July 10–17, 1997 music|review Smokin’ Grooves July 6, Blockbuster-Sony Entertainment Centre   Brian Duss/City Paper Erykah Badu. Bookended by a table of candles and incense and a giant ankh, Erykah Badu raised her arms and asked the crowd for “peace…

July 10–17, 1997 20 questions Morgan Fairchild Julia Lehman/City Paper Background When it came time to take Morgan Fairchild’s photo in the lobby of the Four Seasons hotel, she was highly amenable. She tucked her knees together and pouted for…

July 3–10, 1997 music|discquiks rock/ pop Mountain Goats Full Force Galesburg (Emperor Jones) Galesburg, IL, is the hometown of Carl Sandburg, the American poet who reveled in things and persons ordinary. Similarly, Mountain Goats main man John Darnielle has spent…

July 3–10, 1997 music|discquiks New Music Milton Babbitt; John Cage Piano Music Since 1983 (CRI); Two2, Experiences, Three Dances (CRI) Both Cage and Babbitt loom large in the world of contemporary American music, and through their own eloquent words and…

June 26–July 3, 1997 music|review No Doubt, Weezer, Lunachicks Blockbuster-Sony Entertainment Centre, June 20. Brian Duss/City Paper. No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani at the E-Centre. When No Doubt struck up their first chords at the E-Centre last Friday night, teens ran…

June 26–July 3, 1997 critic pick|opera Opera Festival of New Jersey Margaret Lattimore in La Cenerentola. For a tiny fraction of the cost of tuition, you can spend a summer evening taking in the idyllic charms of The Lawrenceville School…

June 26–July 3, 1997 critical mass|reviews Kathleen Spicer: Botanica Perfect Melanie Stewart Dance Theater, UArts Drake Theater, June 19-21. Jon Stark The Perfect company. Perfect is billed by its creators, choreographer Melanie Stewart and three Scottish-based artists, Peter Clerke (director),…

June 26–July 3, 1997 20 questions Jennifer Gould Background When 29-year-old Jennifer Gould popped into Philadelphia to do a reading of her new book she rang me up. Just like that. “My publicist said, ‘You know, you probably shouldn’t call,'”…

June 19–26, 1997 20 questions Wallace Shawn Background Wallace Shawn’s curmudgeonly voice is so familiar from his roles in Manhattan, ThePrincess Bride, and My Dinner with Andre that hearing it on my phone immediately makes me laugh. He apologizes for…