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Archive: July, 2009
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| I Now Pronounce You |
Now listen, we're not usually the type to get excited about reunion tours. We like them about as much as we like every other type of reunion family reunions, high school reunions which is to say, not at all. But we've heard time and time again from friends and critics that Yes is worth seeing live. Plus, they come with Asia. Here's what Lester Bangs said about them back in 1970:
Yes fare much better a fine, developing group. Their sound seems to be a mix of several of the most currently popular approaches, notably Crosby, Stills and Nash (vocally) and Vanilla Fudge (instrumentally). Unlike the Fudge, they have a sense of style, taste and subtlety, and the record is a pleasurable one, if a bit familiar-sounding. Their version of the Byrds' "I See You" is especially nice ... this is the kind of album that sometimes insinuates itself into your routine with a totally unexpected thrust of musical power.
A close second for tonight's Night Moves is the ROOT cocktail competition over at Silk City that Lauren Fleming previewed in her What's Cooking column.
Tue., July 28, 8 p.m., with Asia, $45-$95, Tower Theater, 69th & Ludlow sts., Upper Darby, 610-352-2887, tower-theater.com.
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| The Pressure |
Remember this magazine? I thought its print incarnation was long gone, but publisher Tayyib Smith reported earlier today that it's in fact very much alive, and he'll be throwing a block party on August 15 at the Piazza to celebrate the fifth issue. If you're interested in getting a copy in your hands before then, there's this option. Also, when he was pressed about the fact that his block party is on the same day as Mad Decent's, Smith said via Twitter:
4 block parties, 1day Nocturnal, Clark Park, Mad Decent, 215, 100 bikers, Skaters, Runers..race to each!
Consider the challenge taken.
Heyo! We're looking for City Paper editorial interns for the fall. The Thursday, August 13 application deadline is coming up quickly, especially with the summer weeks just zooming right on by.
Read all the details after the jump. Not many spots available, so act fast! Plus, early applicants are looked at with love.
Interested in expanding your portfolio, improving your writing skills and gaining invaluable experience outside your college paper? Philadelphia City Paper is looking for ambitious, dedicated, creative, energetic writers who want to make an immediate impact at Philadelphia's premier alternative publication.
We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2009 intern positions. This internship requires a familiarity with the Philadelphia area and an interest in contemporary arts and culture. Primary responsibilities include keeping up with weekly beats for our listings section and writing weekly entertainment-oriented columns. Interns typically put in anywhere from 10 to 20 hours per week (scheduling is flexible).
Other duties include:
* Pitching/writing short pieces for the weekly agenda/arts agenda sections
* Pitching/writing features for the arts, music and food sections
* Pitching/writing content for our various blogs
* Conducting research
* Transcribing interviews
* Fact checking
* Developing and pitching your own story ideas
Participants should preferably be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program. Recent graduates may also apply. All majors are welcome, but candidates with a background in journalism, communication or English have a leg up. We are more than willing to work with your school in regards to college credit. All internships are unpaid. We are flexible about when you can start and end, but preference will be given to those who can begin first thing in September and stay throughout December.
To apply, mail a cover letter, résumé, three references and three clips (no more, no less) to the address listed below. Also, include when you can begin and end. We are also accepting e-mail applications (see contact address). No phone calls, please. Act fast, because these positions don't stay open for long.
DEADLINE FOR FALL 2009 APPLICATIONS IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2009.
Holly Otterbein
Agenda Editor
Philadelphia City Paper
123 Chestnut St., Third Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19106
E-mail: holly.otterbein@citypaper.net
But not because of the drinks, necessarily. Rather, it's the wacky events that won our hearts pole dancing classes on Wednesday nights, board games spread out on the tables always, and the arm wrestling tournament every Thursday. CP intern Jasia Kaulbach wrote about the latter in last week's issue:
The Raven Lounge's tabletops are covered with more than the usual plates of food, beer and elbows. Games like Hungry Hungry Hippos, Twister, Connect Four, Uno and Jenga also blanket them.
"I originally put them out there because games are great icebreakers," says owner Jonathan Hunter. "They get people talking to each other."
Keeping with that playful spirit, the bar has begun hosting an arm wrestling tournament every Thursday night. Everyone plays, including old folks, young people, guys and girls. That doesn't mean it's any less competitive than a match between two brawny men, though there are well-kept brackets, as well as prizes, including PBR hats and buttons, champagne and gift certificates.
So, that's tonight. Check out the video above for other regular events these crazy overactive kids host.
Every Thu., 10 p.m., free, Raven Lounge, 1718 Sansom St., 215-840-3577, ravenlounge.com.
