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Sizing Up 2010 Some were big, others were small. PW goes back in time to remind you of the moments that defined the past year. Page 11
inside news & oPinion
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9 PhillyNow Green Party
18 This American Life Performance-based critiques of our culture.
candidates emerge as champions of the workingclass.
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19 Hang 10 Our music writers share their Top 10 albums of the year.
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feedback Murder, She Wrote Regarding last week’s cover story: This is becoming all to commonplace in Philly. This one moron has 63 charges and is still terrorizing the streets of Philly, due to the justice system. In my opinion, the judges who let these idiots off should serve some time if they commit another crime while they are free. REGGIE via philadelphiaweekly.com P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY December 29 - Januar y 4, 2011
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Green Party candidates emerge as champions of the working-class. By Randy LoBasso rlobasso@philadelphiaweekly.com
them, and in it he blames both the Democratic and Republican parties for turning their backs on the working class: “Union brothers and sisters,” he wrote, “when any one of us becomes “fearful” or “controlled” by a political party—it’s time to step down and pass the torch on. WE are the voice of working people, and WE should be telling these politicians what to do; not the other way around. “We owe the Democrats and Republicans NOTHING, because they have done NOTHING for our members, for our contracts, and for the movement. How much longer are we going to support a bunch of failures?” His message was heard loud and clear. “He had many people come out,” Green Party member Dave Halk says of Giordano’s campaign for state representative. “Brothers from different unions came out on Election Day and stood out in the cold with us wearing Giordano T-shirts, handing out literature, cards and information.” Halk adds that donations were “10 times what we usually raise in a campaign. We had several billboards with Hugh’s face on them, glossy lit to hand out. This was more than the Democratic candidate had … Hugh was the hardest working candidate we had in a while.”
Giordano knew at age 19 that he wanted
The Green Party of Philadelphia lost 20
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to know that when it comes to the ballot, three isn’t a crowd. What’s more, they’ve got heavy union support—typically an automatic vote for Democrats—to help them. “They want you to be stupid,” he says of the “party button,” which essentially allows citizens to vote along party lines without looking at who’s up for election. “It’s a way to control the voter. If you go in there and you think you’re a Democrat, you hit the Democrat button and don’t think about anyone else [in the two-party system]. Republicans and Democrats don’t identify themselves as voters. They identify themselves as a party. The party system is very slick.” Giordano’s disgust with the system compelled him to approach union workers across the city. He wrote an open letter to
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Hide your unions, Democrats, because the Green Party is coming to take them away. Union support and third-party candidates don’t usually mix (especially in this union-backed Democratic stronghold), but a recent state representative race that you probably missed entirely suggests that that could change. Hugh Giordano, a 26-year-old, Roxborough native and food workers’ union organizer for UFCW Local 152, ran on the Green Party ticket against Democrat Lou Agre for a seat in the 194th. He lost, but garnered 18 percent of the vote (23 percent in Philly)—an unprecedented number for a third-party candidate. He may have his district’s attention, but Giordano and the Green Party of Philadelphia want everyone
Pennsylvania is one of four states in the U.S. with ballot restrictions that many would call harsh: Third-party candidates are required to have 19,082 signatures, which are often challenged by a majorparty candidate. And when the major-party candidate has the money for expensive attorneys and the third-party candidate does not, the independent is often forced off the ballot, as was the case in Pennsylvania during the last three election cycles. Most recently, Green Party Senate candidate Mel Packer got booted off with a handwriting-expert challenge by Joe Sestak’s campaign. In 2006, a team of lawyers retained by the Democratic Party helped get Green Party candidate Carl Romanelli erased from ballots, at which time Sen. Bob Casey’s Communications Director Larry Smar told the press: “It’s 14:59 and Romanelli’s 15 minutes of fame are up.” Romanelli was ordered to pay more than the reported $89,000 in court costs plus the Democratic Party’s legal bills in the challenge. But he’s yet to hand over a cent of it. “I did nothing wrong,” he writes in an email to PW. “Crimes were committed against my right to speak and run for office, so I refuse to pay the attorney and co-conspirators for the pleasure of being a victim of state-funded crime.” As for Giordano, he isn’t sure whether he’ll run again, “but I want to always act like I am. It’s going to take time. We’re not going to be an overnight success. But look at Ralph Nader. He’s done so much for this country and was never in office. He fought characters all over the U.S. and there’s no reason I can’t do that at the Philadelphia level.” n
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to run for office. After being promised two courses’ worth of tuition reimbursement in exchange for working in the food hall at Philadelphia University, then being denied the cash, he began organizing with the local food workers’ union. “I said to the administration, ‘If you can’t help me, then guess what? I’m going to help myself,’” he says. After an almost yearlong fight, he and the union lost and scab workers were brought in. Giordano began working at the UFCW Local 152’s Shop Rite on Ridge Avenue in Roxborough. He lost everything but says the process showed him how workers are being treated in America. Giordano, who believes the Green Party represents his values and that it lends greater support to the labor movement than the Democratic Party, says his disillusionment stems from a taken-for-granted attitude the mainstream left has with the American worker. “How hypocritical is it of a guy to say, ‘I fight for union people’ and then take money from CEOs and corporate attorneys?” he says. “That’s one thing that made me gravitate toward the Green Party: Our strict stance of no corporate money— no ‘ifs’ ‘ands’ or ‘buts’ about it.”
ty spokesman. “In Hugh’s district alone, we saw a 15 percent increase in registration.” And what began as a conversation on the local level has turned into a national movement in which unions are going Green. This past fall, Tom Clements, South Carolina’s former Green candidate for the Senate, picked up the endorsement of the Greater Columbia Central Labor Council of the South Carolina AFL-CIO. Ben Manski, Wisconsin State Assembly candidate, won the endorsement of Madison Teachers Inc. Mark Swaney, who ran for a state representative seat in Arkansas, had the state AFL-CIO behind him. Howie Hawkins, a Teamster and former Green Party candidate for governor of New York, sent out a press release through the national Green Party, saying, “While Democrats cave in to wealthy corporate lobbies and campaign contributors, Greens are promoting Medicare For All and opposing plans by the White House’s ‘Catfood Commission’ to cut Social Security.” The list goes on. National unions are also disappointed by the Democratic Party’s attempts to dismember the Employee Free Choice Act, which would allow unions to organize more easily.
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Some were big, others were small. PW presents the defining moments of the year.
Game Time
Child's Play
Big moment: The Phillies shock the world and sign Cliff Lee and add Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels to create what could be the best pitching rotation baseball has ever seen. Small moment: The guys the Phillies traded Lee away for aren’t doing so hot—Phillippe Aumont was so bad he got demoted to single-A ball, Juan Ramirez needed hip surgery and Tyson Gillies got arrested for cocaine possession.
Big moment: “Flash mobs” of teenagers on South Street and elsewhere put the city in a tizzy for months. Small moment: Media and police suffer from premature flash-mob declaration anytime a group of black teenagers congregates in one place.
Media Muse
Big moment: Publisher Brian Tierney is forced out after a group of lenders win the bankruptcy battle for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com. Small moment: Tierney is somewhere admiring the only remaining copy of a 3-D Inquirer.
Big moment: Larry Platt, longtime publisher of Philadelphia magazine, gets fired. The brass cites Platt’s inappropriate behavior—including gifting a photograph of a two-inch cyst removed from his balls to departing editor Ashley Primis—as reason. Small moment: During the Philadelphia Recycling Rewards, Ashley Primis quietly tosses a photograph into the recycling bin.
Big moment: City Paper disses PW story (“bad journalism,” they cried) that sheds light on what it’s like to be an average (legal) gun owner in Philly. Apparently you can’t write about this topic without also mentioning the illegal-gun problem in this city, even though they are two totally different issues—both equally deserving of coverage. Small moment: Weeks later, CP publishes bail story—but uses illegal-gun-toter as hero?
