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Archive: July, 2010
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| The Weeds |
Just a quick clarification. The event, while open to the public, is not exactly free. There is a suggested minimum donation of $5 for kids and designated drivers, and for those parking in the Philadelphia Brewing Company beer we're requesting a minimum $15 donation. Thanks and hope to see you there!
Ahem... I meant, those "partaking" in beer... not parking in it!
Filed Under: Poetic License
Critical Mass welcomes devoted poet/avid concert-goer/nerd-grrrl extraordinaire Jane Cassady to the fold; her weekly horoscopes will run in this space every Friday morning.
With Advice from Lady Gaga, William Carlos Williams and Band of Horses
Cancer (June 22-July 23): Once, during my Orange County days, my friend Jaimes was driving me home on the 405 when the dash lights started flickering. He got us safely to a gas station before the alternator died. He then proceeded to get out of the car and yell angrily skyward, asking God why this had happened. Rage against unfairness this week. Stomp your foot.
Leo (July 24-Aug. 23): Never get a couch that needs a slipcover. You will spend all of your time arranging the fabric to try and cover up the spots and stains. Get something that's good and beautiful all the way through. Your ass deserves it!
Virgo (Aug. 24-Sept. 23): Since your deepest desire is to be confided in, practice keeping confidences. Sew whispers and secrets into your coat like satin patches. It's a little warm for this.
Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 21) You like parties with lots of costumes. Next year you'll be my date for the Steampunk World's Fair, "A Three Day Expedition into Yesterday's Future!" Start buiding yourself a copper shell, lit with glowsticks. Meanwhile, Halloween is mere months away — start boning the corsets, building the scaffold.
Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22): I believe in haircuts. Lay back and let a stranger shampoo you. When the scissoring begins, let each strand represent a mistake you'd like to forget. Someone will sweep them away.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 22): Your viral video of the week is "Yosemitebear Mountain Giant Double Rainbow 1-8-10." Go camping by yourself and show enough awe to rival early American wilderness painters. It's almost a triple rainbow. It goes all the way across the sky. What it means is that you'll have everything.
Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 20): I bought a poetry collection called The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing. I'm surprisingly giddy to read it. Let's open up to a random page, shall we? "If you can bring nothing to this place/ but your carcass, keep out." (William Carlos Williams)
Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb. 19): In The Golden Compass, Lyra, the heroine, reads archetypal symbols on said Golden Compass to plan out her next move. Here are your symbols, Aquarius: The Key, The Notebook, The Butterfly, The Giant Squid.
Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20): Please enjoy this quote from Lady Gaga's latest Rolling Stone interview: "When you work as hard as I do or you resign yourself to something like music or art or something, you have to commit yourself to the struggle and commit yourself to the pain. And I commit myself wholeheartedly to my heartbreak. ... It's a representation of my work. As artists, we are eternally heartbroken." Discuss.
Aries (March 21-April 18): Interviewer Lynn Hirschberg apparently makes a habit of coaxing rock stars into ordering French fries fried in truffle oil, then using that as an example of how bougie they are. Don't let anybody tell your story like that. Be like M.I.A. and release a retaliatory single. Or two.
Taurus (April 19-May 18): I think I need to use my weekly So You Think You Can Dance time for something else. Mia Michaels' phlegmatic alterna-sniping is no match for Mary Murphy shrieking about the Hot Tamale Train. It's just not so fun anymore!
Gemini (May 19-June 21): Here are some great lyrics from the Band of Horses song "Factory": "Now then later, I was thinking it over by the snack machine/ I thought about you and a candy bar/ The Now and Laters, now that I've got, stuck between my teeth/ I fell asleep to the greatest movie of the year." Do just that kind of motel ruminating.
PREVIOUSLY >> July 9-15: Mix-tape obsessions
Filed Under: Printed Matter
Here's what you missed if you didn't pick up today's City Paper.
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| Mark Stehle |
| Joe Jordan and his mama |
- So we're The City of Motherly Love now? A.D. Amorosi climbs the family tree, only to find Philly-boy Joe Jordan and his 57-year-old mom rocking the nation's socks off.
- Wait no longer: Inception has finally arrived! In this movie, everyone is Christopher Nolan's lab rat, explains Sam Adams. Quick hint: dreams cubed. What the fritch?
- Abstract expressionist Mark Brosseau may not have much to express, but Bruce Walsh soon discovers that this is the very best thing about him.
- Robin Rice stitches together "Icons of Costume: Hollywood's Golden Era and Beyond," a new exhibit at the Michener Art Museum, in Re:View.
- In Aid Or Invade, Rodney Anonymous looks at the subject of David Byrne/Fatboy Slim's new album and decides to invade. "It's impossible to humanize Bozo the Clown," he explains.
- In this week's Flick Pick, Sam Adams gives Maren Ade's sophomore film Everyone Else an A-. It's subtle.
- Arts Picks on Hallucinating History, PlayPenn, Balletx and more.
- Music Picks on Kid Sister, The Budos Band, Deer Tick and Peter Wolf Crier.
- A Movie Short on the D-licious Disney film, The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
- Kaleidoscope quick hits on WXPN's XPoNenetial Music Festival, the musical orgy that is Burning Star Core, Justin Kramon's new novel and a Famous Franks party.
