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ICEPACK ILLUSTRATED: Behold Your Unconscious Shrine
When Comcast launches its new project, Philly In Focus, look for locally produced programming from area pros and hobbyists from the area - think of it as public access for the internet - spearheaded by Center City Film and Video and director Ted Passon. Passon is particularly proud of one series features little kids re-enacting "Great Moments from Philadelphia History." The whole thing goes live Jan. 25.
ICEPACK ILLUSTRATED: Behold Your Unconscious Shrine
You know Adam Fergurson from his night job as the drummer from Da Comrade! and Cranes are Flying, Philly faves both, as well as a satellite member of the Chernobyl Art Collective house. But on Jan. 20, Ferguson will reveal his other self, the sculptor and installation artist self, in a solo exhibition at The University of the Arts Sculpture Gallery (where he graduated in ’08). The installation, Tune In Every Sunday, revolves around what Ferguson calls rituals, conscious and un-conscious. “I was thinking about the rituals people create around watching sports on Sunday and what shrines for this occasion may look like, what people consume in sports culture, and what the offerings to these shrines may be within a current cultural atmosphere,” says Ferguson. You can see him putting up the exhibition if you walk by now, wait until Jan. 20 (5-7:30 p.m.) or check it all out at adamfergurson.com.
Bryan Exley of Zee Bar and Delilah’s has been busy building yet another location along the 100 Spring Garden strip mall spot: Rebel Rock Bar & Bites. He’s been opened softly for the last several weeks making sure his tap tables are ready to rumble. Next week, though, Rebel goes hard with several grand opening events between Tuesday and Saturday with an appearance by the Van Halen-like Vegas act 5150. Go ahead jump.
Philly’s soul-slinging singer/songwriter Marsha Ambrosius has been Tweeting this week from London about her in-studio involvement with Kanye West and his G.O.O.D. Music roster’s label compilation featuring Odd Future’s Frank Ocean, Pusha-T, Jay Electronica, Big Sean and Manny Fresh. “I’m having fun today :)” went one of her tweets. The album’s due out this spring.
When Comcast launches its new project, Philly In Focus, look for locally produced programming from area pros and hobbyists from the area — think of it as public access for the internet — spearheaded by Center City Film and Video and director Ted Passon. Passon is particularly proud of one series features little kids re-enacting “Great Moments from Philadelphia History.” The whole thing goes live Jan. 25.
Now that Hop Sing Laundromat is advertising at Craigslist for staff, it shouldn’t be long until the general public gets to see Lee’s flooring meticulously covered with thousands of pennies and its bar-top lined with thousands of nickels. But could Jose Garces’ longtime design collaborator Jun Aizaki be doing something similar with table tops at Abe Frohman’s Wursthaus? Weeks ago I caught wind of activity at the S. 13th Street construction site from mouthy neighbors. Those same gadabouts just heard tell of pennies being used as a design element for Garces’ brew-n-brats boite named for the mythical sausage king of Chicago from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Dime droppers. Thanks.
Philly DJ Apt One has a deal for you. This Friday, Jan. 20, he’ll celebrate the UK-only release of the Philly International Records 40th Anniversary Re-Edits and Remixes compilation, part of a series of the Harmless label’s 14 CDs of retrospective and new material from Gamble and Huff. Apt, the only Philadelphia spinner asked to take part in the project, remixed Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes’ “Wake Up Everybody” on the comp — a top-10 selling R&B record on Amazon UK. The deal is that you show up to Kung Fu Necktie and complimentary import CDs will be gifted to randomly selected presale ticket buyers. Hey even if you miss out on the CD there’ll be free PBR while it lasts.
If you didn’t love the cut of NBC News’ Brian Williams’ jib before Monday, you did when he critiqued Lana Del Ray’s appearance on Saturday Night Live in a private letter to Gawker’s Nick Denton as being “one of the worst outings in SNL history.” This was almost as bizarre as Philly guy A.J. Daulerio, in his new role as Gawker editor-in-chief, writing a post on which Real Housewife of Beverly Hills he wanted to fuck. Del Ray’s new CD, Born to Die, had its strings pulled by Philly’s own session master Larry Gold.
WHOWHATWHERE: Cuba Libre and some of this city’s chefs pulled out the stops for the last night of Cuban Chef Luis Alberto Alfonso Perez Pop Up Paladares’ residency. Chefs from Opa as well as Kevin Sbraga (Sbraga) and Matt Levin stopped by to sup with the first Cuban chef allowed to cook in America for decades. Levin, it should be said, is the guy behind Larry Cohen and Barry Gutin (Cuba Libre owners) and their take over of the Walnut at 10th Street Marathon Grill. Its new name will be Square Peg, Bar Ferdinand’s Owen Kamihira will do its design, and the whole thing will have the feel of an American diner. Check it. The Smiths — Will, Jaden, Willow and Jada — are heard to be scouting safe housing in the area to commence the filming of M. Night Shyamalan’s After Earth in a month-or-so. Isabelle Fuhrman is on board, and Zoe Kravitz is a big contender. While shots of AE float around the web, Willow and her hair were spotted on the red carpet at BET Honors in Washington, DC. Before Bruce Springsteen dropped word of his next CD (March’s Wrecking Ball) and new single (“We Take Care of Our Own” hear it here) he hung out with Philly rockers Lisa Bouchelle and John Eddie who were amongst the guest performers at the annual Light of Day Parkinson’s benefit at the Paramount Theater in Asbury Park that Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers throw yearly. Nadia Ali may have been born in Libya and raised in Queens, but the singer did the hostess-with-the-mostest gig at Dusk at Caesars in Atlantic City as if she owned the town by the sea. Still, last weekend’s coolest AC event had to be the return of Artie Lange, the comedian’s comedian who attempted suicide last year. Jim Florentine, Doug Stanhope, Dave Attell and Jim Norton joined Lange’s Anti Social Comedy Tour for two sold-out shows at the Borgata. We want more.
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