September 6–13, 2001 mix picks Scots Free Put down your pint — Green Lane Park’s Scottish Irish Festival and Highland Games are descending on the Philadelphia area this weekend. Like the Ceili Group’s Irish Festival of Music and Dance (which…

September 6–13, 2001 music picks|rock/pop Brassy In the grand tradition of oddball sibling names (River and Joaquin Phoenix) as apt match for audacious talent, Jon Spencer’s lil’ sis Muffin has got it going on. The high-pitched singer and guitarist fronts…

August 30–September 6, 2001 cover story|sidebar Continental Divide Senegal Visiting Head of State: President Abdoulaye Wade Exports: US$925 million Exports: fish, ground nuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton Export Partners (percentages): France 22, Italy, India, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali Imports: US$1.2…

August 23–30, 2001 mix picks They Love Lucy Xena lives! So what if the Warrior Princess was shot with arrows and beheaded on the series finale of the cult favorite. The spirit of the syndicated show must go on. Hundreds…

August 23–30, 2001 arts picks|theater The Power of the Schwartz Stephen Schwartz’s new show conjures up memories of his early hit, The Magic Show, which ran on Broadway during the ’70s, and of the song, “Magic To Do,” from his…

August 9–16, 2001 arts picks|art The Sounds of Harpo Was there ever a comedian as free as Harpo Marx? Watching his gleeful, flagrant disregard for authority and convention today — from engaging a helpless sea captain’s mate in some Punch…

August 2–9, 2001 music picks|rock/pop Rick Bain and the Genius Position Does the world really need another Beatles-pedestaling rock outfit? Probably not, but despite that Rick Bain describes his band’s music as “Magical Mystery Tour without the vocal harmonies,” he…

July 12–19, 2001 music picks|folk/world The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars Klezmer is Eastern European Jewish dance and party music. Wherever the Diaspora lingered long enough to exchange musical ideas, new sounds emerged. The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars (NOKAS)…

July 12–19, 2001 hall monitor Redshirt-ed The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office must be relieved that only two felony cases related to last summer’s Republican National Convention remain to be tried. After all, nobody enjoys losing. A jury acquitted Matthew Musselwhite,…