BY RICHARD SUPLEE GEEK SPACE CORRESPONDENT Holy must-see summer blockbuster Batman! Christopher Nolan’s final installment in his Batman trilogy is just a few weeks away. In typical Nolan fashion, very little about The Dark Knight Rises has been revealed or for that matter confirmed. The film takes place eight years after The Dark Knight and Batman is still being hunted by Gotham Police for the death of Harvey Dent. Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) will square off against Catwoman/Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) and Bane (Tom Hardy). The movie also features the return of Ra’s al Gul (Liam Neeson) and the […]
INCOMING: Q&A With The King Of The Surf Guitar
Look for it later this week on a Phawker near you! TICKET GIVEAWAY: We have two pairs of tickets to see Dick Dale at the North Star Bar on Monday. The 9th and 10th lucky Phawker reader to sign up for our mailing list (below, right, under the masthead) wins them. Fear not, your email address will NEVER be sold off to third party marketing scum. We promise. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: Dick Dale wasn’t nicknamed “King of the Surf Guitar” for nothing: he pretty much invented the style single-handedly, and no matter who copied or expanded upon his blueprint, he […]
THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY: Temple Graduate Finds Stolen Austin Healey On eBay 42 Years Later
JALOPNIK: Bob Russell of Dallas, TX was just reunited with his 1967 Austin Healey 3000 after it was stolen 42 years earlier, according to the Associated Press. Russell’s Healey was taken from his Philly area apartment after his second date with the woman that would eventually become his wife. After that, Russell left the car for dead. He thought the ride he paid $3,000 for in 1968 was probably parted out, wrecked, or like many British cars, had succumbed to various leaks and electrical issues. But he never gave up hope. Russell checked eBay religiously to find the car and […]
THIS JUST IN: Loretta Lynn @ The Keswick
Friday, November 30 @ 8 PM. Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 13 @ noon at KeswickTheater.com. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: Loretta Lynn is one of the classic country singers. During the ’60s and ’70s, she ruled the charts, racking up over 70 hits as a solo artist and a duet partner. Lynn helped forge the way for strong, independent women in country music. As told by her song (and movie and book), Loretta Lynn is a coal miner’s daughter, born in Butcher Hollow, KY, in 1935. As a child, she sang in church and a variety of local concerts. […]
HOTEL AFGHANISTAN: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like But You Can Never Leave
TIME: Even after three decades, Gennady Tseuma remembers the wavering call to prayer that went up clear over the hillside village. It floated out over the fields and river and pierced the early morning hush on the Bangi Bridge. Tseuma, then a Soviet soldier assigned to a small force guarding the river crossing in northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, recalls a feeling of dread when he heard the sound. Like many of the conscripts serving in the Red Army in Afghanistan, Tseuma was bored and undisciplined, and after 10 months of service, curiosity finally got the best of him. The […]
CONTEST: Win Tix To See Sean Rowe @ WCL
With a dulcet baritone perched somewhere between the subwoofer-shaking pipes of Mark Lanegan and Leonard Cohen , Sean Rowe commands the kind of gravitas usually associated with fiery-eyed Old Testament prophets or mud-caked Delta bluesmen whenever he opens his mouth. An avowed naturalist who has done monsths-long survivalist stints in the wilderness living off nothing but his wits and fortitude and the fat of the land, Rowe also vibes a certain Thoreau-ian mien that only serves to reinforce his cred as a rough-hewn, antiquarian folkie that can reduce noisy bars to pin-drop silence with nothing more than an acoustic […]
WORD: The Boy Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest
BY JONATHAN VALANIA FOR MAGNET The NoMad Hotel is one of those swanky bubbles boutique hotels that bejewel the tonier provinces of lower Manhattan. It is here, in this New Gilded Age outpost situated in the fragrant heart of the Perfume District, that The Hives have decamped for a four day charm offensive on Gotham’s media elite, fresh off a triumphant return to the stage-and-screen with a headlining slot at Coachella and a riotous studio lot performance for the Jimmy Kimmel Show. Inside the library lounge, suitably bedecked with gorgeously illuminated two story dark wood book shelves lined with sumptuously-appointed […]
INCOMING: Q&A With Artist Robert Shetterly, American Who Tells The Truth, The Whole Truth
Artwork by ROBERT SHETTERLY “As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.” — ABRAHAM LINCOLN ROBERT SHETTERLY: The second strong feeling — the first being horror — I had on September 11 was hope, hope that the United States would use the shock of this tragedy to reassess our economic, environmental, and military strategies in relation to the other countries and peoples of the world. Many people hoped for the same thing — not to validate terrorism, but to admit that the arrogance and appetite of the U.S., […]
FIRST LISTEN: Frank Ocean Channel Orange
NME: Frank Ocean has brought forward the release of his debut album ‘Channel Orange’ by a week, meaning it is available to buy now. The album follows last year’s ‘Nostalgia, Ultra’ mixtape and was due for release on Monday (July 16), however, during an appearance on US talk show Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Ocean announced that he was bringing the record’s release forward by a week. You can hear the album, which features contributions from Outkast‘s Andre 3000, his Odd Future bandmate Earl Sweatshirt and John Mayer, by visiting Ocean’s tumblr Frankocean.tumblr.com. Last week, Ocean opened up about […]
THERE WILL BE BLOOD: $5,000 Reward Offered For Information Leading To The Conviction Of The Person That Is Setting Dogs On Fire In North Philly
HUNTERDON COUNTY DEMOCRAT: While Hercules, a 4-month-old puppy, recovers in Clinton Township from burns sustained in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania SPCA is trying to figure out who deliberately burned him and another dog named Chloe. Chloe, a pit bull, died last week after someone set her on fire. A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to a conviction in these cases. For more information, visit pspca.org. The Pennsylvania SPCA is planning a rally called “Justice for Chloe, A Rally Against Animal Abuse” on July 12 at 7 p.m. at the Pennsylvania SPCA Headquarters. MORE PREVIOUSLY: A little more […]
SIN FANG: Fall Down Slow
Sin Fang is an Icelandic musician who makes dreamy art-pop for now people. He operates inside Sigur Ros’ circle of trust. Sublime stuff.
SIDEWALKING: Here’s Mud In Your Eye
Frank Rizzo mural, Italian Market, Sunday 9:42 AM yesterday by JONATHAN VALANIA
THE FLAMING LIPS: Do You Realize
The Flaming Lips perform at The Firefly Music Festival on July 22nd in Dover.