THE CURATOR: Moving albums, 'stache flasks and Free Energys

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THE CURATOR: Moving albums, 'stache flasks and Free Energys

POSTED: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 7:15 PM

From Philly's Masthead

Every Tuesday, Critical Mass pokes around the blog world so you don't have to. — Sleevefacing is sweeping the nation. What's not to love about taking record sleeves and making it look like Bowie's face is your own? Now, in the name of further fun with album art, UsedWigs has the link to some cleverly animated gifs, like Juliette Lewis stalking across the cover of Four on the Floor like she's playing Tiger Lilly in a local production of Peter Pan. — PW Style reports on how Penn Industrial Design students get to have a bit of hands-on fun in their sophomore year BUILD studio. Each session's students work with a local company to design a product â the winner gets his creation mass produced. Kristen Mathas took two things Urban loves — mustaches and flasks — and created the winning 'Stache Flask. And you thought Penn kids were dorks. — Free Energy premiered their quirky "Bang Pop" video this week, and Philly's music blogs rejoiced. It's the perfect catchy little anthem for the summer, and as Phrequency says, "Free Energy is the greatest '70s rockband of 2010." — Philly Design's got the lowdown on the fancy shmancy new parking garage below 1706 Rittenhouse Square. The automated garage can fit 20 cars in a space that usually fits four, stacking them on top of each other after they are brought down by and elevator-esque mechanism. Besides minimizing space, it also prevents that dreaded passive-aggressive fight with Cornelius for the most convenient spot. — I've got such a soft spot for screen printing, and Diane Faye Zerr shares my affliction. On Handmade in PA she highlights the current "Eating Dandelions" show at Philly's Masthead, which offers some sweet spring prints from PA designers.

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