Black Moth Super Rainbow spreads its wings with Dandelion Gum
BMSR has improved mightily over the past year or so, on record and live, and with this release is rubbing noses with freak-out awesomeness.
A Conversation with Jennifer Herrema of RTX
“Head of the pack, against the grain, you know, you just gotta go — I have to lead.”
Persephone’s Dream to play a concert of epic proportions
“And the stage is going to be King Arthur’s Camelot.”
Northern soul “All-Niter” debuts in Braddock
“It is an awful lot of two-minute songs.”
The Glorious Ones
That Ahrens and Flaherty are superlative artists is not even a question, but here they seem to have pulled their punches.
A photo show at the American Jewish Museum documents Israel’s early days.
The 108 photographs– though surely colored by Goldman’s own experiences and relationships — document a more optimistic, and perhaps more innocent, Israel.
The Art of Dining
The Art of Dining takes itself far more seriously than it takes food.
Making (Radio) Waves
Remember when Clear Channel banned all those songs that had to do with death after 9/11? Songs like John Lennon’s “Imagine?” That’s when I thought, “I’m screwed.” Everybody was incredibly paranoid about everything that was going out over the airwaves. I mean everything. I was doing a once-a-week commentary on the WDVE morning show, an…
Life Cycle
Danny Chew is snarling, snorting and barking at me, his face thrust forward so it’s only six inches from my own. White flecks gather in the corners of his mouth. He’s pushed his bristling brown hair back on his head, and his eyes gleam behind his glasses, the bifocal lenses coming down almost as far…
Draft Bored
Just when I thought it was safe to turn on ESPN, the “worldwide leader” broadcast the Brady Quinn Telethon — I mean, the 2007 NFL draft. And just when I thought the Cleveland Browns had learned something about building a successful team (by picking über-tackle Joe Thomas from Wisconsin with their No. 3 pick), they…
This Just In: May 9 – 16
Highlights from the local TV news.
What is the history of the Garden Theater on the North Side?
The Garden’s history is a sad one — a family-friendly movie house that bore bitter fruit and became a porn theater. And while the theater was recently shuttered pending a redevelopment project, a few devotees still lament its loss. “The Garden is gone,” one poster on Craigslist recently wailed. “[N]ow where do I find NSA…
Silk Screen Film Festival
The festival presents 20 films, from North America, the Far East, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, representing the diversity of Asian and Asian-American experiences.
Dirty Words
Karen Fletcher is a 53-year-old former Web-site operator from Donora. Her online writings, which were located at Redrosestories.com, contained dark, brutal portrayals of sexual violence against children, though she says the stories are fictional, and the site contains no images. She had exactly 29 subscribers. Trey Parker and Matt Stone are the creators of the…
Black Book
In Hollywood, Verhoeven made the outstanding Robocop, the reviled Showgirls and the interesting Starship Troopers, all of whose styles, storytelling and cruelty echo here.
Robotics center protesters deal for community service
Even veteran activists were surprised on May 3 when all charges were dropped against anti-war protesters who had blockaded a Defense Department-supported facility in Lawrenceville on March 2. Perhaps more surprising was the praise they received from the bench. “On a personal level, I want to thank you for doing your part in ending…
Lucky You
Clocking in at over two hours, Curtis Hanson’s poker-playing dramedy still doesn’t feel like a full deck
Barden wants to play by same development rules as stadiums
Last week, the Steelers threw a penalty flag on a proposed North Side casino because, the team claimed, the developer hadn’t prepared a detailed traffic study. Upon further review, however, casino officials say they’re playing their game according to the Steelers’ and the Pirates’ playbook. “Neither the Pirates or the Steelers submitted Traffic Management Plans…
Hardt Comes Alive!
If I went to only one show a month, I’d buy a lot more CDs and T-shirts (and probably be fitter, happier, more productive).
Savage Love
I was recently seeing an alpha-male type — Ivy League grad, big executive, loud laugh, etc. He found me on a Web site, one thing led to another, and he was showing me pictures of him in his ex-girlfriend’s panties! We went out for the first of many coffee dates and it ended with me…
Pho Kim 88
The fresh spring roll rose to exceptional excellence: a perfectly tender wrapper containing sweet shrimp, slightly chewy vermicelli and bright herbs.
Pittsburgh n’@
From: http://kdiddy.livejournal.com/ When we signed the baby up for tee ball, I looked at the “Every Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m.” bit and thought that I comprehended it and when the husband whined, I shushed him. However, every Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m. sucks much ass. Particularly because I am a bad parent…
U.S. Sen. John Kerry discusses This Moment on Earth, his new book on the environment, co-authored with Teresa Heinz Kerry.
“If we’re gonna urge other countries to help preserve the planet, and save us from the downsides of global climate change, then we’ve got to show good faith ourselves.”
Homegrown jazz guitarist Colter Harper releases Once Upon a Mind
Harper comes off as a player interested in ensemble work and texture rather than simply looking for a backing band.
