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LEAD STORY - COMMUNITY ACTIVISM
POLICE REPORT
--Despite Chicago’s recent crisis of gang-related street murders, the Roseland Community Hospital in a tough south-side neighborhood is on the verge of closing because of finances, and community groups have been energetically campaigning to keep it open. Joining civic leaders in the quest is the Black Disciples street gang, whose co-founder Don Acklin begged in June for the hospital to remain open, explaining, “It’s bad enough we’re out here harming each other.” Besides wounded gang members needing emergency care, said Acklin, closing would amount to “genocide” because of all the innocent people exposed to crossfire.
--Rewarding the Breast Disguises: (1) An April crime report in San Francisco, noting
THINGS PEOPLE BELIEVE
with, according to Colombia Reports news service, “impressive” breast implants, but
--Suspicions Confirmed: A warehouse in Landover, Md., maintained by a company working on contract for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
that a female driver had rammed another car in a parking-space dispute, noted that the victim gave officers little help. The man could not tell officers the model car that hit him, and certainly not a license plate number, but he “was able to give a detailed description of the suspect’s cleavage.” No arrest was reported. (2) Colombian prisoner Giovanni Rebolledo was serving a 60-year sentence (as a member of the “Los Topos” gang charged with extortion, kidnapping and torture) when he escaped and decided on an extreme identity change in order to move about in the country. He became “Rosalinda,” complete nonetheless was identified in May in a routine traffic stop and arrested. --In Kobe, Japan, in May, an unemployed, 32-year-old man carried out a minor theft
contained “secret rooms” of furniture and equipment described as “man caves”
(stealing a wallet from a parked scooter) apparently just to be locked up in the world
for company employees. The EPA inspector general announced the discovery
famous city. Besides being the home of Kobe beef, it is acclaimed for its French, Chinese
in May, and the government confiscated TVs, refrigerators, couches, personal
and octopus cuisines, and in fact, Kobe’s Nagata Ward Precinct is renowned for the
photos, pin-ups, magazines and videos that the contractor’s personnel brought
special gourmet boxed meals prepared by local bento shops, delivered daily to prisoners,
in while ostensibly “working” on agency business.
which the thief said was foremost on his mind.
--Scotland’s Parliament was revealed in May to be considering, as part of its
--More Time Needed on the Firing Range: In May, an Orlando Sentinel columnist
Children and Young People Bill, guaranteeing that specific, named persons
demanded a federal investigation into the 2010 police killing of Torey Breedlove in
would be appointed for every Scottish child at birth, charged with overseeing that child’s welfare until adulthood. A Daily Telegraph story acknowledged that the bill is “remarkably vague” about the duties and powers of the designated persons and thus it is unclear how the law might affect typical parent-child relationships. --Update: “(Supermodels) is the one exception (to U.S. immigration policy) that we all scratch our heads about,” said a Brookings Institution policy analyst, speaking to Bloomberg Businessweek in May. Foreign-born sports stars and en-
Orlando’s Pine Hills neighborhood, noting that killing the unarmed Breedlove somehow required 137 shots, with cops missing on at least 115. The columnist added that the Justice Department is currently investigating a Cleveland, Ohio, case in which local police killed two unarmed men but coincidentally also required 137 shots. (In both cases, the officers were exonerated after local investigators determined the officers believed the suspects were armed.)
CREME DE LA WEIRD
--Whitby, U.K., town councilman Simon Parkes, 58, confessed to a reporter in June that he had had an extramarital affair -- in fact, an extraterrestrial extramarital affair -- with the
tertainers are fast-tracked with American work permits under one system, but
9-foot-tall Cat Queen, and that she had born him a child. Parkes said the Cat Queen is biding
supermodels were excluded from that and must thus compete (successfully, it
her time until technology is available to bring her and the child to Earth. Said Parkes, “There
turns out) with physicists and nuclear engineers to earn visas among the 65,000
are plenty of people in my position who don’t choose to come out and say it because they are
slots available only to “skilled workers with college degrees.” As such, around
terrified it will destroy their careers.” Parkes said his wife knows about his periodic meetings
250 beauties are admitted every year. (The most recent attempt to get super-
with the Cat Queen and is “very unhappy, clearly.”
models their own visa category was championed in 2005 and 2007 by, appropri-
RECURRING THEMES
ately, then-U.S.-Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York.)
--Least Competent Criminals: Shaun Paneral was questioned by police in Carlsbad, N.M., in
--In Lytle, Texas, in May, just 33 people voted for candidates for three openings
May, on a loud-music complaint and, concerned that he already had an outstanding arrest
on the school board, including the only voter who cast a ballot in District 1.
warrant, gave his name as “Shaun Paul.” Paneral thus became the most recent perp to choose
Christina Mercado was the 1-0 winner, but someone else voted for her. Mercado
his alias badly. “Shaun Paul,” whoever he is, is also wanted by police in New Mexico, and Pane-
cannot vote for District 1 candidates because she does not live there, and neither does the one candidate who opposed her. However, according to Texas law, Mer-
ral was arrested for the false ID. --It’s Good to Be a Dog in the First World: The British company Paw Seasons has created
cado can legally represent District 1 on the school board.
a holiday for dogs (surely to appeal to guilt-ridden owners who leave them behind on their
with dog-friendly Hollywood movies, trips to the beach, surfing “lessons,” spa and grooming
own holidays) priced at the equivalent of $73,000, consisting of a private suite for two weeks, treatment (including pedicure) by Harrod’s, outfits from Louis Vuitton, Bottega Veneta, and Mulberry, and the piece de resistance -- a personal dog house created in the image of the owner’s own house.
