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Amanda Blank (Spank Rock) and Rose Luardo of Sweatheart performed at the Megawords Storefront over the weekend, but their show wasn’t what fans expected. Rosie and Amanda weren’t rapping or singing, they weren’t even dancing, but they were drinking diet coke, watching 90210 and gossiping.
The Megawords storefront was put into an abandoned space on 11th and Arch, and its function for its month long installation, is to bring people together and bring a sense of community. “Where does that happen? It happens at bars, it happens in community centers, but I think a barber shop or a hair or nail salon is definitely one of those places where people congregate. They gossip, they talk shit. Even if they aren’t getting a service done, they’re just sitting there talking, drinking diet coke,” said Rosie.
Both men and women were getting hair extensions put in and getting their nails manicured and painted. Everyone got gussied up in just enough time to grab some wine and watch Lillie Ruth Bussey, Philly local, sing and play her toy-like instruments. Bussey, built like a basketball player, gently sang and timidly addressed the crowd, only stopping to play some records and to water her small plant, nestled in a porcelain dolphin, sitting at her feet.
After Bussey’s show, just before Amanda and Rosie put away their nail polish and hair, I was able to get an extension from Rosie and ask her a few questions:
Me: What are some reasons you and Amanda got involved with Megawords and this “Nail Me” salon?
Rosie: I’m really interested in non-scripted things, to perform and stay in character, [and] this is what Amanda and I Should be doing. We should be doing hair and nails. This is like a fulfillment of a dream.
I really knew it was going to be soo much fun. So this is our second day, yesterday we were a little more, “Hey Hon, How you Doin? Great to see yas. Diet Coke” [laughs] We had to stay in character for a large majority of the time. Today was a lot more mellow, a lot of our friends came
I also like, touching people. I like touching people, and so it’s acceptable to touch people if you’re like touching their hair and nails and providing a service for them. Also, it’s kind, it’s warm, it’s nice. I think the whole thing, I give a thumbs up, and I really had a great time.
Me: What would be the typical experience at the “Nail Me” salon?
Rosie: We had some people sitting in the waiting room, sitting in the waiting room and
watching 90210. That’s also something that I felt people should always find, conversations with strangers based on things like television programs that people could relive and chit chat, and could talk about the highs and lows of the Walsh twins, talk about Tori Spelling’s outfit changes and how she went to Paris to become a model.
Me: Have people been asking a lot of questions, confused as to what the storefront is?
Rosie: There’s a bustle. You should ask what’s going on here. If you’re looking in the window, there’s hair on the walls, there’s nails, there’s community and laughing. You want to ask what’s going on, I think it’d be bad if you didn’t.
The Megawords storefront will be closed at the end of September, but there are hopeful rumors of prolonging their residency in Chinatown, though nothing is confirmed.
The Megawords storefront was put into an abandoned space on 11th and Arch, and its function for its month long installation, is to bring people together and bring a sense of community. “Where does that happen? It happens at bars, it happens in community centers, but I think a barber shop or a hair or nail salon is definitely one of those places where people congregate. They gossip, they talk shit. Even if they aren’t getting a service done, they’re just sitting there talking, drinking diet coke,” said Rosie.
Both men and women were getting hair extensions put in and getting their nails manicured and painted. Everyone got gussied up in just enough time to grab some wine and watch Lillie Ruth Bussey, Philly local, sing and play her toy-like instruments. Bussey, built like a basketball player, gently sang and timidly addressed the crowd, only stopping to play some records and to water her small plant, nestled in a porcelain dolphin, sitting at her feet.
After Bussey’s show, just before Amanda and Rosie put away their nail polish and hair, I was able to get an extension from Rosie and ask her a few questions:
Me: What are some reasons you and Amanda got involved with Megawords and this “Nail Me” salon?
Rosie: I’m really interested in non-scripted things, to perform and stay in character, [and] this is what Amanda and I Should be doing. We should be doing hair and nails. This is like a fulfillment of a dream.
I really knew it was going to be soo much fun. So this is our second day, yesterday we were a little more, “Hey Hon, How you Doin? Great to see yas. Diet Coke” [laughs] We had to stay in character for a large majority of the time. Today was a lot more mellow, a lot of our friends came
I also like, touching people. I like touching people, and so it’s acceptable to touch people if you’re like touching their hair and nails and providing a service for them. Also, it’s kind, it’s warm, it’s nice. I think the whole thing, I give a thumbs up, and I really had a great time.
Me: What would be the typical experience at the “Nail Me” salon?
Rosie: We had some people sitting in the waiting room, sitting in the waiting room and
watching 90210. That’s also something that I felt people should always find, conversations with strangers based on things like television programs that people could relive and chit chat, and could talk about the highs and lows of the Walsh twins, talk about Tori Spelling’s outfit changes and how she went to Paris to become a model.
Me: Have people been asking a lot of questions, confused as to what the storefront is?
Rosie: There’s a bustle. You should ask what’s going on here. If you’re looking in the window, there’s hair on the walls, there’s nails, there’s community and laughing. You want to ask what’s going on, I think it’d be bad if you didn’t.
The Megawords storefront will be closed at the end of September, but there are hopeful rumors of prolonging their residency in Chinatown, though nothing is confirmed.