Politricks Big moment: State announces steps to improve our access to alcohol, promising wine kiosks. Philadelphians rejoice. Small moment: None of the kiosks is actually located within city limits. In fact, there’s only one—in Drexel Hill. And the state just shut it down. Big moment: Carl Greene’s 12-year reign as executive director of the Philadelphia Housing Authority comes to a spectacular end when he is fired for being a serial sexual harasser. Small moment: When questions arise as to what exactly the PHA board of directors have been doing in lieu of overseeing Greene, board Chair John Street diverts attention away from his role by unleashing a salvo of words against Mayor Nutter. And we all fall for it. Big moment: Philly property taxes go up by 9.9 percent. Small moment: Despite a number of workable proposals, including budget cuts and a tax on sugary beverages, the mayor and City Council fail to find a compromise to avoid the big property tax bump. Big moment: The business-tax-reform plan put forward by Council members Bill Green and Maria Quiñones-Sánchez is put to sleep after weeks of back-and-forth. The upshot: This is a rare moment when Mayor Nutter took on City Council head-to-head and won. Small moment: Nutter and other opponents of the bill claim it will kill 75,000 Philly jobs, a number based on nonsense logic.
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Big moment: Thousands of fans in green, black and yellow come to cheer on world’s fastest man Usain Bolt and his Jamaican team, so enthusiastically that runners can’t hear instructions over the loudspeaker. More than 54,000 people showed up, the highest turnout in the event’s history. Small moment: “I hate losing, and I hate losing to Jamaica,” said Shawn Crawford of the second-place American team.
Big moment: The feds report that kids in the Philadelphia School District are indeed getting their asses kicked left and right. Small moment: After months of downplaying the system-wide violence, Arlene Ackerman receives “Urban Educator of the Year” award.
Big moment: Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass, who sang lead in Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes for Gamble and Huff and who helped establish what came to be known as the Sound of Philadelphia, dies at 59 in the same Philly-area hospital he was born in. Small moment: The lyrics “If you don’t know me by now / you will never never never know me” seem sadly appropriate.
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Big moment: Phillies fan Matthew Clemmens intentionally vomits on a cop and his two teenage daughters at a game for telling him to stop cursing; news outlets dub Clemmens “Pukemon.” Small moment: Pukemon wins Philebrity awards for excommunication. Readers vote to “cast this demon out and see it never again.”
Big moment: City Paper publishes a blog post that lambasts Philadelphia’s “blogger tax.” Five days later, after other outlets point out that there’s no such thing as a blogger tax, the paper publishes a new post simultaneously trumpeting that the false news went national while providing downplayed “clarifications.” Small moment: After allowing the original false post to go viral and collect comments for 13 days, City Paper “alters” the original post to reflect, you know, reality.
Big moment: Tony Danza’s reality show documents the Who’s the Boss? star as he tries to teach a (specially selected) English class at Northeast High School. Small moment: After his year’s up, Danza heads back to his home in Beverly Hills. Noncelebrity, first-year public school teachers continue their lives of quiet despair.
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Big moment: Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson team up to become the most exciting duo in sports, proving themselves so much faster than anyone else in the NFL that it’s almost unfair. Small moment: Former Eagles Quarterback Donovan McNabb is benched by his new team, the Washington Redskins—twice.
Big moment: WebcamGate explodes in Lower Merion High School. Principle complainant Blake Robbins files a lawsuit against the school district alleging unlawful invasion of privacy as a result of a mismanaged IT security feature that enabled photographs of students at home. Small moment: As testimony to their devout and litigious interest in privacy, the Robbins family submit pictures of the teen posing for network video cameras making sad faces while hugging a laptop.
"It feels great to land back here in Philadelphia; I never wanted to leave this place in the first place." —Cliff Lee
Big moment: Aggravated assault charges against DJ Too Tuff, AKA Joseph Hicks of Philly’s Tuff Crew, stemming from a 2008 incident at Silk City Diner, are dismissed. Small moment: Too Tuff drops Escape from Alchachaz, heralded as an instant classic.
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Big Moment: After months of desperately clinging to power when everyone wanted them to just go away, the incompetent Board of Revision of Taxes is finally put to sleep by Philly voters last spring. Small Moment: The state Supreme Court rules that the BRT cannot, in fact, be abolished by voters, the mayor or City Council. Their evil reign lives on. Big moment: The American Civil Liberties Union sues the city over stop-and-frisk, claiming the policy unfairly targets black people. More than 70 percent of people stopped in 2009 were black. Small moment: Mayor Nutter reinforces his support of the policy, but tells the Associated Press: “We will never, ever tolerate inappropriate behavior by our officers.”
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Big Moment: Pennsylvania politics loses two ubiquitous names when Sen. Arlen Specter is voted out of office in May, after longtime U.S. Rep. John Murtha croaked in February. Small Moment: Both live on in the form of taxpayer-funded libraries, thanks to maneuvering by another familiar outgoing politician, Gov. Ed Rendell. Big moment: Pennsylvania elects a Republican governor. Small moment: Dreams of legal weed (medicinal or otherwise) go out the window.
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Big moment: St. Joe’s students hospitalized after binge drinking Four Loko, a hyper-caffeinated malt liquor beverage. Small moment: Four Loko flies off shelves when the company announces it will remove caffeine from the recipe.
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Big moment: SugarHouse Casino opens to a packed house in September. Small moment: Two men rob three women, pistol-whipping one of them, in the parking lot. Couple weeks later, a New
Jersey resident is jumped and robbed after leaving the casino with his winnings. Big moment: Colleen Renee LaRose, a 46-year-old woman from the Philly burbs whom the media ends up dubbing “Jihad Jane,” is arrested on suspicion of plotting to kill that Swedish cartoonist who drew Muhammad as a dog a few years ago.
Small moment: Other officials mostly keep their mouth shut, too terrified of Democratic power broker/ City Commission Chair Marge Tartaglione to criticize the way Philly runs its elections. Marge threatens to punch reporters who ask questions about her (lack of) integrity.
enough. I did say "I never said he wasn’t black merican communimany people in the African-A yor — they see him ty don’t see him as a black ma s not playing the as a mayor with dark skin. It’ race card. It’s truth-telling." –Former Mayor John Street, Nutter clarifying his view of Mayor
Small moment: Nobody seems to be able to resist mentioning over and over that LaRose is petite, blond and literally lives on Main Street in a weird “Terrorists! Sometimes they’re just like us!” way, even though her mugshot looks like she was born with a menthol cigarette clutched in a tiny fist and kicked the doctor’s ass when he wouldn’t give her a light. Big moment: The Daily News receives a Pulizer Prize for Tainted Justice, a series about police corruption written by Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman. Small moment: Dirty cops start falling like flies, implicated in a wave of crimes including stealing $825 from a cafe, taking heroin from a drug dealer, robbing an undercover cop of weed and cash and selling crack. Big Moment: Chief Deputy City Commissioner Rene Tartaglione retires after admitting to illegally monkeying with elections.
“ambassadors” for anything that makes money in Philly. Next up, please see PW’s forthcoming “Guns, Drugs and Sports” magazine. Big moment: U.S. Census 2010. Small moment: Data show Philadelphians are smarter but poorer than in 2000. Big moment: Two devastating back-toback blizzards dump 30 inches of snow in Philly, bringing seasonal snow total to more than 80 inches. Small moment: The Philadelphia Parking Authority waits one week for citizens to shovel out cars and clear off windshield before ticketing our asses. Big moment: Terminex declares Philly the second most bedbug-infested city in America (after New York). Small moment: Bedbugs raise tiny fists of victory from Rittenhouse to Overbrook.
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Big moment: Ride the Ducks amphibious vehicle is struck by a barge, killing two Hungarian tourists. Small moment: Tug boat operator refuses to be interviewed by National Transportation Safety Board after anonymous tip claims he lowered radio volume to take personal cell phone call. Officials announce plans to move tours from Delaware River to quieter Schuylkill River.
