May 4-10, 2006 Naked City : Icepack icepack by A.D. Amorosi Last weekend—from Superfriendz ICA Penn Relay party to Thrilladelphia’s Hancock Street block party to the bad dancers at TLA’s Antibalas show on South Street—I was moved. Not just because…

March 30-April 5, 2006 Naked City Gettin’ High Will the Park Hyatt’s Nineteen let us rediscover our much maligned skyline? by A.D. Amorosi The halibut with the Lancaster County ham and fiddlehead ferns; the succulent scallops with butternut squash ravioli;…

March 30-April 5, 2006 Naked City Gettin’ High Will the Park Hyatt’s Nineteen let us rediscover our much maligned skyline? by A.D. Amorosi The halibut with the Lancaster County ham and fiddlehead ferns; the succulent scallops with butternut squash ravioli;…

February 16-22, 2006 music icepack by A.D. Amorosi His creaky run up the museum steps is over, leaving the hopes of fat guys in wifebeaters and chunky women in sweatpants dashed for that final bit of Rocky communion. His Adrian’s…

January 19-25, 2006 music icepack by A.D. Amorosi Young hipster doofuses, take note. Aging’s a tricky thing. One day you’re wearing pelvic-bone-prone white corduroys with a really ironic belt buckle that makes your equally clever buddies chuckle ever so slightly.…

January 5-11, 2006 music icepack by A.D. Amorosi There it was—Dec. 30. A psychologist on Fox News blabbing how NYEve resolutions ‘re no good. Resolutions are for “pussies.” Maybe I’m paraphrasing. Maybe he said “dickwad hipster doofuses who listen to…

December 8-14, 2005 music icepack by A.D. Amorosi Lord & Taylor’s light show got cut back, meaning anyone looking to snag a quickie at Wanamaker’s eagle has fewer chances to have his pick-up lines backed up by John Facenda’s booming…

November 24-December 1, 2005 mixpicks Mister Magic NEO-VAUDEVILLE Sometimes we stop believing in magic. The blown-dry tech frippery associated with a cornball Copperfield, the industrial blight of Criss Angel, even the overly chatty Penn and Teller — tired. Perhaps then…

November 24-December 1, 2005 mixpicks Mister Magic NEO-VAUDEVILLE Sometimes we stop believing in magic. The blown-dry tech frippery associated with a cornball Copperfield, the industrial blight of Criss Angel, even the overly chatty Penn and Teller — tired. Perhaps then…