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Archive: May, 2010
Filed Under: TV
We've got two sets of tickets to go see Aqua Teen Hunger Force Live and we wanna give them to you! Meatwad, Carl and all your faves hit the stage Saturday night at the Troc for some weirdo Adult Swim-style goodness. Julia West has all the details in this week's Agenda section:
As if Aqua Teen Hunger Force couldn't get any weirder, the Adult Swim 'toon has stepped through the TV and made it to 3-D. After the live-action episode last May, creators Dana Snyder and Dave Willis decided to take the show on the road. The live version features everyone's favorite characters — minus Frylock because, according to their website, "He wanted too much money." But Shake and Meatwad will be there with Carl in all his hairy-shouldered grossness. Expect silly segments like "America's Next Top Meatwad." Admit it, you always wanted to hang with those foul-mouthed Jersey creatures. This is as close as you're going to get to wading in Carl's pool.Philly's own Schoolly D wrote and performed the theme song (above) for Aqua Teen. Along with being credited as a gangsta rap forerunner, Schoolly's music has appeared in several Abel Ferrara movies, including the shoot-out in King of New York. But here's what we want to know: Congratulations Chelsey and Nick. Answer is below:
On the DVD extras of King of New York, Schoolly claims he invented what extreme winter sport?
Schoolly D claims he invented snowboarding by sliding down hills on the cardboard used to breakdance on.
The first two people to answer that question correctly by e-mailing molly [dot] eichel [at] citypaper [dot] net get two tickets to the show. All you have to do is pick up the tickets at our Old City offices. Remember, e-mail. Do not leave your answers in the comments.
Filed Under: Printed Matter
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| Photo | Larry Fink | daletart.com |
| "Unfamiliar Skin" (outdoor installation shot), by Martha Posner, found objects, wire, feathers, pigment, synthetic hair and beeswax |
- First Friday Focus (written by yours truly) peeps a creepy show at Dalet Gallery (pictured, above), a Toulouse-y tribute at Lisa M. Reisman et Cie and a recession-message exhibit at Little Berlin, plus a dance performance (including haircuts!) at Lakshmi Hair Studio and a community crawl called Adopt A Pig, which is pretty much what it sounds like.
- Patrick Rapa shares his thoughts on the new Hold Steady album, Heaven Is Whenever. The takeaway? Despite more actual singing than you might want out of Craig Finn, parts are "as gripping and memorable as anything this band has ever done." I still miss Franz Nicolay.
- Justin Bauer weighs the merits of sometimes-clichéd universal themes in this month's Shelf Life. Novels reviewed include Sonya Chung's Long for This World, Emily St. John Mandel's The Singer's Gun and Catherine Kirkwood's Cut Away.
- M.J. Fine calls Natalie Merchant's new album "stunning" in this month's Reconsider Me, but she can't ignore the singer's "glassy timbre and garbled diction," which hasn't changed much since her 10,000 Maniacs days.
- Drew Lazor gives Iron Man 2 a solid B in Flick Pick, despite its many ridiculous moments. "[Jon] Favreau's put together an unchallenging, easy-to-watch two hours," Lazor says, "that'll appeal to anyone who got lost in the 2008 original."
- Three album reviews on tap this week: Julia Nunes' "acoustic opus" I Think You Know; TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb's "crabby epic" Idiots and John Ellis & Double-Wide's "swampland-to-smoky" Puppet Mischief.
- Movie shorts on Babies (C-) and The Good, The Bad and The Weird (B+)
- Kaleidoscope quick hits on Washed Out (a band), Gravedigger (a play), Hezekiah Jones (a tribute) and Daria (our favorite pissy cartoon teenager)
- Arts Picks on Rebecca Davis Dance Co., Bambi Gallery and more
- Music Picks on Caribou, Hair Rocket, It's a King Thing and more
- An Agenda section chock-full of goodies, like Icepack, a feature on Lucha VaVoom, DJ Nights, tons of Picks and Brian James Kirk's geeked-out column, Peer to Peer.
