughter, thanks to new technology in Mountain Home.

Blossom-end rot can attack your tomatoes Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST
Blossom-end rot of tomatoes is a common problem which occurs under conditions of high plant-water stress and heavy fruit load.

Eleanor 'Ellie' Ada Evans, 89 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST
A gathering of family and friends for Eleanor "Ellie" Ada Evans, 89, of Castroville, Texas, formerly of Mountain Home, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Chapel in Castroville. Mrs. Evans died Friday, June 13, 2008.

Rise in expert inflation rate Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST
WASHINGTON — What does it take to be an expert or a strategist or an activist on television these days?

Traffic-light system lacks flow Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST
From Monty Lybrand,

Reader recommends book Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST
Just finished reading a book titled "Pornography of Power",by Robert Scheer. This book should be a must-read for Mike Reagan and Charles Krauthammer. It does a good job of explaining why and how the neo-conservatives took us to war. Iraq is known as the "Land of Two Rivers": the Tigris and the Euphrates. Water in the desert! It also has the largest oil reserve in the Middle East. And it was considered a threat not to the U.S., but Israel. The author gives a lot of insight as to the handling of contracts, both civilian and military (especially on the part of Richard Perle, assistant secretary of Defense), and the letting of those contracts. Anyway, I got to thinking about Cheney's secret energy meetings with the energy people, and now $4 gas plus Bush's tax cut for the rich that was supposed to help the economy. That was six years ago in 2002, and McCain thinks the tax cuts are working so well he wants to make them permanent.

Americans unite: Vote in November Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST
Our officials in Washington seem to have their heads in a box and they are not thinking outside of it. They are taught this in college — to think with their heads in a box — and by doing this they can't get the whole picture of what's happening in our country. I can see more harm being done to our country with the National Free Trade Agreement than good; I can see our terrorists gathering at the round table discussing how much higher our oil prices will have to be hiked to bring down the mighty United States of America, but because our leaders are thinking with their heads in the box they can't see the whole picture. After all, it's we — John Q. Public — who are paying for the gas going into those big SUVs our officials are traveling in, we who are paying for the billions of gallons of fuel being pumped into these luxury airplanes they travel around the world in — we, the little people at the bottom of this huge totem pole, who are carrying the load, and we are squished.

Why tax us for your pool? Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST
What is up with this indoor swimming pool? The same people who don't feel it is right that they should have to pay to fix up our schools for the young people now want us to pay for them to swim.

Pucker for pickles Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:04:00 EST
When I was young, our family lived next door to my aunt and uncle. They had an enclosed, but unheated, back porch through which we entered the house. Most of the time, Aunt Henrietta had at least one crock of pickles brining on the porch. She loved to try new pickle recipes and was an expert at creating jars and jars of delicious pickles.

ON CHRISTIANITY Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:16:00 -0500
DEAR REV. GRAHAM: I was mystified in church the other day because one of the Bible readings said something about not worshiping other gods. Does this mean God is the supreme God, but other gods also exist, although they are below him? — D.F.

School Woes No Surprise To Seeing Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:06:18 -0500
The prospect of forced consolidation of the Greenland and Decatur school districts is the biggest news in Benton and Washington counties right now. No pundit worth his space in the paper can ignore it.

Thursday: Chris Denny, Ted Ludwig, Family Fun Fest before the Travs and more Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:35:34 -0600

Denny.

Local folk-singing wunderkind Chris Denny kicks off his mini-Southern tour, which will take him and his band, the Old Soles, to Texas and Louisiana, with a show at Pizza D, 9 p.m.

At Juanita's, local alt-metal act Anxiety headlines, 9 p.m., $6.

The Movement, a branch of Upscale Underground, presents Live Karaoke backed by the nu-soul band Solfude at Crush, 8 p.m., $5.

At Cajun's, Six Strings Down blends blues, rock and funk, 9 p.m, $5.

The Ted Ludwig Jazz Trio, as it's been known to do, plays a stirring set of new and traditional jazz at the Afterthought, 8 p.m., $5.

The Travs take on the Drillers at Dickey-Stephens, 7:10 p.m., $6-$10. Parents with kids, come early for the Family Fun Fest, a baseball-themed fun park set up outside of the stadium featuring batting and pitching cages, giant slides, bounce rooms, games and bungee runs, 4:10 p.m., free.

Thursday To-Do: Samantha Crain Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:56:51 -0600

SAMANTHA CRAIN
9 p.m., White Water Tavern. $5.

