BEEN THERE/DONE THAT: June 7

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BEEN THERE/DONE THAT: June 7

POSTED: Monday, June 7, 2010, 4:27 PM

Filed Under: Been There, Done That

Pat Rapa

The Roots' Black Thought

When we're not editing and writing and proofing and stressing, we A&E editors keep busy getting our culture on. Since we (that'd be Patrick Rapa, music editor; Carolyn Huckabay, arts editor; Molly Eichel, movies/agenda editor; and occasionally Holly Otterbein, staff writer/arts patron) know Philly's teeming with artsy happenings, we'll give you a weekly roundup of where we've been and what we've seen. But we can't see it all. We're taking a cue from Team Meal Ticket — who diligently report on how they've spent their foodie weekends — and opening the floor to you: Leave a comment and let us know what you've been up to since Friday at 5.

CH: Carolyn Huckabay PR: Patrick Rapa ME: Molly Eichel

— Headed over to the Roots Picnic fashionably late. Caught Mayer Hawthorne doing their soul-pop jjngle thing. That was fine. The Roots killed it (in a good way), then John Legend joined them and kinda killed the mood (in a bad way). I just wasn't feeling an ultra-long r&b/soul pretty-vocals just then. Things picks up again when they rolled the piano away to make room for Ghostface Killah, Method Man and Raekwon. The Wu Tang Clan MCs, backed by the Roots, laid out a high energy, high-shouting, high n-wordy marathon set. The night ended with The Clipse in the air conditioned sidetent and Vampire Weekend on the mainstage. That's what you call eclectic. —PR —Pet Semetary is still both hilarious and terrifying, especially when we figured out the actor who played Killer Baby Gage was a friend of Michelle's on Full House/the autistic kid from Mercury Rising. No matter how creepy that movie is, Fred Gwynne always makes me giggle. —ME —National Geographic has an amazing article this month on the warming climate in Greenland (called "Viking Weather: The Changing Face of Greenland), and what that means for its farmers, who have traditionally imported most of their produce. Also, as per usual with NatGeo, pages and pages of gorgeous photographs to go along with it. —CH —Watched as a friend introduced Dr. Octagon to a Lover of All Things Pop Music. The Lady Gaga acolyte is no stranger to hip-hop but the look on his face upon hearing some tracks from Dr. Octagonecologyst? Priceless. —ME —I told y'all I was loving Barry Udall's The Lonely Polygamist. After devouring the last bit this weekend, what do I ultimately think? You'll have to wait for the upcoming Book Quarterly to find out. Anyone read Udall's first novel, The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint? Worth a go-round? I'm in the thick of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues already but I tend to finish Tom Robbins' books in a couple days. I was thinking of taking up former Daily News columnist Pete Dexter's Spooner next. A wise choice? —ME —Re-watched the first ep of Eastbound and Down, further fueling my excitement for the next season, which supposedly takes place in Mexico. Also: If you aren't following KFuckingP on Twitter, you are wasting your life. —ME —Headed out to Lemon Hill to soak in a few laps of the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship. This doesn't really count as "arts," but it certainly was entertaining to cheer on the peloton and the few stragglers who really needed the encouragement. —CH

Nyidera E.

Posted 2010-06-07 12:12:52

Saturday night a few friends and I headed down South St. for some cool night air, Phileo Yogurt and Lorenzo's pizza. All was well until a crowd gathered and we witnessed what seems to be a new South St. tradition: getting tasered by the cops... Nevertheless, I ended the weekend off jumping into the freezing ocean with friends, fully clothed and dancing to reggae from a nearby bar on the Boardwalk. Gotta love my life. <3

justjoshfunk1

Posted 2010-06-07 12:25:49

On Friday I went to Tower Theater to see the Comedians of Chelsea Lately Tour starring Brad Wollack, Josh Wolf, Loni Love and that little nugget, Chuy. They were all hilarious but my favorite was Loni Love. She so crazy.

Saturday I went to see City Island. It's a fantastic film. Go see it!

Holler.

Harrison S.

Posted 2010-06-07 12:35:56

Wandered down to the picnic much, much too late... but I was just in time to see Ghostface Killah et al tear s*** up and then be thoroughly disappointed by closers Vampire Weekend.("I have an idea, let's lay down some clean guitar melodies straight out of a bank commercial, play with maracas, do some 8-bit for the hell of it... and we'll call it -- MUSIC") Almost as disappointing was the "24 hour 7/11" on the walk home that turned out to be nothing but lies.

Sunday's race was much better; I watched the sidewalks of Manayunk burst at the seams with that unbridled and unfounded Philly passion for moving objects AND free Natty Light.

A fuckin' Plus, I'd say overall.

Drew Lazor

Posted 2010-06-07 14:16:13

I watched Legion this weekend, shit was soooooooooo bad! I thought it was going to be mostly Paul Bettany beating fools up, and it was a little of that, but most of the movie was Dennis Quaid and Charles S. Dutton delivering hand-wringy soliloquies about their tortured relationships with faith. No one wants to hear that shit guys! I want to see the dude from Wimbledon stabbing fools in the neck!

Caitlin

Posted 2010-06-07 16:06:55

After another disappointing show, swore again to never go to a show at the Electric Factory.  The Antlers sounded surprisingly vivid live but the sound guys must have skipped town between sets as the National sounded like they were playing through pea soup.  The crowd of bros in the audience didn't seem to mind, though.  

Better luck at Saturday's beer fest down at the Navy Yard.  After four hours, the beers tended to blend together a bit in my memory, but Blue Point and St Somewhere were personal brewery favorites.  Puzzlingly, the entire crowd of beer nerds would pause to "woo" periodically, maybe just too darn excited by the amount of beer available.

Also recommended: "DESTROYED IN SECONDS"

Lindsey

Posted 2010-06-08 10:16:21

AH! Pet Semetary! I hate creepy kids (in movies and real life) and Gage/Full House kid was definitely one of the creepiest. And okay, why the hell would the dad go and bury the wife in the Indian cemetery after what happened to Gage? I can understand trying it once, but c'mon! You'd think he would have learned his lesson with the evil baby.

agadir

Posted 2010-06-17 11:40:05

Nice blog, thank you for sharing this. Hope to see more from you.

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