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The Providence Phoenix | March 15, 2013 3 homegrown product March madnessthe 2013 wbru rock hunt _by chris conti | p 12 march 15–21, 2013 | rhode island’s largest weekly | Free t a dandy lIS p 6 Two shows highlight_by David the Scharfenberg RISD Museum’s | new direction thIS lovecraft month beer on broadway JUSt In A Q&A with the mastermind | p 5 !Taking Newport by storm | p 8 LUPOS.COM LUPOS • 79 WASHINGTON ST. • PROVIDENCE / THEMETRI.COM THE MET • 1005 MAIN ST. • PAWTUCKET JUST ADDED ~ FRIDAY, MAY 17 AT LUPO’S TONIGHT, THURSDAY, MARCH 14 AT KELLER WILLIAMS JUST ADDED ~ FRIDAY, MAY 10 AT THIS FRI. MARCH MARCH - THE MET 15 AT LUPO’S A$AP THIS SUN. 3/17, ST. PAT’S DAY• 4 PM FERG 8 PM LEGENDS JAM • FREE MIKE TANAKA & FRIENDS THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 15 AT THIS SATURDAY, THURSDAY, MARCH 21 AT TUES 3/19 DRUTHERS MARCH 16 3/20 THE COMPANY WE KEEP AT FRI 3/26 NEW PROVIDENCE BIG BAND FEAR NUTTIN BAND PACIFIC DUB WED 3/27 THE DIEPODS THE COSMIC FACTORY DORISDUKE THURS 3/28 A LOSS FOR WORDS ALAN DAY • PARIS • TROPHY WIVES Aztec Two-Step FRI 3/29 SARAH & THE TALL BOYS 42 years of Harmony TOWER & THE FOOL • SIX STAR GENERAL Max Creek John Fuzek SAT 3/30 THE SCHEMERS FRIDAY, MARCH 22 AT SATURDAY, MARCH 23 AT FRIDAY, MARCH 29 AT LUPO’S SARAH LUPO & HER BAND APRIL - THE MET FRI 4/5 BROWN BIRD LAST GOOD TOOTH SAT 4/13 CARRION JUELZ MINOR X • FURLONG • A TRUTH DIVIDES SANTANA SUN 4/14 RIZZZ WED 4/17 WHAT’S EATING GILBERT LITTLE GREEN CARS JOE FLETCHER & (CHAD FRON NEW FOUND GLORY) THE SILKS • MEAN CREEK THE WRONG REASONS DIAMOND YOUTH HERE AND NOW THURSDAY, APRIL 4 AT LUPO’S SUNDAY, APRIL 7 AT LUPO’S FRIDAY, APRIL 12 AT FRI 4/19 FITZ & THE TANTRUMS FRI 4/20 THE FEELIES SAT 4/27 THE NEIGHBORHOODS NEUTRAL NATION • HOPE ANCHOR SUN 4/28 RIMOF PRESENTS Carolina Chocolate Drops GRAHAM PARKER THE COWHILLS - A Modern Take On A Traditional Sound - & THE ORIGINAL RUMOUR STEVE SMITH & THE NAKEDS special guests Original Jelly Roll Soul PAUL GEREMIA & MORE TUESDAY, APRIL 23 AT LUPO’S SUNDAY, APRIL 28 AT LUPO’S WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 AT LUPO’S TUES 4/30 KRIS ALLEN MAY - THE MET SAT 5/4 ITCHY FISH 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW WED 5/8 FOALS SURFER BLOOD •BLONDFIRE SAT 5/11 GHOSTFACE KILLAH SAT 6/8 CALEXICO MON 6/17 ATLAS GENIUS GRIZ THRIFTWORKS FRIDAY, MAY 3 AT LUPO’S THURSDAY, MAY 9 AT LUPO’S JUST ADDED ~ MON., MAY 13 AT LUPO’S COMING TO LUPOS: SILVERSUN PICKUPS FRIDAY, MAY 10 LIVE IN CONCERT BADFISH A TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME SPRING HEELED JACK FRIDAY, JUNE 7 QUEENSRYCHE SATURDAY, JULY 13 STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO LUPO’S BOX OFFICE • MON-FRI NOON - 6 PM LUPOS.COM • F.Y.E. STORES • ROUND AGAIN RECORDS • IN YOUR EAR • EMPIRE GUITARS providence.thephoenix.com | the providence phoenix | march 15, 2013 3 march 15, 2013 Contents IN THIS ISSUE p 8 p 6 p 13 TH 6 a dandy list _by david scharfenberg THURSDAY MARCH 14 Two shows — “Lists: To-Dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists’ Enumerations from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art” and “Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion” — highlight RISD Museum’s new 9pm: Pot of Gold Party with direction. Resident DJ Vinny Vibe 12 homegrown product _by chris conti Mega-March madness: meet the first six semi-finalists of the 2013 wbru rock hunt. 10pm: Door prizes from Plus, “Off the Couch” with cannibal ramblers, the gnomes, and more. the Pot of Gold 13 art _by greg cook The pleasures of patterns: “the conditions were just right” at World’s Fair; plus, “navigation paintings” TH Michael Childress’s at Yellow Peril Gallery. FRIDAY MARCH 15 24 film “Short Takes” on barbara and emperor. 