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CHAMELEON CLUB, Lancaster, PA TICKETS 717-393-7713
Street Light Manifesto, Jul 11 Black Stone Cherry, Jul 16 Toy Soldiers, Jul 26 Black Noise Glow A Party, Jul 27
TICKETS 212-307-7171 Rod Stewart, Dec 9
CROCODILE ROCK, Allentown, PA TICKETS 610-434-4600
MAUCH CHUNK OPERA HOUSE, Jim Thorpe, PA TICKETS 570-325-0249 Tod Snider, Jul 19 Incendido, Jul 20 Bennie & the Jets, Jul 26
MOHEGAN SUN ARENA AT CASEY PLAZA, Wilkes Barre, PA TICKETS 570-920-7600
MOUNT AIRY CASINO RESORT, Mount Pocono TICKETS 877-682-4791
Thunder from Down Under, Jul 5-Aug 31 Kansas, Aug 11 Jeff Ross, Sep 14
Carly Rae Jepsen, Aug 2 One Republic, Aug 3 Skillet, Aug 4
Beyonce, Jul 25 Black Sabbath, Aug 10 Frampton’s Guitar Circus, Aug 5 George Thorogood Styx & Foreigner, Aug 7 KC & The Sunshine Band, Aug 8 Darius Rucker, Aug 9 Ke$ha, Aug 10 Avenged Sevenfold, Aug 11
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TICKETS 570-420-280 Mac Miller, Jul 11 Dave Mason, Jul 18 Christian Porter, Jul 19 Stavenfest, Jul 20
IRVING PLAZA, New York, NY
TICKETS 212-777-6800 Psychadelic Furs, Aug 3 Parachute, Aug 13 Baroness, Aug 14 Adam Ant, Aug 16-17
MAIN GATE, Allentown SOVEREIGN CENTER,PAReading, PA TICKETS TICKETS610-898-7200 610-898-7200
Sevendust, n Manson,Jul Jun2518• SickPuppies, Aug 18
THE ELECTRIC FACTORY, Philadelphia, PA TICKETS (215) 627-1332 RX Bandits, Jul 19 Bens Summer Bender, Aug 3 This is Hard Core, Aug 8-11 Fall Out Boy, Sep 8 City and Colour, Sep 18
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Ed Kowalczyk (Of Live), Jul 19 Tony Bennett, Jul 26 Anti-Social Comedy Tour, Jul 20 Bad Company, Jul 29 Seth Meyers, Jul 31 Family Feud Live, Aug 2 - 4 (PP’d) Godsmack, Aug 7 Jay Leno, Aug 11 Danzig with Doyle, Aug 13 Abba, Aug 15 The Wanted, Aug 24
Gabriel Iglesias, Aug 29 Hanson, Sep 2 Stone Temple Pilots, Sep 4 Russell Brand, Sep 14 Sarah Brightman, Sep 22 Steely Dan, Sep 27 Jeff Foxworthy, Sep 28 Kathy Griffin, Oct 4 Celtic Thunder, Oct 9
HERSHEY PARK ARENA, Hershey Park, PA TICKETS 717-534-3911
Matchbox 20 /Goo Goo Dolls, Aug 14
TOYOTA PAVILLION Montage Mountain - Scranton, PA TICKETS (570) 961-9000
Lil’ Wayne, Jul 21 Uproar Tour: Alice In Chains / Janes Addicition, Aug 9 The Peach Festival, Aug 15-18
TROCADERO, Philadelphia, PA TICKETS (215) 922-5483 They Live, Jul 21 Summer Slaughter Tour, Aug 4 Sadat, Aug 8 Scott Weiland, Aug 17 DropKick Murphy’s, Aug 21 Kamelot, Sep 5 Peter Hook & The Light, Sep 14 Atoms For Peace, Sep 24
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SUSQUEHANNA BANK CENTER Camden, NJ Lynyrd Skynyrd & Bad Company, Jul 17 Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest w/ Rob Zombie, Jul 19 Lil’ Wayne, Jul 20 Gigan Tour, Aug 9
Great White, Aug 13 Bullet Boys, Aug 15 Upstart Fest, Sep 13 Blood on the Dance Floor, Sep 26
The Eagles, Jul 16 Justin Bieber, Jul 17
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN New York, NY
Electric Hot Tuna, Jul 25 Kansas, Aug 11 We The Kings, Aug 14 Stroudfest, Aug 31
(610) 743-3069 Shooter Jennings, Jul 7 Revocation, Jul 14 Nine Days, Jul 26 Kix, Aug 17 Bam Margera w/ Hed Pe, Aug 23
KESWICK THEATRE, Glenside, PA TICKETS 215-572-7650
Buddy Guy, Jul 30 Philadelphia Rock & Blues Fest, Aug 14 Adam Ant, Aug 15 Gad Elmaleh, Sep 12
PENNS PEAK, Jim Thorpe, PA TICKETS 570-325-0371
Phil Lesh & Friends, Jul 24 Wine on the Mountain, Jul 27-28 Philadelphia Rock & Blues Fest, Aug 14 Adam Ant, Aug 15
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Jabber Jaws Bar & Grille 1327 Chew St Allentown, PA 610-432-6524
Tilted Kilt 2835 Lehigh St 610-791-2100 Grumpy’s BBQ Roadhouse 3000 Mauch Chunk Rd 610-769-4600 7/19 Don Hoffman 7/20 Hoozya Daddy Rascals Pub & Afterdark Lounge 6616 Ruppsville Rd 610-366-1130 Pitchers Sports Bar & Grill 570 Union Boulevard 610-841-4001 Friday: Live Entertainment
Sands Bethlehem Molten Lounge 511 E. 3rd Street 484-777-7777 7/17 DJ Bis & DJ Aaron 7/18 Green Line Bound 7/19 UUU 7/20 No Where Slow 7/21 Billy Bauer Band 7/22 Emily’s Toybox 7/23 Jay Allan Ultimate
