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BEYOND THE GRAVE
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MUSIC
Actress outlasts criticism
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MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
There was a time early in the career of folky pop group She & Him when all anyone wanted to talk about was the involvement of front woman Zooey Deschanel.
Initially, she was yet another movie star who dared to step out and be in a band.
"When we were doing press a few years ago," says guitarist-producer M. Ward, "about half the questions were about how bad Bruce Willis' records were and stuff like that."
Ward says Deschanel's transition to music is not the focus anymore.
"I think people are forgetting about that, and that's good," he says. "There's good and bad examples of all kinds of music. And I think Zoey is definitely an inspiration for a lot of people who may be trapped into doing one thing in the creative arts."
Together, Ward and Deschanel have created a sun-splashed brand of '60s-flavored pop that's as fresh as it is familiar in its coffeehouse appeal. "Volume Two" includes 11 originals and two covers _ NRBQS' "Ridin" in My Car" and
She & Him have no cred-ibility issues these days after delivering its sophomore effort, "Volume Two", which picks up where 2008's "Volume One" left off.
Some have compared it with the legendary the Mamas & the Papas. The comparison seems fair, though Ward isn't so quick to embrace it.
Skeeter Davis" "Gonna Get Along Without You Now"
Of their feel-good music, Ward says "some people have called it 'arena folk,' which we like. It's a little tongue-in-cheek, but it's OK."
"I'm not their No. 1 fan, but they have good songs," he says. "But I don't know a lot of their stuff, to be honest."
"I can't say enough about Chuck Berry — the voice, the lyrics, the guitar playing, the looseness," Ward says. "He's genius. When I first started playing guitar, I was learning Beatles songs like 'Roll Over Beethoven' and 'Rock and Roll Music.' Chuck Berry songs the Beatles covered. I've been digging deeper in his catalog ever since."
Ward does concede their influences run old. His favorite producers are heavy-hitting legends such as George Martin, Quincy Jones and Phil Spector.
Ward says he and Deschanel share that affinity for older sounds and styles. But beyond that, they come from different worlds. His background is all music, which he's been doing for the past decade.
Deschanel, meanwhile, was making a name for herself in Hollywood in the movies "Elf,"
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"Somehow, it seems to work — it clicks," he says of the pairing. "It's hard to put my finger on exactly why.
"Yes Man," "Failure to Laurel"
"The Happening" and "(500)
Days of Summer."
"My job is to produce, to follow the song or the demo where it wants to go. Zooey writes the songs for the project, and I treat her demos the same way I treat mine. I listen to them over and over and try to discover their character and use my imagination to fill in the blanks, think about what might have inspired the songs."
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Today is a 5
Your partner accepts an assignment that places demands on your time and energy. Let go of expectations and follow a leader.
HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 5.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
You can't bend the content to fit the box. You have to trim the edges somehow or find a larger container. Wrap carefully for shipping.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Give each action you take a firm
purpose or goal. The more you stick to
practical matters, the more that gets
done.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 5
What seem like major obstacles in the morning may resolve into workable issues and then solutions. Don't press too hard and accept what others offer.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Today's effort goes into planning for both long range and immediate needs. Inspire others to consider tomorrow while handling today's details.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 6 Your personal goal is to get all your ducks in a nice tidy row. Associates are more focused on their problems. Agreement may have to wait until tomorrow.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9
Gathering up the loose ends today may turn out to be quite a project. You wish you had help, but get more done through independent effort.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
Everything works out today if you keep the ball rolling to prevent stagnation. This means giving one person an occasional nudge.
Today you've perceived the need to get down to business and stick to it. Once you get the ball rolling, keep it in motion for best results.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19)
Today is a 6 Devise a schedule or other means to get everyone in sync. Your partner may be the only person who naturally goes with the flow. Others need guidance.
Today is a 5
Take all your ambitious ideas and put
them to work now. Make sure you include the essence of your core values
in everything you do.
