September 28October 5, 2000 loose canon Wheres Al? Where is the Mango Princess?, Cathy Crimmins But instead of putting the book down, I read it though in a single sitting almost as if my effort would help find Al,…
September 28October 5, 2000 hit and run Taking art to the streets Deal of the art: Milou and Cushing hawk prints on the street where you live. “Charles and I met about a year ago at the Rittenhouse Square Fine…
September 28October 5, 2000 hall monitor Give Me Liberty Yards The latest vision for Liberty Yards. want The Liberty Yards Association is made up of residents, business owners and professionals who are determined to make Mayor Street listen to their…
September 714, 2000 disc quicks|classical/new music Stephen DiJoseph Artifactual: Piano Poetry (Bearface Music) A New Age pianist? A flakier Sakamoto? Another (please God, no) The Piano soundtrack? Thankfully, Philadelphia-area composer/pianist Stephen DiJoseph is none of these things. Fans of Sakamoto…
September 714, 2000 six pick From Shirt Corner to Eternity For James Wasserman, the idea to observe what makes Old City special came his way 13 years ago, when he first moved to the area. Right away, he began taking…
August 31September 7, 2000 book quicks Spinning Blues Into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records By Nadine Cohodas St. Martins Press, 358 p., $25.95 Leonard and Phil Chess were pop musics personification of the Great American Dream.…
August 2431, 2000 disc quicks|jazz Jafar Barron The Free Bop Movement Alafia Records Those familiar with the local groove and acid-jazz scene should already know Jafar Barron. A veteran of Silk Citys Back 2 Basics series and a frequent guest…
August 2431, 2000 disc quicks|rock/pop Liquid Gang (Lava/AG) In the 80s, bands like The Hooters, Cinderella and Pretty Poison established Philly as a commercial force to be reckoned with, writing songs that were tailor-made for radio and MTV. They substituted…
August 2431, 2000 political notebook Fast Times in L.A. The Pennsylvania delegates had an aggressively wild week that allowed for some fun during the Democratic Convention despite the long speeches, long bus lines to get back and forth from the…
August 2431, 2000 20 questions Sonny Hopson Burn, baby, burn: Hopson as a young upstart. a.d. amorosi The sound of Sonny Hopson blasted through the airwaves like a perfect storm. “Make no mistake-ah, Jake-ah,” went The Mighty Burner from 1965…