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Cornerstone Pub 506 Penn St 610-837-6670 7/27 Scott Marshall ??Clam Bake Coming! Godfrey Daniels 7 E. Fourth St 610-867-2390 BETHLEHEM 7/17 July Improv Bar With No Name 7/19 Bakithi Kumalo 7/21 Open Mike 300 Gateway Drive 7/23 July Ramble 610-866-5800 Fridays: DJ Cap Cee Saturdays: DJ Trama MacGrady’s 117 E. Third St 610-868-8925 Wednesday: Trivia Thursday: DJ@10pm Sat: Acoustic Entertainment
Funhouse 5 E. Fourth Street 610-868-5311 7/17 Tavern Tan Band Stratus Night Club 1193 Airport Road 7/18 Serene Green 610-776-2090 7/19 Goat Wizard Wednesday: Karaoke 7/20 Annual Pigroast 7/26 Stratus Goes 7/21 Zach Martin Trio Platinum Benefit 7/22 Open Mic 7/23 The Vowels Strange Brew Tavern Diamondz 1996 S. Fifth St 1913 W Broad St 610-841-3610 Monday: Pong night Bethlehem, Pa 18018 610 865 1028 Sunday: Open mic Monday: Jukebox 7/19 Harkland Thursday: Karaoke 7/20 Traction Fri & Sat: Dance club/ Karaoke Roosevelt’s 21st 1328 W. Tilghman St Sunday: Karaoke (610) 770-1444 Mon - Fri 1/2 price Bethlehem Brew apps Live Music 4-7 Works Live Entertainment 569 Main St Tim Harakal / Billy 610-882-1300 Patrick / Strange Coincidence & More Vision Bar @ Sands 7/20 3 Moons Event Center 77 Sands Boulevard Jetport Lounge 610-297-7410 3400 Airport Rd. 7/19 M-80 Allentown, Pa 7/20 DJ Cap Cee 610-266-1000 Wednesdays: 6-12am Tally Ho DJ Jimmy K 205 W. Fourth St Fridays: 610-865-2591 Mike Mitman
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M-80 7/19 Vision Bar Sands Event Center Bethlehem, PA
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Silhouettes Showbar & Gentlemen’s Club 111 E. Station Ave (Right off 309) 610-282-8010 Thu Pool Tourney 8pm
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The Pocono Pub Rt. 611, Bartonsville 570-421-5743 Monday: Open Mic Tues, Thurs, Sun: Karaoke 7/17 The SC Duo 7/20 Angel Down
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Spanky’s East 1700 Butler St 610-559-5170 Tues: Texas Hold Em’ Drinky’s 3 Centre St Sq 610-252-3800 9/14 Skate Jam Porter’s Pub 700 Northampton St. 610-250-6561 7/10 Irish Jam 7/11 Chris Cummings Standards Trio 7/12 Trevor Extor 7/13 Adam Marshland
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Main Gate 17 W. Liberty Street 610-776-7711 Friday Night: Noche Latina Saturday: Classique 80’s, 90’s music
The Brewworks Restaurant & Brewery 812-816 W Hamilton St 610-433-7777 Tuesday: Comedy Wednesday: Trivia Thursday: Karaoke Friday: Office Party Saturday: Guided Tours
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Waiting for Rain at The Funhouse- from left: Don Andreas, Steve Herring, Paul Kleinert, Jeff Larish
7/5/13 - WAITING FOR RAIN REUNION SHOW AT THE FUNHOUSE Whew! I have some catching up to do! It was a crazy Fourth of July two weeks ago but I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge some great live performances on the South Side of Bethlehem over the extended holiday weekend. After a 15 year absence from the Lehigh Valley music scene, Waiting for Rain treated their longtime fans to a onetime reunion show at The Funhouse. This one was for all the marbles. The Funhouse’s motto is “Where Fun People Meet and Party” and I couldn’t agree more as the joint was packed with party people ready to recapture a little nostalgia from the 90s. I have to admit that I, too, was captivated by the pomp and circumstance surrounding the band’s reemergence - as if they were the rock-n-roll equivalent of this year’s brood of conspicuously absent Cicadas. Whereas the Cicadas were disappointing no-shows, Waiting for Rain stole the show at The Funhouse. They showered their fans with an energetic 80 minute set of rocking originals gleaned from their discography from ‘88-’98. There were no discernible signs of rust as they rocked and rolled with The Funhouse crowd dancing and singing along as long-lost lyrics were instantly recalled by many in attendance. And that, in a nutshell, was what this show was all about.