There's nothing like the promise of seeing tits after a long day of watching race cars. That is what drew men at the Long Beach Grand Prix to Lucha VaVOOM's stage — that and the masked wrestling. They drooled as the lithe and flexible Karis, VaVOOM's resident hula-hooper, entertained them during the race. The men salivated as she slowly spun and stripped, until off came her top — revealing that "she" was really a "he." Transforming expectations is the nature of Lucha VaVOOM. With a handful of 15-minute lucha libre-style masked matches, complemented by burlesque and narrated by a rotation of fringe comedians, VaVOOM fills a campy niche all its own.You totally wanna go, don't you? The first two people to answer these questions correctly by emailing molly [dot] eichel [at] citypaper [dot] net get two tickets. (Do not leave your answer in the comments.) Congratulations to our two winners, Don and Reggie! The answers are below:
We sent one of our interns to Annie A-Bomb's School of Burlesque and had her write about her experiences. What was the burlesque name she chose for herself at the end of the class?
Emily Currier dubbed herself the Miss Dee Flowered for her series, The Pasty Postulant.
What Academy Award-winning director took the helm of a lucha libre-themed episode of CSI?
William Friedkin
Remember, e-mail! The only catch is you have to be able to pick up the tickets at our office in Old City. Deal? Deal.
Filed Under: Music
oh wow what an honor
wow. Hostile. Can I politely ask WHO you would think would be a better representative band?
LOLshtol! http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5301/mollymolly.jpg
I bet a Janelle Monae/Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings double-bill would cost the city less than the Goo Goo Dolls. Hint, hint.
I seen them a handful of times and I really think they are a great band. Their music comes across really good live and doesn't have the feel of their pop hits on the radio.
This is a very underrated band. If yo want to know what they sould like live, listen to their live in buffalo dvd. They are AWESOME. The only concern is what the set list will be like. I hope they will amp it up and play UP BEAT SONGS.
OMG Molly! you must be so excited!
The Goo Goo Dolls are amazing! They were awesome in the 90's and are still going! Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but this person probably wouldn't even know the GGd's if he heard them on the radio.. They are still really popular dude!
All I can say, About the performance, I saw that day. It was simply marvelous. I wish you may, have a real chance, to watch and you'll reply, That it's just fabulous. If y worry about tickets, You can check Ticketsinvetory.com
Filed Under: TV Idol Hands
We like American Idol. Too much.
Tommy Button: I totally wanna go on a bro-date with Harry Connick Jr. Charming, hilarious and Southern. And Mom would love him. Not so much with Lady Gaga, bro-date or date date. When I heard Lady Gaga's name mentioned I vomited in my mouth a little. But that's normal. Then she performed and I'm pretty sure I coughed up a little poop. No really, she was terrible and epitomized why I don't like her. The whole Jodorowsky-meets-a-gay(er)-Midsummer Night's Dream escape was super pretentious in a really stupid way. Not to mention, bad choreography. I'm no Bill T. Jones, but I know things about stuff.
Molly Eichel: Look, I love LaGa but what in the name of shitty performance art was that? But what are you gonna do? The chick has a Rilke quote tattooed on her body. I bet she also has books filled with lowercased poetry. I liked it better when she was just wearing Kermits and people thought she had a dick.
TB: I was surprised to see Big Mike in the bottom two.
ME: Me too. It's a shame, considering he was at the top of the pops on Tuesday. But Powersox in the bottom three instead of Casey James?! I didn't want to my fave poor man's Seger to get kicked off when the Punxsutawney Phil's humanoid cousin still in the running, but even Casey thought he was going down last night.
TB: I wasn't surprised to see Aaron Kelly get the boot. Tough break, kid but like the man said "Sometimes you eat the bar, and, well, sometimes he eats you." But probably the biggest shocker of the night was American Idol actually fitting their show in a two hour time slot.
Danny Trejo doing what he does best, Lindsay Lohan in a nun's habit, Robert De Niro not even trying.
Happy Cinco de Mayo.
Machete opens 9/3.
Filed Under: TV Idol Hands
We like American Idol. Too much.
Tommy Button: Last night was lackluster compared to the previous week if you ask me and that's mostly because I think Ol' Blue Eyes is more on the boring side. Don't get me wrong, I admire Frank Sinatra for the snatch he slayed and his mastering of cool but unless I'm trying to bag an Italian cougar at San Gannero, I'm not gonna be rocking Frankie too often.
