Joyce Homan

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• Posted Phillyist Playlist: Gossip at Theater of the Living Arts to Phillyist
  photo courtesy of band website Beth Ditto is busy. In addition to helming a band and starting a clothing line, the zaftig lead singer of Gossip (MySpace) recently (and bravely) dropped trou for the cover of UK-based LOVE magazine, giving pride and delight to fierce fat girls everywhere. In addition, she and the band have just kicked off a US tour in support of their latest album, Music for Men, cut with the aid...
• Favorited Playlist Rewind: Pink at the University of the Arts and the Wachovia Center on Phillyist
• Posted Playlist Rewind: Pink at the University of the Arts and the Wachovia Center to Phillyist
  Often simplistically tarred with the "bad girl" brush, musician Pink brought her touring show home to Philadelphia this past weekend. And with that visit came a special request to the University of the Arts and the Creative and Performing Arts High School (CAPA)—she wanted to talk to their students. School administrators were more than happy to oblige, and the UArts auditorium was filled this past Saturday afternoon. Pink and her co-writer (and former CAPA student)...
• Posted Phillyist Playlist: Pink at the Wachovia Center to Phillyist
  Photo courtesy artist's website It's not every day you find a songwriter who's willing to open up a vein and help her audience find a groove. Fortunately, Doylestown-born Pink (a.k.a. Alecia Moore) is among that small group, and she brings the party by getting everyone up and dancing to gritty, catchy beats while challenging the heart with her raw, honest lyrics. Tomorrow night's your opportunity to catch the chanteuse touring in support of her...
• Posted Joyce's PLAF Diary for Wednesday, September 16 to Phillyist
  Performance: Emma's Parlour (Martina Plag/Laureen Griffin/Leah Walton) (Future Performances—Post-Fringe) Howard Zinn is most well known for his passionate political writing, not his plays. So when I heard he'd written one about Emma Goldman, the renowned anarchist—and that it was being performed at the Fringe—I was intrigued. In collaboration with artist Laureen Griffin, Martina Plag and Leah Walton have put a lush, sensual decoration in the peformance parlour. Using silk-screen printed chairs, old-time props, and...