5pm: After Work Live Acoustic Music with Brian Twohey featuring IN EVERY ISSUE the Tom Lanigan Band 6 4 phillipe & jorge’s 10pm: Green Party with cool, cool world Show us your hands | Prayer shots | DJ Dirty Dek, cash prizes Board games | Glorious food | The 6 return of Stevie Thunder for best GREEN attire! 47 the city _by derf 5 this just in TH Coming to Providence: “The Month SATURDAY MARCH 16 10 of Lovecraft” | In the climate change St. Practice Day and 2 Year fight, youth out front 8 bottles & cans Anniversary Party 11 Beer on Broadway: taking Newport Special VIP seating available by storm. online exclusives! Contact [email protected] 12 8 days a week F COOL NEW SOUNDS! We weigh 12 The Joffrey Ballet, Lori McKenna, to RSVP in on four new releases: Marnie The Real Thing, Second City, Word On Stern’s The Chronicles of Marnia, How Wednesday, and more. Limit free VIP app parties, offer from 4-9pm To Destroy Angels’ Welcome Oblivion, 3026 moon signs 9pm: MLC Live followed by DJ Soulo the Mary Onettes’ Hit the Waves, _by symboline dai and Empress Of’s “Hat Trick.” Dig in 26 jonesin’ _puzzle by matt jones Official St Patrick's Day Toast at Midnight at thePhoenix.com. 30 PROVIDENCE ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER STEPHEN L. BROWN MANAGING EDITOR LOU PAPINEAU NEWS EDITOR DAVID SCHARFENBERG EDITORIAL DESIGN MANAGER JANET SMITH TAYLOR CONTRIBUTING EDITORS BILL RODRIGUEZ, JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ PROVIDENCE | BOSTON | PORTLAND CONTRIBUTING WRITERS RUDY CHEEKS, CHRIS CONTI, 9am: Open for an Irish Breakfast VOL. XXVI | NO. 11 GREG COOK, CHIP YOUNG CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD McCAFFREY Enter to win 2 tickets to see Green Day LIVE! STEPHEN M. 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Bon everyone was supposed to share, lacks the staff to track down all their ecclesiastical studies before What we figure is that, since appetit! a risqué love letter, or a loaded these violations. But P&J hope hitting the hardwood. For years, there are no elections going on, Glock, anytime you conceal some- that authorities can at least stop the few black “students” you the staff over at the Board of the return oF thing it immediately provokes the practice of tapping casino could find on the PC campus just Elections doesn’t have a whole stevie thunder suspicion. ATMs; at least make an effort happened to play basketball. lot to do. So after the third run On March 16, on the One O’Clock So it is with Linc Chafee’s re- to conceal your scams, food At least another “religious” to Dunkin’ Donuts one day, radio show from 6 to 9 am on fusal (as of press time) to reveal stampers (read “cult”) school, Brigham somebody came up with an ex- WRIU (90.3 on your FM dial), the specifics of a state-commis- Young, draws its players from cellent idea: why not introduce host Cyber Larsen will have sioned report on Medicaid and Prayer shots its Mormon base — although some really bad legislation and Stevie Thunder on as his special food stamp fraud, prepared by Phillipe and Jorge mourn the loss that base now seems to include send it over to a Halitosis Hall guest. Stevie, a Pawtucket native consultant and former Moderate of the Big East Conference as we seven-foot players from around gang always interested in such and URI grad, once hosted his Party gubernatorial candidate know it; the institution is falling the globe who evidently found things? own radio show on WRIU, Ken Block. victim to the gods of greed and God after BYU missionaries put Although not privy to the “The Stevie Thunder Bad Taste A good rule of thumb for this the gridiron.
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