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Published: Oct 28, 2009

Punk Tribute

Just the facts: A supergroup of Ted Leo, Atom Goren (Atom and His Package), Brian Sokel (Franklin), Andy Nelson (Paint It Black) and Chris Wilson (Ted Leo and the Pharmacists) will be playing as TV Casualty, doing Misfits covers at Kung Fu Necktie on Halloween. Killer, right? Oh, and the $8 cover benefits the People's Emergency Center, a West Philly advocacy group. Amazing, yeah? And they've lined up PIB's Dan Yemin to do vocals for an upcoming Black Flag tribute night. You should probably hit kungfunecktie.com to get your tickets now.

—Brian Howard

Comic Book/Monstrosity

The Batman Vault (Running Press, Oct. 6) might not be the most necessary thing on your wish list, but damn it'll look good buckling your coffee table. This slick, oversize album collects all kinds of crazy art and artifacts from the Caped Crusader's 60 years, the many aerodynamically challenged Batmobiles, Anton Furst's majestic charcoal sketches of Gotham City, etc. And a pic of Adam West with Milton Berle. For reasons only Batdorks can tell you.

We know it as a meeting point for gnarly bike couriers, a napping place for the homeless and a frolicking spot for well-behaved dogs. But Rittenhouse Square has a backstory like any other place, full of conflict and controversy (underground parking! High-rise apartments with ugly modern windows!). Longtime Ritt resident Nancy M. Heizen's The Perfect Square (Temple, Oct. 28) breaks it down — without the stodginess we might expect from a book about a square.

Boondock Saints, the hyper-violent fam-revenge flick, gets a sequel after its bomb at the box office and subsequent resurrection in dorm rooms across the country. After you read Drew Lazor's review of Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, rent Mark Brian Smith and Tony Montana's Overnight, a doc about Saints director Troy Duffy's skyrocket rise and plummet during and after the making of the movie. It's a fascinating look at ego and art. Or, depending on your viewpoint, the lack thereof.

Great Migration
Save the Deli
The Good Puppet of Szechwan
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
The Weir
On Pointe
New Edge Mix