may 17-23, 2013 | rhode island’s largest weekly | Free art CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN ‘artist/rebel/ dandy’ at the risd museum _by Greg Cook | p 13 EQUAL, AT LAST Same-sex couples celebrate their newly- legal love _by Philip Eil | p 8 THIS A LASTING IMPRESSION BLUE-COLLAR BLUES JUST IN A Q&A with carver Nicholas Benson | p 6 !Prolyphic’s honest hip-hop | p 12 providence.thephoenix.com | the providence phoenix | may 17, 2013 3 LUPOS.COM LUPOS • 79 WASHINGTON ST. • PROVIDENCE / THEMETRI.COM THE MET • 1005 MAIN ST. • PAWTUCKET SUNDAY, JULY 21 AT LUPO’S JUST ADDED ~ THURSDAY, AUG. 1 AT LUPO’S THIS FRIDAY, MAY 17 AT LUPO’S may 17, 2013 contents on the cover F photos by natalja kent/two moon photography in thiS iSSue p 14 A$AP FERG p 12 p 21 8 equal, at last _by philip eil The same-sex marriage law doesn’t officially go into effect until August 1, which TUESDAY, JUNE 4 AT LUPO’S FRIDAY, JUNE 7 AT LUPO’S WEDNESEDAY, JUNE 19 AT LUPO’S gives us a moment to catch up with six couples who share their newly-legal love. 12 homegrown product _by chris conti Blue-collar blues: prolyphic and Buddy Peace salute the Working Man. Plus, on page T1, “Off the Couch.” 13 art _by greg cook Performing the 25th Anniversary Clothes make the man: “artist/rebel/dandy: men of fashion” at the RISD Museum. Operation: of 2013 14 theater _by bill rodriguez mindcrime Brown/Trinity Rep MFA’s romeo and juliet; the zoo story at Mixed Magic. ALSO PERFORMING CLASSIC HITS 21 film Starring the original Lead singer “Short Takes” on no and from up on poppy hill. GEOFF TATE with All-Star guest players from Ozzy Osbourne, in every iSSue 6 Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Dio, 4 phillipe & jorge’s 10 dining Blue Oyster Cult, AC/DC & more cool, cool world Every dish is done just right at Trattoria How things work | Sequestered Longo. 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P&J hope to see some of you all weekend flistening to Dan Yorke on WPRO last place Friday, May 17. As usual, there will asio and Fred Wilkes. Patrick’s first started there. artists & Friday afternoon when news broke that be a video, a quiz, and dedications sand- having these celebrations in 1998 and the craftspersons Delicious former State Senate President Joseph wiched around live music performances. ZimmerMen, according to McGetrick, MaMa’S boyS Foods Montalbano was being nominated for the “But this year,” organizer Jim McGetrick “have been doing something similar in Your superior correspondents primarily from around state’s Superior Court. Immediately, Dan says, “there could really be something northern RI for just as long.” use Facebook to promote this phony the country. Downtown started putting the pieces together. with the addition of a second band, the Jorge has attended the Patrick’s Pub baloney column. But it’s also a good The speculation goes like this: the recent ZimmerMen.” Dylan fest a few times. It’s a fun night way to keep in touch with friends all over Sidewalk Sale passage of marriage equality was the linch- The event’s regular band, the BusKings, and a must for Bob Dylan fanatics. Be the world whom we haven’t seen in a pin for this new development. Historically, will be alternating with the ZimmerMen, warned, however, that the “quiz” is really, while. For instance, it’s great way to touch the marriage equality issue has been ham- base with former members of Rubber strung in the Senate, where the current Rodeo, the Mundanes, Talking Heads, president, Teresa Paiva-Weed, was an oppo- Barry and the Remains, and other musical nent. Thus, in order to get the bill through, the City _BY DERF acts whom Jorge used to play with back in there would have to be some horse-trading the ’70s. among the pols. Although Paiva-Weed This past Sunday was Mother’s Day WILCOX PARK—WESTERLY, RI 10 AM-5 PM voted “no” on the bill, she could have been and, outside of posting the requisite MAY 25 & 26, 2013 • FREE ADMISSION • RAIN OR SHINE a lot more of an obstruction. Frank Zappa tune — in this case, “Peaches This, we suspect, was where the horse- en Regalia” — we spent a good deal of trading took place. Joe Montalbano, who time checking out old family photos of our had a fairly serious ethics charge lodged friends’ mothers. Many were stunningly against him leading up to losing his Sen- beautiful. ate seat in a major upset back in 2008, was Jorge’s mother passed away more set up to finally get his reward, with the than 18 years ago and, unfortunately, he pols hoping that everyone had forgotten doesn’t have the scanning equipment about the ethics charges. to post any old photographs. (Though he FOR INFORMATION 401.596.7761 We have no animus against any of was able to post one of him and his mother these people, but P&J have a strong suspi- that ran in the Other Paper for Mother’s cion that Yorke has it mostly right. And Day, 1984). She — Marjorie Jenks McCrae that is how “the system” works in the Big- — was an amazing woman who was very gest Little. It is also why many knowledge- active in Pawtucket communities and able people who follow local politics closely held interesting jobs over the years. She are so frustrated and disgusted. was the secretary for Hasbro’s Don Levine, for example, at the time he invented SequeStered again G.I. Joe. Phillipe and Jorge didn’t really take the To Jorge’s eternal gratitude, Marge also threat of sequestered funding by the fed- took an interest in genealogy and traced eral government too seriously, figuring the family roots back to Roger Williams. that it was just another scare tactic being Being a direct descendant of Vo Dilun’s used by DC blowhards to force Obama to founder was not something Jorge knew look bad.