Club Catalyst Saturday 10:04 pm by MEGAN MATUZAK
BEING THERE: Weird Al Yankovic @ The Mann
Photo by DAVID BECKER I’ve never fully understood traffic, but I knew that it always came at the wrong time and that the great city of Philadelphia is FULL of it. I mean, what the heck is the person in front doing that makes us miss the first song of a Weird Al concert? Well, it was partly my fault, because if you decide to leave a half hour before because you ever so wanted a plate of wings, you are going to miss a thing and a thang. So the duration of the car ride was mainly for feeling […]
CINEMA: Irrational Exuberance
IRRATIONAL MAN (2015, directed by Woody Allen, 96 minutes, U.S.< ) EXHUMED FILMS @ THE MAHONING DRIVE-IN THEATER BY DAN BUSKIRK FILM CRITIC A full 45 features into his directing career, Woody Allen returns with a solid entry in his late-career revival. Irrational Man certainly hits on many of the themes and totems we’ve seen explored in previous Allen films (existential ennui, May-September romance, murder plots et al) yet the film has enough fresh elements and performances to warrant turning yourself over to another of the Wood Man’s late-period dramas. Allen has told crime stories before, this is the first […]
TONIGHT: Hot Rods To Hell For A Good Cause
SECRET CINEMA: For the Movie Party’s Sweet Sixteen, we’ll be watching the 1960s cult classic “Hot Rods to Hell.” It will go down on Friday, July 31st at the William Way LGBT Community Center, with light food and drinks at 6:00. At $20 (or $25 at the door) this a great way for everybody to come show their support for the AIDS Law Project’s mission! To purchase tickets or find out about sponsorship opportunities, go HERE.
TONIGHT: Here Comes Shuggie
RELATED: Shuggie Otis then released his first solo album later that year entitled Here Comes Shuggie Otis on Epic Records. Countless musicians were his guests on that debut attempt, including Johnny, Leon Haywood, Al McKibbon, Wilton Felder. This further established his reputation and catapulted him to the attention of B. B. King, who was quoted in a 1970 issue of Guitar Player magazine saying Otis was his “favorite new guitarist”. Some of the artists Otis performed and recorded with during that time include Frank Zappa (having played electric bass on “Peaches en Regalia” on the 1969 album Hot Rats), […]
CINEMA: In A White Room
ROOM tells the extraordinary story of Jack (Jacob Tremblay in a breakout performance), a spirited 5 year-old who is looked after by his loving and devoted Ma (Brie Larson, SHORT TERM 12, TRAINWRECK). Like any good mother, Ma dedicates herself to keeping Jack happy and safe, nurturing him with warmth and love and doing typical things like playing games and telling stories. Their life, however, is anything but typical—they are trapped—confined to a windowless, 10-by-10-foot space, which Ma has euphemistically named “Room.” Ma has created a whole universe for Jack within Room, and she will stop at nothing to ensure […]
The Mysterious Sleeping Villages Of Kazakhstan
BUZZ FEED: Over the long weekend, three college-age kids and five adults fell ill with the same symptoms. First they would slur their words, as if they were drunk. They would see double, and start swaying, then they would fall asleep and snore heavily. They could be roused, speak, go to the bathroom, even eat food, but then they would fall back asleep. They stayed in this state for days. When they finally woke up, they didn’t remember anything. The villagers didn’t understand what was wrong. Maybe the kids had been doing drugs, they told each other, maybe the […]
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Drake TKOs Meek
XXL: No one was expecting Drake to unleash a second diss track centered around Meek Mill, especially “Back to Back.” With Drake’s initial response, “Charged Up,” released Saturday (July 25), to mediocre reviews, it seemed Meek was arguably winning the highly publicized beef. Until today that is. Upon the unveiling of “Back to Back,” the venomous track Drake dropped after Meek and Hot 97 built up hype but did not deliver on Meek’s diss, allegedly set for release this Monday, the internet went crazy after hearing the Toronto star’s second comeback. With lines like “is that a world tour or […]
Win Tix To See Killers Frontman Brandon Flowers
We have a coupla pair of tix to see The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers perform at the Electric Factory tomorrow night in support of his just-released sophomore solo album, The Desired Effect. To qualify to win, all you have to do is sign up for our mailing list (see right, below the masthead). Trust us, this is something you want to do. In addition to breaking news alerts and Phawker updates, you also get advanced warning about groovy concert ticket giveaways and other free swag opportunities like this one! After signing up, send us an email at FEED@PHAWKER.COM telling […]
WORTH REPEATING: Jimmy Kimmel On People Who Kill Lions For Fun And Erections
JIMMY KIMMEL: The big question is, why are you shooting a lion in the first place?” he said. “I’m honestly curious to know why a human being would be compelled to do that. How is that fun? Is it that difficult for you to get an erection that you need to kill things? MORE
Complete 1968 Stanley Kubrick Playboy Interview
IT’S OK TO BE SMART: Soon after the theatrical release of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick sat down with Playboy to discuss his artistic and scientific philosophy. It’s a must-read account of his quest to create the perfect sci-fi film, a piece of art that was both commercially popular and deeply philosophical. Released in a time when man’s journey to the stars had just begun, it looked not only at where we had come from, but where evolution, technological and biological, may carry us. Kubrick’s view on man’s place in the enormity of the cosmos: I don’t believe in any […]
Win Tix To See Jason Isbell @ Electric Factory Wed.
We are very honored and excited to announce that we have a pair of tickets to give away to some lucky Phawker reader to see Jason Isbell — whose new album Something More Than Free just debuted the Billboard country charts at NUMBER ONE– perform at the Electric Factory tomorrow night, Wednesday July 29th! (NOTE: The show was moved from the Mann’s Skyline Stage to the Electric Factory.) What’s that you say? ‘Who is Jason Tinkerbell?’ We’re gonna forget you said that and meet you on the other side of this New York Times profile from 2013: He found […]
LIP SYNCH BATTLE: Tom Cruise Vs. Jimmy Fallon
NOTE: Tom Cruise is now 4 years older than Wilford Brimley was when he appeared as a senior citizen in Cocoon. Just sayin’.