June 28–July 5, 2001 music picks|hip-hop Philly Jam 5 While Power 99 FM packed their annual Powerhouse with strictly radio bangers, that other hip-hop station, Philly 103.9 FM, opts to widen the traditional radio concert format. Including a few underground…

June 21–28, 2001 mix picks Release the Hounds! Although Seinfeld’s championing of the insignificant was the perfect counterpart to the hollow ’90s zeitgeist, we haven’t seen much from Jerry since the much-hyped, and rather lackluster, finale of that series in…

June 14–21, 2001 music|latin/jazz Jimmy Bosch When Puerto Rican New Jerseyite Jimmy Bosch, 41, isn’t busy directing salsa wunderkind Mark Anthony, he’s tied up as salsa’s most prominent slide trombonist, composer and lyricist. Born of a respect for old-school orchestra…

May 31–June 7, 2001 cd reviews|rock/pop The Incredible Moses Leroy Electric Pocket Radio (Ultimatum Music) To the pantheon of fine indie rock songs about sweaters (Yo La Tengo’s “Autumn Sweater,” Beat Happening’s “Catwalk,” Weezer’s “Undone”) add The Incredible Moses Leroy’s…

May 31–June 7, 2001 music picks|jazz Orrin Evans Trio Déjà Vu, Orrin Evans’ newest disc on Imani Records, is aptly named; the album was previously issued in 1995 as The Trio, on B.L.A.C.K. Entertainment. Those who missed the album the…

May 24–31, 2001 arts picks|spoken word Erotic Word A Go Go Get freaky. Sensual. Sexy. Romantic. Edgy. Hot. Sticky. Provocative. Political. The cast of “Erotic Word… A Go Go” — a spoken word production exploring the many fantastic facets of…

May 24–31, 2001 music picks|roots Caryn Lin Seeing Caryn Lin jamming at the Folk Festival after-hours party, noting how seamlessly she added her electric violin lines to anything thrown at her, it was easy to imagine she’d grown up folkie.…

May 17–24, 2001 media SPJ Award Winners Print Bucks County Courier Times First, Ongoing News Coverage, Medium Papers: Laurie Mason, “Bread Squeezer” Second, Deadline or Spot News Story, Medium Papers: Staff, One Dead After Truck Strikes Two Cars, Careens into…

May 17–24, 2001 music picks|blues E.C. Scott Rich-voiced blues gal E.C. Scott tackles the kind of stories you’d expect from a big, beautiful woman. She can be sassy and sexy, or vulnerable and truly hurting, but she always brings a…