Palmer named interim judge-executive

Today’s Reel Classic takes us back to the year 2003, where we first entered into the School of Rock.  Our teacher, Dewey Finn (Jack Black), is an unem­ployed musi­cian who was recent­ly boot­ed from his band, No Vacancy, and is stay­ing with his best friend, Ned Schneebly (Mike White).  Ned once had dreams of being a rock star, but has set­tled into the role of being a sub­sti­tute teacher.  Also shar­ing the apart­ment is Ned’s girl­friend, Patty Di Marco (Sarah Silverman).  She sees Dewey more as a leech and is con­stant­ly try­ing to get Ned to throw Dewey out. Dewey... 

There are moments when the qui­et feels loud­er than shout­ing. Lately, I have been lis­ten­ing to that qui­et. I live in a small town. I sit in social groups, com­mit­tees, and audi­to­ri­ums. I stand in line at the gro­cery store and make polite con­ver­sa­tion about the weath­er. And under­neath all of it — under­neath the casseroles and com­mit­tee meet­ings and Friday night lights — there is some­thing else hum­ming. It is not hys­te­ria. It is not dra­ma. It is not pol­i­tics. It is rage. Not the loud, break­ing-win­dows kind. The deep, Appalachian kind. The kind that set­tles low in a woman’s bones and waits.