Nyke Van Wyk and Craig Thatcher at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks on July 6
The Sofa Kings at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks on July 6
7/6/13 - CRAIG THATCHER & FRIENDS/SOFA KINGS“LEVITT”ATE What could be more American than baseball or apple pie? How about free concerts over the 4th of July weekend at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks? On Saturday, July 6, the patriotic throng that amassed at SteelStacks could’ve easily been mistaken for a sweltering and thirsty early August Musikfest Americaplatz crowd and as such, served as a dress rehearsal for ArtsQuest for the upcoming ten day musical extravaganza. The Craig Thatcher Band with some special guests elicited several standing ovations from a diverse audience of music lovers during their ninety minute set. Thatcher was joined by fellow blues rocker Mike Dugan, Nyke Van Wyk on electric violin, Wayde Leonard on bass and vocals, Don Plowman on drums, Craig Kastelnik on keyboards, Pat Kastelnik on percussion and backing vocals and Gio Gomez also on percussion. CTB band was firing on all cylinders from the opener, a funked-up version of “Superstition”, with Kastelnik’s soulful vocals hitting all the right notes. Kastelnik’s piano intro for Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath” got the crowd fired up and the band hit full throttle when Wayde Leonard began to sing forcefully. Ian Anderson would’ve been proud of Leonard’s effort. Craig Thatcher on acoustic guitar partnered up with Nyke Van Wyk on electric violin for an original Celtic composition that was well-received. It was appropriate to try it out on the Levitt audience since they’re on tour in Ireland this week. These two musicians are simply simpatico with each other and Irish audiences are going to love the Celtic collaboration between the two.
spacey electric violin solo which preceded CTB’s showstopping cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir.” Sofa Kings’ lead guitarist Jeff Larson and I briefly chatted while the Craig Thatcher Band was still playing to which he quizzically remarked, “And we have to follow those guys?” And follow they did! The Sofa Kings are a 10-piece classic rock/dance party band from Philadelphia and they were more than up to the challenge of following Lehigh Valley favorite Thatcher and company. Sofa Kings had just opened for Heart at the Susquehanna Bank Center on July 3 so they were prepared for a large crowd at Levitt. They orchestrated a tight two hour set beginning with Chicago’s “Beginnings” as the horn section stretched its muscles. Guitarist/lead vocalist Matt Perkins sang it beautifully and the horns and percussion closed it out strongly. Throughout the evening, the dance-happy crowd was treated to covers of The Temptations, Kenny Loggins, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Michael Jackson and Lynyrd Skynyrd among others. They played a wide variety of tunes from different genres and eras and played them exceedingly well. The deliberate mondegreen (look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls) that is “Sofa Kings” shouldn’t prevent you from seeing these guys play great rock, Motown, soul and funk. I didn’t get the joke at first until I was told about it. But I do give this band high marks for high energy, excellent musicianship and a sincere desire to entertain their audiences and create a party atmosphere. They’ll be back in the Lehigh Valley in a couple of weeks. The Sofa Kings will perform at Festplatz on the first day of Musikfest, Friday, August 2 at 6:00.
The band covered The Allmans, Santana, Joe Cocker and Derek and the Dominos but their soul rock cover of Sly and the Family Stone’s “I Want to Take You Higher” prompted many in the crowd to make their way to the Mitch has been on the air rockin’ the Lehigh Valley for eighteen front of the stage to cut a concrete rug years and has been with The Hawk for the last eleven years! despite oppressive heat and humidity. Tune in weeknights for Classic Rock of the 70’s, 80’s and more! Listen Saturdays for great giveaways including free concert tickets It was like 21st century Soul Train up for great area shows! To have your band reviewed please contact me at: there. All we needed was Don Cornelius. mitch999thehawk@gmail.com The encore featured a Nyke Van Wyk PANTONE 485 CVU
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I don’t know if they will ever reunite to perform again. This show was originally conceived as a once and done proposition but you never know. Should they decide to regroup for more shows, count me in!
