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fembot fatale
I do believe Summer Glau is reinventing herself. Judging from this pin-up in the latest Vanity Fair the sci-fi weirdo-teen has morphed into… well… Kelly Ripa. Where is the endearing control-freak schizo of The 4400 or the unstable avenging angel schizo of Firefly? She’s been drained of all her creepy charm. Is her new show …
tree weighs in on modern art
The twiggy comfort station on the Brown Campus is unisex no more. Last week’s storm knocked over one of those classy elms, which in turn smashed the installation clear in two. That must have been something to see — Mighty Jehovah raining down justice on the wasted fornicators and urinators who had defiled the humble …
life may not be simple, but this guy sure is
Could David Lee Roth get past Simon? [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xp9o6Ux563g] In an unrelated story, the Van Halen concert scheduled at the Dunk on March 24th has been postponed while doctors test somebody for something, and then cure it.
don’t be a hater
Liberal columnist and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Anthony Lewis, will be speaking Wednesday, March 19th, at the Roger Williams University School of Law. Following the lecture, Mr. Lewis will sign copies of his books, including Freedom For the Thought We Hate. (Turns out the First Amendment was designed for guys like Ralph Papitto. …
“the next man on the moon will be chinese”
music by Andrew WK/lyrics by John McLaughlin And if you think I’m gonna illustrate this post with a picture of John McLaughlin you’re not even paying attention. Face it, by all objective criteria, and when he’s not making faces, Andrew WK is dreamy. He is also completely daft and usually making faces. Musical update, he …
how to make a toga
This year the Ides of March falls on a Saturday. Hooray, a party just when you need one, and you don’t have to listen to some weepy Irish guy singing ‘Danny Boy’. But how do you make a toga? Add this to the list of things (Latin!) they didn’t teach you in high school — …
the ‘mericans play tonight
Nick-a-Nees has live music tonight from 9PM to closing. The ‘mericans will be playing a special stripped-down acoustic show. Opening act is Black Eyed Anchor. 75 South Street/Providence/861.7290/free admission
Life used to be so simple…
… when the enemy was fluoridation. Check out Bob Kerr’s column in today’s ProJo for his take on National Guard adjutant general, and acting head of RIEMA, Maj. Gen. Robert T. Bray. Comparing him to Gen. Jack D. Ripper of the 1964 movie Dr. Strangelove, Kerr perfectly lays out this local example of all that …
outsider art by guys who never go outside
In another age these artisans would have been illuminating manuscripts or fashioning jewel-encrusted arks for some dead saint’s finger, but how does this creative impulse express itself in modern times? For some clever types the guitar effects pedal has become the canvas of choice. Fan site Build Your Own Clone has a forum where people …
forget the tiles, there’s real money on the table
A front page story in today’s New York Times examines the weird legal jousting between the creators of Scrabulous, the Agarwalla brothers (may I suggest they shorten it to Agarbro?) and the owners of Hasbro, the Hassenfeld Brothers. It’s a squirrely sort of problem given the tension between protecting the property rights and some significant …
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Pub Quiz Tonight
Big News for Wild Colonial dames — New Mirror in the Ladies’ Room!Of course, this should benefit both men and women one way or another, but a big thanks to Mo nonetheless. Tonight is Pub Quiz, a trivia contest with cool prizes. Form your own team, maximum four people. Just show up — rules are …
it was a groovy happening
Say what you will about local auteur (RIFC) Mike Ryan, he throws one helluva party. Last night he and the lovely Cat had a few friends over to Studio Blue in Riverside (I’m pretty sure he had permission). Normally a recording and production studio/performance venue etc. etc., for a few hours it was taken over …
Maybe There’s A Separate ‘Heaven’ For Texans
If not, could we start one? I’m only just finishing the Sunday New York Times so I’m a little late on this one, but a column in the ‘Week in Review’ section got my blood to boiling and don’t you know it — it’s Texans again. Ruth Pennebaker (identified as an author of young adult …
siren test — college hill
Brown University will be testing a new emergency siren today some time between noon and 1:00 PM today. It is unknown at this time whether it will be too loud, too long, or both. It will consist of a tone, followed by a voice message (probably Morgan Freeman again). Might I suggest that if Brown …
so much for professional courtesy
Hey, I thought we had an agreement. An Austrian lawyer died in a Florida shark attack yesterday. Markus Groh, a 49-year-old Vienna lawyer, was on a commercial dive trip Sunday when he was bitten about 50 miles off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. The waters had been baited with bloody fish parts to attract the …