Big moment: A universal sucking sound rips through Philly as young posers race to stuff their mouths with Free Energy’s proverbial cock. Small moment: Free Energy generously donate their revamped ’70s arena rock riffs to Philly Rocks for Haiti concert, where they play to an almost-empty room as kids stay home checking blogs to see what bands are OK to like.
Big moment: Rob and Kaitlin McElhenney of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia destroy Skinner’s Dry Good Tavern (nee Anthony’s), a much-loved and missed Old City oasis, a plain bar with cheap drinks and laid-back bartenders where grown-ups who work in the O.C. were driven to drink. Small moment: Philly mag publishes the largely rhetorical “What the Hell Happened to Old City?” enraging people who believe local publications should serve as
Big moment: LCD Soundsystem starts their tour down at the Navy Yard for Making Time’s 10th anniversary party. Drunk girls and drunk boys alike freak the hell out both during the performance and the Darwinian race for cabs north afterwards. Small moment: Hundreds of sad people in skinny jeans listen to openers Sleigh Bells through the walls while stuck in the enormous, amusement-park-worthy line to get in. n
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ew Year’s Eve’s a time for wiping the slate clean, and nothing guarantees a fresh start like consuming copious amounts of booze while dancing to the sounds of West Philadelphia native, innovative turntablist and hip-hop legend DJ Jazzy Jeff. The three-time Grammy winner—um, “Parents Just Don’t Understand,” “Summertime,” and “I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson,” maybe you’ve heard them?—will spin tunes all night at the Blockley, where 85 bucks will get you two hours at the buffet and access to the open bar until last call. If you haven’t kept up with his post-Fresh Prince discography, Jazz’s two most recent albums may shine some light on what you’ll be hearing as you sip your way to tabula rasa: 2007’s Return of the Magnificent featured guest appearances by Method Man, Big Daddy Kane and De La Soul’s Posdnous, while 2009’s He’s The King, I’m The DJ was a mixtape tribute to Michael Jackson. elliott sharP Fri., Dec. 31, 8pm. $85. Blockley Pourhouse, 38th & Chestnut sts. theblockley.com
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Andrew Lipke While we (and Andrew Lipke himself, we imagine) are still waiting for the world at large to discover one of Philadelphia’s most talented singer/musicians and pull him away to greater fame and fortune, we’re fortunate to have Lipke playing around town on a fairly regular basis until that day comes. He’s been dividing his time between his sterling acoustic singersongwriter career—where his soaring, emotive voice really has a chance to shine—and Philly’s Get the Led Out, the nation’s most popular Led Zep tribute band, for which he plays keyboards and guitar. Tonight, Lipke’s joined by his excellent backing band the Prospects, as well as acclaimed local folksters Hezekiah Jones and Chris Kasper, who’ll play opening sets and then jam with Lipke at the end. Michael alan GoldberG 8pm. $19.50-$29.50. With Hezekiah Jones + Chris Kasper. Sellersville Theater, Main and Temple sts., Sellersville. 215.257.5808. st94.com
gets into a vicious psychological battle with his usurping understudy—needless to say, Kafka-esque antics ensue. The play is fresh from the off-Broadway circuit, and the Wilma’s production will be the first time any work by playwright Theresa Rebeck has been produced in Philadelphia. Rebeck, a Pulitzer finalist, will be visiting the production on Jan. 16 and leading a conversation with the audience after the Sunday matinee. There will be a variety of behind-the-scenes discussions, receptions and even wine tastings on some evenings of the show; check out the calendar at the Wilma’s website for details. eMily crawford 7:30pm. $20-$36. The Wilma Theater, Broad & Spruce sts. 215.546.7824. wilmatheater.org
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The Understudy In Theresa Rebeck’s three-person show, The Understudy, literary paranoia meets stage politics as the audience gets a behind-thescenes view of the fictional production of a newly discovered play by German author Franz Kafka. The plot revolves around a movie star playing the lead role in the play, who
Flaming Lips and Sgt. Pepper’s, the Philly quartet’s psychedelica bubbles with playful experimentation, sudden bursts of instrumentation and abundant wonder particularly apparent in the soaring harmonies. Their ragged shambling gait imbues everything with a lively vibrancy as though muttering “light as a feather” might enable them to take off. After all the buzz that greeted this year’s debut LP Born and Thrown On a Hook, I wouldn’t bet against it. chris Parker
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From Ripley’s Believe it or Not to the neocarnival revival, the love for showcasing freaks of nature is longstanding. Taxidermy is a passion among the hipster set, and now the Victorian “cabinetist” is the preferred identity label for each trendsetter with a collection of baby teeth and squirrel skulls in an Adidas box. The Academy of Natural Sciences celebrates the devotion to strange beasts and antiquated scientific study with its Weird Things in a Jar Day. Pulled from the depths of the Academy’s vaults are vast amounts of animal oddities, baffling creatures that look like the progeny of Cthulhu culled by scientists for more than two centuries or Wednesday Addams’s show-and-tell of family pets—arthropods pickled in arsenic and gruesome mollusks in formaldehyde cocktails. Visitors can ogle brined peculiarities and gain perspective on the importance of preservation in taxonomy and developments in zoological science. Micaela hester
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10am. Free with admission. Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. 215.299.1060. ansp.org
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Drink Up Buttercup are a movie street scene rich in detail and activity, made to seem spontaneously chaotic while meticulously orchestrated. The bright whirling melodies suggest a careening carnival sweeping anyone nearby up in its bustling energy. Like a love child of the
The oft-comic side project of James Dewees (Coalesce, Get Up Kids), Reggie’s notable for its stylistic roulette. Though Dewees has a penchant for first wave emo/punk-pop, albums also feature tracks from faux alterego bands Fluxuation (an ’80s darkwave imitator) and English-challenged Finnish Metal act Common Denominator, who recall Rammstein. After 2005’s dispiritingly dark divorce album, Songs Not To Get Married To, Dewees released 2008’s Last Stop: Crappy Town, whose title captures the bitter mood and frequent forays into screamo. The lost playfulness significantly diminishes the enjoyment, as Dewees demands we share his pain. Some jocularity has returned, though Dewees declares this a one-time reunion show, promising lots of special guests. c.P. 9pm. $24.99. Theater of the Living Arts, 334 South St. 215.922.1011. livenation.com
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Making Time NYE It was a decade ago that local barista Dave P. hatched the idea for Making Time—the sweaty, boozy, sexy, dance-gasmy party series that’s become a Philly staple—and found a happy home for it at Transit. For several years, Making Time and R5 Productions teamed up for annual jam-packed New Year’s Eve blowouts at Transit that were the stuff of legend: Mega soundsystems, crazy lights, beautiful people swimming in champagne, confetti and balloons all night long like Ibiza-on-the-Delaware. Making Time’s New Year’s freakouts have moved around to different venues in recent years, but the party returns to the site where it all began to put the wraps on 2010. Transit’s now known as Club 90 Degrees, but it’s still got those same three floors to host the epic madness, including all-night open bar, lasers, video projections, confetti cannons and deafening tunes from DJs Dave P., Sammy Slice, Broadzilla, Rock Tits, Pink Skull and others. Plus an afterparty that’ll last until the sun rises on 2011. Michael alan GoldberG 9pm. $40. 90 Degrees, 600 Spring Garden St. 215.625.4797. igetrvng.com
