Sigur Ros
TLA
334 South St.
8:00 p.m., $17.50 adv./ $20 at door
(215) 922-1011
Screw French. With 95 million languages taught at Penn, why oh why is Icelandic not one of them? Sigur Ros, Iceland's second most famous musical act, released its oneiric and hypnotic album, Ag‘tis byrjun, to international praise this past year. Since then, the group has gained the esteem of the cooler-than-thou progressive indie crowd and, most notably, its icon, Radiohead's fickle Thom Yorke. If Thom likes it, it must be good. It's true, no one really understands what the hell the boys are singing in their songs. They could be singing about dancing chickens and lima beans, but does anyone really care? Not really. As Eddie Izzard says, "It's 70 percent how you look, 20 percent how you sound, and 10 percent what you're saying." Sigur Ros is sort of like Enya, but cool, and not so Jodie Foster soundtrack-esque. Though still fairly unknown, the music is astoundingly beautiful and will just make you say, "Pass it here."
Being John Malkovich
Connelly Center Cinema
Sept. 22 and 24, 7 p.m.,
Sept. 23, 3 p.m.
(610) 519-7262
Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich. Malkoviiiiiich, Maaalkovich. If you still haven't seen Being John Malkovich, then you've missed the funniest scene ever that features a single man and one simple word: Malkovich. Like their film, director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kauffman are the best kinds of geniuses: clever, original and absolutely insane.
Jody Seitzer, Danica Maier, King Honey
Vox Populi
1315-29 Cherry Street
Through Sept. 29
Free
(215) 568-5513
Aren't the "Fighting Tampons" breathtaking? They represent so much about life, art and that which is above all: Wharton. I tear every time I pass under them. To see real art, visit the Vox Populi, where the work of three local artists are on display, for the awe and debate of the Ivy league art scholars that we know we are.
Sharon Isbin
Trinity Center for Urban Life
2212 Spruce Street
8 p.m., $25/$5 students
(215) 732-2515
Grammy-winner Isbin strums her stuff on the classical guitar with Orchestra 2001. Playing both new and old compositions, the Saturday night musician from Billybob could certainly learn a thing or two, or at the very least find some inspiration.
Saturday Suds Tours
Dock Street Brewery
18th and Cherry streets
1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m., $5
(215) 496-0413
For a mere $5, you can get a behind-the-scenes tour of the brewery, not to mention three tasters of beer, a souvenir taster glass and, most excitingly of all, a postcard. Beer--can any college student get enough of it? Of course, the question is only for those 21 and over.
Hannibal--The John Coltrane Legacy
Painted Bride Art Center
230 Vine Street
8:00 p.m. $22, Members $11
(215) 925-9914
Renowned Trumpeter Hannibal urges you to stop being a wussy and kick it back
straight, no chaser, with his legendary bandmates as they celebrate the 75th
anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane. It's about time Philly got some credit for being the breeding ground for Coltrane's revolutionary vision. A newly commissioned piece will be performed with the help of the choir from Philadelphia's High School of Creative and Performing Arts.