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Philly just isn't the setting of enough short stories, books or movies. Sure, we've got It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Boy Meets World, Rocky but still, we could use more. To combat that, Josh McIlvain whipped up a collection of Philly-based short stories titled "Philly Fiction" in 2006. And now, the second edition of that series is out. They tackle appropriate topics like South Philly, the Shore and hoagies, but my favorite by far is on Northeast girls. A clip of Elise Juska's story:
Northeast Philly girls lived close. Their houses were close, clothes were tight, families crammed together on long city streets. On the corners, they stood clumps, girls with big hair and tight jeans and fringed leather pocketbooks. They held lipstick-wet cigarettes between two fingers and exchanged bubblegum, lighters, compact mirrors, all with smooth, pink sleight of hand. These girls had names I wanted Colleen, Eileen, Christing the long "ee" insisting on femininity. Their boyfriends were cool and wiry, dropping kisses on their cheeks or loose arms around their necks. At night, so I heard, the boys took them to the St. Lucy's parking lot where they pressed up close in warm backseats, and later, the girls emerged older, more knowing, having acquired fresh gossip and kissing bruises they'd display like badges of honor on the corner the next day.
Accurate, no? And now you know St. Lucy's is the Northeast's Kissing Point.
Wed., July 22, 7-9 p.m., free, Skylight 307, 307 Market St., 267-241-4798, phillyfiction.com.
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| Michael T. Regan |
I don't know about you, but I need a beer. In this week's What's Cooking column, CP intern Lauren Fleming (or "Flem," as we know her) reports on a nifty home brewing event going on in a couple hours:
Mémé is showcasing some of the city's best home brewers in the first of a series of events dedicated to celebrating locals creating artisanal food and drink. The event will feature the work of 12 area home brewers in a beer competition, and the audience gets to choose the winner. Hors d' oeuvres will accompany these local artisans' beers, giving guests something to nosh on while mulling over the suds.
Or, if it's sexy storytelling or a singing fountain you're in the mood for, there are events taking place tonight for you, too.
Tue., July 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m., $25, Mémé Restaurant, 2201 Spruce St., 215-735-4900, memerestaurant.com.
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| NASA |
You could go out like a normal person tonight perhaps see Agent Moosehead, like CP intern Kyle Press suggested earlier or you could hole up and muse about the Apollo 11 moon landing. May I suggest a few ways to enjoy the latter? First, pore over the New York Times' features on the mission, including this slideshow showing the astronauts' own photographs they took with Hasselblad 500 EL cameras. Then make like it's 1969 and check out this live re-creation of the Apollo 11 mission. Finally my favorite read up on your moon landing conspiracy theories, and argue with the jerk stoner who believes that none of this ever happened.
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| Mail Online |
Fishtown is so endearingly weird. From the Frankford Avenue Arts blog:
We invited the Pennsylvania chapter of the Mutual UFO Network and Fistown's own GERM Books to host their annual Awareness Day on Frankford Ave. With a day full of speakers and presentations at GERM and the Caterpillar, you are guaranteed to get your dose of conspiracy theories and personal accounts of close encounters. MUFON directors will be on hand to answer questions and investigate sightings. Noted UFOlogist Peter Robbins will be speaking on the Rendelsham Forest UFO incident, a sort of British "Rosewell" encounter.
Not sure what the "Caterpillar" is? It's a cool outdoor installation that we spotted back in May. It looks like this:
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| Neal Santos |
Sun., July 19, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., free, the Caterpillar, 2205 Frankford Ave., 215-423-5002, germbooks.com.
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Two summers ago, I went to what I believe was Fountain Green. DJs were playing electronic music in Fairmount Park, visuals were being projected onto a huge white screen, and people passed incense around (not a euphemism, swear). It was all very beautiful. And then, suddenly, it stopped. I figured somebody got busted or something. Well, apparently not (or they're outta jail), cause something very similar is back tonight, local DJs modesta, John Schenk and radere will be spinning electronica outdoors in Fairmount Park, free of charge, with visuals by Andres Eduardo. Call me a hippie dippie, but that sounds whoa.
Every Thu., 9 p.m.-1 a.m., free, Fairmount Park, Kelly & Fountain Green drives, rizumu.us.
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Harold Varmus, the National Institute of Health's director under Bill Clinton, was quite the late bloomer. He didn't decide to study science until his first year in a Ph.D. program in English lit. Tonight, at the Free Library, he'll discuss how he was so self-unaware for so long (and how he got the balls to change course so late in the game), as well as the inner workings of big-budget science, his research on cancer-causing genes and stem cell research. Which, unsurprisingly, he digs.
Tue., July 14, 7:30 p.m., free, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, library.phila.gov.
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