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(04/14/11 6:14am)
I’d like to take this opportunity to invite my friends who are reading this to a party at my house on Saturday afternoon. You see, I would have texted you, but you’d probably have forgotten by then. I would have emailed you, but I don’t have half of your addresses. I would have sent you an invitation through the post, but no one does that nowadays, do they? I certainly can’t remember the last time I received one. For the past four years, invitations to parties, dinners and events have been extended to me almost exclusively via Facebook.
(03/23/11 8:30am)
(02/16/11 12:44pm)
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(01/20/11 6:15am)
Ten–year–old Machaela sits at a cafeteria table in the basement of the Atonement Lutheran Church, struggling through a worksheet to help her practice finding least common multiples. Above her hang framed Twelve Step slogans, indications of the church’s nightly role as an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting place. One intricate calligraph reads “First Things First,” a fitting motto for the room’s current occupants, who must finish their homework before beginning the more exciting part of their afternoon. For Machaela, and the 14 other students who come to the church every weekday after school, homework is a necessary evil — a requisite to be completed before they can do what they really love: rocking out.
(08/05/10 1:46am)
1. Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse — "Revenge"
2. Lady Gaga — "Teeth"
3. Sleigh Bells — "Rill Rill"
4. Big Boi — "Shutterbugg"
5. Wavves — "Post-Acid"
6. Kanye West — "Power"
7. LCD Soundsystem — "Drunk Girls"
8. Foals — "Miami"
9. Neon Indian — "Deadbeat Summer"
10. M.I.A. — "XXX0"
11. Best Coast — "Boyfriend"
12. Avi Buffalo — "What’s It In For?"
13. Menomena — "Tithe"
14. Major Lazer — "Good Enough" (ft. Collie Buddz and Lindi Ortega)
15. Delorean — "Grow"
16. Robyn — "Dancing on My Own"
17. Crystal Castles — "Baptism"
18. Here We Go Magic — "Collector"
19. Drake — "Up All Night" (ft. Nicki Minaj)
20. The Black Keys — "Tighten Up"
21. Miniature Tigers — "Cannibal Queen"
22. Wolf Parade — "Ghost Pressure"
23. Kele — "Rise"
24. School of Seven Bells — "Windstorm"
25. Kelis — "Screa"
(07/29/10 3:11am)
If you’re anything like us, you’ve spent countless hours in front of the television drooling over the glorious hues of BBC’s Planet Earth. Tonight, you can enjoy the fantastic visual experience in the great outdoors (or about as outdoors as it gets in Philly, in Fairmount Park’s Mann Center for the Performing Arts). Selections from the award-winning documentary with be screened over a performance courtesy of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Bring a blanket for the lawn, and perhaps some picnic supplies.
Thursday July 29, 8:30 p.m. ($10 lawn, $35-55)
(07/22/10 1:28am)
Unformal Wear, a local tee-shirt company that specializes in those tacky yet endearing tuxedo shirts, is hosting charity event, Rockin’ Cotton for a Cause, at the Field House to benefit cancer charity Alex’s Lemonade Stand. The entry fee buys you two hours of open bar, and a third of your cash goes directly to the cause. Attendees also get a sweet tux tee and a $5 deal on appetizers, plus a chance to win one of the many giveaways of the evening. Local musician Matt Spitko will be providing the tunes.
Thursday July 22, 5 - 8p.m. ($30)
(07/15/10 2:57am)
As a part of Philadelphia’s QFest, Philadelphia’s LGBT film festival, Steve Brinberg will be performing his critically acclaimed Simply Barbra at the Arts Banks. Brinberg impersonates Streisand, singing her greatest hits and nailing her mannerisms dead on. Be sure hit up the Ritz Theatres to catch some of the festivals great films, like Children of God and the Owls, before they’re gone.
(07/08/10 1:49am)
Rub elbows with the art crowd at the opening reception for Vox Populi's latest exhibit, VOX VI, the sixth annual show of work from up-and comers. Think of it like the Whitney Biennial, but on a smaller scale; most of the 33 featured artists hail from Pennsylvania, but some works have traveled from as far as Norway for the occasion. Be among the first to lay eyes on the goods on Friday, and return next Sunday the 18th for a discussion with the jurors (Brooklyn-based artists William Powhida and Jennifer Dalton) and the creators of the exhibited works.
Friday 7/9, 6:00 p.m. - 11:00p.m. (Free!)
(06/24/10 2:26am)
The only thing better than food is free food. Get your fill of samples from dozens of Philadelphia area restaurants like Cuba Libre and Tony Luke’s while enjoying the scenery of the Penn’s Landing Waterfront at the Taste of Philadelphia event. Stay late on Saturday night to catch the funk stylings of 80s legends Morris Day and the Time (of Purple Rain fame, and the favorites of Jay and Silent Bob). The weekend events are part of a larger series celebrating America’s birthday. Wawa Welcome America will have a host of activities leading right up to July 4th.