Spritely folk singer Samantha Crain just released (re-released, really) her five-song debut EP on Ramseur Records, the North Carolina label that's the home, notably, of the Avett Brothers. Except the album isn't an EP; it's a “musical novella.” Crain, a 21-year-old Oklahoma native, casually drops references to Keats and his Negative Capability theory in interviews. She talks about “grotesque realism” in Southern gothic literature, how it's “so-real-it's-unreal.” It's fair to say that she has some literary aspirations. But before you dismiss all the high-mindedness, take a listen to Crain's voice, which is tremulous, bright and whimsical — affecting enough to imagine a time when Crain will outgrow ven-ues like White Water. This is a show worth catching.

Thursday To-Do: Robbie Fulks Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:48:51 -0600

"Cigarette State"

ROBBIE FULKS
8 p.m., Sticky Fingerz. $10-$12.

The words the music press (me, regretfully, included) uses to describe nontradtitional country music get silly pretty quickly. Alt-country, Americana, no depression, y'allternative. But when you're talking about singer/songwriter Robbie Fulks, one of those usually meaningless synonyms sounds about right: insurgent country. Born in Raleigh, N.C., and raised there and in Virginia and Pennsylvania, Fulks launched his musical career in Chicago in the mid-'90s on Bloodshot Records with a cheeky ode to his birthplace, “Cigarette State,” and a tribute to a silver-screen flameout, “She Took a Lot of Pills (And Died).” The humor and irreverence in those songs predicted the rich career that's followed. Fulks has always been at odds with contemporary country music — sometimes reaching back to the countrypolitan days of the likes of Bill Anderson, sometimes mixing the genre with a hearty dose of R&B or pop and sometimes going at Nashville head-on, like with his famously acerbic “Fuck This Town.” Fulks comes to Sticky Fingerz solo, armed with a guitar and six albums worth of material. Anything could happen.

Gas prices fuel scooter sales Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:30:00 EST
While Bob and Linda Lyons initially bought scooters for fun, better gas mileage has prompted the couple to use them more.

'WALL-E' inspired by 'Hello, Dolly' Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:26:00 EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Herman, eyes welling with tears, could hardly believe what he was hearing as he watched the new animated blockbuster "WALL-E."

Van Matre Senior Center bridge donations Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:23:00 EST
Van Matre Senior Center recently received $1,200 in donations from bridge clubs who meet weekly at the center. The donation will benefit Meals on Wheels and transportation costs. Shown are (from left) Nancy Luttrell of Wednesday Social Bridge Club; Joan Statler, Van Matre Senior Center director; Lois Smith of Tuesday Duplicate Bridge Club; and Blaine Ferrell, Monday and Thursday Duplicate Bridge Club manager.

McCain didn't flip-flop Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST
SAN DIEGO — Presidential candidates who seem to change positions as they change audiences should avoid accusing others of flip-flopping. It makes them look silly.

Howard's homer lifts Phillies over Cards Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ryan Howard homered leading off the eighth inning and Philadelphia's sputtering offense showed small signs of breaking loose in the Phillies' 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.

Entertaniment notes Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:26:00 EST
BULL SHOALS — An evening of Bluegrass is planned from 6:30-8:30 today in the Bull Shoals-White River State Park Amphitheater.

Pet of the Week Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST
This precious baby girl is No. 1797. She is a black Labrador-mixed dog approximately 6 weeks old.

ASUMH approved for grant Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST
A $2 million grant to Arkansas State University Mountain Home from the U.S. Department of Education's Strengthening Institutions Program will enable ASUMH to offer more classes and student tutoring through on-campus and online educational programs.

Many newlyweds rethink carbon footprint Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST
Some of us learn to live with our contradictions. We might talk corporate responsibility but still shop at Wal-Mart. Or worry about global warming, but leave every light on.

Cavendish gets first Tour de France victory Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST
CHATEAUROUX, France (AP) — His dream was within reach and Mark Cavendish didn't let it get away.

TELL ME ABOUT IT: Readers get to lay down the law Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:11:00 -0500
While I’m away, readers give the advice: On new grandparents kept at arm’s length: The wisdom of our parents’ generation in many cases does not apply anymore.

The Set List Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:52:12 +0000
Update on The Wedding

8 Days A Week Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:51:15 +0000
Triple Threat at the AMP

On the Aisle Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:48:07 +0000
Film Review by Tony Macklin

LIVE MUSIC & CLUBS Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:24:50 +0000
Live music in clubs and restaurants around NWA

Risa’s Astrology Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:21:49 +0000
Esoteric Astrology as news for week of July 10-16, 2008

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