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Pecha Kucha Pecha Kucha is a presentation mode invented by architects. Sounds enthralling, right? But wait until you hear the details … 20 images! Each shown for 20 brief seconds! Presenters left in the dust! Pronounced “peh CHAK cha,” Pecha Kucha is Japanese for “chit-chat,” hence the rapid-fire style of sharing ideas. Originally devised to keep architects from rambling on forever about their work, Pecha Kucha nights have become a new type of community gathering—part lecture, part gathering, part creative work. Studio 34, the ever-versatile yoga center/art gallery/all-purpose space of West Philly, will be hosting their seventh Pecha Kucha; locals will be presenting its six minutes and 40 seconds’ worth on everything from podcasts to urban goats (really, like the hoofed animals). Emily Crawford
pornographic Mad Libs, he drew what anyone would draw: a giant radioactive archaeopteryx brandishing its terror-stricken human prey over the shrieking maws of its triple-headed baby. On another page from the same doodlepad, a “Were-squirrel” chases down Mr. Peanut. Such scenarios are typical within the dazzlingly weird, dazzlingly effed-up “Do it yourself project” on display until today, a series of 39 drawings incorporating that sultry, semidrawn protagonist. While one reason to attend the closing party of this show at Bambi might be the possibility of buying one of the (surprisingly affordable) prints or originals on offer, an even better reason to go is the possibility of continuing to drink for the entire New Year’s weekend. hal parkEr
Velvet Revolver—when Stone Temple Pilots actually made some glammy, kinda appealing rock ’n’ roll (admit it, you dug “Big Bang Baby” against your own better judgment). That’s the same window Philly quintet the Electric Boa has crawled through for their own glittery, arena-sized hard-rock spectacle, fueled by the unabashedly Weiland-esque vocals of singularly monikered frontman Higgsy and a crunchy, riffy swagger that finds the midpoint between G n’ R and T. Rex. m.a.G. 8pm. $7. With Casey Bowen Band + Buffalo Medicine. North Star, 27th and Poplar sts. 215.787.0488. northstarbar.com
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DBT OG Mike “The Stroker Ace” Cooley may have recently collapsed from exhaustion and dehydration while on tour, but everything’s gonna be just fine. They canceled a few dates and are determined to make 2011 a banner year with a slew of shows to celebrate the release of 11th album Go-Go Boots (ATO Records, Feb. 15), the sonic sequel to this year’s smash The Big To Do. “It’s a very different DBT album,” says co-founder and guitarist Patterson Hood in the Go-Go Boots preview video. “It’s our most Muscle Shoals sounding album. The town where half of us grew up is famous for so many classic records, so many inhabiting that mythical intersection where soul music and country met.” Hood, son of bassist David Hood of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, points out that the sound is literally in his DNA. Spooky! Can their tight musicianship, smarter lyrics and grand ambitions save modern country music? Probably not. But they should definitely keep trying. Tara murTha
Mary Hirsch once said humor is a rubber sword—it allows you to make a point without drawing blood. The same could easily be said of art, even art that lacks the humor of young artists (and married couple) Chris Silva and Lauren Feece, who give their pieces titles like “Sour Outlook Briefly Disarmed By Oh Holy Shit Life Is Beautiful Type Of Moment” and “CameraHungry Crested Bird Performs Mating Dance For David Attenborough At An Art Opening”. Taller Puertorriqueño’s Lorenzo Homar gallery is the only gallery in the area with a focus on Latin American and Caribbean artists, and this exhibit has the archetypical bright-bright turquoises, pinks, greens and orages in spades. The couple, who met in Chicago when Silva was doing murals and Feece was a painter, have been taking care of Silva’s parents’ farm in Puerto Rico since 2008, and their collaborative works of those last few years incorporate their talents for both the large and small scale and mix it with the setting—there’s a lot of painting on driftwood and other trash cobbled together into canvases of sorts. When art supplies aren’t easy to come by, why turn up your nose at what floats right to you? Emily GuEndElsbErGEr
9pm. $25. Theater of the Living Arts, 334 South St. 215.922.1011. livenation.com
Through Feb. 26. Free. Taller Puertorriqueño, 2721 N. Fifth St. 215.426.3311. tallerpr.org
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When local artist David Jablow was given a vintage novelty doodle pad with the suggestive outline of a seemingly nude woman on her hands and knees with mouth and ass areas left blank and undrawn like a visual, incredibly
It’s probably hard to remember now, but there was a very tiny window of time—in between their feeding off the corpse of grunge and their lead singer turning into a drug-addled caricature of himself and running off to join
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f you’re named Michelangelo, pursuing an artistic career is either a case of birthcertificate fate or hubris along the lines of taking on a giant with a slingshot. Fortunately, latter-day Renaissance man Pistoletto had enough gumption to follow his namesake’s lead. Over a long career, a retrospective of which is currently on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pisoletto has created works provocative enough to make you forget that Buonarroti guy and his chapel ceiling, at least for an afternoon. Unflinchingly self-aware, Pistoletto’s work grapples with his own image, either in large early portraits, in which he reduces the mundane familiarity of his own features to objectified abstraction, or in his series of mirror paintings, whose varnished surfaces subsume and distort the viewer’s reflected image. These examinations and deformations of the humble mortal body— paired with Pistoletto’s rag installations and minimalist, interactive sculptures—challenge the artistic tradition of that other Michelangelo, offering a modern, navel-gazing, slightly whimsical alternative to the unreachable, idealized marble of David. laurEn smiTh
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Philadelphia is a city that doesn’t even have a black film festival, despite being the sixth largest metropolitan area in the U.S. And there’s no doubt that the contributions of people of color to the arts, particularly outside of music (yes, it’s great you own a Roots CD) are often overlooked. So it’s even more laudable that Michael Dennis, a grad of the NYU Film School and American Film Institute, has been providing the only consistent outlet in the city for filmmakers of color with reelblack, which sponsors a film series at International House. Curators Dennis and Monica Peters bring the work of Dennis and others to the big screen, a mix of shorts and feature films that will likely blow your mind. alli kaTz
Michaelangelo Pistoletto: From One to Many
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Like the unruly cousin of Queer Voice at ICA last spring, Quadruple-Consciousness at Vox Populi offers a look at artists who use parody or hyperbole to critique American culture. Much of the work by the 19 artists is performance-based, with two nights of live performance central to the show. (If you missed the opening night, you can catch different performers live at the show’s closing on Jan. 29.) The show’s title, by the way, riffs on W.E.B. Dubois’ term “double consciousness,” which he coined to describe the difficulty of claiming an identity as an American when the color of his skin marked him as Not Like Us to most of America. Quadruple-Consciousness takes this racial idea and multiplies it by factors of gender, sexuality and all the things in modern America that make people feel like they inherently don’t belong. Organized by Malik Gaines, a Los Angeles curator and performance artist, the exhibit, funded by the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, rounds up visually aggressive videos and performances and fills out the show with quieter works in traditional media like photography, sculpture, print and drawing. The artists are almost entirely from Los Angeles and New York, and the exhibit is a little uneven. I saw two performances at the opening, and one, “All Apologies” by New York artists Ei Arakawa and Sergei Tcherepnin, was chaotic and childish in dealing with a subject—AIDS—that I thought we all had our consciousness fairly raised about. But the other, Taisha Paggett’s lyrical,
Quadruple-Consciousness Through Jan. 30. Closing performances and screenings, Sat., Jan. 29, 8pm. Vox Populi, 319 N. 11th St. 215.328.1236. voxpopuligallery.org
Death Becomes Her New City Stage Co. closes year with so-so Miss Witherspoon. By J. Cooper Robb jrobb@philadelphiaweekly.com
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Quick draw: Taisha Paggett navigates the gallery barefoot and blindfolded.
