Margaret Cho
Thursday, October 18
Keswick Theater
Glenside, Pa.
7:30 & 10 p.m. $38 $28
(215) 331-2047
It's always a good time when the Notorious C.H.O. comes into town. Serving it to ya raw like only stand-up can do, Margaret's show brings a wit, intelligence and perversity that you won't find on Friends. The self-proclaimed "Korean-American fag-hag, shit-starter, girl comic, trash-talker" likes to keep it controversial without relying on brainless inanity for the sake of a laugh. But she does like sex. Straight sex, kinky sex, raw sex, sweaty sex, funny sex, bad sex, smelly sex, wet sex, butt sex, you're blocking the TV sex, and anything else that may at some point be foolishly masked by some as "making love." Vaginas, bondage and the occasional bloody tampon all regularly find their way into Cho's act as she puts it on the table for all to see. The girl likes to shag--we're not gonna lie to ya. But she's willing to save that for after the show so that she can make you cry with laughter for a couple hours. She's a girl after our own heart, God Bless her.
Culinary Voyage of India: Maharahtra
Caf‚ Spice
35 S. Second Street
Through October 28
(215) 627-6273
Don't you hate it when you find out that a place, which you thought was one of a kind, is actually a chain? Ah, well, bygones. The food is still damn delectable. Caf‚ Spice is offering special dinner menus from different regions of India. This week's offering specializes in fish and vegetable dishes. And, for the less adventurous sort, the regular dinner menu is still available. Wimps.
Butthole Surfers w/Kid 606
Trocadero Theatre
1003 Arch Street
8 p.m. Doors/9 p.m. Show, $20
(215) 922-LIVE
Hehe, snort snort, they have the word butt in their name. Cheap claim to fame but it worked.... C'mon, how many people actually know what kind of music they play? I don't think that they even know--what with the rock and pop but not. But Butthole Surfers is a helluva lot more creative than the name of their openers. Kid 505 must have already been taken on the screen-name database.
Neil Diamond
First Union Center
3601 S. Broad Street
8 p.m., $37.50-67.50
(215) 336-3600
We're not really sure what else you could imagine doing other than going to see Neil Diamond do his thing at the FU Center. The man is a legend. "Cracklin' Rosie," "Sweet Caroline" and sequin suits--its all right there as the man bears his soul for the second of a two-night stand. That's one full night of pure, unadulterated Neil singing you "Cherry Cherry" and making love to your mind. Anything less than $500 a ticket is clearly a bargain to witness this precious gem of a performer.