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“How is the story?” Again I say this- it’s a movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters! Don’t go in expecting social commentary, or twists and turns (this isn’t ZERO DARK THIRTY people, nor is it supposed to be). It’s all about the spectacle, and in a summer filled with eye candy, I guarantee you none have come close to what PACIFIC RIM offers. The gorgeous lensing by DP Guillermo Navarro, which is best appreciated in IMAX 3D, is comparable to Wally Pfister’s work with Nolan, or what Roger Deakins did for SKYFALL. As for the performances, here’s the thing. Everyone does exactly what they’re supposed to. Del Toro’s got a big heart, and just like he brought heart to HELLBOY he does the same for PACIFIC RIM. Nowhere is that more apparent than the idea of “drifting” with it only working if the two people involved actually have an emotional connection. This means the best pilots are usually parents and their (grown) children, people that are married or in love, or siblings. Giving us characters that care about each other makes us care about them. Some critics are picking on Charlie Hunnam, but I don’t really get this as to me he was totally charismatic, and made a likable hero (not to mention that fact that the ladies LOVE the guy). Our leading female heroine Rinko Kikuchi is absolutely adorable, and the bond that springs up between her and Hunnam feels well-thought out and never tacked on. Meanwhile, Idris Elba is a full-on movie-star as their tough commander with a heart of gold (natch), while Ron Perlman shows up later in the film to steal every scene he’s in as an unscrupulous black-marketeer comic relief Charlie Day (toned down) has to turn to in an hour of need. No matter how much I slather over PACIFIC RIM, many are still not going to give it a shot as for some reason the premise seems to offend people. Again, I ask, how is this any dumber than any other tentpole movie that’s already come out this summer? People are too cynical, and this isn’t a movie for cynics. Del Toro’s only goal here is to entertain and make you feel like a kid again. People are seemingly looking for any reason to pick on PACIFIC RIM, but do yourselves a favour. Forget all the negative press and stories about its budget, tracking, etc. The only important question is whether or not PACIFIC RIM is entertaining. I’m here to tell you that not only is the answer to that a definite “hell yes” but PACIFIC RIM is just about the most fun I’ve had at the movies since SKYFALL. As much as I liked STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS and MAN OF STEEL, I think PACIFIC RIM has them beat.
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Well I am back from vacation, unfortunately. It’s crazy how fast time flies when you’re sitting on a beach sipping Pina Coladas in Mexico. On the second to last day of vacation, and before drinking copious amount of Tequila and passing out on the balcony of my room, I was rocking out on the beach, listening to Hawthorne Heights’ debut album The Silence in Black and White on my Ipod. This inspired me to review their new album, Zero, which dropped a week ago.
The album begins with a short acoustic song called “Skeletons Remain (Transmission 1). After the brief acoustic intro, “Memories of Misery,” kicks things up a notch with a fast paced punk style unlike the band’s earlier emo days. This is definitely one you can rock out to! Hawthorne Heights quickly transition to a heavier, darker feel on the third track (and aptly titled), “Darkside.” Next up is my favorite song from the album, “Spark.” This song exemplifies the catchy hooks that made Hawthorne Heights popular almost a decade ago. “Zero,” the title track, was kind of a let down. Vocalist JT Woodruff’s voice was a little too whiny in this one, although it did start to pick up towards the end. Make sure you skip over what I’m assuming is a public service announcement from Hawthorne Heights, called “Coalition of Alternate Living Methods (Broadcast).” I’m not sure what they were trying to accomplish on this one, it’s
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just filler and a complete waste of a track. Good thing the next two songs pick the album back up again, with “Put Me Back Together,” even throwing in some gang vocals and screams at the end. “Ghost Town” was one of the songs I listened to in the car on my way home from The Bone studio. I made a mental note to mention the lyrics in my review because I thought they were poignant. In the pre-chorus, Woodruff sings, “Sometimes you have to end to start again / my friend / in often times / you don’t know where to begin.” “Taken by the Dark” takes me back to the old screamo days of Hawthorne Heights. And now for my Crank It and Skip It picks: Crank It Memories of Misery Darkside Spark Anywhere But Here Put Me Back Together
Taken by the Dark Skip It Skeletons Remain (Transmission 1) Coalition of Alternate Living Methods (Broadcast) Zero Hallow Hearts Unite Over and Out (Transmission 2) Other than a few weird “filler” tracks, I really enjoyed Zero. I think Hawthorne Heights have come a long way from their humble emo beginnings. Now I sit here, still in vacation mode, trying to think of a witty way to end my review. Ah screw it, instead I will just steal a comment that I saw on YouTube regarding the new album. Brandon Gomez, said “I love the new album, it’s a mix of every single thing they’ve ever made,” and I couldn’t agree more. Thanks dude, I owe you one.
