February 19-25, 2004 music Enter the Dragon MAD SCIENCE: (l-r) Dan La Porta, Matt Fonda and Ben Weldon of the band Polymer work the soundboard at Drexel’s MAD Dragon Studio. Photo By: Michael T. Regan Drexel gets students into the…

February 19-25, 2004 mixpicks Four Stars of Philly for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by A.D. Amorosi How many times, in this glittering city of restaurants, do you genuinely get to affect something other than your primal urges or your…

February 19-25, 2004 artpicks Fred Art Gallery Opening by A.D. Amorosi art Unlike the primitive paintings of Howard Finster, the art brut of can How Shore got to Fred Art is as fascinating and confounding as his gentle patter. Along…

February 19-25, 2004 musicpicks The Ministry of Inside Things Rock/pop Get past The Ministry of Inside Things’ Sagan-talk of cosmos and chaos, and what you have is a decade’s worth of Berlin-inspired space music that’s uniquely and intricately American. With…

February 12-18, 2004 mixpicks Dianne Brill by A.D. Amorosi Life after ’80s clubdom has flourished for Dianne Brill, who turned her towering bouffant, ample figure and long legs (accented by designer corsets and sexy fishnets) into sarcastic symbols of high…

February 5-11, 2004 music icepack by A.D. Amorosi Despite predilections for sugar-free Pimp Juice and low-carb morphine drips (shout to mom Eda, just off that particular diet at Jefferson Hos-pi-taal), my new drinks are Michael Jackson‘s favorites, “Jesus Juice” and…

January 29-February 4, 2004 artpicks James McCourt Interview by A.D. Amorosi Q&A: Books James McCourt’s multi-syllabic verbiage and hyper-hyphenated references have, since his first operatic novel, Mawrdew Czgowchwz (whose spirit haunts each work after, from Delancey’s Way to Time Remaining…

January 22-28, 2004 naked city Urban Cowboys All together now: Soul Line TV‘s Paula Chandler-Paramore shows off some moves to her regulars, whom she thinks of as “a family.” If you thought line dancing had to be a little bit…

January 15-21, 2004 naked city El Vez Photo By: Michael T. Regan by A.D. Amorosi After its visual presentation, the most prominent element of Stephen Starr’s ninth restaubar, El Vez, is the raucous nature of executive chef Jose Garces’ ultra-fresh…