18 — Friday, June 5, 1998 — North Shore News Richly d ek kkk Calexico —- The Black Light, Quarterstick Records 1998 Muy fabuloss. Joey Burns and John Converting, members of the equally intriguing Giant Sand, moonlight in the desert. There is 2 cinematic sweep to this project. In fact the pair story-boarded the concept: kid protago- nist moves from “dead-end hotel job, throngh sand and fire to a travelling Mexican circus...” Recorded in Tucson Arizona, the disc is a richly derailed dream, half suspended animation, half foreboding potential yer to be realized. Desert grit and spaciousness are built into the tracks. Country melancholy, spaghetti western drama and mariachi flair surface and recede like bright cactus flowers. *&k kk Dirty Three — Ocean Songs, Touch and Go Records 1998 Australia’s Dirty Three buck the contemporary musical trends, but for context, try to imagine Cowboy Junkies in their more listless and inward moments without vocals. Now strip down the instrumentation to a trio: SATURDAY . M@ MOVIE wkx The Last Days of Ches Nous (1993 Australian) (WTN Channel 21, 6 and 10p.m.) The brilliant German actor Bruno Ganz moonlights in this family drama trom Oz. Lisa Harrow also stars. Gillian Armstrong directed. B MOVIE xxx % The Spider's Stratagem (1970 Italian) (BRAVO Channel 28, 1:25 a.m.) They don’t make them like this anymore. At least not in Italy. Director Bernardo Bertolucci adapted a story by Borges about a young man who returns to a small town 30 vears after his father’s murder. Giulio Brogi and Alida Valli are among the stellar cast. SUNDAY M TENNIS Frenchy Open final (TSN Channel 15, 6 a.m.) Complete coverage of the grand slam tourna- ment’s final game from Paris’ Roland Garros Stadium. . MB MOVIE &%% Dangerous Liaisons (1970 Italian) (BRAVO Channel 28, 8 p.m.) Glen Close and John Malkovich team up in Laclos’ 8th-century tale of deception. @ MOVIE *x* Don Juan DeMarco (1995) (BCTV Channel (11, 9 p.m.) Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp. - Mi DOCUMENTARY The Final Kick (1994) (NowsWorld ‘Channel 23, 5 and 9 p.m.) Fiimmakers capture soccer fans around the world watching the 1994 World Cup final between Traly and Brazil. MONDAY 8 BIOGRAPHY Andy Warhol (A&E Channel 17,9 p.m.) @ MOVIE *&x Shafts Big Score (1972} (TBS Atlanta Channel 47, 9:30 p.m.) Private eye Shaft takes on the mob in Gordon Parks Jr.’s sequel to the original action thriller which follows. @ MOVIE «x Shaft (1971) (TBS Adanta Channel 47, 11:50 p.m.) Harlem detective shalt searches for the kidnapped daughter ~ of gangster. Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn. Stax soulman ~ Isaac Hayes (who will be in Vancouver for a speaking engage- ment Saturday night) wrote and performed the classic score. @ MOVIE we% The Misfits (1961) (VTV Channel 9, 12:35 a.m.) Marilyn Monroe’s fast film. Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift head a huge ensemble dressed up as cowboys in the Nevada desert. TUESDAY @ HOCKEY Stanley Cup final (CBC Channel 3, 4:30 p.m.) MOVIE OF THE WEEK: ~ THE SPIDER'S STRATAGEM Micuaer Becker MUSIC REVIEWS SATURDAYON BRAVO. =} dream violin, drum kit and one guitar. Warren Ellis on violin leads the loosely structured melodic development. Mick Turner on guitar and Jim White on drums sketch in the textures bur leave lots of room tor the emotions to resonate. Dirty Three earned 4 ton of critical acclaim for 1996's Hoise Stories. Ocean Songs conjures a far more subdued affair thick with wistfully beautitul moments, It's a suit- able anibient back- drop for a rainy day. Dirty Three and Calexico play the Starfish June 13. & xx Pied Pumkin String Ensemble — Plucking deVine, Squash Records 1998 Rick Scott, Joe Mock and Shari Ulrich raid the vinyl vauie to bring together 14 tracks from the period 1974-°76, when they played together as Pied Pumkin. Local folkies who were there in the audience will love this keepsake. The younger crowd will discover some fine feel- good fiddle and strum. The Pumkin rolls into town for three shows at the W.LS.E. Hall June 5-7. Tickets at Black Swan Records, Highlife Records and Rufus Guitars. Keservations call 871-5545. The Saturday shaw is sold our. * PEIRMING onVENE - MLLRETHD BHCODwIEE fererse See Vaodyo pane 19 Photo Burt Glinn ANDY Warhol (shown above with Factory siars Edie Segwick and Chuck Wein) gets another 15 minuies of fame Monday night on A&E’s Biography at 9 p.m. First gare of the final series. WEDNESDAY M SOCCER World Cup (TSN Channel 15, 8 a.m.) First game of the tournament has Brazil vs. Scotland. 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