Scotty Brilliant is the Afternoon Drive Personality on The Valley’s Real Rock Station, 107 The Bone. Hit Scotty up for a Road Rage or Work Release Friday request, or let him know if there is a new album you want him to review! Find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ScottyBrilliant.
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To be honest, I kind of lost track of Hawthorne Heights over the years. They gained fame when MTV began playing the video for the band’s signature song, “Ohio Is for Lovers,” in 2004. This propelled The Silence in Black and White to peak at #56 on the Billboard top 200 chart and #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart. The album has also been certified gold, selling approximately 816, 483 in the US. Hawthorne Heights found continued success with their sophomore album, If Only You Were Lonely, debuting at #3 on the Billboard charts. A year and a half later tragedy struck the band, with the sudden death of rhythm guitarist and backup singer/ screamer, Casey Calvert. Calvert’s death was ruled accidental resulting from a mixture of an anti-depressant, a seizure medication and a painkiller, a combination rarely fatal. Lead guitarist, Micah Carli, stepped up to the plate to provide the unclean backing vocals for the bands’ live performances. Hawthorne Heights then went on to release two more albums, which failed to garner the same attention as their first two. This is also about the time that I stopped listening to them. However, I now have a renewed faith in the Ohio-based quintet with the release of Zero.
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thanks For the by Tyler Drake Lehigh Valley, it has been fun. Nearly three years ago, I responded to a craigslist advertisement for a local beat w r i t e r to cover the casino and bar scene. Researching the first article I wrote, I “shared tall beer cans with two local vagabonds” to try to find out how Bethlehem’s homeless felt about a change in housing policy at Moravian. That first winter, I visited the Funhouse — a place that “may be so much fun not despite its dive status but because of it” — and Molly’s Irish Grille and MacGrady’s, and I described craps, poker, baccarat, and blackjack. I detailed a north-side dead-of-winter pub crawl that began at Mach’s Gute and ended with sleeping outside by Old York Road. This gig has been a ton of fun. I have tried to use the opportunity to write columns that use the conventions of pretentious journalism and high prose to disguise vulgar jokes — like inviting guests to a dinner party and launching cartoon penises at them. Along this line, I once recommended the following drink: “a jigger of expensive cognac dropped from a reasonable height into ice-cold Bud Light: the taste blasts down your gullet with such sublime subtlety and decadent nuance that slamming the glass on the bar and wiping your face with the back of your hand after chugging it will inspire minutes of marvel at the view from taste’s highest tower or minaret or whatever.” I met people living on construction sites, tasted Four Loko using the procedures for trying fine wine, dodged cops, hung out at every dive bar in the Valley, camped out with the Occupy people, listened to Gwar and watched weiner-dog races, got lessons in bar-room pool, interviewed Sixers star Evan Turner, conversed with a Nobel laureate, survived hurricanes and earthquakes, ate tremendous multicourse meals with beer pairings, and just generally had a good time and wrote about it. At the Celtic Classic, I combined absurd consonance, penile humor, and bits of ‘Ode To A Haggis’ to write of the caber toss: “a gaggle of ginger girls giggle and angle for an up-kilt glimpse, hoping to see a sweaty flesh metronome keeping time as the trembling earth resounds after a withering toss from a haggis-fed hero.” I called out Greg Parks of American Traffic Solutions, a company trying to sell red-light cameras to Easton, as a minion of Satan. Every year that I have been writing for the Valley Beat, I feel like the place has become culturally more interesting. The opening of the Musikfest Café and the Mint and the Wooden Match, the Musikfest moving to the south side, meth labs exploding, mayor moving on and a mayoral candidate allegedly making sex tapes, and an Allentown resident taking home a Grammy have all happened on my watch and been reported. Wine kiosks debuted at Wegman’s and were shut down [“these hulking racks of wine bottles asked users to swipe a valid driver’s license to prove their age and to breathe onto an alcohol sensor to demonstrate sobriety (somehow few customers balked at blowing a robot)”]. The casino has expanded and started allowing table games and opened a hotel.
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So with this last, horribly indulgent column I am signing off. I thank the Valley Beat for giving me the opportunity to have a paying platform for what has been essentially lunacy masquerading as journalism. I’m gone for now, but, Lehigh Valley, maybe I will see you at the next Musikfest? Cheers.
