Community College reviewed and Neil Diamond goes blue

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Community College reviewed and Neil Diamond goes blue

POSTED: Friday, April 3, 2009, 9:00 PM

Filed Under: Movies | Music

Tommy Avallone, aka Rockhard Killer, from the defunct Kidd Chris Morning show, premiered his debut film, Community College, for a packed house at the Trocodero on Wednesday night.

Rev. Bob Levy kicked off the show, overcoming his Delirium Tremors with numerous shots of tequila. A model of moderation and consummate professional, Levy regained his composure after a shaky start to bring the crowd to full attention with such clever and sophisticated material such as informing an elderly gentleman in the front row that he looked like a 'creepy son of a bitch.' Levy killed and received a rousing ovation from a crowd ready to receive the very raunchy and low-budget independent movie.

The movie did not disappoint. Extremely sophomoric, Community College is spiked with well-timed glimpses of cutting edge comedy, never attempting to wish itself out of the goofy low class highjinks.

Filmed mostly in Haddon Heights, NJ, it draws on local surroundings to tell the story of four career college students whose only ambition is to drink for free at their local bar. When the bar is threatened with closure, they must ban together in order to raise the 10 grand necessary to keep the taps flowing. Along the way the four independently prove their self worth by confiscating a little girl's lemonade stand proceeds,' graduating a bowling gym class, sleeping with the most popular girl from their high school days and enlisting a live studio audience for a sitcom called Head Of The Class' Full Of Deaf People.

Avallone is in the process of entering the film into different film fests and exploring distribution options. 'I want it to be that one movie at Blockbuster; everyone asks, 'what movie is that, why is that here?'' says Avallone in a phone interview.

Avallone's next project is a Saturday night concert with his HA HA Hip-Hop (his words) band, Nitty Gritty. Sharing the bill is Dirty Diamond, who does filthy song parodies that mimic Neil Diamond songs. On their MySpace, you can hear his various hits, including "Sweet Cocaine Lines," which would make Sweet Caroline blush.

Nitty Gritty and Dirty Diamond, w/ Keithfromdablock!, Stucco Lobster Breadbox, Action Park, hosted by Benny Michaels, 21+, 9 p.m., $10, North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar Street.

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