MAN CAVE: Belting "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Man Cave is a testosterone-laden Monday feature that highlights the weekend haps of an everyday, pop culture-loving Philly dude.

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MAN CAVE: Belting "Bohemian Rhapsody"

POSTED: Monday, March 21, 2011, 12:00 PM

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Jersey Jung (Ryan Carey)

Man Cave is a testosterone-laden Monday feature that highlights the weekend haps of an everyday, pop culture-loving Philly dude.

Friday: Saw Stephen DiJoseph and Jersey Jung perform at the Tin Angel. Jung — a young lady with a small backing band — sings sensitive, emotionally reflective songs in the phylum of Sarah McLachlan. Guest poets — reciting some pretty out-there verses — punctuated her songs. DiJoseph wowed audiences with acoustic jazz and electric piano blues. Some of his songs were actually quite funny and he even showed a hilarious short video about his dating site for the truly undateable.

Later, I went to the 10:30 show at Helium to see Myq Kaplan, who I had the pleasure of interviewing for last week's LOL With It. The booze-soaked late show audience struggled for a bit to keep up with his hyper-intellectual word play, but they eventually caught up.

Saturday: I watched The Sting. This is the 1973 Paul Newman/Robert Redford heist scored with Scott Joplin ragtime (think The Entertainer, one of the popular ice cream truck songs growing up) is currently available free On Demand if you have Comcast.

That night, I attended the AquaCorps' St. Patrick's Day Beef & Beer for Needy Families. I finished the night at Tank Tops and Temporary Tattoos VII, a somewhat legendary annual shindig for LaSalle and St. Joe's alumni celebrating life, liberty, and the pursuit of temporary ink on bare arms. Spirits were high. Showtunes were belted — Not to mention two or three obligatory "Bohemian Rhapsodies."

Sunday: I was a judge at Rooftop Comedy's National College Stand-up Competition. The Philly stop of this March Madness-style comedy tournament was held at Helium. Penn State's funniest were bussed in to challenge Temple's funniest. The advancing school will be announced HERE.

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