“I like to eat white butt,” convicted murderer Mubia Abul Jamal (ahem) says before the switch is thrown and he’s executed in the opening scene of Black Devil Doll. A slick James Bond credit sequence follows with a funky track…

Photo | Brian Howard City Rain (left) and Rudy Solo. Photo | Brian Howard The winner, again, Jason Carr. What sound does Option-Apple-Esc make? Last night nine local laptop DJs squared off at the North Star for Philadelphia Laptop Battle…

  22 tracks, (Sub Pop) Wackity Schmackity Doo. Listen to Patton Oswalt’s Werewolves and Lollipops and see if you don’t find yourself uttering those seven nonsense syllables for the next week (or month, or more). It’s Oswalt shorthand for “This…

Do the Experiment Lights up, dancers on stage, Pennsylvania Ballet invited its audience back into its world of tour jetes, sassy social dance, and experimental moves out of nowhere. For its Merriam opening, PAB began with George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco,…

Shiny, happy, AOL-looking people holding hands Grow Island is the latest in the venerable Grow series of games, which have been around almost as long as free Flash games have, and is arguably its best. The latest installment is more…

Rhino Beware: Screams that couldn’t come from a human being found within Let’s start with the band names: Angel Witch. Blitzkrieg. Tygers Of Pan Tang. Mercyful Fate. Helloween. Manowar. Now, a couple of song titles: “Attack of the Mad Axeman.”…

James Canty and Ted Leo Photo | Brian Howard “We’re not even getting our own jokes.” So Ted Leo’s onstage banter wasn’t the greatest. And his jokes lacked punchlines. But it was no matter. Performing at the McCarren Park pool…

Photo – Clayton Ruley “F**k gettin’ money for real – get freedom” Okay, yeah…he didn’t perform and this wasn’t a Roots concert, but effff that – this deserves some love. Philly MC Black Thought marched from the Constitution Center to…

Village Thrift to Village chic or something In the right hands, Subversive Seamster (The Taunton Press, $14.95) could be a cute weekend project. The crafty how-to book shows thrifty gals how to turn Salvation Army finds into “street couture.” Some…