PRINTED MATTER: Arts + Entertainment, June 17

Here's what you'll miss if you don't pick up a City Paper this week: FEATURES! - For those in need of a great summer read, there's a hefty portion of book reviews in Book Quarterly. From investigatory novels about space travel to mystery novels about stolen calamari, just about everything gets a hit. - John Vettese discusses Dumhi and his new LP, The Jungle. But be prepared, in this jungle, the man with the beats, not the verse, is alpha male. - There's no one way to define Nu Directions Chamber Brass, but Shaun Brady fleshes them out for you anyway. COLUMNS! - Rodney Anonymous goes to Nigeria, only to compare Tony Allen's solo album, Lagos No Shaking, with crack and Viagra good enough for the dead — needless to say, he likes it a lot. - John Vettese certainly won't forget Kaitlin Mosley's new photography exhibition, which uses hazy photography to mimic the ephemerality of memory. REVIEWS! - There must be a glitch in the Matrix, because Toy Story 3 gives Sam Adams dÃ©jÃ vu. - In this week's Flick Pick, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's new film, Micmacs, gets a solid B. "Its possible to be delighted by the movie and worn down by it at the same time," Sam Adams says. - David Anthony Fox considers the "vibrantly engaged" cast of Fiddler on the Roof a miracle of miracles. Apparently, the matchmaker has made Walnut Street Theatre's match. - Album reviews on Nina Nastasia, Crystal Castles and Dot Allison. - Movie shorts on Air Doll, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work and Winter's Bone. AND THEN THERE'S... - In honor of Book Quarterly, Biblioscope quick hits on Jennifer Egan's fourth novel, another Quirk reboot, Johnathan Alter's Obamanalysis and a book about what Kate Bingaman-Burt bought today. - Patrick Rapa just can't get enough of the Pernice Brothers' track, "Bechamel," in One Track Mind. - Arts picks on Samantha Bee's hilarious new memoir (and an upcoming reading of it) and the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's opening show, The Playboy of the Western World. - A Music picks section with some girth. Oh, and Danzig too.

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PRINTED MATTER: Arts + Entertainment, June 17

POSTED: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 10:23 PM

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Here's what you'll miss if you don't pick up a City Paper this week: FEATURES!

For those in need of a great summer read, there's a hefty portion of book reviews in Book Quarterly. From investigatory novels about space travel to mystery novels about stolen calamari, just about everything gets a hit.
John Vettese discusses Dumhi and his new LP, The Jungle. But be prepared, in this jungle, the man with the beats, not the verse, is alpha male.
There's no one way to define Nu Directions Chamber Brass, but Shaun Brady fleshes them out for you anyway.

COLUMNS!

Rodney Anonymous goes to Nigeria, only to compare Tony Allen's solo album, Lagos No Shaking, with crack and Viagra good enough for the dead — needless to say, he likes it a lot.
John Vettese certainly won't forget Kaitlin Mosley's new photography exhibition, which uses hazy photography to mimic the ephemerality of memory.

REVIEWS!

There must be a glitch in the Matrix, because Toy Story 3 gives Sam Adams dÃ©jÃ vu.
In this week's Flick Pick, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's new film, Micmacs, gets a solid B. "Its possible to be delighted by the movie and worn down by it at the same time," Sam Adams says.
David Anthony Fox considers the "vibrantly engaged" cast of Fiddler on the Roof a miracle of miracles. Apparently, the matchmaker has made Walnut Street Theatre's match.
Album reviews on Nina Nastasia, Crystal Castles and Dot Allison.
Movie shorts on Air Doll, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work and Winter's Bone.

AND THEN THERE'S...

In honor of Book Quarterly, Biblioscope quick hits on Jennifer Egan's fourth novel, another Quirk reboot, Johnathan Alter's Obamanalysis and a book about what Kate Bingaman-Burt bought today.
Patrick Rapa just can't get enough of the Pernice Brothers' track, "Bechamel," in One Track Mind.
Arts picks on Samantha Bee's hilarious new memoir (and an upcoming reading of it) and the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's opening show, The Playboy of the Western World.
A Music picks section with some girth. Oh, and Danzig too.

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