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WHITE PARTY BY: Thienbao Nguyen
Like any lady about the town, a friend and I arrived Put on in part by the Downtown Bethlehem at the White Party last Friday night in Bethlehem’s Association and the Bethlehem Parking Authority, historic downtown area around 6:00 p.m. The the White Party was summer 2013’s annual shindig, party started at 5:30. By that time, the weather in aimed at raising funds for and awareness of the Bethlehem had already been raining for about 40 BPA’s work in increasing parking in downtown minutes, but the air was warm so there was no need Bethlehem. Ironically, as the party was held atop for any parkas or jackets to obscure our chosen the roof deck of the North Street Parking Garage, White Party attire. Despite the rain, Bethlehem’s the White Party temporary decreased parking in the fashionable partygoers showed up clad all in white, area by however many cars could have fit up there. with feather boas, seersucker suits and paint- Friday night though, those spaces were filled thick red lipstick channeling the night’s theme of in part by a live band that crooned the sounds Gatsby inspired decadence. I even spotted a few of 1920s style swing as well as slightly more feathery glittered headbands and as well as a top modern hits from the likes of Bobby Darin and hat and pocket watch (perhaps serious contenders Frank Sinatra. At first, most attendees were a bit for the night’s Best-Dressed awards?) My friend disappointed by the slate grayness of the weather and I were not quite so sartorially inclined or well and apprehensive about the rain, but as the night equipped as she forgot her umbrella so we had wore on the alcohol warmed up the people and the to share mine, but respite was soon found under atmosphere. Frivolity took hold and dancers let go one of several large tents that were set up around of inhibitions, umbrellas, and for some, even their the deck for people The White Party’s advertisements boasted three local shoes as dancers took to the to hang out shielded caterers. We found at least four as New Street’s Wrap’d Tight,floor. Girls grabbed their guys to let pearl necklace beads from the elements. a pretzel cart, a specialty popcorn cart, a hotdog cart, and a table serving beers wines and cocktails. clamor recklessly, ties swing Upon arrival the first thing I did was walk around freely and heels were kicked up. A poker table to get a feeling for the party, but being a greedy and faux grass lawn were set up with games for glutton of a person, really just to see what those less fearless about dancing in public and the food and drink was available. The White Party’s alcohol and chili-cheese flowed. My companion and advertisements boasted three local caterers. We I managed food from Wrap’d Tight as well as the found at least four as New Street’s Wrap’d Tight, a Pretzel cart, (which also had a pot of steaming pretzel cart, a specialty popcorn cart, a hotdog cart chili) while pretty girls nearby lapped up the (serving an impressive plethora of options) and a oniony grease that ran off the side of their hotdog table serving beers wines and cocktails. Notably papers. The rain was probably a more salient there was also a tent that sold cigars (not quite feature of the night than most would have liked food or drink, but still something of a down-the- and unfortunately decreased party attendance hole sort of substance). Rare is the event in which from the wished for 1200 but for those that did champagne flutes and chilidogs, so brazenly big brave the elements a certain American pluckiness, that they would make any one respectable enough a feeling of laissez-faire indulgence and a desire to sip blithely from a champagne flute blush, for a good time still made the White Party, a real coexist, but the White Party was one such event. pulled-from-Fitzgerald swingingest party in town.
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ZODIAC ARIES This week’s scenario is highlighted by your ability to use you natural charm and ambition to reach your goals. Your strong nature will attract people who admire your character and your drive. Try to divide your time between work and play, otherwise you may have to make up for lost time. You may feel your relationship is in need of a real boost. A sprinkle of romance could spice it up more than you ever thought possible. There’s something or someone that you can’t wait to get in touch with. The only thing that’s standing in your way, is your hesitance to use your charm. Turn on the personality and reach for the stars. With a little extra work on your part, you’ll shine. TAURUS This week’s scenario is highlighted by your need to excel in everything you do. Your charisma and charm will be working overtime. You don’t need to make a big splash to be noticed. You’ll attract the attention of someone you really admire. Be ready to listen to their problems or dilemnas. A little discretion and timing on your part will help you to win their favour. You’ll have new insights, where your love life is concerned. Old obligations should take priority over exciting new projects on your mind. Show your gratitude for other’s patience. You’ll be in a position to get what you want, though it may take some time.
LIBRA This week’s scenario is highlighted by your ability to get past indecisions and worries. Many people have put the pressure on you. Break free from the negative stress you feel. Confidence will help you get past your crankiness. You need to look at your situation more realistically. You may need to make that difficult phone call that you should have made a while back. Start to feel better by getting yourself to laugh at yourself. By weeks end the air will be buzzing with romance. Body language will be your best mode of communication. The rest will take care of itself. SCORPIO This week’s scenario is highlighted by your ability to keep everybody happy. You may even win an award for your leadership. People who have been such a big help deserve a big reward from you, as well. Keep those connections open with gifts of food, music and your time. Invite over a few friends to celebrate your good news. Someone may turn you down, but don’t despair, it may only mean that they have other things on their schedule, not on their mind. Someone from your past wants your attention, but this person may not be all that he appears to be. Be careful who you trust with important information.