Friday 6/25, 5 p.m. through Sunday 6/27 (free!)
(06/24/10 2:16am)
It’s easy to forget that, in 1995, it was Toy Story that profoundly changed the face of animation, rendering, for the first time, a face with shine on its forehead and a realistic shadow cast under its nose. Pixar’s first feature ushered in the era of computer graphics imagery, a novelty in the mid-nineties amidst flat-cel cartoons, but now the de facto medium for children’s films. It is fitting, then, that the serialized tale comes full circle in the age of CGI ubiquity, and knocks all its competition right out of the water.
(06/17/10 12:57am)
Early in the film, Get Him to The Greek, a spin-off of the brilliantly funny Forgetting Sarah Marshall, seems to have all the promise of its predecessor. Russell Brand reprises his role as rock-star lothario Aldous Snow, the character that elevated the first film from comic mediocrity to a stratospheric level of hilarity. Once again, Brand’s performance is spot on; his caricature of celebrity egoism and brashness is impeccable, though the British bad boy persona seems an echo of the bygone Rolling Stones-era.
(06/16/10 10:39pm)
Beatrice and Virgil
Yann Martell
224 pages
Random House
(05/27/10 2:47am)
1. Beer tastes better when you’re feeling cultured. Get a head start on your Thirsty Thursday boozin’ at World Café Live for a Philadelphia Ale & Arts Adventure: an alcohol-fueled tour of the city’s murals. The trolley chartered for the event will make a stop at the Yard’s Brewery so that participants can view the facilities and sample all five Yard’s beers. Take advantage of what’s likely to be the only opportunity you’ll get to drink on a trolley without getting arrested. - Thursday 5/27, 5:30 p.m.
(04/22/10 6:15am)
On May 1, shops across the nation will be laying out stacks of comic books for the hungry public. Devoted fans will be anxiously waiting for the doors to open, to be among the first to snatch up a new batch of reading material. But here’s the catch — many of the issues they’ll pick up, specially designated for the occasion, will be absolutely free.
(04/15/10 3:10am)
In the midst of spring-cleaning, you might find it advantageous to clean out your make-up bag and replace some of those drab winter colors with sprightly new hues. Go snag some beauty at Philly’s cosmetics hotspots.
(04/08/10 8:11am)
Guitar god Slash has showcased his talent for lightning-fast fretboard fingering in many bands from the ego-fraught Guns ‘n’ Roses to the all-star line-up of Velvet Revolver and the guitar-centric Slash’s Snakepit. Despite a signature style that could easily stand alone, never before has the artist released a solo record, although one might have difficulties dubbing it as such. All the music was penned by the top-hatted genius himself, but each track features one or more guest musicians, everyone from the Prince of Darkness to the Duchess who, although a few modern guest artists fall short of the mark (Kid Rock, who sings on the corny “I Hold On,” for example) their flops are nowhere near as torturous as the half-assed contributions of the seasoned veterans. While Iggy Pop is a punk icon, his vocals on Slash effectively derail “We’re All Gonna Die.” Pop’s truncated lines and juvenile lyrics (“I’m in the mood / So let’s intrude / Pee on the ground / And jump around”) give the impression that he hired a fifth grader to write them. Who knew Fergie could do a kick-ass Axl-style belt?.
(04/01/10 6:14am)
BLACK and white and Inked all over
(03/25/10 6:06am)
In the concrete jungle of Philadelphia, there are few places where you can lose yourself in the majesty of nature. Spring has sprung, and all the city has to offer are some scattered rows of malnourished daffodils and the occasional blooming dogwood. For those who hail from the countryside, perhaps one of the most disappointing deficiencies of the urban landscape is its utter lack of verdure. Though Penn Park promises to assuage this nostalgia when it opens in 2012, for now, those who long for a floral manifestation of the season’s advent have to venture out of city bounds. However, the 40-minute drive to Pennsylvania’s Longwood Gardens is well worth the trip. If your friends have a car on campus, beg them for a ride to Kennett Square. At $6 admission (for students with ID), the ticket price seems a trifle for access to the property’s impressive 1050 acres of flower gardens, topiaries, and fountains.
(03/24/10 2:00am)
Harry’s Occult Shop is several blocks from the novelty shops and neon signs that one typically associates with South Street and its facade has none of the draw of its neighbors to the east. Though the mural wall on the left side of the building is awe-inspiring — juxtaposing wild graffiti with angels and stained glass windows over shadowy, insect-like demons — the front entrance is entirely drab, resembling a pawnshop rather than a vendor of mystic wares. In fact, we nearly passed right by, failing to notice the hanging marquee that might be almost as ancient as the shop itself, which opened in 1917. The founder, pharmacist Harry Seligman, was badgered by clients for magical blends of herbs and oils and found the occult to be a fruitful enterprise after some research.