dance-like drawing performance “Decomposition of a Continuous Whole,” was outstanding. The young Chicagoan worked blindfolded and barefoot, drawing her way around the gallery’s perimeter with crayons, sometimes stretching up on tiptoe, sometimes lying on the floor. Over the course of the evening, a looping abstract line drawing in a rainbow of colors emerged on the walls of the gallery as Paggett slowly, fluidly, carefully felt her way around the gallery, pacing off steps to ensure her lines traced or echoed each other in the drawing. Visible to all but blind to her viewers, Paggett’s performance tackles issues of the male (and female) gaze on a female model or in art featuring a woman; here, the artist is her own exotic product. Sadly, without the performance, the drawing is a somewhat empty piece of documentation. With one exception, the videos are short, and many are worth standing or sitting through. Some are projected large, running in a continuous group in the back room. Two are viewable on TV monitors, like Vishal Jugdeo’s great talk-show parody “Violent Broadcast,” which features a male guest telling a story about digging a hole and finding a mess. He’s upset about it, but the two hosts, a man and woman, misunderstand and aren’t particularly interested. The camera goes behind the scenes to show the female host getting a massage and all three of them having a drink together. It’s undoubtedly weird. There’s one scene of violence backstage, as the title suggests, but nobody dies. “Step away from your television” might be the message, or something more global about willful misunderstanding. Zackary Drucker’s transgender soap opera “Lost Lake” is also outstanding. The eight-minute video takes you to a rural lakeside landscape inhabited by a transgender woman angrily speaking the language of hate crime and psychological violence. There’s full frontal nudity, a gunshot and a denouement that takes things to the level of Barbie dolls, but the piece as a whole feels like an earnest attempt to communicate the vulnerability of the transgender population. A separate gallery space groups a few of the best sculptures and works on paper, a show within a show; the isolation keeps the pieces from being subsumed by the loud, aggressive videos. Notable in this group are Sherin Guirguis’ “Mashrabeya,” a carved plywood cut-out, Wardell Milan’s cut-paper collages on botanical prints and Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s photo collage “The Egyptian.” These works alone are worth a trip to the show, which is ultimately a rich conversation about race, immigration, gender, ethnicity and perception. n
Born again: But she prefers suicide. New City Stage Company closes 2010 with a lackluster staging of nationally renowned Bucks County playwright Christopher Durang’s tepid comedy-of-suicides Miss Witherspoon. A 90-minute one-act, the play introduces us to the unhappy Veronica (Julie Czarnecki). For a lead character who’s onstage throughout, we don’t know much about her (except that she claims to have been married to My Fair Lady actor Rex Harrison). She describes herself as “antidepressant resistant,” and her unhappiness is her defining characteristic. For Veronica, living in a world of terrorism, nuclear proliferation and global warming is like watching a TV “with horrible things on it.” Veronica’s modern Chicken Little prophecies are confirmed as large chunks of Skylab plunge to earth, and after a piece falls directly at her feet, Veronica calls it quits and kills herself. Before we have time to mourn her abrupt passing (if we were so inclined, which we’re honestly kind of not), Veronica appears in the Bardo, a sort of waystation where the recently deceased wait to be reincarnated. Maryama (Indika Senanayake), the sariclad celestial administrator in charge of the soul-recycling system, is the one who nicknames Veronica “Miss Witherspoon,” saying she’s as dreary as one of Agatha Christie’s tweedy, busybody Englishwomen. Veronica, for her part, doesn’t want to be reborn. She just wants to tune out, and yearns for access to the tranquil, unconscious part of heaven reserved for people who don’t believe in an afterlife. But eventually Veronica is unwillingly reincarnated—several times, in fact, as Veronica stubbornly refuses to stay on Earth for long, preferring suicide to the horrors of existence in each subsequent
life. The only time she finds happiness is as a tail-wagging, ball-fetching dog who just wants to play and sleep. There’s other metaphysical characters hanging around the Bardo during Veronica’s stopovers besides Maryama—Lord of the Rings wizard Gandalf (Russ Widdall, who is commendable in multiple roles and does an especially decent impression of Ian McKellen), for example, and Jesus, who appears as a black woman (the excellent Wendy Staton). Despite the one-note gag of the Son of God in a flamboyant Sunday hat, the scene is by far the play’s most affecting. Evoking a Southern Baptist minister brimming with the Holy Spirit, Jesus tells Veronica that he’s fed up with his message of peace and kindness falling on deaf ears. He urges her to return to Earth and spread the lessons of the Beatitudes. Staton, one of the area’s best and most underappreciated performers, plays the scene full-throttle as it dawns on Veronica that she might have some power to change things. But the role of Veronica calls for a bravura performance, and while Czarnecki is talented, she isn’t a tour-de-force kind of actress. This isn’t a knock against the veteran performer—it’s just that a cerebral actor is ill-suited to the theatrical bravado Miss Witherspoon calls for. She struggles to communicate Veronica’s pain and terror, and without a powerhouse performance to drive the production, Director Ryder Thornton’s staging remains stuck in first gear. The result is that with the exception of Staton’s vivacious Jesus, the production is noticeably listless and disappointingly mediocre, serviceable at best. Thornton’s efficient direction brings some sense of order to Durang’s wandering, nonlinear plot, but can’t cover up the fact that very little in Miss Witherspoon is particularly funny or clever. Nor is the play especially dark. Known for his black comedies satirizing family life and religious dogma, Durang’s best plays find twisted humor in a tragic world. But here, the troubles of the world seem remote, making it difficult to empathize with Veronica’s torment. Even a nuclear explosion that rocks heaven has little impact. Described by Durang as “half-fable, halffantasy,” the play proposes that (in Durang’s words) “one can effect a certain outcome by one’s choice.” It is a surprisingly optimistic (not to mention idealistic message) for the usually acerbic satirist, and could be looked at as somewhat empty idealism. On the other hand, if even one or two people who attend Miss Witherspoon make a New Year’s resolution to better themselves and the world, one senses the sentimentalist in Durang will be happy. n Miss Witherspoon Through Jan. 9. $18-$25. Adrienne Theater Main Stage, 2030 Sansom St. 215.563.7500. newcitystage.org
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town native’s fourth drops and she’s already got a Nicki collab to be proud of, plus guests like Faith and Timbaland, on this strong LP. Free Association: Her voice has cleaned up, less whine-singing and more singing. For Fans Of: Mary J., Brandy, The Way It Is, baby mama drama.
wonky sophomore from Timbaland’s pet is full of confusing, busy pop songs and lackluster guest spots drowning out her unremarkable voice. Free Association: Um, Nelly uses the phrase “shake your anus” on “Lose Control.” For Fans Of: Rihanna, girls with feathered weaves and press-on nails.
Atlanta princess of dirty R&B-pop keeps it real on her fourth with only a couple guests and a little help from Tricky Stewart and The-Dream. Free Association: If only her voice sounded as awesome as her grinding hips look. For Fans Of: Beyoncé, Missy, Aaliyah.
incarcerated southern emcee’s seventh isn’t as terrible as the lead single, “Get Back Up” (with Chris Brown), will have you believing. Free Association: The Eminem, Drake and Kanye guest spots are pretty bangin’. For Fans Of: Lil’ Wayne, violating probation, guns, drugs.
of shockers, this one’s surprisingly decent, as Diddy enlists some girls to tell a love story and employs exotic beats from disco to dancehall. Free Association: Try to pretend like Diddy’s not involved, or that he doesn’t go by Diddy. For Fans Of: Danity Kane, Lucy Pearl, Sean John, surprises, Drake hooks.
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I t’s entirely possible to have issue with Little Feat’s mid-to-late ’70s jazz-fusion direction; guitarist/founder Lowell George certainly did. But that discounts Little Feat’s amazing first four albums in the early ’70s when George was at the height of his powers. Fresh from Mothers of Invention, he captains a rocking blend of blues, garage and country-folk that still bears the imprint of Zappa’s idiosyncrasy for their stunning selftitled debut. Commercial considerations drove the follow-up, Sailin Shoes, but if not as weird, the writing’s even stronger. Dixie Chicken followed in ’73—after a lineup change—featuring the title cut whose laidback but funky Big Easy roots boogie would become their signature. George’s death in ’79 brought an eight-year hiatus and sapped the band, but the lineup’s remained remarkably consistent through the years, and the music’s still terrific. Though George’s brilliance remains largely unsung, his mates perpetuate his legacy with vibrant performances. (Chris Parker) Fri., Dec. 31, 9pm. $39.50-$55. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215.572.7650. keswicktheatre.com
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Anyone on a new gluten-free kick can pat themselves on the back for being predictable, and then order a scrumptious J.K. Scrumpy’s Solstice Hard Cider from the POPE (1501 E. Passyunk Ave.). The seasonal organic cider tastes exactly like apple pie, using fresh apple juice and maple syrup with light caramel notes.
