By
      David
      Macdonald
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Woody
     
     
      Allen
      proved
      him-
     
     
      self
      to
      be
      a
      film
     
     
      maker
      of
      the
      highest
     
     
      caliber
      in
      his
      1989
     
     
      film
      Crimes
      and
     
     
      Misdemeanours.
     
     
      The
      film
      stars
     
     
      Allen,
      Martin
     
     
      Landau,
      Angelica
     
     
      Huston,
      Alan
      Alda,
     
     
      Mia
      Farrow,
      and
     
     
      Law
      and
      Order‘s
     
     
      Sam
      Waterson
      and
     
     
      Jerry
      Orbach.
     
    

    
     
      Two
      differ-
     
     
      ent
      storylines
      are
     
     
      contained
      within.
     
     
      The
      first
      deals
      with
     
     
      eye-doctor
      Martin
     
     
      Landau‘s
      extramari-
     
     
      tal
      affair
      with
      a
     
     
      woman
      played
      by
     
     
      Huston.
      For
      a
      few
     
     
      years,
      this
      relation-
     
     
      ship
      seems
      a
      happy
     
     
      one.
      In
      fact,
      Landau
     
     
      seems
      to
      be
      telling
     
    
   
   
    
     
      her
      that
      someday
     
     
      they
      will
      truly
      be
     
     
      together,
      without
     
     
      the
      presence
      of
      his
     
     
      wife.
      But,
      eventu-
     
     
      ally,
      Landau
      gets
     
     
      bored.
      Huston
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      becomes
      increas-
     
     
      ingly
      angry
      with
     
     
      this,
      to
      the
      point
      of
     
     
      wanting
      to
      tell
     
     
      Landau‘s
      wife
      what
     
     
      sort
      of
      a
      man
      he
     
     
      really
      is.
      I
      can‘t
      say
     
     
      I
      really
      blame
      her,
     
     
      for
      she
      is
      pointing
     
     
      out
      the
      inherent
     
     
      selfishness
      in
      how
     
     
      Landau
      is
      treating
     
     
      her.
      Landau
      does
     
     
      not
      see
      it
      her
      way,
     
     
      however.
      And
      so
     
     
      he
      turns
      to
      two
     
     
      people
      for
      advice.
     
     
      First,
      he
      speaks
      to
     
     
      one
      of
      his
      patients,
     
     
      his
      rabbi
     
     
      (Waterson),
      who
      is
     
     
      slowly
      going
      blind.
     
     
      The
      rabbi
      believes
     
     
      that
      Landau
      should
     
     
      simply
      come
      clean
     
     
      to
      his
      wife.
      Landau
     
     
      can‘t
      go
      through
     
     
      with
      it,
      believing
      it
     
     
      will
      ruin
      everyone
     
     
      and
      everything
     
     
      around
      him.
      Soon
     
     
      the
      conversation
     
     
      turns
      to
      more
      el-**
     
     
      evated
      concerns,
      as
     
     
      the
      rabbi
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Continued
      on
      page
      11
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ."
      S2
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pea:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      i
      onin
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      is
      the
      Dawning
      of
      The
      Age
      of
      a
      Gemini:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Emm
      Gryner
     
     
      gases
     
     
      by
      Stephan
      McQuaid
      think
      that
      would
     
     
      ——
      re
      i
      ca
     
     
      Emm
      Gryner,
      con-
      wouldn’t
      have
      to
     
     
      stantly
      growing
      in
      waste
      time
      doing
     
     
      popularity,
      shares
      things
      if
      I
      knew
     
     
      some
      thoughts
      what
      was
      actually
     
     
      Pleasant
      and
      going
      to
      happen...
     
    

    
     
      generous
      in
      every
      just
      give
      up
      this
      rock
     
     
      way
      as
      ever,
      she
      and
      roll
      thing.
     
     
      struggled
      to
      make
      the
     
    

    
     
      most
      of
      my
      ques-
      SM:
      Ifyoucould
     
     
      tions,
      fighting
      her
      change
      one
      thing
      in
     
     
      admitted
      hunger
      _—_—the
      world,
      what
     
     
      She
      recently
      put
      out
      would
      it
      be?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
      wonderful
      new
     
     
      album,
      “Science
     
     
      Fair”,
      and
      just
      got
     
     
      back
      from
      being
      a
     
     
      backup
      singer
      for
     
     
      David
      Bowie.
     
     
      Aside
      from
      remi-
     
     
      niscing
      about
      the
     
     
      Littlest
      Hobo,
      and
     
     
      the
      magazines
      Owl,
     
     
      Chickadee,
      High-
     
     
      lights,
      and
      Jam
     
     
      here’s
      what
      she
      had
     
     
      to
      say
      before
      her
     
     
      amazing
      and
      too-
     
     
      short
      set
      of
      songs
     
     
      which
      preceded
      Ron
     
     
      Sexsmith’s
      equally
     
     
      stellar
      set.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Steve
      McQuaid:
      If
     
    

    
     
      you
      had
      a
      super-
     
    

    
     
      power,
      what
      would
      it
     
    

    
     
      be?
     
