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Sunday, April 16th, 2006

11:35 pm

Welcome to Beckett country Welcome to Beckett country Independent - Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:16:31 GMT The madness begins before you get through duty-free. Posters for the Beckett festival are ranged along the travelator at Dublin airport, where adverts for Rolex and whiskey normally hang. "Surfing for Godot - www.beckettcentenaryfestival.ie" reads one. Another quotes, in large letters, "Didi: Shall we go? Gogo: Yes. Let's go" and then, in smaller text, gives the hard-sell: "You should go", rather THE GREAT QUAKE: 1906-2006 / DEEP AFTERSHOCKS / PHYSICALLY AND CULTURALLY, THE 1906 QUAKE DEFINES HOW WE LIVE NOW AND San Francisco Chronicle - Sun, 16 Apr 2006 07:15:09 GMT Earthquakes tend to be seen as apocalyptic one-off events. The earth shakes, the sky burns and life grinds to a halt. Call special effects! But in history's larger context -- geological forces rumbling through time -- the tumult isn't nearly so profound. A... Quickflicks: Your Weekend Guide to the Movies Vancouver Province - Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:19:44 GMT The story: This starts at a goodly pace with novelist Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) speeding through empty London streets as she's brought to a sexual climax by a friendly soccer star. Her car plunges into the river, leaving him dead and her a suspect. 'Flaubert' New York Times - Sat, 15 Apr 2006 05:08:13 GMT "[A] ladder had been planted in rural France for boys impelled, like Stendhal's Julien Sorel, by dreams of elevation." A Debate Flares on Betrayal New York Times - Sat, 15 Apr 2006 04:59:43 GMT Did Judas betray Jesus, or did the National Geographic Society and assorted scholars betray Judas? Thee Swank Bastards at the Double Down, April 9. Las Vegas CityLife - Sat, 15 Apr 2006 02:25:33 GMT Thee Swank Bastards remain a local force for good even after losing Szandora, the milk-fleshed porn goth whose languid hula-hooping used to complement their dirty old surf rock. "She moved to L.A.," sighed Double Down bartender Melo last Sunday night. "We really miss her." La Mujer de mi Hermano: Soap and spice Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:06:21 GMT Despite its art-house trappings, this sudsy Mexican import is lacking in heat. Soap and spice Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:08:10 GMT The title of this Mexican import translates as My Brother's Wife, which doesn't exactly suggest a high-minded study of wholesome family values. Indeed, that titillating little phrase is perfectly suited to the movie it accompanies - an art-house version of a Latin American telenovela. CURRENT VIDEOS San Francisco Chronicle - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:01:58 GMT Here is a look at some current and new video releases, reviewed by Walter Addiego, Neva Chonin, Peter Hartlaub, G. Allen Johnson, Mick LaSalle, John McMurtrie, Carla Meyer, Joel Selvin and Ruthe Stein. All are available on VHS and DVD unless otherwise noted. Kira Cochrane rekons two in a marriage is enough The New Statesman - Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:33:26 GMT A future in which a man might marry his sister, his mother and his Labrador? Yikes! But realistically, it's baloney Links: Lexus RX Lexus LX 470 Lexus Lexus IS 300 Lexus LS430 Lexus GX470 Lexus SC400 Lexus ES250 Lexus JX Lexus IS 200 Lexus LF Lexus GS430 (Comment on this)