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November 12th, 2009

Editor's Letter: Eerie in its Absence

Alas, WFC now requires an '08 tacked on the end, at least till next November.

The double whammy of a sobering World Series loss and the Transport Workers Union strike turned Philly into some sort of weird soundproof bubble.

by Brian Howard

November 12th, 2009

Music Picks: Times New Viking/The Axemen

Sun., Nov. 15, 8 p.m., $10, with The Mad Scene and U.S. Girls, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 866-468-7619, kungfunecktie.com.

The reckless, shattered lo-fi art punk band formed in Dunedin in 1981 in protest of then-apartheid South Africa's Springboks rugby team tour of the islands, and has raged ever since.

by Brian Howard

November 5th, 2009

Smell the Clove

Tom Culton, with a reading from the gospel of garlic.

The garlic you're likely most familiar with, the stuff in the netted bags at Acme, is called, fittingly and blandly, California White. It became the industry standard thanks to its uniform bulb size and resistance to disease, says Culton. It's fine — but it's far from the last pungent word on the topic.

by Brian Howard

October 29th, 2009

Editor's Letter: Anonymously Yours

"The holiday used to be all about the children — you know, sacrificing them."

We'd been itching to set Rodney loose on something longer; telling the inside story of the return to active duty of The Dead Milkmen as they prepare for their big Trocadero Halloween gig seemed like just the thing.

by Brian Howard

October 22nd, 2009

Music Picks: Múm

Thu., Oct. 22, 8 p.m., $15-$18, First Unitarian Church Sanctuary, 2125 Chestnut St., r5productions.com.

The music here is more upbeat and expansive — and, OK, a lot less creepily twitchy.

by Brian Howard

October 22nd, 2009

Adam Arcuragi

One man's super-organic, supremely human Manhattan Project on happiness.

"It took a lot of energy and time to get everything coordinated, but then once we got all the pieces in place," says Arcuragi, "I really just let it do its thing."

by Brian Howard

October 15th, 2009

Editor's Letter: Here's Your Rocktober

You'd think we'd be used to this by now.

"You people have a real hard-on for the Eagles."

by Brian Howard

October 1st, 2009

One Track Mind: Adam Arcuragi

Bottom of the River

Its opening car-wheel percussion, thumping beat and slide guitar suggest folksy simplicity.

by Brian Howard

September 24th, 2009