    

    
     
      Emm
      Gryner:
      I'm
     
     
      _pretty
      obsessed
      with
     
     
      s
      going.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘T'd
      kind
      of
      like
      some
      _
     
    
   
   
    
     
      EG:
      Oh,
      God...
      you
     
     
      see,
      then
      I’m
      going
      to
     
     
      start
      getting
      all
      politi-
     
     
      cal...
      I
      think
      I'd
      try
      to
     
     
      enlighten
      the
      ignorant,
     
     
      which
      would
      prob-
     
     
      ably
      erase
      a
      lot
      of
      the
     
     
      world’s
      problems.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SM:
      If
      you
      were
     
     
      someone
      else,
      who
     
     
      would
      it
      be?
     
    

    
     
      EG:
      I
      don’t
      know...
     
     
      but
      I
      do
      know
      that
      I
     
     
      was
      a
      Cat
      in
      another
     
     
      life,
      so
      I
      think
      I
      would
     
     
      probably
      be
      a
      cat...
     
     
      definitely
      not
      another
     
     
      human.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SM:
      What
      was
      the
     
     
      last
      good
      album
      you
     
     
      got?
     
    

    
     
      EG:
      Probably
      the
     
     
      new
      Ben
      Harper.
     
     
      Lovin’
      that.
      I
      also
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -had
      to
      get
      the
      new
      °
     
    
   
   
    
     
      teh
      $0:
      «¢¢
      Filter
      album.
      ‘whieh
      0
      nh
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -Sort.of-
      satisfies
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘rock
      need’.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SM:
      Who's
      a
      favour-
     
     
      ite
      artist/group,
      or
      a
     
     
      most
      disliked
      one?
     
     
      EG:
      I
      love
      Ron
     
     
      (Sexsmith).
      It’s
      likea
     
     
      holiday
      to
      be
      on
      tour
     
     
      with
      him.
      Beth
      Orton
     
     
      is
      a
      favourite...
     
    

    
     
      there’s
      so
      many...
      .
     
     
      I’m
      not
      sure
      about
      the
     
     
      worst
      artist.
      There’s
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      lot
      of
      mediocrity
      to
     
     
      choose
      from.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SM:\
      heard
      that
      you
     
     
      disliked
      the
      Goo-Goo
     
     
      EG:
      (laughs)
      Oh,
     
     
      God...
      they’re
      not
      the
     
     
      worst,
      you
      know.
     
     
      SM:
      I
      could
      put
      up
      a
     
     
      good
      fight
      that
      they
     
     
      were
      right
      around
      the
     
     
      bottom.
      It’s
      just
     
    
   
   
    
     
      EG:
      Yeah...
      and
     
     
      certain
      things
      really
     
     
      ring
      through.
      Actually,
     
     
      there’s
      a
      band
      called
     
     
      Idaho,
      and
      I
      love
     
     
      their
      stuff.
      I
      can
      just
     
     
      really
      feel
      when
     
     
      someone’s
      writing
     
     
      from
      the
      heart,
      and
      I
     
     
      think
      that
      that’s
      what
     
     
      appeals
      to
      me
      some-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Reviews,
      ETC.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Rude
     
     
      Mechanicals
      _
     
     
      The
      Prologue
      is
     
     
      Addressed
      (7)
     
     
      Independant
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Rude
     
     
      Mechanicals
      are
      a
     
     
      popular
      local
      act,
     
     
      Sith
      several
      past
      and
     
     
      current
      UP
     
     
      students
      as
      mem-
     
     
      bers.
      This
      CD
      isa
     
     
      modest
      acheivment
     
     
      and
      though
      it
      is
     
     
      obviously
      an
     
     
      underproduced
      first
     
     
      record,
      it
      has
     
     
      prolonged
      charm.
      It
     
     
      is
      one
      of
      those
     
     
      records
      that
      gets
     
     
      better
      the
      more
      you
     
     
      hear
      it.
      If
      you
     
     
      have
      seen
      the
      live
     
     
      show
      you
      know
      it
      is
     
     
      a
      much
      richer
      expe-
     
     
      rience
      than
      the
     
     
      record
      is.
      That
      is
     
     
      not
      to
      say
      The
     
     
      Prologue
      is
      Ad-
     
     
      dressed
      is
      not
      worth
     
     
      the
      bucks;
      it
      is.
      In
     
     
      fact
      in
      the
      vast
     
     
      wasteland
      that
      is
     
     
      local
      music
      the
      band
     
     
      holds
      the
      title
      of
     
     
      current
      best
      bet
      for
      a
     
     
      ood
      time.
      Here
      is
     
     
      oping
      they
      add
     
     
      polish
      and
      time
      to
     
     
      their
      next
      record;
     
     
      which
      is
      anxiously
     
    
   
   
    
     
      awaited.
      Bruynee
      eel
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Emm
      Gryner
     
     
      “Science
      Fair”
      (9)
     
     
      Dead
      Daisy
      Records
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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