Collectors of pretty things, take note: Every week, we're rounding up a what's-what of what we [heart], culled from the scores of design blogs, artist sites and Etsy treasuries we stalk on the regular. You've undoubtedly seen BlueQ products here and there — Wash Your Sins Away soap at Urban Outfitters, I Am Not A Paper Towel dish towels at Fosters Home Goods (RIP), Let's Drink the Drops watter bottles at Verde. But who knew they were all from one giant quirk-tastic company? Here are a few of our favorite giftables from online marketplace BlueQ, which has been around, the company points out, "since Die Hard. The first one. 1988."
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- Beaver tote, $9.99
- Blue Q Cutting Edge T-shirt, $15.99
- I Love You Like Biscuits and Gravy dish towel, $9.99
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- Nasturtium water bottle, $17.99
- Oh Crap I'm Having a Baby mini-book, $7.99
- Tea Merci lemon-ginger tea, $9.99
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- I Heart Water whale soap, $7.99
- Yellow Little Bird vase, $9.99
- Won't Be My Facebook Friend gum, $1.25
Filed Under: Ice Cubes
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| ©Scott Weiner 2010 |
| James Brolin |
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| ©Scott Weiner 2010 |
"You will see this movie.
In a fucking theater.
Where violence belongs."
The Expendables hits theaters August 13. I plan on seeing it eight or nine times. How about you? RELATED >> TRAILER!: The Expendables h/t Tommy Button
Filed Under: Music
How can you not love Papas of Power Pop Cheap Trick? They're goofy, they're catchy and best of all half the band looks like they should be working at Kinko's, while the other half is rock star-ready. One-time Philadelphians Rick Nielsen and Tom Petersson hit up the Piazza tonight to sign autographs and screen Cheap Trick at Budokan, then they play the Mann with Squeeze tomorrow. And we want you to go!
But first, our own A.D. Amorosi talk to Tom about his time in Philly, being big in Japan and what it's like to hold the power pop crown in this week's issue:
City Paper: It's 1971 and you're in Philly. What's wrong with that picture? Tom Petersson: We were working with our singer named Stewkey and he got some sort-of-a deal. He wanted Rick and I to come out there so we did. CP: That's trusting. TP: We knew him. Trusted him. Hell, even if we didn't there wasn't much for us to lose. I loved it there. We lived in Center City. I had just turned 21. I had a blast.So you wanna go see Cheap Trick at the Mann? All you have to do is e-mail the answer to the following trivia questions to molly [dot] eichel [at] citypaper [dot] net:
Drummer Bun E. Carlos is still a member of Cheap Trick but no longer tours with the band. Who replaced him?
Daxx Nielsen, Rick's son, tours in Bun's place.
Cheap Trick at Budokan, Thu., July 15, 7:30 p.m. autographs, 8:15 p.m. screening, free, Piazza at Schmidts, 1050 N. Hancock St., atthepiazza.com.
Concert Fri., July 16, 7:30 p.m., $29.50-$53.50, with Squeeze, Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave., 215-878-0400, manncenter.org.
Neighborhood Watch finds Philly's most fashionable.
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| Nyidera Edwards |
Noel H.'s (21) look was simply crisp and classic. Her use of vintage pieces and beautiful combination of solid black and neutrals was the perfect elements for a well-tailored, mod look. Her bodysuit is American Apparel and high-waist black trousers are her grandmother's hand-me-downs. "I'm addicted to cowboy boots," Noel admits, "I got these at Retrospect (534 South St., 267-671-0116) and I own about three or four other pairs, all different styles and heights." The Spelman College undergrad loves shopping at Buffalo Exchange, random shops along Germantown Ave. and even found luck with other thrift-style shops while studying in Atlanta like, Rag-O-Rama and Psycho Sisters. The psych major says, "I admire people who do their own thing, people who don't conform. At the end of the day, as long as you feel comfortable and confident in what you wear, that's the best feeling."
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Country girl Lizzie C. (18) was shopping at H&M during her annual visit to Philly. "I love to thrift a lot but I always make it my business to shop here when I visit because we don't have one back home," she says. Back home would be Nashville, TN. She adds, "I like the city vibe in Philly. It's not aggressively busy, and unlike New York, people take the time out to say 'hi.' They're still cordial here." The student says, "It weirds me out when people can look at what I'm wearing and know where it came from. I like to be unique." Her pairing of the printed, tucked blouse with greens shorts and red bandanna is something many people would be afraid to chance. But I definitely dug it. Lizzie says the number one thing to keep in mind: "Try not to put too much thought into an outfit."
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For Donna W. (20), "anything goes." She is the walking embodiment of the very element many are afraid to play up in hair and fashion: color. The West Philly native says, "Colors tell the way I feel. I pretty much wear anything as long as I can dress it up right." With a pink-purple-black faux hawk, rainbow lashes and vintage florals, she pulls off "wearing pretty much anything" quite well. Donna says she shops all over but loves Bebe and Forever21. As a cosmetology student, Donna is her own mannequin because she experiments on herself. "I always put some kind of colors in my hair. Basic brown and black are just boring to me. I like the rock star look." Speaking of "rock star, Donna says that she copies no one but highly respects Rihanna's style and role in fashion. It's safe to say, Donna's a rebel in her own right.
Filed Under: Just Do It
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| photo | Jay Matsueda 1998 |
| Beth Case (left) and Amy Pickard. |
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