May 1017, 2001 music picks|folk Kate Campbell Plowshares Coffee House series comes to us once a month in a 2-century-old Friends Meeting on the eastern edge of Phoenixville. Transplanted San Antonian Lucy Bonnington is the one making it happen. She…
May 1017, 2001 music picks|rock/pop Braille Drivers Its no crime to love the glory days of indie rock, when Hüsker Dü and The Pixies had their way with mid-sized venues across the land. Which would explain why no ones locked…
May 1017, 2001 mix picks The Real Jackie the Jokeman Jackie Mason endeared himself to me at a young age as the voice of the mischievous aardvark on the old Pink Panther cartoons. Now, with 69 years under his borscht…
April 1926, 2001 arts picks|dance Momix Okay, Momix is in town again this week. Yes, its that oddly named modern dance spin-off of the oddly named Pilobolus. Not Body/Vox which was just here, nor ISO which is often here …
April 1219, 2001 six pick Viva la Mujer! An award-winning and best-selling Chicana poet, writer, novelist and activist, Ana Castillo is as well-known for her social conscience as she is for her evocative storytelling. Her commitment to justice is evident…
April 1219, 2001 critic pick| rock/pop Metal Madness Serious skills and rampant attitude: thats the rock n roll heart thatll beat within Metal Madness. The Paul Green School of Rock Musics upcoming recital is a truly scholastic seminar that promises…
April 512, 2001 disc quicks| rock/pop Red House Painters/Mark Kozelek Old Ramon/Whats Next To The Moon (Sub Pop)/(Badman Recordings) Theres something very intimate and pure about listening to the Red House Painters. Its as if we, unobtrusively and respectfully, get…
April 512, 2001 six pick Great British Bike Weekend Old, heavy and relatively simple, the British roadster isnt the prettiest bike on the road. Its not flashy, but its got an edge over the shiny, steal-baiting modern mountain bike and…
March 2229, 2001 critic pick| rock/pop The Minders “We were hoping to get out there a lot sooner,” the Minders drummer Rebecca Cole laments while explaining why the band hasnt played Philly since the fall of 1999. “It just took…
March 2229, 2001 six pick Brassy Got It Made Got It Made Amy Phillips Brassy with Idlewild and Undergirl, Fri., March 23, 9 p.m., $10, at the Upstage, 22 S. Third St. 215-627-4825.
