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• Posted Phillyist Playlist: The O'Jays at Liacouras Center to Phillyist
  Photo courtesy of Donnell Clarke, Clarke & Associates There are innumerable ways to open this concert preview. We could do straight down the middle, noting the sheer amount of R&B power taking the stage at Temple University this weekend. Or perhaps a witty (sexual yet tasteful) reference to starting a love train? But seriously, just look at the photo. Who wouldn't want to spend a Saturday night with these guys? Fuggedaboutit! The blissfully harmonic...
• Posted Playlist Rewind: Saul Williams at the TLA to Phillyist
  Photo courtesy of David Marek, Girlie Action Media, Inc. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if my dad was a militant slam poet who used eardrum shattering electronic beats and industrial hip-hop to communicate his message of individualism, anti-conformity and transcending the shackles of racism that have affected him so deeply. Now I know. It was a family affair Friday night at TLA when Saul Williams (MySpace) brought his Afro-Punk 2009 tour...
• Posted Phillyist Playlist: Saul Williams at TLA to Phillyist
  Photo courtesy of David Marek, Girlie Action Media, Inc. Really, so your plan was to spend your night off in between World Series games at home, resting your liver and your wallet? Well think again, because there is a tour rolling into Philly on Friday that takes crazy to a whole new level. Tell your checking account that everything will be okay, but trust us: Saul Williams is definitely worth going into overdraft for....
• Posted Phillyist Rewind: Living Colour at World Cafe Live to Phillyist
  Photo courtesy of Calabro Music You heard it here first: Living Colour has restored my faith in the Church of Rock. They absolutely killed it last night, shaking the World Cafe Live to the core and sending the crowd—largely comatose before they hit the stage—into a metal-infused frenzy. Living Colour quenched our thirst for rock in a way that only a band with their dimension can do. Never letting themselves be shackled by mainstream...
• Posted Phillyist Playlist: Living Colour at World Cafe Live to Phillyist
  Photo by Bill Berstein, courtesy of Calabro Music Anyone who clicked here thinking they were getting info on some reunion of Jim Carrey, David Alan Grier and the Wayans Brothers (the older and funny ones, not the younger and stupid ones), click away now. We're here to talk about rock. Furious, hard, guitar-shredding rock. Thursday night, the New York City funk metal fusion quartet Living Colour (MySpace) takes the stage at World Cafe Live....