Molly Eichel: I just don't get why they insist on doing these throwback shows and then bitch about how everyone seems out of their element. That's like encouraging that kitty to Hang in there baby! Then throwing rocks at it and bitching when it falls. It's just not right. Judges, stop throwing rocks at the cats.
TB: That's not the biggest tragedy, though. That would be Nancy Sinatra, who looks like 250 pounds of wet clothes shoved into a garbage bag. Jesus. Dust off the boots and do some walking.
ME: Don't knock my fave Sinatra. "Summer Wine" and "Sugar Town" are great songs! As charming as he was, if we're gonna make fun of one celeb, it's gotta be Harry Connick Jr. As one of the few people who saw New in Town, I think there was a collective "Who?" when HCJr's name was announced.
TB: All I really have to base my opinion on HCJr is last night, Hope Floats and half of my mom's record collection but this jack of all trades is alright by me.
ME: The same can't be said for Aaron Kelly. That was lightweight. Frank Sinatra wouldn't have let that boy wash his short pants after hearing his version of "In Other Words."
TB: In other words, you suck.
ME: Not as much as Casey James. God, even HCJr looked disappointed with that rendition of "Blue Skies." And when the guest judge looks unhappy, you know you are the dregs.
TB: With Aaron Kelly in the mix, it looks like there's a tie for worst place this week
ME: Continuing with the weather theme, Powersox sang "Summer Wind," and they complained she was losing herself. Do you remember my cat metaphor? How is the girl gonna retain her strong, female-empowering, soul-based identity when she's forced to sing songs from a guy who didn't think women should go to the moon because it didn't need vacuuming?
TB: Of course, I love Powersox but she's starting to be a little annoying with her back talk. After a poor judging she tends to go off on this "Well, this is what I think..." rationalization trip.
ME: Big Mike was the only person who sounded at all comfortable, singing "The Way You Look Tonight," but that's cheating because every wedding band singer in the world can do that. Still, he's got swagger, and Frank ejaculated swagger.
TB: I thought BM was the best this week.
ME: Here's the deal, I always remember what Big Mike and Crystal sing, sometimes Casey. I never, ever remember what Lee Dewyze sings. It doesn't matter how good he is. I never remember him. It's like actor Chris Evans. I think he's totally adorable and not half as bad as the shit he's normally in. But I can never remember his goddamn name. Yet, I can know the actor who played Chong Li in Bloodsport (Bolo Yeung). What does that say about Lee Dewyze? Very little. But still.
TB: I dunno why everyone is still shitting their pants over this guy. Still boring.
ME: That, my friends, is not swagger.
Filed Under: Big Ups Philly Artists
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A city of neighborhoods with rich traditions in the arts, industry, commerce and manufacturing, Philly's a natural catalyst for creative culture found throughout the region today. Situated between two major metropolitan areas but decidedly unlike either, we've retained the character of our history but with an increasingly innovative, entrepreneurial nature besides. On the heels of several articles showcasing just some of Philly's many offerings, I've taken great care to curate just a few of my most choice listings for the design-inspired traveler. They follow something of an itinerary and put you on the right path to discover our many architectural offerings, happenstance hideaways and beaucoup boutiques along the way. Please feel free to add your favorites in the comments section, as there was only so much space with which to share my own.Do what the man says — check out the article, and leave him some comments touting your favorite spots. (Anything he missed? Holler about that, too.) Oh, and we'd be remiss not to mention how pleasing it is to see the guide topped off by a beautiful Julia Rothman-created Philly print (pictured above). Want!
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Philadelphia artist Shannon McLaughlin has created a whimsical series of pet portraits based on her innate love of animals. She draws animals of all kinds but primarily smaller species like chipmunks, ferrets, hamsters, hedgehogs, rabbits, and squirrels. Each is hand drawn on a piece of wood — a cross section of a tree with its bark still intact. She typically portrays a single animal amidst a bright, colorful background surrounded by images of the animal's favorite food — acorns, pinecones, crickets, kiwis and more.You've gotta be a boarding-pass-possessing customer to peep the show, so next time you're en route out of or into Philly, make sure to stop by and say hello to Shannon's friends.
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