SPIRITUALIZED PERFORMS AT THE TLA TOMORROW NIGHT
THIS JUST IN: Dead Sea Scrolls Still Dead
Robert Silvers, “Christ II,” an image of Christ composed of images of the Dead Sea Scrolls. NEWSWORKS: The Dead Sea Scrolls are now in Philadelphia. The ancient texts, written in Hebrew on parchment and stored in clay jars for two millennia, reveal much about the origins of Judaism. In the traveling show opening Saturday at the Franklin Institute, “Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times,” the scrolls are the last things visitors see. It begins with large, high-definition projections of lapping waves at the Dead Sea. “In the dry caves at the lowest point on Earth, that scroll […]
ACLU VS. THE PRIVATE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: Because Locking Up The Underclass In Cages For Fun And Profit Is Immoral And Obscene
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today challenged the chief executive officer of the nation’s largest private prison company to a public debate on the merits of prison privatization. The challenge, timed with Correction Corporation of America’s annual shareholders meeting today in Nashville, Tenn., comes after CCA has repeatedly criticized the views of the ACLU regarding for-profit incarceration. “We would welcome the opportunity to defend our views on for-profit incarceration in a public debate – one that also gives you a full and fair opportunity to express your views,” reads the ACLU’s letter, delivered today to CCA’s CEO […]
THE HIVES: Go Right Ahead
The Hives play the Electric Factory on June 20th.
WORTH REPEATING: Bissinger Agonistes
PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY: In the last 10 years, Bissinger had been seeing Zach, who lives with his mother in New Jersey, mostly on weekends. Enough of the weekend routine, he thought. They needed to bond. He needed to get as close to crawling inside Zach’s brain as possible. They needed, he decided, a great American road trip. “I love being on the road,” says Bissinger. “You’re in a car driving through New Mexico and Arizona, you’re spending a lot of time talking to each other whether you like it or not.” In July 2007, they set out on what Bissinger admitted […]
MILESTONE: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Turns 10
BY JONATHAN VALANIA so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. That was written by William Carlos Williams, an American poet. Best I can tell, he was talking about the significance of insignificance, that little things truly do mean a lot—like if you could surf the past in a time machine and you did something as small as, say, kicking a stone in the Stone Age, it could send a ripple through the entire fabric of history. Everything after could be slightly different. You might even erase yourself from existence. I bring […]
SHOCKER: PPA To Stop Being Pricks Every Wed.
PPA: PPA offers FREE meter parking in Center City after 5pm on Wednesday evenings, except for rush-hour zones, which are free after 6:30 pm. The boundaries are from the Delaware River to the Schuylkill River and from Bainbridge St. to Spring Garden St. Rush-hour streets are between Market and Chestnut, even numbered streets in the morning are rush-hour, (2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, etc.) and odd numbered in the evening, (3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, etc.) Metered parking is FREE for Old City’s First Friday (event happens on the first Friday of every month) after 5:00 p.m. between Callowhill and Walnut […]
DR. JOHN: Revolution
ALL MUSIC GUIDE: In the late ’50s, Mac Rebennack gained prominence in the New Orleans R&B scene as a session keyboardist and guitarist, contributing to records by Professor Longhair, Frankie Ford, and Joe Tex. He also recorded some overlooked singles of his own, and by the ’60s had expanded into production and arranging. After a gun accident damaged his hand in the early ’60s, he gave up the guitar to concentrate on keyboards exclusively. Skirting trouble with the law and drugs, he left the increasingly unwelcome environs of New Orleans in the mid-’60s for Los Angeles, where he found session […]
NORTH CAROLINA TO GAY PEOPLE: F*ck You!
CNN: “Despite the relentless lawsuits and attempts to marginalize supporters of traditional marriage, a clear majority of the American people have not given up on standing in support of marriage,” said Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council. “But instead, the evidence suggests they want to see it strengthened and preserved for future generations.” Vote for Marriage NC, which supported the amendment, said its passage ensures that the state — not a judge — will define what marriage is in the future. “We are not anti-gay, we are pro-marriage,” said Tami Fitzgerald, chairwoman of the group. “And the point — […]
RIP: Author/Illustrator Maurice Sendak, Chronicler Of The Dark Side Of Childhood’s Moon, Dead At 83
PHAWKER: Where The Wild Things Are creator Maurice Sendak is, in many ways, the dark side Doppelganger of Dr. Seuss and taken together they represent the twin titans of 20th Century children’s literature. If Dr. Seuss’ work vibes like a drug-free acid trip for children aged 8 to 80, then Sendak’s oeuvre is, to extend the metaphor, like Vicodin for the soul, numbing tender-aged psyches from the pain of growing up in a desultory world of de-saturated colors and unrelieved melancholia where adults do monstrous things to each other, and sometimes to children, too. There were two formative experiences […]
SANTIGOLD: Big Mouth
SANTIGOLD PERFORMS @ THE TROC TONIGHT w/ Theophilus London
Gray Lady-Bound, Pulitzer Prize-Winner Wendy Ruderman Urges DN Brethren To Abandon Ship
PHILLY POST: How bad are things at the Daily News? New York Times-bound Wendy Ruderman [pictured, middle], a 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner, is urging her colleagues to jump ship. “I hate to say it, but if people at the Daily News aren’t looking, they should be,” says Ruderman, whose swan song is Thursday. “If they’re not, it’s kind of stupid … This place is rudderless.” Rumors of the DN’s imminent demise are nothing new. This time, however, it feels real, Ruderman, 42, says. Under new owners (again) and with circulation plummeting, everything is in flux as the DN and the […]
NPR 4 THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When U Can’t
FRESH AIR Lena Dunham was just 23 years old when her second feature film, Tiny Furniture, won the best narrative feature prize at the South by Southwest Film Festival. The movie’s success led to Dunham striking a deal with HBO for a comedy series about a group of 20-something girls navigating New York City. Girls, which Dunham writes and also stars in, premiered on HBO in April. Critics immediately heaped praise on the comedy for its voice and colorful storylines; The Hollywood Reporter‘s Tim Goodman called the show “one of the most original, spot-on, no-missed-steps series in recent memory.” A […]