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Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good? By Brian Freedman
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Over the years, I’ve heard “tastes like chicken,” or some variation of it, used to describe any number of things, and not all of them food-related. From particularly bland frogs’ legs to the music of Yanni, chicken has come to embody everything boring and unchallenging. Poor bird. But before you pity the poultry, head to South 52nd Street and bring home an order of Brown Sugar Bakery and Cafe’s curry chicken. A brief bit of history of Trinidad and Tobago that will likely shed some light on the cuisine—after Columbus claimed the islands for Spain in 1498, the southmost islands in the Caribbean had a variety of European influences, obvious enough if you look at city names: San Fernando, Edinburgh, Chaguanas, Hindustan, Louis D’Or, O’Meara, Pointe-àPierre, Scarborough, etc. The islands were under British control when Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833; unsurprisingly, this caused a labor shortage, and plantation owners brought over a ton of Indian indentured servants to fill it. Today, about two out of five people in the commonwealth are Indo-Trinidadian and two out of five are Afro-Trinidadian, descendents of freed slaves and their Indian replacements. Now, back to the food. Open the Styrofoam container and breathe in: This is the smell of the more tropical climes in heaven—a perfume of curry powder, a whiff of scallion, twists of thyme and celery and garlic with a gentle fanning of spice heat. It’s carried by fall-from-the-bone-tender chicken, pinkish in the center from its perfectly temperate stint on the stovetop, and imbued with the seasoning’s savor throughout. By this metric, “tastes like chicken” could be used to describe the films of Fellini and the music of Coltrane—complex and deeply rewarding. That’s the kind of experience this storefront provides, and with each dish, I kept coming back to a completely made-up compound word: I was mouth-happy. For $11, you’d expect an order of red snapper to be anchored by a filet of some sort. Not here. Instead, you’re
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given the whole fish, from the puckery little mouth to the curled-up tail, all seasoned with curry powder and stewed in a heady broth of tomato, bell pepper, onion and garlic. Removing the meat from the skeleton takes some doing, but it’s worth the effort—from the soft, wrinkly skin to the deep savor of the meat itself, this is a fish that tastes both of its stewing liquid as well as of its briny origins. Goat roti, while half a step down, was still excellent, a more cartilaginous chew with a darker, funkier character. It benefited most from the roti skin, a massive, homemade crepe-like vessel that grounded each bite. Channa (chickpea) and potato roti, an excellent vegetarian option, should have been too starchy. But (as with so much here), it worked by virtue of its layering and the different roles the components played. Channa carried the perfume and spice heat, while the fork-tender potatoes acted as coolants. Side dishes were anything but the usual afterthoughts. Rice and peas just made me angry: I’ve been missing out on the real Trinidadian deal my entire life. Its umber color was a visual reference to fried rice, and the sweetness and richness of peas browned in burnt sugar and oil were infinitely better and more interesting than the usual gloppy assembly of starchy rice and sad beans. Steamed cabbage with garlic, peppers and onions had attained a texture similar to wellcooked fettuccine, and, like the noodle, absorbed its liquid beautifully. String beans sauteed with garlic and tomatoes had the dull green color generally found in a can, but the dizzyingly evocative flavors were from the opposite end of the spectrum. Even the humble-appearing patties packed a punch. Beef patty, encased in a taut, delicately sweeter pastry, softly simmered in the mouth with a front-of-the-tongue spice heat that’s grounded by the earthier notes of the meat. Vegetable patty—cabbage, corn, carrots—was carried by a whiter shell; its spice spread over a broader swath of the palate, disproving the assumption that vegetarian dishes are necessarily less interesting than the carnivore’s counterparts. As this is a bakery, desserts are understandably wellexecuted. Coconut roll, texturally similar to a very soft biscotti or soft-baked Jewish mandel bread, only hinted at its marquee component—a nice change from the usual coconutty bludgeoning of such dishes. Cassava pone nodded in the direction of carrot cake, but found its footing on far more interesting ground, its soft, cakey texture snapped to life by cassava, coconut, pumpkin and generous aromatic spicing. If you eat in at one of the handful of booths (under the watchful eye of the Obamas, Lord Kitchener and Bugsy Sharpe, among others), pair this miraculous and miraculously affordable food with one of the many herbal and other Caribbean drinks on offer—Baba Roots Herbal Drink, Original Blend Roots Drink, Malta Carib, Ting. But Brown Sugar is primarily a takeout spot; as such, if you’re taking out, your roti skins will be wrapped separately from their intended fillings, and the slow steaming of ingredients in their foam containers will do nothing to diminish their impact. The only risk is that you’ll start eating it before you get home. Don’t fight it: Whether it tastes like chicken or something else, you’re in for a treat. n
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pure enjoyment than I’ve had watching any movie in ages. This Sundance smash, which ran as part of ESPN’s excellent 30 FOR 30 documentary series, zeroes in on the heated mid-’90s rivalry between the Big Apple’s big shots and the upstart Indiana Pacers. With a cheeky touch that’s lighter than air, Klores hits on race relations, sibling rivalry, strategic trash talk, fading dynasties and just how vital such mountain-out-of-molehill sports competitions can be in the forging of community identity. Also, the game footage is thrillingly edited, and Spike Lee
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Forgive my list. Many of the films I enjoyed the most in 2010 barely played Philadelphia, if they came at all. Three of them (Dogtooth; Carlos; Red, White & Blue) screened only once as part of a film festival. One (Audrey The Trainwreck) never made it past a week’s run in New York. Only two (Winter’s Bone, Black Swan) netted respectable grosses and AMPAS consideration. I don’t mean to be esoteric. But every year, being shackled to the narrow limits of the mainstream gets more and more uncomfortable—and jumping outside it becomes easier and easier. You didn’t even have to be tech-savvy in 2010. This was the year that Netflix Instant, the video behemoth’s streaming service, became even bigger and more technologically competent; a study showed that on average, Netflix ate up more than 20 percent of downstream American Internet bandwidth on weeknights during primetime. Studios are increasingly throwing their wares up there, including the indies. Everyone Else, Maren Ade’s searing and often comical portrait of a young couple en route to a messy breakup, played here only briefly, but its small distributor, the excellent Cinema Guild, wisely made it available on Instant. (Watch it now.) Meanwhile, Carlos, Olivier Assayas’ addictive and amusingly Wire-heavy survey of the career of sexy ’70s terrorist Carlos the Jackal (Édgar Ramirez), thought outside the box. The original three-part, five-and-a-half-hour version hit New York, festivals and the Sun-
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has never been so hilarious. It’s the best sports doc since When We Were Kings, and just as much fun. We’re still waiting on a local date for Derek Cianfrance’s remarkable Blue Valentine, which charts the gorgeous beginning and bitter end of a relationship between Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams on parallel tracks in such heartbreaking fashion that it might be most miserable fucking date movie ever made. Cianfrance wears his Cassavetes influences on his sleeve, which in my book isn’t such a bad thing at all. The movie is grueling, and the structure is sometimes too schematic. But it feels honest, and so firmly rooted in sloppy, inarticulate emotion that at times Blue Valentine is almost unbearable to watch. Yes, this counts as a recommendation. And finally, is there really anything left to say about The Social Network or Black Swan at this point? n
