Walk the Line and a night out
For the first time since three-year-old Leo was born, Andi and I dumped *all* of the kids off with my parents (thanks Mom and Dad) in Chapel Hill and headed out to movie, dinner and a show. We saw Walk the Line, the Johnny Cash bio-pic. <a href= "http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051117/REVIEWS/51107006/1023">Ebert gave it the thumbs up, <a href= "http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/_/id/6131985?pageid=rs.ReviewsMovieArchive&pageregion=mainRegion&afl=imdb&rnd=1133652941305&has-player=true">Rolling Stone says its Oscar material and we both loved it.
After the movie we were hoping to try Panang again, but we didn't have time for dinner. We had to meet Andi's brother and head back to Raleigh to see Carbon Leaf at the Lincoln Theater. Carbon Leaf put on an enjoyable show, but the music didn't really grab me, at least not enough to inspire any CD purchases. If I had to triangulate (using my out-of-date reference materal), I'd say they were Connells-style white-boy jam-pop, with celtic influences (penny whistle included) and Phish-like sing-along lyrics.
All and all, a very nice and kid-free night out.