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Vampire Weekend

The Drury Drama Team presents "Dracula" on Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 19-21.

If you don't know who these guys are, just stay home. Holy batmania! "New Moon" surpasses "Dark Knight's" opening numbers.


'Pirate Radio': Good Movie Ahoy, Mateys
Movie schedules and times

Bazaars

Nov. 21

St. Stanislaus School benefit, 9 to 4 in Kolbe Hall, Adams. Bake sale, snack bar, games, Chinese auctions, money raffle, crafts, and pierogi.

Blackinton Union Church, 1373 Massachusetts Ave., North Adams; 10 to 2. Crafts table, bake sale, Chinese auction, the Christmas table, and kid's grab bag. Lunch $4, $2 kids.

First Congregational Church, North Adams, 9-2.

Nov. 28

Becket Federated Church
, Route 8, holiday bazaar from 9-3. Lunch, crafts, baked goods, holiday and other items. Information: Mary Peltier, Parish House, 413-623-5217.


Dec. 5

Holiday Fair at First Congregational Church, 25 Park Place, Lee, from 10 to 3; handcrafted items, raffles, children's shop, bake sale, cut Christmas trees and lunch from 11 to 1. Includes angel-themed goods from SERRV. Information, 413-243-1033 or www.ucc-lee.org.


Dec. 12-13

North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Information: Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.

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Obituaries

Paul Sandler, 64
Robert J. Heideman, 73
Carol V. Vallieres, 75
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Sports

Williams College Men's Basketball Season Outlook
2009 MIAA Girls Soccer - State Division 2

Final: Wahconah vs Cardinal Spellman
Date / Time: 11/21/2009; 3:30pm
Location: Foley Stadium, Worcester
MCLA Picked Last in Men's Preseason Coaches Poll

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Pick of the Week: Oceansize

By Terry Martinez
MuzikReviews.com
08:40AM / Sunday, June 07, 2009

Frames

Oceansize offers "Frames" as their third CD and first North American wide release. "Frames" is a brilliant album by a group of courageous artists. Produced by Chris Sheldon in 2007 in Wales, with the inclusion of the bonus DVD "Frames Live," Oceansize makes its play for the American audience.

Sheldon has produced albums for Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck, Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Biffy Clyro, and now three consecutive for Oceansize. Unique scores are performed with stunning collision and clarity by Mike Vennart on lead vocals and guitar, Richard "Gambler" Ingram on guitar and keyboard, Steve Durose on guitar and vocals, Steven Hodson on bass, keyboard and cymbals, and Mark Heron on drums and percussion.

Genius went into "Frames" and it deserves the respect of a focused first listen. Oceansize has something to say and it's not just in words. It's in the punctuation between the tracks. It's designed into the ebb and flow of one movement to another. There's meaning in the dramatically blended structure.

The enchantment of "Commemorative ____ T-Shirt" is in the softly taunting vocals preceding a sitarlike solo. A hard change turns into the disturbing "Unfamiliar" in which guitars spin out intricacies that eclipse at shutter speed. An abrupt pause is the breath that launches into the tumultuous symphonic discordance of "Trail of Fire." Its triumph yields to the pure wonder that is "Savant."

The psychedelic "Only Twin" fades to throbbing grief for "An Old Friend of the Christy's." Drums give voice to mourning and the track dies to the angry fighting milieu of "Sleeping Dogs and Dead Lions."

This audio journey reaches its focal point with "The Frame," a lyrical epiphany that's quite simply sublime.

Frames gives recall to the music that changed the way we listen – The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale," The Doors' "Light My Fire" and Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon."

Oceansize aims for sound as limitless and ungovernable as the Atlantic. It's achieved by individual streams that merge into one. Many labels have been applied to their sound: art rock, indie rock, progressive or experimental rock. Perhaps it's just the future of rock. Listen as Oceansize creates a sea change.

Terry Martinez is a contributing reviewer to MuzikReviews.com, which provides iBerkshires with weekly music reviews. For questions or comments about this review, contact TMartinezMuzik@gmail.com.

Tracks
01. Commemorative ___T-Shirt
05. Only Twins
02. Unfamiliar 06. An Old Friend of the Christy's
03.
Trail of Fire
07. Sleeping Dogs and Dead Lions
04. Savant 08. The Frames
 Genre: Rock Label: Superball Music
 Web site: Amazon Link Source Link

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