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SAGITTARIUS This week’s scenario is highlighted by your ability to be your sexy, sensual self. A positive attitude will really come in handy, GEMINI This week’s scenario is highlighted by your ability to work around this week. You’re about to become the light in someone’s everybody else’s schedule. You may find yourself in the company eye. Do the exact opposite of your tired old routine. Change is healthy and therefore necessary for you. Your feelings are of someone who doesn’t share your values or ideas. The attraction is there, however the basics needed for a good relationship just as important as your thoughts. Spend time with people are not. Take a closer look at what you really want and what you who really understand and love you. Work on receiving, rather need to obtain it. This will require imagination, vision and some- than giving. All you really need do, is get in touch with the one who is in tune with themselves. If you change the approach, innermost you. Check all contracts and documents are in order before you sign them. What seems easy in theory may be a you’ll change the whole dynamic of your current situation. little more involved than you thought. Consult a professional if you’re not sure. CANCER This week’s scenario is highlighted by your need to reconnect CAPRICORN with the people who are precious to you. We all get busy, but This week’s scenario is highlighted by changes in the workplace nows the time to write those cards & make those phone calls as well as at home. Your nontraditional approach to life will you’ve been putting off. The whole exercise will lift your spirits surface from your passions. Listen to your heart and don’t be and give you some extra energy. A forgotten debt will become afraid to express your feelings. Your words may very well put due. Don’t panic, a difference in perspective could cause you to a spell on someone you already admire. There could be some re-act defensively. Look closer to see other’s motives. Facing fireworks. You’ll be waltzing around as though you’re in a cloud. your abligations and looking positively towards the future will You really should take a chance on love. A romantic adventure help you through this uncomfortable time. If you play without is possible if you’re willing to take a little risk. Things may not taking care of all the little tasks involved, you could end up with a have worked out exactly as planned, but the end result will be a disaster on your hands. Romance could be especially jeopardized good surprise for everyone. Go for it! by your lack of attention. AQUARIUS This week’s scenario is highlighted by your ability to believe LEO This week’s scenario is highlighted by being in the right place at in yourself. You don’t have to analyze someone’s motives, just accept their good will and meet them half way. If you’re feeling the right time when a possibility for romance peaks around the corner. A chance for a new relationship could emerge from a very a bit bitter when it comes to a lover or a would-be lover, you really need to get over it. Connections become more intimate unlikely source. Be aware of your surroundings, and be open to when you hold back on harsh judgments. Yes, they were moody what comes. Trust your instincts in matters of the heart. This is one time when you might have to question whether appearances and disagreeable but you continued to press all the wrong are that important. Your attention to detail could unearth errors buttons. You know the rules of the game as well as anybody in a crucial project. You may be tempted to lay the blame where it else and you agreed to them long ago. The playing field is more level than you realize. Success is inevitable if yourself keep rightly belongs, on others. For the sake of the team effort, howfocused on your goals. ever, hold your comments for now and concentrate on correcting the errors. Your cooperative attitude will be noticed, as will your PISCES analytical skills. This week’s scenario is highlighted by your leadership skills
VIRGO This week’s scenario is highlighted by your patience and openness towards others. Time now to amuse yourself, as well . Even the most casual flirtation happens for a reason. You deserve an extra special treat for all the effort you’ve invested in your relationship. It will be simple to treat yourself and someone else, simultaneously. Plan some quiet evenings for two in the comfort of home. Your lover will be surprised by your playfulness. Social gatherings should be marked on your calendar. Invite others to enjoy good food and conversation at your place. Say yes to invitations given by others, as well.
to bring a stalled project to a done deal. Bask in your share of the group’s recognition when it comes and humbly accept your role in the success. Your efforts will not go unnoticed and someone could make you an offer in the near future because of your actions now. Celebrate with loved ones. Other’s energies support your efforts at making changes, especially those that will help you to let go of an unhealthy habit. You have the inner resources to go it alone if necessary, but someone close to you could benefit from your example and encouragement. The buddy system could strengthen your own resolve to conquer this habit and give your ideas about replacement activities. Take it one day at a time.
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Beer Mussels 1214 Main St 610-838-8200 Friday: Leechboy Saturday: Texas Hold’em Sunday: Texas Hold’em
PALMER Charles Chrin Community Ctr 4100 Green Pond Rd
CENTER VALLEY Melt Level 3 2805 Center Valley Parkway 610-798-9000 Fridays DJ Chubby C Saturday DJ Fog (Dan Glatts)
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Big Daddy’s Wagon Wheel Tavern Route 313 & Sternersmill Rd. 215-536-9989 Wednesdays: Scott & Wade
WIND GAP Score Card Sports Bar 130 N. Broadway 610-863-5269 Thursdays : Funtime Karaoke 9:30pm - 1:30am TC Dance Club 6623 Sullivan Trail 610-881-1000 7/13 Social Ballroom/Latin Swing Dance
READING Rumorz 220 N. Park Rd 610-374-3200
KUHNSVILLE Kuhnsville Inn 5745 Memorial Rd 610-395-2387 Wed & Fri: Karaoke
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Chambers 19 / The Other Side 19 N. Main Ave 215-348-1940 7/18 Dj Scriggs 7/19 Hank Brown / The Spinz 7/20 The Overtones / Scriggs The Farmhouse Tavern 380 N. Main St 215-345-9373 7/20 Keith Garner
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When he undid the diaper, he found that the diaper was indeed full. “Here’s the problem”, the Dr. said, “He needs to be changed!” The father was very perplexed, “But the diaper package says it is good for up to 10 lbs.!”
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