Sunday, August 02, 2009

Citypaper, June-July

Citypaper assignments have, for the most part, remained light over the past month and a half. But they included:

Jun. 18: A Soundadvice blurb for Jim Black's stunning show with AlasNoAxis at the Art Alliance.

Jun. 25: A review of the turgid Dali/Lorca/Bunuel biopic Little Ashes.

July 2: A review of the Save-the-Fish doc The End of the Line and a Soundadvice for vocalist Magos Herrera at the Art Museum.

July 9: Things pick up here for QFest, the newly-renamed Gay & Lesbian Film Fest. I did a feature on parenthood-themed film in this year's fest, a Q&A with Fruit Fly writer/director/composer HP Mendoza, and reviews of six films: Drool, the aforementioned Fruit Fly, It Came From Kuchar, Limbo, Pornography, and Prodigal Sons, a much better batch then I usually end up with for this fest. There was also a feature on the Arthur Ross' Gallery exhibit of early sketches of West Philly, and a short preview of Edgar Bateman and Julian Pressley, dueting at Moonstone.

July 16: Just a preview of Buzz Aldrin's appearance at the Free Library, promoting his new autobiography, Magnificent Desolation.

July 23: A preview of I-House's Arthur Lipsett retrospective, a review of Afghan Star, a preview of Empire of Illusion essayist Chris Hedges' appearance at the Free Library, and a pick for the tenth-anniversary reissue CD release show for the Ari Hoenig/Tim Motzer quartet Jazzheads.

July 30: Two reviews this week, for the Judd Apatow/Adam Sandler hit Funny People, and the could-be-Apatow-premised don't-call-it-mumblecore comedy Humpday.

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