For a steady flow, consistent effort is required. Ask others to walk the walk and not just pontificate, all while doing your share.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 6
ACROSS
1 Likely
4 Literary collection
7 Like a snake's eyes
12 Bud's buddy
13 Once around
14 Political debate subject
15 Under the weather
16 Chinese leader, 1911-12
18 — relief
19 Curved moldings
20 Baghdad's land
22 Actor Linden
23 Hardy cabbage
27 Last (Abbr.)
29 Take a parking space
31 Bewildered
34 Napped leather
56 Veep who resigned in disgrace
57 A handful
58 Speed-ometer stat
35 Charlatans
37 Encountered
38 Ilk
39 Book-keeper (Abbr.)
41 Wild and crazy
45 Knitting stitches
47 "The way'
48 Drummer with The Who
52 Cologne label word
53 Bert's roomie
54 Lennon's lady
55 Performance
DOWN
1 Excuse
2 — oppo-
sites
3 Oklahoma
city
4 As well
5 Zero
6 Breathing
problem
7 Prejudice
8 Part of
i.e.
9 Fool
10 Payable
11 Longing
Solution time: 25 mins.
17 Shrill cry
21 Line
23 Hardly graceful one
24 Pub order
25 Cover
26 Chemical suffix
28 Young bloke
29 Work with
31 Sternward
32 Stab
33 Fool
34 Pond gunk
37 Karl or Moses of basketball
40 Irrefutable evidence
42 Top players
43 Civil rights org.
44 Adolescence
45 "That was close!"
46 Winter forecast
48 Mauna —
49 Work unit
50 B&B
51 Cravat
Yesterday's answer 9-3
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MOVIES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Machete: politics and hope
LOS ANGELES — Before she signed on to make "Machete," the campy celebration of the eponymous Latino legend, Michelle Rodriguez had pretty much decided she didn't want to make a movie about her own culture.
"I was nervous about doing a movie about Latinos. I've usually staved away from it," she said, saying she found most depictions of Latino culture on the big screen to be one-note and marginal. "But after I read the script, I realized this is about a symbol of hope. It was kind of the way we felt about Obama when he was first elected."
The Robert Rodriguez movie wouldn't, on its face, be considered a grand political statement. Although it could be categorized as an immigration-law satire and an exploration of Latin identity, it's also an exploitation film whose
linchpin scene features low riders shooting missiles. Among other selling points, it offers the rare triple whammy of Lindsay Lohan engaging in a menage a trois, shooting Robert De Niro and dressing up as a nun, while the film generally takes advantage of most opportunities for comedically over-the-top violence. (It also throws in character parts for Don Johnson, Steven Seagal and Cheech Marin and a leading role for longtime baddie Trejo.)
"It was like seeing Run DMC and Aerosmith doing that video together," she said, referring to
But despite its goofier side, the depiction of Machete as a symbol of hope for a Latino community, at a time when, as the movie noted satirically, immigration fears were running riot, heartened Rodriguez. And to the extent it shows Latinos and whites working together, she says, it felt even more ideological.
"Walk This Way." "It was like, Yeah, man, we can all do this together and laugh about it."
Indeed, "Machete" is a hybrid rarity for a time when most political movies are starchy affairs, and most studio escapism stays far away from hot-button issues.
The film has had one of the more unusual runs to the screen, one in which fiction and truth blended together nearly indistinguishably.
Conceived and written by Robert Rodriguez in the mid-1990s, the script sat on the shelf for more than a decade, until 2007, when Rodriguez included a fake trailer for it in "Grindhouse" his homage to exploitation films with Quentin Tarantino. The trailer got more attention than the whole movie, and fans started wondering when it was coming out. So Rodriguez went ahead and made it.
ODD NEWS
Baby goats rescued from narrow ledge
church speculated that they
HELENA, Mont. — Two young goats wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent nearly two days high above the ground until rescuers in a towering cherry picker plucked them from their perch, hungry but safe.
The young, female animals mostly stayed on the angled ledge, though there was a wider surface area on a pillar nearby.
The rescue occurred Wednesday 60 feet above a rural roadway in southern Montana after a caller told the Rimrock Humane Society that the goats were stranded on the 6-inch ledge.
wandered onto the ledge at night then froze after the sun rose and they discovered where they were.
If the animals' owners can't be located Church said they have other options.
"Everybody loves an animal with a story," she said.
Associated Press