We like American Idol ‘ too much. Tommy Button:I was really hoping that there would be an Irish theme for this St. Patrick’s day Idol. Maybe some Van Morrison, the Pogues, the Cheiftans. OR at least they all have to…
Today on the Paste mag blog, Justin Jacobs gives us his top-10 book-inspired songs (including No. 10, “a healthy portion of Led Zeppelin”). Prompted by Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard’s Kerouac project, Jacobs has cobbled together a healthy list of…
Marion Boyars, 336 pp., $17.95, Sept. 1 Imagination, according to the 11th-century Latin text The Great Ladder of Heaven, consists of 12 levels. On the lowest level are images we recognize from our everyday lives. On the second level are…
The weekly what’s-what. Monday: Philly natives Agent Moosehead serve up a set of jams that sort of sound like a sophisticated, jazzy remix of Super Mario Bros. At the World Live Caf’ Downstairs. With Bodega, The Last Emperor, Cheers Elephant,…
Admit it, you know you want more from this week’s Movies section. Drew Lazor braved two movies that didn’t screen in time for print so you don’t have to. Whiteout ‘ C- Visually stunning but lacking punch, Dominic Sena’s adaptation…
Abram’s Image, 192 pp., $15.95, Sept. 1 She’s witty, she’s poignant, and she’s somehow in touch with both the young, mod set and the more mature generations of years past. In Obsolete: An Encyclopedia of Once-Common Things Passing Us By,…
You know you want more from this week’s Movie Section. If you only picked up the print edition, you didn’t get to read Drew Lazor‘s review of A Perfect Getaway, which he gave a B-. Lo and behold: A slick…
Norton, 208 pp., $14.95, June 1 The Road Portrait with Keys John Shearer Posted 2009-08-06 10:32:09 I heard from a good friend, a native Tanzanian, that this book was epic. Along with the weekly City Paper, this is something…
Photo | Carolyn Huckabay ‘Would you like to meet a special somebody?’ Three songs into Imogen Heap’s hour-plus set at the TLA last night, her equipment’s power went dead. ‘Everything’s fine, I’m just going to do some interpretive dancing now,’…
Photo | Lauren Seibert On paper, it sounds good: A sketch comedy troupe called Comic Energy performs about 14 sequences of rehearsed scenes, improv and music, while guests get a free drink at the bar and a buffet at Karma…
