January 1724, 2002 music picks|rock/pop Joseph Arthur One of just a handful of American musicians signed to Peter Gabriels Realworld label, Joseph Arthur keeps busy enough to be worthy of the distinction. His moody, impressionistic paintings illustrate his album covers.…
January 1017, 2002 naked city First Look: Seafood Unlimited Backinnaday, when Rittenhouse Row was but a tony area in which to sup simply but elegantly, Seafood Unlimited was, to put it nicely, an anomaly, more a crustacean version of the…
January 310, 2002 arts picks|art A Roll in the Clay Hayne Bayless, onetime journalist and self-taught artisan, creates robust yet whimsical works of clay that often resemble Chinese bronzes and English and colonial pewter. Out of 300 applicants, the Clay…
December 28, 2000January 4, 2001 critic pick|blues Keisa Brown & The Rolling Thunder Blues Band She is a woman who loves her work. Keisa Browns eyes sparkle as she spins yarns and makes the audience a part of the show.…
December 28, 2000January 4, 2001 critic pick|theater 10 Naked Men A fairy tale about prostitution in West Hollywood? Sounds like a tripartite tautology, but thats the subject of Ronnie Larsens new play, 10 Naked Men. (The author apparently believes in…
December 1320, 2001 scene and heard Merry Mex-Mas Christmastime is here: The leaves have fallen, malls are crowded and El Vez made a stop at the Trocadero with his “Merry Christmas” tour (Dec. 7). El Vez imagine Elvis sprinkled…
December 613, 2001 cd reviews|childrens music Various Artists The Newest Nicktoons (Kid Rhino) But for my 3-year-old sons insatiable appetite for animated shows, I might never have learned of the second-best cartoon on television today, Spongebob Squarepants (The Simpsons is,…
December 613, 2001 arts picks|poetry Twin Poets Albert Mills and Nnamdi Chukwvocha are the Twin Poets twin brothers from planet poetry. As members of the 99 Philadelphia National Poetry Slam Team and the 2000 New Jersey squad, the Twins…
November 2229, 2001 naked city Rags to Real Estate CP talks shop with rocker turned realtor Rich Fravel. Rich Fravel has made the transition from a member of the Philadelphia indie rock mafia to low-pressure real estate agent (at Prudential…
November 2229, 2001 music picks|rock/pop Michael Gira and the Angels of Light Its hard to not draw immediate parallels between Michael Gira and Nick Cave. Both are at once obscure and larger than life. Both are veterans of intellectual post-punk…