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dance Channel simultaneously. Its shorter cut was available to anyone with Comcast. Those not hip to alternative programming may have missed this summer’s week-long Danger After Dark series, which ran parallel with QFest and brought us some of the year’s best—two of which (Dogtooth and Red, White & Blue) had painfully limited theatrical runs. Dogtooth introduced cinema’s probable worst-ever parents, who have imprisoned their now-grown children on their massive estate by feeding them bizarre lies about the evils of the outside world—most memorably, that “dangerous” words really have banal definitions. (“Pussy means lamp. Example: The pussy went out, and now the room is dark.”) It’s a blood-freezing assault on the idea that living a cloistered existence and pointedly pretending that anything you disagree with doesn’t exist or is evil—think of the parents as two Glenn Becks—but it’s also a darkly comic premise that’s often hilariously exploited. Not at all hilarious is Simon Rumley’s Red, White & Blue, which pulled the most intense genre switch-up since Takashi Miike’s Audition, turning from a hesitant, platonic romance between two damaged people (prostitute Amanda Fuller and mysterious redneck Noah Taylor) into an ugly-in-everyway vengeance saga that punishes both the wicked and the innocent. You’ll be able to catch up with Dogtooth when it hits DVD in late January, but the fates of Red, White & Blue and Audrey The Trainwreck are uncertain. About the latter: Director Frank V. Ross may be the secret true genius of the on-the-wane mumblecore movement, and Audrey, like his other nobudget opuses, takes a fast-paced, inventive, funny look at working-class lethargy. Many Amerindies aim to be “real,” but Audrey does it while remaining playful—there’s no one named Audrey, for example, nor any trainwrecks—and thrillingly assembled. It even finds room for Ron Swanson. Likewise, hopefully there will be a second life for the bizarrely noncontroversial Four Lions, satirist Chris Morris’ gut-busting comedy about bumbling Sheffield suicide bombers in which the heartiest laugh involved an innocent civilian being shot in the back. Luckily, you can already catch up with Debra Granik’s (mostly) deservedly acclaimed Jim Thompson-in-the-Ozarks noir Winter’s Bone and 88-year-old Alain Resnais’ Wild Grass, a candy-colored, batshit comedy of mutable personalities, stalking and WTF endings. Ideally, we’d be able to see every film on the big screen with at least adequate projection and respectful audiences. But, Gaspar Noé’s trance mindfuck Enter The Void makes a better case for leaving the comfort zones of our TVs and computer screens to sit in a darkened room with strangers than Avatar ever did. The future should be about options—and not just in regards to what streams through our computer or Wii. n
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CENTER CITY LUXURY CONDOMINIUMS FOR RENT avenue of the arts ACADEMY HOUSE 1420 LOCUSt StrEEt units include all utilities, pool, gym
Studio, city views, separate sleeping area, 624sf $1,225 1 bedroom, 1 bath, high floor, city views, 875 sf` $1,530 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, eat-in-kitchen, great closet $2,150 space, 1314 sf` 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors, brand new kitchen and baths, 1314 sf
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art museum pHiLADELpHiAn 2401 pEnnSYLvAniA AvE Studio, private balcony, dressing room, spacious kitchen, 570sf $950 Studio, hardwood floors, upgraded kitchen & bath, separate sleeping area, 608sf $1,000 1 bedroom, 1bath, completely renovated, hardwood floors, balcony with Art Museum view, 1000 sf
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tHE LAnESBOrOUGH 1601 LOCUSt StrEEt 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, brand new, high ceilings, hardwood floors throughout, chefs kitchen, magnificent entertaining space, luxurious master suite, 3467 sf $10,000
2 bedrooms, 1 bath, wood floors, renovated kitchen and bath $1,500
tHE CArLYLE 2031 LOCUSt StrEEt 1 bedroom, 1 bath, city view, 595 sf
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226 w rittEnHOUSE SqUArE Studio, view of Rittenhouse Square, great living space, 573 sf $1,250
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ABBOtt’S SqUArE 530 S 2nD StrEEt 1 bedroom, 1 bath, open kitchen, great closet space, bi-level 639 sf $1,250 1 bedroom, 1.5 bath, bi-level, deck, large living room, separate dining area, 989sf
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233-241 S 6tH StrEEt 1 bedroom, 1 bath, w/d, walk-in-closet, open kitchen 777 sf $1,455 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, W/D, 928 sf $1,575 1 bedroom with alcove, 1.5 baths, renovated kitchen, balcony with southern views, 1118 sf $1,850 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, beautifully renovated throughout, balcony, overlooks Washington Square and Locust Walk, 1292 sf $2,350
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1742 Sansom Street - 2nd floor retail space on highly trafficked corner or 18th and Sansom Streets, 1000 sf $1,500 NNN 2031 Locust Street Professional Office Space in secure apartment building, 958 sf $1,150 1830 Rittenhouse - Prime Rittenhouse Square office space, 754 sf $2,100 133 S. 18th Street – Ground floor corner retail space, excellent visibility on 18th Street shopping corridor $9,000 NNN 1601 Locust Street - 1st floor and lower level of prestigious Lanesborough condo, ideal for restaurant or offices, 4700 sf $11,500 NNN
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Arts Condominiums – 1324 Locust St – Upgraded 1 bdrm, 10th flr condo w/ultra modern kitchen. $179,900 South Phila – 5xx Pierce St – 3 bdrm row. Priced to sell $54,900 Mayfair – 72xx Jackson St – 3 bdrm, close to Cottman Ave. Only $94,000
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cENtER citY lUXURY coNDoMiNiUMs FoR sAlE! Location
ART MUSEUM
Total Square Footage
Price
Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing
Monthly After Tax Cost
the philadelphian
3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, unobstructed city skyline views, wood floors, large balcony, 2017 sf
2,017
$579,900* $149,496 $191,032
$4,457
$698
$3,760
the philadelphian
1 bedroom, 1 bath, brand new kitchen and bath, wood floors, Art Museum view
1000
$289,900
$43,267
$96,341
$2,248
$309
$1,939
the philadelphian
$57,483
$1,341
$190
$1,152
Renovated studio, wood floors throughout, open kitchen, large balcony with city skyline view
567
$175,000
$26,306
Location
AVENUE OF THE ARTS
Total Square Footage
Price
Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing
Monthly After Tax Cost
acadeMy house
One bedroom, one bath, upgraded kitchen and bath, Juliet balcony, W/D
705
$289,000
$42,702
$88,613
$2,068
$296
$1,772
center city one
1 bedroom, 1 bath, high floor, balcony with panoramic views of the city to the south, excellent closet space, W/D
897
$259,900
$41,412
$86,520
$2,019
$299
$1,720
acadeMy house
1 bedroom, 1 bath, panoramic southern views, Juliet balcony, renovated bath and kitchen
705
$259,900
$39,043
$82,852
$1,933
$272
$1,661
center city one
1 bedroom, 1 bath, spacious balcony, magnificent city views to the south, abundant natural light
873
$240,000
$36,972
$78,608
$1,834
$271
$1,563
Location
RITTENHOUSE SQUARE
Total Square Footage
Price
Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing
the rittenhouse
Penthouse, 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2 half baths, high end finishes and appointments throughout, balcony with city views
3,952
$3,500,000* $834,620 $889,056
$20,745
$3,725
$17,020
barclay
3bedroom+den, 3.5 baths, marble foyer, formal dining rm, sunny eat-in kitchen, 10’ ceilings, moldings, oak herring bone floors, 3 gas fireplaces
3,293
$2,900,000* $666,258 $619,296
$14,450
$2,632
$11,818
lanesborough
3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, brand new, very high ceilings, his and hers master baths, custom kitchen, exquisite detail throughout.
