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STORES • ROUND AGAIN RECORDS • IN YOUR EAR • EMPIRE GUITARS providence.thephoenix.com | the providence phoenix | may 3, 2013 3 may 3, 2013 Contents IN THIS ISSUE p 12 p 6 p 10 6 Slavery unchained _by philip eil Brown’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice confronts the university’s — and America’s — shame. 9 homegrown product _by chriS conti Feel the pain: vudu SiSter aren’t a folk band either. 10 art _by greg cook Altered images: jacqueline frole’s “Family Room”; and joSeph aaron Segal. 12 theater _by bill rodriguez Clandestine couplings: Epic stages Pinter’s time-twisting betrayal. 14 dance _by johnette rodriguez A tangled web: paula hunter’s Away From Home. 21 film “Short Takes” on iron man 3 and the angelS’ Share. IN EVERY ISSUE 6 4 phillipe & jorge’S 8 8 dayS a week cool, cool world “Live Bait” dives into deleted scenes, The ProJo’s mounting woes | Itchy Fish turns 20, the Cinco de Mayo Beauty Queen Bush league | Rallying for RIPTA | Block Party, the Gamm’s of Leenane Women rock! A powerhouse play 6 , Kimi’s Movie Night at the Salon, Foals at the Met, Silversun 4 the city _by derf Pickups7 hit Lupo’s, and more! 5 thiS juSt in 22 moon SignS _by Symboline dai A Fine vision for health care in RI | Jon B. Cooke’s Comic Book Creator 22 10jone Sin’ _puzzle by matt joneS 11 12 30 Foals | p 8 30 PROVIDENCE ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER STEPHEN L. BROWN MANAGING EDITOR LOU PAPINEAU NEWS EDITOR PHILIP EIL CONTRIBUTING EDITORS BILL RODRIGUEZ, JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITERS RUDY CHEEKS, CHRIS CONTI, PROVIDENCE | PORTLAND GREG COOK, CHIP YOUNG VOL. XXVI | NO. 18 CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD McCAFFREY CONTRIBUTING ILLUSTRATOR DALE STEPHANOS STEPHEN M. 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PRINTED BY MASS WEB PRINTING | PEOPLE2PEOPLE GROUP MASS WEB PRINTING CO., INC., 314 WASHINGTON ST, AUBURN, MA 01501 | 508.832.5317 4 May 3, 2013 | the providence phoenix | providence. thephoenix.coM phillipe + Jorge’s cool, cool World CIRCULATION PROBLEMS The PROJO’s mounTing woes; bus riders uniTe; making musical memories After the Boston Phoenix phony claims of Saddam Husse- ton as the Promised Land,” Swift Sombreros off to Don Rhodes kicked off with Bob and Tom Pet- f turned up its toes, it’s hardly in’s WMDs and the projected loss informs P&J. “I was talking with and the RIPTA Riders Alliance for teruti leading a crack group of fair for Phillipe and Jorge to criti- of many American troops’ lives, a nurse who lives right near the their hard work in support of a jazz musicians through a beauti- cize another local media organ. said, “Why should we hear about fateful Marathon finish line and thoughtful and comprehensive ful version of the Glenn Miller So we’ll let our old pal Scottso body bags and death? . It’s not who also remembered her girl- transit strategy. As a RIPTA rider chestnut “String of Pearls” and MacKay at Rhode Island Public relevant. So why should I waste hood fear of bombs as everyday himself, Jorge fully supports this other tunes associated with Bob- Radio dissect The Urinal’s slump- my beautiful mind on something realities. Boston is the land of effort. (And a note of disclosure: by Hackett, the legendary cornet- ing circulation figures. like that?” Irish immigrants who went on Phillipe serves on the Coalition ist. Mary Lee Partington, Cathy Citing WPRI’s news blogger Ted “Beautiful,” indeed. She must to teach us all about the journey for Transportation Choices, one Clasper-Torch, and Kevin Doyle Nesi, MacKay reported that the be a “compassionate conserva- from bigotry to prominence. The of the advocates for transit fund- sang and danced a tribute to BeloJo’s circulation has plummeted tive,” right? courage recently shown by its ing in Rhode Island.) the great George M. Cohan. The by thousands of copies in the past When questioned about residents owes much to the Celtic next generation of Eddie Zack’s year. This is no big surprise at Casa Dubya’s brother Jeb Bush’s presi- spirit of that long subjugated and WOMEN ROCK! Hayloft Jamboree performed and Diablo, where we nevertheless dential aspirations in a recent often spurned tribe.” A great lineup of women rock- Adrienne West, accompanied by remain staunch subscribers with Today show interview Babs said, Beauty Queen will run through ers will be performing at a show Mark Taber, belted out a couple of hopes for the best (and an aware- “We’ve had enough Bushes.” June 2. Tickets are available at called “ROCK GIRLS ROBOTS” Jimmie Crane’s hit songs. Sissie- ness that we’re not technologically Nuf sed. 401.723.4266 or gammtheatre. on the afternoon and evening of retta Jones was also honored. skilled enough to decipher the org. As P&J always say, be there or Sunday, May 5 at Roots Cultural In the evening, Bill Flanagan BeloJo’s hideous web site). POWERHOUSE PLAY be square . you little beauties. Center in downtown Providence. humbly accepted his induction, Scottso goes on to describe A heads-up to playgoers about the The event is a fundraiser for the taking time to make special note The Other Paper in mostly harsh, Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre’s RALLYING FOR RIPTA Trudeau Center and Sojourner of longtime Phoenix editor Lou unflattering terms. Though, as a staging of The Beauty Queen of Leen- At 3:30 pm on Thursday, May 2 House. There’ll be raffles; lots of Papineau and NewPaper founder former BeloJo scribe, he does de- ane, which begins previews on — the day this issue hits news- food from local purveyors; and Ty Davis. And then there was the fend the many high-end report- May 2. The play is directed by P&J’s stands — there will be a rally at performances by Royal Ram, great bluesmaster Paul Geremia, ers on Fountain Street whom P&J friend and colleague, Judith Swift the State House in support of the Gabby Rizzle, Castle, Malyssa who dazzled us with his magnifi- equally admire.