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Arts
This Week In... 04.22.2010
MUSIC
Friday, 4/23: Quasi with Let’s Wrestle, Johnny Brenda’s, $12, 21+
Janet Weiss, our love for you will never die.
by 34TH STREET
Arts
Decoding The Voice
Senior Curator Ingrid Schaffner riffs on the opening of the ICA's newest exhibition, Queer Voice. Be one of the first to see the show when its run begins tonight at 6:00 p.m.
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Film
Interview with Nash Edgerton
Street sat down with Nash Edgerton, director of The Square, to discuss spiders, stuntwork and freak accidents
Street: You do everything – acting, editing, directing, writing, stuntwork – is their a certain role you like most?
Nash Edgerton: No I don’t think – I kinda like doing a bit of everything.
by NICK STERGIOPOULOS
Film
Water, Water, Everywhere
Disney’s newest earth day special, Oceans, explores the thought posed by a tiny blonde boy in the opening scene — “What is the ocean?” In an effort to answer the question Disney, guided by the narration of Pierce Brosnan, takes us into the sea to meet the characters that define it.
by HILARY MILLER
Film
Trailer Park
At this point in the semester, the summer movie schedule is probably a distant afterthought. In order to get you thinking about what's really important, we’ve put our trailer-watching procrastination to good use, pointing out the best and worst prospects for the season ahead.
by NICK STERGIOPOULOS
Film
The Eyes Have It
At last month’s Academy Awards, Argentina’s The Secret In Their Eyes pulled off a surprise victory to claim the Best Foreign Language Film trophy.
by TUCKER JOHNS
Film
Trouble Down Under
The Square, a gritty and masterful neo-noir flick, announces two powerful voices to the film world.
by NICK STERGIOPOULOS
Film
Defibrillator: "Jackie Brown" (1997)
There’s a vocal group of film buffs that insists that Quentin Tarantino has never made a movie better than Jackie Brown. And as soon as you see the film’s opening sequence, it becomes hard to disagree.
by MICHAEL GOLD
Music
One Track Mind
A song that is infectious, thoughtful and unpretentious — is it possible to achieve that holy trinity these days?
by ELENA GOORAY
Music
This Ain't Nothin' But A Summer Jam
Yes, yes, we know: Drake’s album is dropping this summer. Excited as we are, we’d also like to open your eyes to some other releases worth listening to.
by 34TH STREET
Music
Guilty Pleasure: Shania Twain, "Man, I feel Like A Woman!"
I don’t think a junior pairs figure-skating competition falls into any third grader’s definition of an ideal Friday afternoon.
by TUCKER JOHNS
Music
No Forgiveness Necessary
Forgiveness Rock Record, Broken Social Scene’s fourth full-length, is an album without illusions.
by DANIEL FELSENTHAL
Music
Live And Kickin' It
On Friday night, Franklin Field gets gangsta. Snoop Dogg, Kid Cudi, and opening act Shwayze are hitting the stage to put Penn’s most start-studded Fling concert to date.
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Music
Gettin' Schwayze
You might know hip-pop duo Shwayze from their 2008 show Buzzin’. Or you might know their string of chill party hits like “Corona And Lime.” Regardless of how you know Shwayze, come Friday, you’ll know their concert antics firsthand.
by 34TH STREET
Arts
Window Shopping
Blood-soaked eyeball bouquets? Check. Giant murals of fantastical creatures? Got it. Some stores use their window displays as more than just a means of hawking their product.
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Arts
This Week In... 04.15.2010
MUSIC
Friday, 4/16: Liars with Fol Chen, First Unitarian Church, $12, All Ages
Liars is a dark band.
by 34TH STREET
Music
Strange Love
Here Lies Love consists of new wave icon David Byrne and British beatmaker Fatboy Slim attempting to tell the story of the former First Lady of the Phillipines, Imelda Marcos, and her nanny, Estrella Cumpas, through 22 songs, two discs, and a whole bunch of guest singers.
by DANIEL FELSENTHAL
Music
Let It Bang
Chidera “Chiddy” Anamege and Noah “Xaphoon Jones” Beresin are no ordinary Drexel students.
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Music
Woof Woof
Remember when everyone made music like Dr. Dog? Neither do we. While we’re certainly happy with the music of our own day and age, it would’ve been pure magic to have seen 1960s musical greats sow the seeds of their musical arcs.
by JOE PINSKER
Music
Guilty Pleasure: Aaron Carter, "That's How I Beat Shaq" (2000)
Let’s be frank for a second. “That’s How I Beat Shaq” by Aaron Carter is by far the greatest song to ever come out of the entire Carter family (and yes, that includes you, Leslie).
In this epic minstrel’s tale, a young Aaron finds himself challenged to a game of one-on-one by Shaquille O’Neal.
by COBY LENER
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