Some upcoming events worth mentioning:
Phil Kline will be performing Zippo Songs at the Kimmel Center on Saturday night. You'll remember him as the organizer of the boombox parade in Philly this past summer. Zippo Songs has a particularly interesting origin, because Kline used the words GIs scratched into their Zippo lighters during Vietnam to create the song cycle. Kline is considered one of the most innovative composers alive, and I'm sure this performance will live up to his reputation.
Also, Culture Vulture is going to be sampling some of the goods at the Philadelphia Film Festival in the next few weeks, with the first viewing taking place tomorrow. In the Arms of My Enemy is a French language period drama, but don't let that fool you. This film has the two elements that automatically make any movie a masterpiece: gypsies and cossacks. And if you attend the 4:30 showing at the Ritz East you just might spot Culture Vulture in the audience.
