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Vaudevillians rule their cardboard world
The entire history of performance art, from mead- hall folly to classical ballet, turns up in the rollicking “4 Play,” the Flying Karamazov Brothers’ latest show, now ensconced in a cave-like set made of cardboard boxes.
Movies
A cut above the rest
Danny Trejo feels like he’s been preparing to play the title character in “Machete” for over a decade — about as long as he’s been working with writer/director Robert Rodriguez. “Robert’s been training me for this movie since we did ‘Desperado,’” says Trejo, who’s appeared in eight of Rodriguez’s films. “He said, ‘Hey, you’re perfect for this character. That was 14 years ago. And so, you know, 14 years and 780,000 phone calls later — it was just like stepping into the guy.”
The Word
Is Britney Spears doing it again?
Every time the Ghost of
Britney Spears
puts on a new weave and speaks coherently for a couple of months, she has to go and creep us out again.
Movies
Barrymore than a feeling
Drew Barrymore has had some duds for onscreen partners in romantic comedies — not that she’s about to name names. “The worst is when you’re kissing someone who is not a good kisser, and you’re trying to make it look good, and you feel like you’re just working on your own,” she says. Luckily her latest film, “Going the Distance,” pairs her with someone very near to her heart: ex-boyfriend Justin Long.
Philly Movies
A vampire who’s out for blood
It’s been eight years since Tribe of Fools moved from California to West Philly, and now this troupe of minstrels are officially elder statesmen in the Philly Fringe.
Photo: COURTESY OF THE JONAS BROTHERS
Jonas Brothers are growing up
It’s impossible not to notice how the faces in this photo have matured since you last saw the Jonas Brothers — that is, unless you’re one of the rabid fans who have made their previous tours into sell-out smashes.
Rock the Bells rocks a fierce hip-hop lineup
Hip-hop is built on the relationship between the DJ and the MC. And that synergy is the foundation of “Kill Devil Hills,” the latest album in DJ Muggs’ “Vs.” series. The DJ and producer behind the legendary Cypress Hill has been pairing up with other greats to create a hip-hop purist’s dream. That teamwork will be on display at the Rock the Bells festival this Saturday when Muggs hits the stage with underground favorite Ill Bill.
Photo: CHRIS McKAY/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGES
Scissor Sisters cut up and start over
Why did the Scissor Sisters take four years to release their latest, “Night Work”?
Photo: GETTY IMAGES
It’s still a great idea to dance!!!
After almost a decade of shaking his tiny hipster tush during every raucous live performance, singer Nic Offer is trying to shake up his performance even more.
Photo: MIKE ZIENOWICZ
Behind Enemies’ lines
There’s a lightness of spirit inherent in almost every aspect of Conversations with Enemies. Even in interviews, a self-deprecating giggle accompanies many of their statements, as if to make sure they don’t start taking themselves too seriously.
Photo: TRACY GRAHAM
The band that just keeps on Giving
The Giving Tree Band is careful not to preach about eco-consciousness in their songs — though they could.
Metal of honor: Rob Halford gets spiritual
For more than 30 years, Rob Halford has been known as a Metal God. And this year, the singer who rose to fame with Judas Priest even developed a clothing line called Metal God Apparel. But reading the lyric sheet of his band’s newly re-released discs, it’s surprising how there might be more emphasis on the god part than the metal part of this equation.
Almost famous, totally rocking
Her hippy chick look would be at home in a 1970s prairie, but 2010 is shaping up to be Lissie’s year. Not that the 27-year-old — whose debut album, “Catching a Tiger,” hits shelves stateside today — is really playing the rock star part yet.
Music
Tears for Fears and in between years
Back in the saddle again ... officially
Andy Molholt, we do expect that egg hunt
A serious summer gig
She’s not that ‘angry chick from the ’90s’
Public Enemy bum rush the planet
Avoiding the Kiss of death
Going way off the Deep end
Newport Folk Festival in Photos part two — a different view
Newport Folk Festival in Photos part one
Music
Too much sprawl in their setlist
There’s music in the air at Lincoln Center
An ‘American’ Anthem is here
‘I Will Remember You’
Get your ‘Hands All Over’ Maroon 5
A night at the museum
Pumpkins must never be apart
The sound alone is all they need to get by
He’s so fresh and so ‘Lucious’ Big Boi answers the phone with an “El-low mann,” horsing around in a fake island accent. The time seems right for fun and games, since the rapper, half of mega hip-hop group Outkast, finally released his delayed solo project “Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty.” The release comes after an extended period of drama with his former record label. Jive held the album for nearly three years, saying it was too artsy to put out. So Big Boi went to Def Jam. A creative mix of funk, soul, electro and retro sounds — like nothing you’ve ever heard, and everything you want to dance to — “Sir Lucious” debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard charts and is receiving tremendous critical acclaim. Hell, notoriously biting Pitchfork even gave the album a 9.2. So is it time to walk around the Jive offices with an I-told-you-so smirk? “I didn’t have to tell them, I think the world is telling them,” says Big Boi. “You have to leave the music-making to the professionals and let the suits do the suit thang.” Even when Jive shelved the project, the Atlanta native says he never considered tweaking his work: “I’d rather not do music if I had to conform to today’s standards. I know what I wanted it to sound like. And I’m definitely not a quitter. ... I’m proud of myself for doing it. Since this is a true stand-alone project it’s gratifying to show that this is the type of jams that one man out of the group can make.”
Marching to the beat of their own drum
Music
MMMpod
In the July MMMpod,
Young Veins
talk about breaking away from
Panic! at the Disco
,
Keith Lockhart
talks about
Buckwheat Zydeco
throwing the
Boston Pops
for a loop,
Zooey Deschanel
talks about how Roy Orbison inspired a
She & Him
song,
Derek Miller
of
Sleigh Bells
talks about how awesome
Funkadelic
is, and we talk about how awesome
Jimmy Cliff
is, who in turn talks about
Sam Cooke
and divine intervention. An explosive show for July! Oh yeah, and we also test your knowledge of America songs in the MMMPod medley.