3,467
$2,750,000* $636,038 $607,268
$14,170
$2,605
$11,565
lanesborough
Tri-level penthouse with 1600 sq ft of terrace space, being sold unfinished, private elevator access
3,413
$2,500,000* $579,879 $557,842
$13,016
$2,351
$10,665
barclay
3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, herringbone wood floors, EIK, crown molding and other custom finishes throughout, Rittenhouse Square views
2,638
$2,195,000* $511,632 $501,005
$11,690
$2,094
$9,597
Monthly After Tax Cost
parc rittenhouse
2 bedrooms plus den, 2 baths, den/study, high ceilings, oversized windows overlooking Rittenhouse Square, upgraded custom kitchen, sun soaked master suite
2,221
$1,395,000* $349,934 $362,728
$8,464
$1,511
$6,953
parc rittenhouse
2 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 baths, large balcony over Rittenhouse Square, open kitchen, hardwood floors, marble baths
1,552
$1,295,000* $306,402 $304,997
$7,117
$1,320
$5,796
1830 rittenhouse
3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, upgraded kitchen, original hardwood floors and molding, lots of light
2,275
$1,195,000* $309,704 $318,887
$7,440
$1,321
$6,119
warwick condoMiniuMs
3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, hardwood floors, 270 desgree views, open kichen, marble baths, custom closets, W/D
2,000
$1,290,000* $174,122 $373,141
$8,707
$1,757
$6,949
warwick condoMiniuMs
3BR, 3BA, Bamboo flrs., spac. Kit w/custom wood cabinetry, granite countertops, marble baths, 3 exposures, gym and hotel services
1,978
$1,350,000* $181,323 $371,644
$8,672
$1,795
$6,877
the rittenhouse
2 bedrooms, 2 baths, completely renovated with high end finishes, views of Rittenhouse Square from every room
1,560
$995,000* $242,439 $273,743
$6,387
$1,090
$5,298
parc rittenhouse
2 bedrooms, 2 baths, terrace on pool club deck, open custom kitchen, marble baths, wood floors
1,272
$839,000* $201,948 $206,151
$4,810
$855
$3,956
warwick condoMiniuMs
2 bedrooms + den, 3 baths,gourmet kitchen, marble baths, walk-in-closets, hardwood floors
1,614
$829,000* $115,051 $246,527
$5,752
$992
$4,761
1830 rittenhouse square
2bedrooms, 1.5baths, windows overlooking Rittenhouse Square, old world charm, spacious kitchen, formal dining room
1,380
$725,000* $145,000 $217,432
$5,073
$2,938
$4,251
the warwick
2 bedrooms, 2 baths, southern exposure from every room, marble baths, open chefs kitchen, maple hardwood floors
1,296
$625,000* $149,666 $158,380
$3,696
$631
$3,064
the rittenhouse
1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, eat in kitchem, beautiful sunset views, master suite with large marble bath
1,037
$599,000* $147,283 $170,623
$3,981
$659
$3,323
barclay
Two bedrooms, two baths, hardwood floors, old world charm with modern features
1,050
$595,000* $143,766 $153,060
$3,571
$619
$2,953
barclay
Two bedrooms, two baths, hardwood floors, building offers 24 hour doorman and gym, located on Rittenhouse Square
1,075
$550,000* $133,706 $146,037
$3,408
$580
$2,827
parc rittenhouse
2 bedrooms, 1 bath, hardwood floors, marble bath, rooftop pool club and skyline view
806
$497,500
$119,226 $116,911
$2,728
$447
$2,281
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warwick condoMiniuMs
One bedroom, one bath, hardwood floors, marble bath, custom kitchen
712
$399,900
$53,426
$106,710
$2,490
$486
$2,003
the rittenhouse
Studio, city views, large marble bath, hardwood floors, excellent natural light
583
$379,900
$55,358
$114,993
$2,683
$401
$2,282
wanaMaker house
1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors throughout, renovated kitchen and bathroom, bay windows with city views
704
$319,000
$46,421
$91,365
$2,132
$352
$1,780
parc rittenhouse
Studio with wood floors, marble bath, open kitchen and city view
497
$275,000
$39,472
$81,681
$1,906
$319
$1,587
warwick condoMiniuMs
Studio, high floor with city views, walk in closest, wood floors, marble bath
423
$229,900
$32,772
$62,166
$1,451
$226
$1,225
Location
SOCIETY HILL
Total Square Footage
Price
Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing
101 walnut st
Entire Floor Residence, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, custom open kitchen, designer baths, panoramic river and city views
2423
$1,200,000* $281,398 $298,478
$6,694
$1,124
$5,841
bank building
2 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 baths, hardwood floors, high-end open kitchen, designer bathrooms
2,117
$799,000* $207,313 $217,014
$5,064
$844
$4,291
society hill towers
Two bedrooms, one bath, parquet wood floors, washer/dryer, unobstructed river views, floor-to-ceiling windows
1,133
$399,000
$58,788
$128,086
$2,989
$427
$2,562
society hill towers
One bedroom, one bath, river views, custom kitchen and bath
700
$297,500
$43,513
$90,659
$2,115
$309
$1,806
society hill towers
One bedroom, high floor, river view, investment opportunity
700
$290,000
$42,577
$89,976
$2,099
$302
$1,798
society hill towers
1BR, 1BA, magnificent river views, high floor, wood floors throughout
700
$275,000
$40,731
$86,724
$2,024
$291
$1,733
bank building
Raw space that can be customized to the buyers desires, hotel services and amenities available
1,286
$269,000
$41,367
$95,821
$2,236
$303
Location
WASHINGTON SQUARE
Total Square Footage
Price
Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing
independence place
3 bedrooms, 3 baths, east facing river and city views, modern kitchem, hardwood floors, balcony, laundry room
3,015
$1,250,000* $250,000 $319,246
$7,449
$1,403
$6,046
independence place
2 bedrooms, 2 baths, open chefs kitchen, upgraded bathrooms, hardwood floors, balcony
1,977
$975,000* $234,783 $235,988
$5,506
$1,053
$4,453
independence place
2 bedroom, 2 baths, completely renovated with custom kitchen and designer baths, balcony, hardwood floors
1,173
$559,000* $139,761 $140,111
$3,269
$613
$2,656
independence place
1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, alcove, Washington Square views, completely upgraded throughout
1,118
$499,900
$71,144
$135,733
$3,167
$524
$2,643
hopkinson house
2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, wood floors, balcony, southern exposure
1,200
$349,900
$56,515
$122,407
$2,856
$417
$2,439
hopkinson house
Deluxe 1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcomy with views of Washington Square and the river, renovated kitchen and bath
1,063
$329,000
$53,908
$115,998
$2,707
$410
$2,297
Monthly After Tax Cost
$1,933 Monthly After Tax Cost
independence place
1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, laundry room, excellent condition
928
$299,900
$44,212
$87,809
$2,049
$327
$1,722
independence place
1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, excellent value
928
$290,000
$42,132
$83,461
$1,947
$302
$1,645
Location
WATERFRONT
Total Square Footage
Price
Minimum Income Monthly Cost Monthly Tax Total Incld. Mtg, Condo Savings in a 31% for 10% Down Cash Fee & Taxes Tax Bracket Required Financing
Monthly After Tax Cost
waterFront square
1 bedroom, 1 bath, wood floors, balcony, high end finishes in kitchen and bath
924
$219,000
$42,318
$1,804
$90,810
$2,119
$315
Allan Domb Real Estate
* Based on 20% Down Mortgate
215.545.1500 • www.allandomb.com “wE coopERAtE with All REAltoRs”
Mortgage Financing available
Anthony IezzI teAm 609-504-7478
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Brand new with 2 bedrooms plus den, 2 baths, very large windows overlooking the center of the Square, upgraded finishes, 2221 sf
Entire floor residence, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, floor-toceiling windows throughout, chefs kitchen, designer baths, 2423 sf
$1,395,000
$1,200,000
the philadelphian 2401 pennsylvania avenue
independence place 233 s. 6th street
3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, balony and windows walls with magnificent city and Art Museum views, 2017 sf
2 bedrooms, 2 baths, custom renovations throughout, balcony, fabulous Washington Square & Locust Walk view, 1173 sf
$579,900
$559,000
the rittenhouse 210 W. rittenhouse square
the dorchester 226 W. rittenhouse square
Studio, wonderful sunset view, large marble bathroom, hardwood floors, 583 sf
1 bedroom, 1 bath, balcony, open kitchen, renovated throughout, 609 sf
$379,900
$265,000
Allan Domb Real Estate 215.545.1500 • www.allandomb.com “wE coopERAtE with All REAltoRs”
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December 29 - Januar y 4, 2011
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